HP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HP over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Hewlett-Packard Company.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 345 376
Rank change year-on-year +25 +31 -69
Contract jobs citing HP 272 405 608
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.71% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 1.50% 1.65% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 280 420
10th Percentile £150 £198 £167
25th Percentile £213 £275 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +3.53% -
75th Percentile £578 £550 £525
90th Percentile £641 £639 £590
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 49
10th Percentile - £15.78 £12.47
25th Percentile £18.13 £18.02 £16.49
Median hourly rate £19.07 £18.84 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -21.20% +64.90%
75th Percentile £23.80 £19.88 -
90th Percentile £24.49 £21.98 £56.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.94 £18.24 £18.63
% change year-on-year +14.83% -2.09% +28.45%

All Vendors
UK

HP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,099 24,537 34,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 42.97% 39.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 16,419 23,278
10th Percentile £263 £270 £298
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £741 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 666 888
10th Percentile £12.10 £15.23 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +97.67% -3.00%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.38 £63.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for HP in the UK

HP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for HP in the UK

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for HP in the UK

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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 +32 238 £350 -17.65% 139
UK excluding London +4 177 £375 -11.76% 106
South East +40 101 £285 -34.30% 33
London +62 77 £350 -26.32% 29
Work from Home +50 69 £410 -13.68% 49
South West +33 27 £700 +57.75% 21
Scotland +27 17 £197 -60.30% 5
Midlands -1 13 £494 +79.55% 15
North of England -5 12 £400 -11.11% 22
East Midlands +4 8 £575 +142.11% 7
Yorkshire +9 5 £375 -11.76% 12
North West +7 5 £400 -11.11% 9
East of England +3 5 £550 +15.79% 10
West Midlands -3 5 £320 -8.57% 8
North East +9 2 £600 +26.32% 1
Wales +12 1 £135 -18.18% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £190 - 1

HP
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 28 (10.29%) Confluence
2 27 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.74%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 41 (15.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.84%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (1.10%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.37%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.37%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 45 (16.54%) Azure
2 33 (12.13%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (5.51%) OCI
3 15 (5.51%) SaaS
4 13 (4.78%) AWS
5 10 (3.68%) GCP
6 9 (3.31%) IaaS
7 8 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.94%) Nutanix
7 8 (2.94%) PaaS
7 8 (2.94%) Rubrik
8 4 (1.47%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.37%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.37%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.37%) Commercetools
11 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (23.16%) SAN
2 50 (18.38%) Firewall
3 34 (12.50%) LAN
4 32 (11.76%) DNS
5 29 (10.66%) DHCP
6 20 (7.35%) WAN
7 16 (5.88%) NAS
8 14 (5.15%) TCP/IP
8 14 (5.15%) VPN
9 12 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (3.31%) VLAN
11 7 (2.57%) Kerberos
12 6 (2.21%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (2.21%) Wireless
13 5 (1.84%) Network Security
13 5 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.47%) SD-WAN
15 3 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
15 3 (1.10%) Internet
15 3 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.84%) NonStop SQL
3 4 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (1.47%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.74%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) DB2
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (13.97%) JIRA
2 31 (11.40%) Jenkins
3 22 (8.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 22 (8.09%) Bitbucket
4 13 (4.78%) Selenium
5 9 (3.31%) Git
6 7 (2.57%) WebDriver
7 6 (2.21%) ClearCase
7 6 (2.21%) ClearQuest
7 6 (2.21%) Postman
7 6 (2.21%) SoapUI
7 6 (2.21%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.84%) JMeter
8 5 (1.84%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.47%) Appium
9 4 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (1.47%) Rational Performance Tester
9 4 (1.47%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.10%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.74%) Zephyr
General
1 133 (48.90%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.97%) Finance
3 34 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.62%) Aerospace
7 17 (6.25%) Banking
8 9 (3.31%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.94%) Back Office
10 7 (2.57%) Legal
11 6 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.10%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.74%) Advertising
14 2 (0.74%) Electronics
14 2 (0.74%) Marketing
14 2 (0.74%) Retail
15 1 (0.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 46 (16.91%) Support Engineer
2 34 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (10.66%) Hardware Engineer
4 27 (9.93%) Desktop Support
5 25 (9.19%) Desktop Engineer
6 24 (8.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 21 (7.72%) Analyst
8 20 (7.35%) Developer
9 15 (5.51%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 15 (5.51%) Network Engineer
9 15 (5.51%) Server Engineer
10 14 (5.15%) Storage Engineer
11 13 (4.78%) Senior
12 11 (4.04%) Consultant
12 11 (4.04%) Test Analyst
13 10 (3.68%) Data Centre Engineer
14 8 (2.94%) Architect
14 8 (2.94%) Break Fix Engineer
14 8 (2.94%) Hardware Support Engineer
14 8 (2.94%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.09%) .NET
1 22 (8.09%) .NET Core
2 9 (3.31%) LDAP
3 6 (2.21%) SOAP
4 5 (1.84%) XML
5 2 (0.74%) Playwright
5 2 (0.74%) Redfish
5 2 (0.74%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.74%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (0.37%) Ajax
6 1 (0.37%) CSS
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) Middleware
6 1 (0.37%) REST
6 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.91%) Data Centre
2 42 (15.44%) Driving Licence
3 29 (10.66%) Video Conferencing
4 13 (4.78%) Clustering
5 11 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.94%) iPhone
7 7 (2.57%) HP Storage
7 7 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.21%) PKI
8 6 (2.21%) Replication
8 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.47%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.10%) Blackberry
10 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.10%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.10%) iPad
10 3 (1.10%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 142 (52.21%) Windows
2 75 (27.57%) Linux
3 69 (25.37%) Windows 10
4 42 (15.44%) Windows Server
5 36 (13.24%) Windows 7
6 35 (12.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 30 (11.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (6.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (6.25%) Solaris
9 17 (6.25%) Unix
9 17 (6.25%) Windows XP
10 12 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.21%) AIX
11 6 (2.21%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (1.84%) Mac OS
12 5 (1.84%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.10%) Android
13 3 (1.10%) Apple iOS
13 3 (1.10%) Mac OS X
13 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (29.78%) ITIL
3 57 (20.96%) Customer Service
4 39 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (13.97%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
7 31 (11.40%) Deployment Automation
8 30 (11.03%) Agile
9 27 (9.93%) OO
10 26 (9.56%) Performance Tuning
11 25 (9.19%) Break/Fix
11 25 (9.19%) Configuration Management
11 25 (9.19%) Task Automation
12 23 (8.46%) OOP
12 23 (8.46%) Software Testing
13 22 (8.09%) CI/CD
13 22 (8.09%) Infrastructure Automation
14 20 (7.35%) Storage Management
15 19 (6.99%) DevOps
15 19 (6.99%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.59%) PowerShell
2 34 (12.50%) Python
3 15 (5.51%) SQL
4 9 (3.31%) Bash
5 7 (2.57%) C
6 6 (2.21%) Java
6 6 (2.21%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.84%) C++
8 4 (1.47%) C#
9 3 (1.10%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.74%) Perl
11 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 111 (40.81%) Security Cleared
2 60 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 59 (21.69%) DV Cleared
4 45 (16.54%) Degree
5 17 (6.25%) CCNP
5 17 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (5.88%) CCNA
7 8 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.84%) Dell Certification
9 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.47%) MCSE
10 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.10%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.10%) MCP
10 3 (1.10%) MCSA
11 2 (0.74%) ISEB
11 2 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.37%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.93%) SLA
2 7 (2.57%) GDPR
2 7 (2.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.21%) QA
4 3 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 63 (23.16%) Active Directory
2 39 (14.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.40%) Hyper-V
4 25 (9.19%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.51%) Firmware
6 9 (3.31%) vSphere
7 6 (2.21%) Docker
8 5 (1.84%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.10%) KVM
9 3 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.74%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 71 (26.10%) SCCM
2 35 (12.87%) Ansible
3 26 (9.56%) EMC NetWorker
4 23 (8.46%) NetBackup
4 23 (8.46%) SCOM
5 22 (8.09%) PowerCLI
6 19 (6.99%) HP ALM
7 18 (6.62%) vCenter Server
8 14 (5.15%) WSUS
9 13 (4.78%) Kubernetes
10 11 (4.04%) Terraform
11 7 (2.57%) AirWatch
11 7 (2.57%) HP Quality Center
11 7 (2.57%) Netcool
12 6 (2.21%) HP Data Protector
12 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (2.21%) Tivoli
12 6 (2.21%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 5 (1.84%) Red Hat Satellite
13 5 (1.84%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 104 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 100 (36.76%) Dell
3 65 (23.90%) Cisco
4 50 (18.38%) VMware
5 41 (15.07%) EMC
6 40 (14.71%) Oracle
7 30 (11.03%) Citrix
8 29 (10.66%) ServiceNow
9 22 (8.09%) Atlassian
9 22 (8.09%) Symantec
10 19 (6.99%) Aruba
11 16 (5.88%) 3PAR
11 16 (5.88%) IBM
11 16 (5.88%) Juniper
11 16 (5.88%) Palo Alto
12 15 (5.51%) Avaya
12 15 (5.51%) Veeam
13 14 (5.15%) CheckPoint
13 14 (5.15%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (4.41%) SAP