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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited HP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6069
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads16201958
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.136 %2.077 %
As % of the category below5.382 %5.215 %
Daily rates quoted450562
Average minimum daily rate£337£326
Average daily rate£354£340
% change on same period last year+4.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£326
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Hourly rates quoted286269
Average minimum hourly rate£20.67£21.59
Average hourly rate£21.83£23.29
% change on same period last year-6.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.99£24.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.52£23.63
% change on same period last year-8.94 %
Vendors EnglandVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads3009837547
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.69 %39.83 %
Daily rates quoted907710944
Average minimum daily rate£383£389
Average daily rate£407£413
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted27193078
Average minimum hourly rate£22.03£24.23
Average hourly rate£23.57£25.86
% change on same period last year-8.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.12£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %
HP UKHP
UK

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.

HP
Demand Trend

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

England HP Demand Trend

HP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England HP Daily Rate Histogram

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England HP Hourly Rate Histogram

HP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing HP within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+13706£396+11.56 %
South EastDown-3408£310-6.36 %
South WestUp+6114£341-4.75 %
East of EnglandDown-6101£298+0.35 %
North WestUp+1493£328+34.34 %
YorkshireUp+371£240-24.00 %
West MidlandsDown-168£282-14.34 %
East MidlandsDown-944£256-17.15 %
North EastUp+1016--
MidlandsDown-2414£215-43.13 %
South CoastNew entry-1--
HP UKHP
UK

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

11337 (40.31 %)Windows
2725 (21.86 %)SAN
3708 (21.34 %)Unix
4667 (20.11 %)Microsoft
5604 (18.21 %)Active Directory
6523 (15.77 %)OpenView
7484 (14.59 %)IBM
8474 (14.29 %)Finance
9456 (13.75 %)VMware
10432 (13.02 %)Oracle
11417 (12.57 %)Cisco
12408 (12.30 %)Security Cleared
13403 (12.15 %)Dell
14386 (11.64 %)ITIL
15378 (11.40 %)Solaris
16368 (11.09 %)Citrix
17364 (10.97 %)Windows 2000
18359 (10.82 %)Linux
19354 (10.67 %)HPUX
20344 (10.37 %)Windows Server 2003
21332 (10.01 %)TCP/IP
22309 (9.316 %)SQL
23285 (8.592 %)Microsoft Certification
24268 (8.080 %)MS Exchange
25258 (7.778 %)SC Cleared
26257 (7.748 %)Windows NT
27255 (7.688 %)LAN
27255 (7.688 %)MS Office
28253 (7.627 %)Firewall
29252 (7.597 %)Banking

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
190 (2.713 %)WebSphere
259 (1.779 %).NET
348 (1.447 %)J2EE
447 (1.417 %)Middleware
545 (1.357 %)XML
624 (0.724 %)ASP
722 (0.663 %)COM+
821 (0.633 %)HTML
916 (0.482 %)WebServices
1015 (0.452 %)Software Packaging
1112 (0.362 %).NET Framework
1210 (0.301 %)SAP Basis
139 (0.271 %)WMI
139 (0.271 %)WSH
139 (0.271 %)SOAP
139 (0.271 %)Java EE
148 (0.241 %)JMS
148 (0.241 %)ADSI
157 (0.211 %)WBIMB
157 (0.211 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
1268 (8.080 %)MS Exchange
2250 (7.537 %)Exchange Server 2003
3166 (5.005 %)IIS
4127 (3.829 %)Exchange Server 2000
555 (1.658 %)SharePoint
651 (1.538 %)Lotus Notes
744 (1.326 %)Exchange Server 2007
838 (1.146 %)Apache
838 (1.146 %)Exchange Server 5.5
936 (1.085 %)WebSphere Application Server
1026 (0.784 %)Oracle Application Server
1124 (0.724 %)GroupWise
1124 (0.724 %)WebLogic
1221 (0.633 %)Lotus Domino
1318 (0.543 %)Tomcat
1413 (0.392 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1512 (0.362 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1610 (0.301 %)WebSphere MQ
1610 (0.301 %)JBoss
179 (0.271 %)SAS
Applications
1255 (7.688 %)MS Office
2233 (7.024 %)MS Excel
339 (1.176 %)MS Visio
430 (0.904 %)MS Project
521 (0.633 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.060 %)CA Clarity
62 (0.060 %)MATLAB
62 (0.060 %)S-PLUS
71 (0.030 %)Photoshop
71 (0.030 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.030 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
143 (1.296 %)Oracle Applications
223 (0.693 %)Oracle 11i
312 (0.362 %)SoftGrid
49 (0.271 %)SAP PM
49 (0.271 %)assyst
57 (0.211 %)BASE24
66 (0.181 %)SAP FI/CO
66 (0.181 %)SAP FI
66 (0.181 %)Summit
66 (0.181 %)SAP CO
75 (0.151 %)SAP IS-U
84 (0.121 %)SAP HR
84 (0.121 %)Oracle Financials
84 (0.121 %)Oracle EBS
93 (0.090 %)SAP Payroll
93 (0.090 %)Line 50
93 (0.090 %)SAP SRM
102 (0.060 %)GoldMine
102 (0.060 %)SAP R/3
102 (0.060 %)SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1725 (21.86 %)SAN
2332 (10.01 %)TCP/IP
3255 (7.688 %)LAN
4253 (7.627 %)Firewall
5210 (6.331 %)DNS
6199 (5.999 %)WAN
7149 (4.492 %)VPN
8131 (3.949 %)DHCP
9124 (3.738 %)Internet
1089 (2.683 %)WINS
1171 (2.140 %)Wireless
1267 (2.020 %)VoIP
1362 (1.869 %)SSL
1446 (1.387 %)VLAN
1537 (1.115 %)SNMP
1537 (1.115 %)Ethernet
1632 (0.965 %)Network Security
1731 (0.935 %)BGP
1829 (0.874 %)OSPF
1829 (0.874 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1162 (4.884 %)SQL Server
263 (1.899 %)Oracle 10g
358 (1.749 %)Oracle 8/8i
444 (1.326 %)Oracle 9i
541 (1.236 %)SQL Server 2000
636 (1.085 %)SQL Server 2005
727 (0.814 %)Oracle Reports
825 (0.754 %)DB2
920 (0.603 %)MySQL
1019 (0.573 %)RDBMS
1019 (0.573 %)BusinessObjects
1116 (0.482 %)MS Access
1215 (0.452 %)Ingres
1311 (0.332 %)Datawarehouse
1311 (0.332 %)Crystal Reports
1311 (0.332 %)Oracle Discoverer
149 (0.271 %)PostgreSQL
149 (0.271 %)Informix
158 (0.241 %)SQL Server 7
167 (0.211 %)ETL
Development Applications
1103 (3.105 %)QuickTest Pro
296 (2.894 %)LoadRunner
346 (1.387 %)TestDirector
442 (1.266 %)WinRunner
521 (0.633 %)Oracle Forms
614 (0.422 %)Ant
712 (0.362 %)MSI
810 (0.301 %)VSS/SourceSafe
810 (0.301 %)ClearCase
98 (0.241 %)StarTeam
107 (0.211 %)Subversion
107 (0.211 %)Rational Rose
116 (0.181 %)JIRA
125 (0.151 %)ClearQuest
133 (0.090 %)Eclipse
133 (0.090 %)PVCS
133 (0.090 %)FrontPage
142 (0.060 %)InstallShield
142 (0.060 %)QALoad
142 (0.060 %)Dreamweaver
General
1474 (14.29 %)Finance
2252 (7.597 %)Banking
3216 (6.512 %)Government
4145 (4.371 %)Telecoms
597 (2.924 %)Investment Banking
654 (1.628 %)Financial Institution
748 (1.447 %)Health
844 (1.326 %)Back Office
942 (1.266 %)Insurance
1035 (1.055 %)Legal
1129 (0.874 %)Retail
1223 (0.693 %)Pensions
1322 (0.663 %)Front Office
1421 (0.633 %)Law
1421 (0.633 %)Education
1516 (0.482 %)Construction
1611 (0.332 %)Billing
1611 (0.332 %)Pharmaceutical
1710 (0.301 %)Auditing
188 (0.241 %)Electric
Job Titles
1546 (16.46 %)Analyst
2307 (9.255 %)Consultant
3288 (8.683 %)Administrator
4242 (7.296 %)Support Engineer
5195 (5.879 %)Support Analyst
6145 (4.371 %)Server Engineer
7127 (3.829 %)Systems Administrator
8125 (3.768 %)Architect
9123 (3.708 %)Desktop Support
10111 (3.346 %)Network Engineer
1196 (2.894 %)Developer
1196 (2.894 %)Desktop Engineer
1289 (2.683 %)Server Support
1388 (2.653 %)Project Manager
1487 (2.623 %)2nd Line Support
1487 (2.623 %)UNIX Administrator
1581 (2.442 %)Test Analyst
1680 (2.412 %)Tester
1776 (2.291 %)Systems Engineer
1776 (2.291 %)Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1184 (5.547 %)Clustering
2112 (3.377 %)Asset Management
370 (2.110 %)Blackberry
370 (2.110 %)Mainframe
454 (1.628 %)Thin Client
454 (1.628 %)Fat Client
534 (1.025 %)Client/Server
534 (1.025 %)NHS
633 (0.995 %)CLARiiON
731 (0.935 %)Replication
731 (0.935 %)Tandem
826 (0.784 %)CMDB
924 (0.724 %)Derivative
1021 (0.633 %)HACMP
1120 (0.603 %)EMC Centera
1219 (0.573 %)AS400
1318 (0.543 %)Celerra
1416 (0.482 %)Management Information System
1515 (0.452 %)Fixed Income
1612 (0.362 %)VAX
Operating Systems
11337 (40.31 %)Windows
2708 (21.34 %)Unix
3378 (11.40 %)Solaris
4364 (10.97 %)Windows 2000
5359 (10.82 %)Linux
6354 (10.67 %)HPUX
7344 (10.37 %)Windows Server 2003
8257 (7.748 %)Windows NT
9184 (5.547 %)Windows XP
10119 (3.588 %)AIX
1148 (1.447 %)VMS
1228 (0.844 %)Windows Vista
1325 (0.754 %)NetWare
1421 (0.633 %)Tru64
1421 (0.633 %)SUSE
1517 (0.513 %)OpenVMS
1610 (0.301 %)Windows Mobile
179 (0.271 %)Fedora
186 (0.181 %)MVS
195 (0.151 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1408 (12.30 %)Security Cleared
2386 (11.64 %)ITIL
3258 (7.778 %)SC Cleared
4182 (5.487 %)Migration
5121 (3.648 %)Service Management
6117 (3.527 %)Change Management
7104 (3.135 %)PRINCE2
897 (2.924 %)Project Management
897 (2.924 %)ITSM
984 (2.532 %)Service Delivery
1082 (2.472 %)Test Scripting
1171 (2.140 %)Problem Management
1265 (1.960 %)Disaster Recovery
1363 (1.899 %)Configuration Management
1443 (1.296 %)Incident Management
1538 (1.146 %)Load Balancing
1637 (1.115 %)BC Cleared
1735 (1.055 %)Release Management
1735 (1.055 %)Performance Testing
1833 (0.995 %)Performance Management
Programming Languages
1309 (9.316 %)SQL
2139 (4.191 %)Perl
3131 (3.949 %)Shell Script
490 (2.713 %)VBScript
584 (2.532 %)Java
678 (2.352 %)VB
763 (1.899 %)C
838 (1.146 %)PL/SQL
935 (1.055 %)Python
1032 (0.965 %)Korn
1123 (0.693 %)C++
1220 (0.603 %)C#
1220 (0.603 %)JavaScript
1318 (0.543 %)PHP
1414 (0.422 %)AWK
1513 (0.392 %)JCL
1513 (0.392 %)COBOL
1513 (0.392 %)DHTML
1513 (0.392 %)VB.NET
169 (0.271 %)Tcl
Qualifications
1285 (8.592 %)Microsoft Certification
2234 (7.055 %)MCSE
3152 (4.582 %)Cisco Certification
498 (2.954 %)MCP
590 (2.713 %)CCNA
662 (1.869 %)CCNP
756 (1.688 %)ISEB
846 (1.387 %)ITIL Certification
943 (1.296 %)Degree
1040 (1.206 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1134 (1.025 %)Citrix Certification
1232 (0.965 %)CCIE
1328 (0.844 %)CCDA
1328 (0.844 %)CCDP
1425 (0.754 %)CNE
1425 (0.754 %)Novell Certification
1425 (0.754 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1518 (0.543 %)A+ Certification
1518 (0.543 %)CCEA
1617 (0.513 %)IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
172 (2.171 %)SLA
238 (1.146 %)QA
311 (0.332 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (0.151 %)COBIT
52 (0.060 %)BS15000
61 (0.030 %)ISO27001
61 (0.030 %)HL7
61 (0.030 %)JSP 440
61 (0.030 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.030 %)ISO9001
System Software
1604 (18.21 %)Active Directory
2232 (6.994 %)VMware ESX
3203 (6.120 %)VMware Infrastructure
4164 (4.944 %)NetBackup
580 (2.412 %)Citrix Presentation Server
659 (1.779 %)Backup Exec
659 (1.779 %)ISA Server
749 (1.477 %)Oracle RAC
834 (1.025 %)NFS
930 (0.904 %)Samba
1025 (0.754 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1123 (0.693 %)MetaFrame
1222 (0.663 %)Terminal Server
1321 (0.633 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1414 (0.422 %)Oracle RMAN
1513 (0.392 %)VMware Server
1610 (0.301 %)Terminal Services
1610 (0.301 %)VMware GSX
177 (0.211 %)VMware Workstation
184 (0.121 %)MailMarshal
Systems Management
1523 (15.77 %)OpenView
2142 (4.281 %)Tivoli
3127 (3.829 %)HP Data Protector
494 (2.834 %)ServiceCenter
582 (2.472 %)OpenView Configuration Management
680 (2.412 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
771 (2.140 %)MOM
866 (1.990 %)CiscoWorks
954 (1.628 %)OVOW
1047 (1.417 %)OVSD
1146 (1.387 %)Legato
1245 (1.357 %)Unicenter
1245 (1.357 %)AssetCenter
1341 (1.236 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1433 (0.995 %)Norton AntiVirus
1531 (0.935 %)NNM
1630 (0.904 %)AutoSys
1729 (0.874 %)CONTROL-M
1828 (0.844 %)ARCserve
1924 (0.724 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
1667 (20.11 %)Microsoft
2484 (14.59 %)IBM
3456 (13.75 %)VMware
4432 (13.02 %)Oracle
5417 (12.57 %)Cisco
6403 (12.15 %)Dell
7368 (11.09 %)Citrix
8243 (7.326 %)Sun
9236 (7.115 %)Compaq
10223 (6.723 %)VERITAS
11208 (6.271 %)EMC
12168 (5.065 %)Red Hat
13125 (3.768 %)Remedy
14101 (3.045 %)SAP
1595 (2.864 %)Symantec
1684 (2.532 %)Altiris
1780 (2.412 %)Novell
1874 (2.231 %)NetApp
1972 (2.171 %)Intel
2070 (2.110 %)Brocade
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