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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 533 576
Rank change year-on-year +3 +43 +161
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 40 24 47
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.067% 0.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.70% 0.46% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 41
10th Percentile £276 £340 £358
25th Percentile £375 £428 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.63% +13.49%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £588
90th Percentile £571 £603 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.53% +10.32%
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 5,740 5,169 6,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.22% 14.34% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,842 3,300 4,704
10th Percentile £308 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.07% -4.83%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 62 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.67 £18.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £23.59 £32.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -38.10% +104.20%
75th Percentile £63.25 £60.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.05 £74.40 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -23.08% -29.62% +100.78%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 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 -17 37 £475 -5.00% 12
UK excluding London -10 23 £500 - 4
London +17 15 £475 -2.56% 8
Work from Home +9 11 £500 -9.17% 4
South East +4 8 £525 - 4
West Midlands -24 6 - -
Midlands -31 6 - -
North West -16 5 £270 -
North of England -32 5 £270 -
Wales - 1 £280 -
South West - 1 £450 -
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 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.50%) Workday HCM
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.50%) PORTIA
3 1 (2.50%) Sage X3
3 1 (2.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.50%) OCI
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (5.00%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) GCP
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) LAN
1 4 (10.00%) WAN
1 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.50%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.50%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (70.00%) JIRA
2 10 (25.00%) TestRail
3 5 (12.50%) Zephyr
4 4 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 26 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.00%) Billing
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.50%) Back Office
7 1 (2.50%) Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Front Office
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Test Manager
2 10 (25.00%) Lead
2 10 (25.00%) Test Leader
3 6 (15.00%) Test Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Senior
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) QA Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Tester
6 3 (7.50%) UAT Tester
7 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.00%) SAP Test Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Workday Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Defect Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Finance Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) FHIR
1 1 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.50%) Web Services
1 1 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) SCADA
3 1 (2.50%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) Test Management
2 21 (52.50%) Test Strategy
3 19 (47.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 18 (45.00%) Test Automation
5 16 (40.00%) Defect Management
6 14 (35.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (32.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (30.00%) Agile
8 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (30.00%) DevOps
9 11 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (25.00%) Test Planning
10 10 (25.00%) Test Scripting
11 9 (22.50%) Regression Testing
12 8 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
12 8 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
13 7 (17.50%) Acceptance Criteria
13 7 (17.50%) Integration Testing
13 7 (17.50%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) ISTQB
2 4 (10.00%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) ISEB
5 1 (2.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) HL7
2 1 (2.50%) NIST
2 1 (2.50%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) SCCM
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) HP
2 6 (15.00%) SAP
3 5 (12.50%) Micro Focus
4 4 (10.00%) Cisco
4 4 (10.00%) Oracle
4 4 (10.00%) Progress
5 3 (7.50%) Workday
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.50%) Alteryx
7 1 (2.50%) Cerner
7 1 (2.50%) Charles River
7 1 (2.50%) JDA
7 1 (2.50%) MEDITECH
7 1 (2.50%) Sage
7 1 (2.50%) SimCorp