The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 25 22 28
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Contract jobs citing HP 7 9 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 3.333% 3.346% 4.308%
As % of the Vendors category 7.368% 7.627% 7.650%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 12
Average daily rate £239 £419 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.98% +11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £397 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £501 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-13.11% -12.85%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
95 118 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 45.24% 43.87% 56.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 65 90
Average daily rate £328 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.66% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+265.38% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
HP
South West

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset HP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bournemouth -3 5 £210 -49.85%
HP
South West

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
2 4 (44.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Network Management
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Information Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (33.33%) QA
3 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (33.33%) Handset
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Internet
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) HTTP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (22.22%) JDBC
1 2 (22.22%) ODBC
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) HTTP
2 3 (33.33%) VoIP
3 2 (22.22%) HTTPS
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) SAN
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (22.22%) WinRunner
2 2 (22.22%) TestDirector
2 2 (22.22%) LoadRunner
2 2 (22.22%) Introscope
3 1 (11.11%) JProfiler
3 1 (11.11%) JProbe
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Architect
3 1 (11.11%) QA Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Blackberry
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Handset
3 2 (22.22%) SWIFT
4 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Solaris
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (44.44%) Test Management
2 3 (33.33%) Network Management
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (22.22%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) RUP
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) V-Model
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) MCDST
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP SiteScope
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
2 1 (11.11%) Veritas Storage Foundation
2 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix
1 3 (33.33%) Avaya
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) ProCurve
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
3 1 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) NetApp
3 1 (11.11%) Veritas
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper