HP ALM Contract Job Trends

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HP ALM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 517 561
Rank change year-on-year -29 +44 +143
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 29 23 38
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.070% 0.088%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.49% 0.47% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 31
10th Percentile £270 £308 £400
25th Percentile £311 £389 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -5.00% +20.74%
75th Percentile £500 £509 £574
90th Percentile £563 £881 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £380 £513
% change year-on-year +18.42% -25.94% +20.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Systems Management Skills
UK

HP ALM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,878 4,871 5,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.85% 14.83% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,026 3,136 4,124
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £734 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 66 162
10th Percentile £16.44 £15.36 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.10 £22.19
Median hourly rate £48.72 £24.84 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +96.14% -46.21% +31.94%
75th Percentile £65.25 £49.05 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.60 £74.22 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £24.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year +125.39% -47.64% +19.95%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP ALM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HP ALM job vacancy trend in the UK

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP ALM over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HP ALM in the UK

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP ALM within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -44 26 £400 -17.95% 3
London -14 15 £400 -20.00% 1
UK excluding London -47 12 £450 +18.42% 3
Work from Home +2 8 £435 - 4
South East -15 3 £558 +20.54%
North West -29 3 £270 -22.02%
North of England -36 3 £270 -22.02%
West Midlands -37 2 - - 2
Midlands -39 2 - - 2
South West - 1 £450 -
Wales - 1 £280 - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 -

HP ALM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (10.34%) Workday HCM
2 2 (6.90%) PORTIA
2 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (3.45%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) OCI
3 2 (6.90%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.45%) Veeva
4 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Big Data
1 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (89.66%) JIRA
2 11 (37.93%) TestRail
3 4 (13.79%) Selenium
4 1 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.45%) NUnit
4 1 (3.45%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Coded UI
4 1 (3.45%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (68.97%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Billing
5 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.45%) Back Office
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Front Office
6 1 (3.45%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Lead
1 10 (34.48%) Test Leader
2 9 (31.03%) Test Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Test Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Tester
4 3 (10.34%) UAT Tester
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Test Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Workday Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Defect Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Finance Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Migration Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Payroll Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Tester
6 1 (3.45%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) FHIR
1 1 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
1 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.45%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.45%) SCADA
2 1 (3.45%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) Test Management
2 19 (65.52%) User Acceptance Testing
3 18 (62.07%) Test Strategy
4 15 (51.72%) Defect Management
5 14 (48.28%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (44.83%) Test Automation
7 10 (34.48%) Agile
7 10 (34.48%) End-to-End Testing
8 9 (31.03%) Defect Tracking
8 9 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (27.59%) Acceptance Criteria
9 8 (27.59%) DevOps
9 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (27.59%) System Integration Testing
9 8 (27.59%) Test Scripting
10 7 (24.14%) Regression Testing
10 7 (24.14%) Scenario Testing
10 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
11 6 (20.69%) Integration Testing
11 6 (20.69%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.90%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.45%) C#
4 1 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) ISTQB
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) HP APS
4 1 (3.45%) ISEB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) HL7
2 1 (3.45%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Workday
3 2 (6.90%) Charles River
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.90%) SimCorp
4 1 (3.45%) Cerner
4 1 (3.45%) JDA
4 1 (3.45%) MEDITECH
4 1 (3.45%) Micro Focus