The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 34 27 51
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +24
Contract jobs citing HP 82 89 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 5.297% 5.552% 3.189%
As % of the Vendors category 9.591% 10.14% 6.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 35 15
Average daily rate £363 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £226 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £428 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.36% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 13
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.18 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.94% +27.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.23 £11.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £37.50 £30.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-14.51% -22.50%
All Vendors
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
855 878 970
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 55.23% 54.77% 52.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 423 349
Average daily rate £365 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 117 135
Average hourly rate £25.00 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £36.10
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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Southampton +8 15 £425 -
Havant +9 9 £363 -3.33%
Basingstoke -9 8 £338 -
Andover +7 7 £475 +46.15%
Portsmouth +1 4 - -
Gosport - 3 £350 -
Winchester -3 1 - -
Eastleigh -4 1 - -
HP
South East

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 75 (52.82%) Windows
2 52 (36.62%) Active Directory
3 49 (34.51%) Microsoft
4 45 (31.69%) HP Quality Center
5 44 (30.99%) Oracle
6 43 (30.28%) Security Cleared
7 39 (27.46%) VMware
8 32 (22.54%) SC Cleared
9 28 (19.72%) Linux
10 27 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003
10 27 (19.01%) Migration
11 26 (18.31%) VMware Infrastructure
12 25 (17.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 24 (16.90%) MS Excel
14 23 (16.20%) Windows XP
14 23 (16.20%) UNIX
15 21 (14.79%) SQL
15 21 (14.79%) Cisco
15 21 (14.79%) Test Automation
16 20 (14.08%) Oracle 8/8i
17 19 (13.38%) ISEB
18 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
18 17 (11.97%) ITIL
19 16 (11.27%) SQL Server 2005
19 16 (11.27%) SQL Server 2008
19 16 (11.27%) Oracle RAC
19 16 (11.27%) Oracle 11g
20 15 (10.56%) Management Information System
20 15 (10.56%) Oracle EBS
21 14 (9.859%) MS Office

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 12 (8.451%) .NET
2 11 (7.746%) HTML
3 9 (6.338%) ASP.NET
4 8 (5.634%) JSP
5 4 (2.817%) COM
6 3 (2.113%) Middleware
7 1 (0.704%) Spring
7 1 (0.704%) XML
7 1 (0.704%) XSL
7 1 (0.704%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (9.859%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.042%) IIS
3 8 (5.634%) MS Exchange
4 4 (2.817%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (2.817%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.113%) Oracle Coherence
5 3 (2.113%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.408%) TeamSite
6 2 (1.408%) CMS
7 1 (0.704%) Exchange Server 5.5
7 1 (0.704%) Lync
7 1 (0.704%) Apache
Applications
1 24 (16.90%) MS Excel
2 14 (9.859%) MS Office
3 1 (0.704%) CATIA
3 1 (0.704%) Windchill
3 1 (0.704%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.704%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 15 (10.56%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (4.225%) Oracle HRMS
3 4 (2.817%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (2.817%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (2.817%) Oracle iProcurement
4 2 (1.408%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.408%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.704%) Maximo
5 1 (0.704%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.859%) SAN
2 11 (7.746%) Firewall
3 8 (5.634%) TCP/IP
3 8 (5.634%) LAN
3 8 (5.634%) WAN
4 7 (4.930%) Wireless
5 5 (3.521%) Internet
6 4 (2.817%) 3G
6 4 (2.817%) MPLS
6 4 (2.817%) DVB
6 4 (2.817%) VoIP
6 4 (2.817%) SNMP
6 4 (2.817%) PSTN
6 4 (2.817%) ATM
6 4 (2.817%) Broadband
6 4 (2.817%) GPRS
6 4 (2.817%) DNS
6 4 (2.817%) HTTPS
6 4 (2.817%) UPnP
7 3 (2.113%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.08%) Oracle 8/8i
2 17 (11.97%) SQL Server
3 16 (11.27%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (11.27%) Oracle 11g
3 16 (11.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (7.746%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (7.746%) Oracle 10g
5 10 (7.042%) Oracle BI EE
6 9 (6.338%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (4.930%) Oracle OWB
8 5 (3.521%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (2.817%) Data Mining
9 4 (2.817%) Oracle Discoverer
9 4 (2.817%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 12 (8.451%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (7.042%) LoadRunner
3 9 (6.338%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (2.817%) ClearQuest
5 2 (1.408%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.704%) Rational Application Developer
6 1 (0.704%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.704%) JUnit
6 1 (0.704%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.704%) Maven
6 1 (0.704%) Selenium
6 1 (0.704%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (0.704%) Mockito
General
1 8 (5.634%) Telecoms
2 6 (4.225%) Back Office
3 5 (3.521%) Finance
3 5 (3.521%) Military
4 4 (2.817%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.113%) Retail
5 3 (2.113%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.704%) Billing
Job Titles
1 26 (18.31%) Analyst
2 20 (14.08%) Consultant
3 16 (11.27%) Test Analyst
3 16 (11.27%) Support Engineer
4 9 (6.338%) 1st Line Support
4 9 (6.338%) Tester
4 9 (6.338%) Test Consultant
5 8 (5.634%) Administrator
6 7 (4.930%) Technical Consultant
6 7 (4.930%) Architect
7 6 (4.225%) Test Manager
7 6 (4.225%) Rollout Engineer
7 6 (4.225%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.521%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (3.521%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (3.521%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 5 (3.521%) Virtualisation Consultant
9 4 (2.817%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 4 (2.817%) IT Support
9 4 (2.817%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.56%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.225%) Clustering
3 4 (2.817%) STB
3 4 (2.817%) Streaming Video
3 4 (2.817%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.113%) SaaS
5 2 (1.408%) iSeries
5 2 (1.408%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.408%) NHS
6 1 (0.704%) HACMP
6 1 (0.704%) DTV
6 1 (0.704%) MPEG
6 1 (0.704%) Economics
6 1 (0.704%) Statistics
6 1 (0.704%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.704%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 75 (52.82%) Windows
2 28 (19.72%) Linux
3 27 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003
4 25 (17.61%) Windows Server 2008
5 23 (16.20%) UNIX
5 23 (16.20%) Windows XP
6 12 (8.451%) Windows 7
7 9 (6.338%) Windows 2000
8 5 (3.521%) AIX
8 5 (3.521%) HPUX
9 4 (2.817%) Solaris
9 4 (2.817%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (2.817%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (2.113%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.408%) Windows 8
12 1 (0.704%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.704%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.704%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.01%) Migration
2 21 (14.79%) Test Automation
3 17 (11.97%) ITIL
4 14 (9.859%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (9.859%) Test Management
4 14 (9.859%) Test Scripting
5 13 (9.155%) Performance Testing
6 10 (7.042%) Time Management
7 9 (6.338%) PRINCE2
7 9 (6.338%) Validation
7 9 (6.338%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (4.930%) Software Testing
8 7 (4.930%) Project Management
8 7 (4.930%) System Testing
9 6 (4.225%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (4.225%) E-business
10 4 (2.817%) Regression Testing
10 4 (2.817%) UML
10 4 (2.817%) ERP
10 4 (2.817%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.79%) SQL
2 14 (9.859%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.225%) Bash shell
4 5 (3.521%) C
5 4 (2.817%) VB
6 3 (2.113%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.408%) Korn
7 2 (1.408%) R
7 2 (1.408%) Java
8 1 (0.704%) XPath
8 1 (0.704%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.704%) Python
8 1 (0.704%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.704%) C++
8 1 (0.704%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (30.28%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.38%) ISEB
4 9 (6.338%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.338%) HP AIS
5 8 (5.634%) ISTQB
6 7 (4.930%) Degree
6 7 (4.930%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (2.817%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.817%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.113%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.408%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.408%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.408%) CCNA
10 1 (0.704%) MBCS
10 1 (0.704%) HNC
10 1 (0.704%) CCNP
10 1 (0.704%) CITP
10 1 (0.704%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.704%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.338%) SLA
2 4 (2.817%) QA
3 2 (1.408%) JSP 440
System Software
1 52 (36.62%) Active Directory
2 26 (18.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.27%) Oracle RAC
4 8 (5.634%) vSphere
5 7 (4.930%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (4.930%) Terminal Services
6 4 (2.817%) Xen
6 4 (2.817%) Hyper-V
7 3 (2.113%) Nmap
8 2 (1.408%) XenApp
9 1 (0.704%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 45 (31.69%) HP Quality Center
2 12 (8.451%) HP SIM
3 9 (6.338%) SCCM
4 6 (4.225%) SCOM
5 4 (2.817%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (2.113%) OpenView
6 3 (2.113%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (2.113%) MOM
7 2 (1.408%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (1.408%) Tivoli
7 2 (1.408%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (1.408%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.704%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.704%) Nessus
8 1 (0.704%) HP NNM
8 1 (0.704%) Netcool
8 1 (0.704%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 1 (0.704%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 49 (34.51%) Microsoft
2 44 (30.99%) Oracle
3 39 (27.46%) VMware
4 21 (14.79%) Cisco
5 8 (5.634%) IBM
5 8 (5.634%) Dell
6 7 (4.930%) NetApp
6 7 (4.930%) 3PAR
7 6 (4.225%) Red Hat
7 6 (4.225%) McAfee
7 6 (4.225%) SAP
8 5 (3.521%) Citrix
9 4 (2.817%) LANDesk
10 3 (2.113%) 3Com
10 3 (2.113%) RedPrairie
10 3 (2.113%) Juniper
10 3 (2.113%) Nortel
11 2 (1.408%) Remedy
11 2 (1.408%) Blue Coat
11 2 (1.408%) Brocade
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southampton, South East
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Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £24 - £25 per hour
Posted: 26 April 2013
Hampshire
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Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Andover, South East
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Posted: 29 April 2013
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Posted: 2 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
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Rate: £8.75 - £10.5 per hour
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