HP ALM Contracts

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring HP ALM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HP ALM over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 560 636
Rank change year-on-year +61 +76 +153
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 49 25 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.058% 0.083%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.98% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 38
10th Percentile £425 £385 £361
25th Percentile £456 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -4.48% +21.14%
75th Percentile £613 £547 £613
90th Percentile £809 £574 £655
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.39% +22.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.50 - -

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 4,999 5,441 8,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 12.56% 15.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,316 3,864 6,189
10th Percentile £300 £300 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% -6.36% -3.51%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £675
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 102 187
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.30 £19.60
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.08 £25.71
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -43.48% +155.56%
75th Percentile £63.25 £50.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £71.25 £84.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +37.50% -13.38% +130.90%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HP ALM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HP ALM in the UK

HP ALM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HP ALM.

Daily rate trend for HP ALM in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP ALM over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP ALM in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HP ALM.

Hourly rate trend for HP ALM in the UK

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Top 11 Contract 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 6 July 2025. 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 +81 43 £500 -4.76% 10
UK excluding London +60 25 £500 -4.76% 6
Work from Home +41 20 £500 -2.44% 4
London +52 19 £500 -2.44% 2
Midlands +23 11 £450 +12.50%
West Midlands +18 11 £450 +50.00%
South East +41 9 £525 - 6
North West +9 3 £450 -
North of England +4 3 £450 -
Wales - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £600 -

HP ALM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.08%) Aladdin
3 2 (4.08%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (2.04%) Sage X3
4 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (26.53%) Azure
1 13 (26.53%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 7 (14.29%) PowerApps
3 5 (10.20%) Power Automate
4 3 (6.12%) OCI
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 2 (4.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) LAN
1 5 (10.20%) WAN
2 4 (8.16%) Wireshark
3 2 (4.08%) Firewall
4 1 (2.04%) Converged Networks
4 1 (2.04%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 33 (67.35%) JIRA
2 5 (10.20%) Selenium
2 5 (10.20%) Zephyr
3 3 (6.12%) TestRail
4 2 (4.08%) Cypress.io
General
1 20 (40.82%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.45%) Finance
3 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Banking
3 5 (10.20%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 9 (18.37%) Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Tester
4 6 (12.24%) Consultant
4 6 (12.24%) Lead
4 6 (12.24%) Test Leader
5 5 (10.20%) Network Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Test Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Transformation Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 4 (8.16%) QA Consultant
6 4 (8.16%) SAP Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Senior
6 4 (8.16%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (6.12%) Desktop Manager
7 3 (6.12%) SAP Test Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) Middleware
2 2 (4.08%) RFC 2544
3 1 (2.04%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Product Ownership
2 6 (12.24%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (12.24%) SCADA
3 5 (10.20%) Cloud Native
3 5 (10.20%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.08%) FMCG
4 2 (4.08%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (4.08%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.04%) Derivative
5 1 (2.04%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (61.22%) Test Management
2 26 (53.06%) Test Strategy
3 23 (46.94%) Agile
4 21 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 21 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
5 19 (38.78%) DevOps
6 14 (28.57%) Defect Management
6 14 (28.57%) Test Planning
7 12 (24.49%) End-to-End Testing
8 11 (22.45%) ITIL
8 11 (22.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (20.41%) Integration Testing
9 10 (20.41%) Scrum
9 10 (20.41%) System Integration Testing
10 9 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (14.29%) Test Scripting
12 7 (14.29%) User Stories
13 6 (12.24%) Test Assurance
13 6 (12.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) SQL
2 1 (2.04%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) ISTQB
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) GxP
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) HP
2 9 (18.37%) Oracle
3 8 (16.33%) SAP
4 7 (14.29%) Cisco
5 6 (12.24%) Micro Focus
6 5 (10.20%) MuleSoft
6 5 (10.20%) Progress
7 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
7 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
8 2 (4.08%) SimCorp
9 1 (2.04%) Alteryx
9 1 (2.04%) Avaloq
9 1 (2.04%) Calypso
9 1 (2.04%) Sage
9 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 1 (2.04%) Snow
9 1 (2.04%) Sparx