The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Basingstoke region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 34 26 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 0
Contract jobs citing HP 8 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 4.020% 1.087% 2.767%
As % of the Vendors category 6.667% 2.247% 5.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
Average daily rate £338 - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £11.20 - £11.75
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.96 - £11.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.44 - £12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-13.11% -12.85%
All Vendors
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
120 89 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 60.30% 48.37% 49.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 27 41
Average daily rate £403 £429 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.12% +22.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £350 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £500 £439
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 16
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £13.54
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+114.28% +3.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.44 £13.40 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £31.70 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
HP
Hampshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Basingstoke HP Jobs Demand Trend

HP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HP across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing HP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HP.

1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
3 9 (50.00%) MS Office
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 7 (38.89%) Migration
6 6 (33.33%) VMware
6 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (33.33%) HP SIM
7 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (22.22%) Windows XP
8 3 (16.67%) ITIL
9 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
9 2 (11.11%) Wireless
9 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
9 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
9 2 (11.11%) SLA
9 2 (11.11%) NetApp
9 2 (11.11%) Dell
9 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
9 2 (11.11%) vSphere
9 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (5.556%) SaaS
10 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (5.556%) Data Entry
10 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (5.556%) Test Management
10 1 (5.556%) Time Management

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing HP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Rollout Engineer
1 4 (22.22%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Data Entry Technician
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.556%) Data Entry
4 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Management
4 1 (5.556%) Time Management
4 1 (5.556%) SOA
4 1 (5.556%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) HP SIM
2 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) NetApp
3 2 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix
4 1 (5.556%) McAfee
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle