The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 34 41 32
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Contract jobs citing HP 5 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.488% 2.169% 0.413%
As % of the Vendors category 3.226% 5.233% 1.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £375 £273 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £333 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.48% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.73 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.41% -22.50%
All Vendors
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
155 172 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 46.13% 41.45% 35.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 81 38
Average daily rate £300 £303 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.82% -6.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 15
Average hourly rate £24.95 £40.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.62% +196.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.88 £10.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £47.50 £31.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
HP
Cambridgeshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 11 (68.75%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (50.00%) ISEB
2 8 (50.00%) JIRA
3 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
3 7 (43.75%) Java
4 6 (37.50%) HTML
4 6 (37.50%) XML
4 6 (37.50%) Finance
5 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
5 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) UNIX
6 4 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (25.00%) Selenium
7 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (18.75%) EMC
7 3 (18.75%) SAP
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
8 2 (12.50%) Dell
8 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
8 2 (12.50%) Windows
8 2 (12.50%) SAN
8 2 (12.50%) ITIL
8 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
8 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (12.50%) Intranet
8 2 (12.50%) Internet
8 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 6 (37.50%) HTML
1 6 (37.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (12.50%) Lync
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
1 2 (12.50%) Intranet
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Wireless
1 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) WAN
2 1 (6.250%) HTTP
2 1 (6.250%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) JIRA
2 4 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Tester
2 2 (12.50%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Agile Test Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Manual Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Linux Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) UNIX
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
3 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.250%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
5 1 (6.250%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Java
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) RHCA
2 1 (6.250%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (12.50%) NetBackup
2 2 (12.50%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) EMC
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
1 3 (18.75%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Dell
2 2 (12.50%) Altiris
2 2 (12.50%) 3PAR
2 2 (12.50%) Riverbed
2 2 (12.50%) Exinda
3 1 (6.250%) Twitter
3 1 (6.250%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) NetApp
3 1 (6.250%) Red Hat