Cambridgeshire HP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HP over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Barnet Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Bolton Borehamwood Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Douglas Dundee Durham Ealing East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Ely England Essex Fareham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kent King's Lynn Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans St Asaph Staines Stevenage Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	61
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	27	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	10.93 %	3.817 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£404
Average daily rate	-	£420
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£349
% change on same period last year	-4.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.00	£23.25
Average hourly rate	£20.00	£24.72
% change on same period last year	-19.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.00	£26.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.54	£25.16
% change on same period last year	-10.41 %
Vendors Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	247	393
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.351 %	0.397 %
Daily rates quoted	46	62
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£299
Average daily rate	£331	£311
% change on same period last year	+6.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£324
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£355
% change on same period last year	+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	48	89
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.29	£27.25
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£28.68
% change on same period last year	-18.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.24	£30.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.38	£24.36
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
HP East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Hewlett-Packard Company.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Peterborough	+14	14	-	-
Cambridge	+18	7	-	-
Huntingdon	+2	2	-	-
Ely	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 26 (54.17 %) Windows 2 17 (35.42 %) Active Directory 3 15 (31.25 %) IBM 3 15 (31.25 %) Compaq 4 13 (27.08 %) MS Exchange 5 12 (25.00 %) Dell 6 10 (20.83 %) Windows Server 2003 6 10 (20.83 %) Microsoft 7 9 (18.75 %) Windows XP 7 9 (18.75 %) LAN 7 9 (18.75 %) MS Office 7 9 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 7 (14.58 %) Windows 2000 8 7 (14.58 %) MS Excel 8 7 (14.58 %) OpenView

9 6 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 9 6 (12.50 %) ITIL 9 6 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 5 (10.42 %) VMware 10 5 (10.42 %) Cisco 10 5 (10.42 %) VPN 11 4 (8.333 %) SLA 11 4 (8.333 %) UNIX 11 4 (8.333 %) SQL Server 11 4 (8.333 %) Lotus Notes 11 4 (8.333 %) Lotus 11 4 (8.333 %) Citrix 11 4 (8.333 %) SAN 11 4 (8.333 %) Government 11 4 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 5.5

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 13 (27.08 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (8.333 %) Lotus Notes 3 4 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 4 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 2 (4.167 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 9 (18.75 %) MS Office 2 7 (14.58 %) MS Excel 3 1 (2.083 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (2.083 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 9 (18.75 %) LAN 2 6 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 3 5 (10.42 %) VPN 4 4 (8.333 %) SAN 5 3 (6.250 %) WAN 6 2 (4.167 %) SMS 6 2 (4.167 %) VoIP 6 2 (4.167 %) WLAN 6 2 (4.167 %) ADSL 6 2 (4.167 %) ISDN 6 2 (4.167 %) Firewall 6 2 (4.167 %) Internet 6 2 (4.167 %) Intrusion Detection 7 1 (2.083 %) Intranet 7 1 (2.083 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2 2 (4.167 %) MS Access 2 2 (4.167 %) Crystal Reports 2 2 (4.167 %) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications 1 1 (2.083 %) WinRunner 1 1 (2.083 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (2.083 %) LoadRunner	General 1 4 (8.333 %) Government 2 3 (6.250 %) Telecoms 3 2 (4.167 %) Finance 4 1 (2.083 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 17 (35.42 %) Hardware Engineer 2 8 (16.67 %) Analyst 3 7 (14.58 %) Support Analyst 4 6 (12.50 %) Support Engineer 4 6 (12.50 %) Server Engineer 5 5 (10.42 %) Desktop Engineer 5 5 (10.42 %) Administrator 5 5 (10.42 %) Desktop Support 6 3 (6.250 %) Desktop Analyst 6 3 (6.250 %) Desktop Support Analyst 6 3 (6.250 %) Computer Engineer 6 3 (6.250 %) Break Fix Engineer 6 3 (6.250 %) Systems Administrator 7 2 (4.167 %) Network Engineer 7 2 (4.167 %) Wintel Engineer 7 2 (4.167 %) Desktop Support Engineer 7 2 (4.167 %) 2nd Line Support 7 2 (4.167 %) Server Administrator 7 2 (4.167 %) Network Support Engineer 7 2 (4.167 %) Network Support	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.167 %) German Language 2 1 (2.083 %) Video Conferencing 2 1 (2.083 %) Fat Client 2 1 (2.083 %) Dutch Language 2 1 (2.083 %) Blackberry 2 1 (2.083 %) Thin Client 2 1 (2.083 %) Management Information System 2 1 (2.083 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 26 (54.17 %) Windows 2 10 (20.83 %) Windows Server 2003 3 9 (18.75 %) Windows XP 4 7 (14.58 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 4 (8.333 %) UNIX 7 3 (6.250 %) Linux 8 2 (4.167 %) Windows NT 9 1 (2.083 %) SUSE 9 1 (2.083 %) AIX 9 1 (2.083 %) HPUX 9 1 (2.083 %) Solaris 9 1 (2.083 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (12.50 %) ITIL 2 3 (6.250 %) Migration 3 2 (4.167 %) Project Management 3 2 (4.167 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (4.167 %) Time Management 4 1 (2.083 %) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages 1 3 (6.250 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (2.083 %) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (8.333 %) SLA	System Software 1 17 (35.42 %) Active Directory 2 3 (6.250 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (4.167 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (4.167 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (2.083 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (2.083 %) Terminal Services
Systems Management 1 7 (14.58 %) OpenView 2 2 (4.167 %) MOM 2 2 (4.167 %) OVSD 3 1 (2.083 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (2.083 %) ARCserve 3 1 (2.083 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (2.083 %) CiscoWorks 3 1 (2.083 %) DameWare	Vendors 1 15 (31.25 %) IBM 1 15 (31.25 %) Compaq 2 12 (25.00 %) Dell 3 10 (20.83 %) Microsoft 4 5 (10.42 %) VMware 4 5 (10.42 %) Cisco 5 4 (8.333 %) Lotus 5 4 (8.333 %) Citrix 6 2 (4.167 %) McAfee Security 6 2 (4.167 %) 3Com 7 1 (2.083 %) SurfControl 7 1 (2.083 %) Kaspersky 7 1 (2.083 %) Symantec 7 1 (2.083 %) Remedy 7 1 (2.083 %) Novell 7 1 (2.083 %) BT