The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 53 52 46
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -6
Contract jobs citing HP 73 96 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.955% 3.077% 3.039%
As % of the Vendors category 5.906% 6.076% 5.798%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 35 18
Average daily rate £275 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £142 £151 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £498 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.48% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 22 11
Average hourly rate £12.25 £14.38 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.78% -60.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.65 £10.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £132.10 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.73 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.41% -22.50%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1236 1580 1535
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 50.04% 50.64% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 532 547
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 79 92
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £33.82
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.95 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
HP
South East

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire HP Daily Rate Histogram

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire HP Hourly Rate Histogram

HP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -12 28 £263 -34.37%
Bracknell 0 20 £205 -8.88%
Slough -18 6 £300 -7.69%
Maidenhead - 5 £250 -
Wokingham - 1 £275 -
HP
South East

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 74 (52.48%) Windows
2 53 (37.59%) VMware
3 44 (31.21%) Active Directory
4 36 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 35 (24.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 34 (24.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 32 (22.70%) LAN
7 32 (22.70%) Security Cleared
8 31 (21.99%) Windows 7
8 31 (21.99%) ITIL
9 30 (21.28%) UNIX
9 30 (21.28%) SQL Server
10 29 (20.57%) Telecoms
11 27 (19.15%) IIS
11 27 (19.15%) SAN
12 25 (17.73%) SQL
12 25 (17.73%) Linux
12 25 (17.73%) Oracle
12 25 (17.73%) SC Cleared
13 23 (16.31%) Windows XP
13 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
14 22 (15.60%) WAN
15 21 (14.89%) BMC
15 21 (14.89%) EMC
16 20 (14.18%) Tomcat
16 20 (14.18%) HP Quality Center
17 19 (13.48%) Degree
18 18 (12.77%) Remedy
18 18 (12.77%) VMware ESX
19 16 (11.35%) Migration

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 12 (8.511%) Middleware
2 11 (7.801%) .NET
3 9 (6.383%) Web Services
4 6 (4.255%) J2EE
4 6 (4.255%) XML
4 6 (4.255%) WSH
5 5 (3.546%) WebSphere
6 4 (2.837%) ADSI
7 2 (1.418%) JSystem
8 1 (0.709%) LAMP
8 1 (0.709%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 27 (19.15%) IIS
2 20 (14.18%) Tomcat
3 10 (7.092%) MS Exchange
4 9 (6.383%) Apache
5 8 (5.674%) IBM HTTP Server
6 7 (4.965%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (4.255%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 5 (3.546%) WebSphere Application Server
9 4 (2.837%) WebLogic
9 4 (2.837%) SharePoint
10 3 (2.128%) FileNet
10 3 (2.128%) Documentum
11 2 (1.418%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.709%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.709%) WebSphere MQ
12 1 (0.709%) Lync
12 1 (0.709%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (9.220%) MS Office
2 12 (8.511%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.709%) MS Project
3 1 (0.709%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 14 (9.929%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (2.128%) SAP HCM
3 2 (1.418%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.709%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (22.70%) LAN
2 27 (19.15%) SAN
3 22 (15.60%) WAN
4 15 (10.64%) TCP/IP
5 13 (9.220%) Nokia NetAct
5 13 (9.220%) HTTP
6 12 (8.511%) VPN
7 9 (6.383%) Internet
7 9 (6.383%) DNS
8 7 (4.965%) Firewall
9 6 (4.255%) 3G
10 5 (3.546%) 2G
10 5 (3.546%) SMTP
10 5 (3.546%) IPv4
10 5 (3.546%) MPLS
10 5 (3.546%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (2.837%) iSCSI
11 4 (2.837%) BSS
12 3 (2.128%) DHCP
12 3 (2.128%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.092%) Oracle 8/8i
3 9 (6.383%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.418%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (1.418%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (1.418%) MySQL
6 1 (0.709%) Adabas
6 1 (0.709%) TOAD
6 1 (0.709%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.709%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.709%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 15 (10.64%) LoadRunner
2 3 (2.128%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.709%) MSI
3 1 (0.709%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.709%) StarTeam
General
1 29 (20.57%) Telecoms
2 12 (8.511%) Finance
3 8 (5.674%) Retail
4 4 (2.837%) Banking
5 2 (1.418%) Marketing
5 2 (1.418%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.709%) Back Office
6 1 (0.709%) Electronics
6 1 (0.709%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (14.89%) Architect
1 21 (14.89%) Analyst
2 16 (11.35%) Support Engineer
3 12 (8.511%) Tester
3 12 (8.511%) OSS Architect
4 11 (7.801%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (7.092%) Test Analyst
5 10 (7.092%) Administrator
6 8 (5.674%) Support Technician
7 7 (4.965%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (4.965%) Consultant
7 7 (4.965%) Technical Leader
8 5 (3.546%) Systems Architect
8 5 (3.546%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.546%) Printer Engineer
8 5 (3.546%) IT Support
9 4 (2.837%) Storage Engineer
9 4 (2.837%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (2.837%) Desktop Support
9 4 (2.837%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.801%) Clustering
2 3 (2.128%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.128%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.128%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (2.128%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.418%) CLARiiON
4 1 (0.709%) AS400
4 1 (0.709%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 74 (52.48%) Windows
2 36 (25.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 34 (24.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 31 (21.99%) Windows 7
5 30 (21.28%) UNIX
6 25 (17.73%) Linux
7 23 (16.31%) Windows XP
8 16 (11.35%) HPUX
9 9 (6.383%) Solaris
10 8 (5.674%) SUSE
11 4 (2.837%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (2.128%) Windows 2000
12 3 (2.128%) Mac OS X
12 3 (2.128%) Windows Vista
13 2 (1.418%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.709%) OpenBSD
14 1 (0.709%) FreeBSD
14 1 (0.709%) AIX
14 1 (0.709%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.99%) ITIL
2 16 (11.35%) Migration
2 16 (11.35%) Test Scripting
3 14 (9.929%) Project Management
4 12 (8.511%) Service Management
4 12 (8.511%) ITSM
4 12 (8.511%) Performance Management
5 11 (7.801%) Fault Management
5 11 (7.801%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (7.801%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (7.801%) TOGAF
6 10 (7.092%) Regression Testing
7 8 (5.674%) Non-Functional Testing
7 8 (5.674%) Validation
8 7 (4.965%) Configuration Management
9 6 (4.255%) Performance Testing
9 6 (4.255%) Test Automation
9 6 (4.255%) ERP
9 6 (4.255%) Workflow
9 6 (4.255%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.73%) SQL
2 14 (9.929%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.092%) VBScript
4 8 (5.674%) Java
5 7 (4.965%) Bash shell
6 5 (3.546%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.418%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.709%) VB6
8 1 (0.709%) C++
8 1 (0.709%) Perl
8 1 (0.709%) PHP
8 1 (0.709%) VB
8 1 (0.709%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.709%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 32 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 25 (17.73%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.48%) Degree
4 11 (7.801%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.546%) CCNA
7 3 (2.128%) ISEB
7 3 (2.128%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.418%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.418%) OCP
8 2 (1.418%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.418%) MCSE
9 1 (0.709%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.709%) SCSA
9 1 (0.709%) HNC
9 1 (0.709%) RHCE
9 1 (0.709%) HPUX Certification
9 1 (0.709%) CCNP
9 1 (0.709%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.965%) QA
2 3 (2.128%) SLA
3 1 (0.709%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (31.21%) Active Directory
2 35 (24.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (12.77%) VMware ESX
4 13 (9.220%) vSphere
5 7 (4.965%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.546%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (2.837%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (2.128%) NFS
9 2 (1.418%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 2 (1.418%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.709%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.709%) Postfix
10 1 (0.709%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.709%) Xen
10 1 (0.709%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 20 (14.18%) HP Quality Center
2 13 (9.220%) Netcool
3 11 (7.801%) Ionix
4 8 (5.674%) SCCM
4 8 (5.674%) HP SIM
4 8 (5.674%) Nagios
5 7 (4.965%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 6 (4.255%) Foglight
7 4 (2.837%) Unicenter
7 4 (2.837%) Legato
7 4 (2.837%) OpenView
7 4 (2.837%) NetBackup
8 3 (2.128%) HP UCMDB
8 3 (2.128%) SCOM
9 2 (1.418%) MOM
10 1 (0.709%) HP NNM
10 1 (0.709%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.709%) CiscoWorks
10 1 (0.709%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.709%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 53 (37.59%) VMware
2 25 (17.73%) Oracle
3 23 (16.31%) Microsoft
4 21 (14.89%) BMC
4 21 (14.89%) EMC
5 18 (12.77%) Remedy
6 13 (9.220%) Nokia
7 11 (7.801%) Brocade
7 11 (7.801%) Dell
8 10 (7.092%) IBM
8 10 (7.092%) McAfee
9 8 (5.674%) Citrix
10 6 (4.255%) CheckPoint
10 6 (4.255%) Cisco
10 6 (4.255%) Sun
10 6 (4.255%) SAP
11 5 (3.546%) JBoss
11 5 (3.546%) Veritas
12 4 (2.837%) FrontRange
12 4 (2.837%) Red Hat
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