The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 20 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 Buckinghamshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 27 30 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +15
Contract jobs citing HP 47 47 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 5.882% 4.658% 3.226%
As % of the Vendors category 13.31% 9.592% 8.153%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 11 13
Average daily rate £288 £301 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.48% -12.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.22% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
Average hourly rate £13.96 £47.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.71 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.54% -22.50%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
353 490 417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 44.18% 48.56% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 199 140
Average daily rate £313 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £173 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £418 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 43 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £12.50 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £42.40 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
HP
South East

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Milton Keynes +6 29 £300 -13.97%
High Wycombe - 4 - -
Amersham - 3 - -
HP
South East

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 41 (51.90%) Windows
2 35 (44.30%) Security Cleared
3 33 (41.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (30.38%) SC Cleared
4 24 (30.38%) SQL
5 23 (29.11%) DV Cleared
6 22 (27.85%) VMware
7 21 (26.58%) MS Exchange
8 20 (25.32%) ITIL
8 20 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (24.05%) SAN
10 18 (22.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
11 17 (21.52%) Oracle
12 16 (20.25%) TCP/IP
12 16 (20.25%) Exchange Server 2003
13 15 (18.99%) Backup Exec
13 15 (18.99%) Firewall
14 14 (17.72%) Citrix
14 14 (17.72%) SOAP
15 13 (16.46%) UNIX
15 13 (16.46%) OpenView
15 13 (16.46%) SLA
16 12 (15.19%) Hyper-V
17 11 (13.92%) Cisco
18 10 (12.66%) WAN
18 10 (12.66%) ISEB
18 10 (12.66%) Cisco Certification
18 10 (12.66%) SQL Server
18 10 (12.66%) Service Management

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 14 (17.72%) SOAP
2 5 (6.329%) WSDL
2 5 (6.329%) WCF
2 5 (6.329%) soapUI
3 4 (5.063%) BPEL4WS
4 3 (3.797%) WebSphere
4 3 (3.797%) JMS
5 1 (1.266%) Middleware
5 1 (1.266%) Web Services
5 1 (1.266%) XML
Application Platforms
1 21 (26.58%) MS Exchange
2 16 (20.25%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (10.13%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (8.861%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (5.063%) Lync
5 4 (5.063%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (3.797%) IIS
6 3 (3.797%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (2.532%) SharePoint
8 1 (1.266%) CMS
8 1 (1.266%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.266%) ESB
Applications
1 8 (10.13%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.532%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.532%) MS Office
3 1 (1.266%) MS Project
3 1 (1.266%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (3.797%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.266%) BASE24
2 1 (1.266%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 19 (24.05%) SAN
2 16 (20.25%) TCP/IP
3 15 (18.99%) Firewall
4 10 (12.66%) WAN
5 9 (11.39%) LAN
5 9 (11.39%) NAS
6 8 (10.13%) VPN
7 7 (8.861%) DNS
7 7 (8.861%) DHCP
8 5 (6.329%) Internet
9 4 (5.063%) IPsec
10 3 (3.797%) SMTP
10 3 (3.797%) VoIP
10 3 (3.797%) Network Security
10 3 (3.797%) iSCSI
11 2 (2.532%) Broadband
12 1 (1.266%) MPLS
12 1 (1.266%) ADSL
12 1 (1.266%) ATM
12 1 (1.266%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.66%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.797%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (3.797%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.797%) BODI
2 3 (3.797%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 2 (2.532%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.266%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (8.861%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (7.595%) Selenium
3 2 (2.532%) LoadRunner
3 2 (2.532%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.266%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (5.063%) Finance
2 1 (1.266%) Banking
2 1 (1.266%) Retail
2 1 (1.266%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Analyst
2 8 (10.13%) Architect
2 8 (10.13%) Tester
3 7 (8.861%) Technical Architect
3 7 (8.861%) Support Analyst
4 6 (7.595%) Test Analyst
5 5 (6.329%) Service Analyst
5 5 (6.329%) Administrator
5 5 (6.329%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (6.329%) Team Leader
6 4 (5.063%) Field Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.063%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (5.063%) Network Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Printer Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Support Team Leader
6 4 (5.063%) Integration Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Break Fix Engineer
6 4 (5.063%) Automated Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Clustering
2 7 (8.861%) Cryptography
3 4 (5.063%) Blackberry
4 3 (3.797%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.532%) Firmware
5 2 (2.532%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.532%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.532%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.266%) EMV
6 1 (1.266%) e-Health
6 1 (1.266%) CMDB
6 1 (1.266%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 41 (51.90%) Windows
2 33 (41.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (22.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (16.46%) UNIX
5 9 (11.39%) Windows 7
6 6 (7.595%) Windows XP
7 5 (6.329%) Windows NT
7 5 (6.329%) Windows Vista
8 4 (5.063%) Windows 2000
9 3 (3.797%) HPUX
9 3 (3.797%) Solaris
10 2 (2.532%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.266%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) ITIL
2 10 (12.66%) Service Management
3 9 (11.39%) Service Delivery
4 7 (8.861%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (6.329%) Automated Testing
5 5 (6.329%) Change Management
5 5 (6.329%) Configuration Management
5 5 (6.329%) Test Scripting
5 5 (6.329%) Test Strategy
6 4 (5.063%) Integration Testing
6 4 (5.063%) Performance Management
6 4 (5.063%) Validation
6 4 (5.063%) Incident Management
6 4 (5.063%) Fault Management
7 3 (3.797%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (3.797%) TOGAF
7 3 (3.797%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.797%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (3.797%) Workflow
7 3 (3.797%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.38%) SQL
2 3 (3.797%) Shell Script
2 3 (3.797%) Java
2 3 (3.797%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.266%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (44.30%) Security Cleared
2 24 (30.38%) SC Cleared
3 23 (29.11%) DV Cleared
4 10 (12.66%) ISEB
4 10 (12.66%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (11.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (11.39%) MCSE
5 9 (11.39%) CCNA
6 7 (8.861%) MCP
7 4 (5.063%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (3.797%) CCSP
8 3 (3.797%) MCDST
8 3 (3.797%) MCTS
8 3 (3.797%) ISTQB
9 2 (2.532%) Degree
10 1 (1.266%) MCITP
10 1 (1.266%) CCNP
10 1 (1.266%) CCIE
10 1 (1.266%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.266%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.46%) SLA
2 4 (5.063%) QA
3 3 (3.797%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.266%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 20 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (15.19%) Hyper-V
3 9 (11.39%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.329%) vSphere
5 4 (5.063%) XenApp
6 3 (3.797%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 2 (2.532%) VMware ESX
7 2 (2.532%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.266%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 15 (18.99%) Backup Exec
2 13 (16.46%) OpenView
3 7 (8.861%) Tivoli
4 6 (7.595%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (7.595%) OVSD
5 3 (3.797%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (3.797%) HP Data Protector
5 3 (3.797%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (3.797%) HP SIM
6 2 (2.532%) SCCM
6 2 (2.532%) SCOM
7 1 (1.266%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.266%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (1.266%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.266%) WSUS
7 1 (1.266%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 22 (27.85%) VMware
2 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
3 17 (21.52%) Oracle
4 14 (17.72%) Citrix
5 11 (13.92%) Cisco
6 9 (11.39%) Sun
6 9 (11.39%) Dell
7 7 (8.861%) IBM
7 7 (8.861%) Juniper
8 6 (7.595%) StorageTek
8 6 (7.595%) Compaq
8 6 (7.595%) F5
9 5 (6.329%) Symantec
9 5 (6.329%) CommVault
10 3 (3.797%) Business Objects
11 2 (2.532%) Intel
11 2 (2.532%) NetApp
11 2 (2.532%) Sophos
12 1 (1.266%) 3Com
12 1 (1.266%) ProCurve