HP ALM Job Trends

HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring HP ALM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 690 715
Rank change year-on-year +110 +25 +190
Permanent jobs citing HP ALM 73 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.77% 0.15% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £62,700 £44,000 £54,350
25th Percentile £66,750 £49,688 £62,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £68,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% +4.58% +13.91%
75th Percentile £73,250 £70,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £74,125 £73,900
UK excluding London median annual salary - £44,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -29.60% +2.04%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,117 5,898 7,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.86% 11.02% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,930 3,587 6,142
10th Percentile £31,500 £38,400 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.07% +6.92% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -4.35%

HP ALM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HP ALM job vacancy trend in the UK

HP ALM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP ALM

HP ALM
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP ALM within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 73 £71,500 +4.38% 5
UK excluding London +121 69 - - 6
South East +104 69 - - 1
London +53 3 £72,000 +5.11% 1

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (94.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 72 (98.63%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (5.48%) Azure
3 3 (4.11%) BrowserStack
4 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.37%) AWS
5 1 (1.37%) GCP
5 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 73 (100.00%) JIRA
2 69 (94.52%) eCATT
3 39 (53.42%) NeoLoad
4 3 (4.11%) NUnit
4 3 (4.11%) Selenium
4 3 (4.11%) SpecFlow
4 3 (4.11%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.37%) Fiddler
5 1 (1.37%) Gatling
5 1 (1.37%) JMeter
5 1 (1.37%) LoadRunner
General
1 69 (94.52%) Finance
1 69 (94.52%) Manufacturing
1 69 (94.52%) Marketing
2 50 (68.49%) Presentation Skills
3 40 (54.79%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (54.79%) Analyst
2 32 (43.84%) Lead
3 29 (39.73%) Senior
3 29 (39.73%) Test Leader
4 21 (28.77%) Test Analyst
5 16 (21.92%) Automation Test Lead
6 12 (16.44%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (16.44%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (16.44%) Testing Analyst
7 10 (13.70%) Performance Test Leader
8 9 (12.33%) Automation Test Analyst
9 1 (1.37%) Performance Tester
9 1 (1.37%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) XML
2 1 (1.37%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Test Management
2 69 (94.52%) Source to Pay
3 56 (76.71%) ERP
4 50 (68.49%) Product Roadmap
4 50 (68.49%) Roadmaps
4 50 (68.49%) Visualisation
5 46 (63.01%) Risk Management
6 41 (56.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (53.42%) Performance Testing
7 39 (53.42%) Test Strategy
8 38 (52.05%) Requirements Gathering
9 35 (47.95%) Continuous Delivery
10 28 (38.36%) Test Automation
11 25 (34.25%) Defect Management
12 21 (28.77%) Programme Management
12 21 (28.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (16.44%) Load Testing
13 12 (16.44%) Performance Analysis
13 12 (16.44%) User Experience
14 11 (15.07%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) C#
1 3 (4.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.48%) ISTQB
2 3 (4.11%) ISEB
3 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Degree
3 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (30.14%) QA
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) HP
2 69 (94.52%) SAP
3 3 (4.11%) Siebel
4 1 (1.37%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.37%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.37%) OpenText