Hybrid/Remote HP ALM Contract Job Trends

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring HP ALM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 296 357
Rank change year-on-year -22 +61 +136
Contract jobs citing HP ALM 6 6 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.056% 0.056% 0.060%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.36% 0.38% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £313 £463 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £476
90th Percentile £538 - £516
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +7.89%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,684 1,574 1,940
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.76% 14.79% 11.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 1,078 1,457
10th Percentile £358 £375 £360
25th Percentile £425 £451 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £688 £788 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 39
10th Percentile £32.60 £14.79 £23.15
25th Percentile £34.88 £25.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £57.75 £27.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.93% -54.58% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £62.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £119.00 £64.65 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +105.88% -44.78% +8.66%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP ALM and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HP ALM job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

HP ALM
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HP ALM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HP ALM over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

HP ALM daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

HP ALM
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HP ALM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) OCI
2 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
2 4 (66.67%) TestRail
3 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Migration Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Management
2 5 (83.33%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (50.00%) ITSM
4 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Operations Management
4 3 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Service Management
4 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Test Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle