The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 13 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Contract jobs citing HP 28 10 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 9.150% 3.774% 5.643%
As % of the Vendors category 17.07% 7.752% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 6
Average daily rate £240 £265 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.43% -11.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £339 £325
% change year-on-year
-0.36% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
Average hourly rate £19.10 £43.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-14.51% -22.50%
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 129 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 53.59% 48.68% 48.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 67 95
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £137 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £47.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-66.31% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £19.00 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Maidstone +2 2 - -
Tonbridge - 1 - -
HP
South East

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (50.98%) DNS
2 25 (49.02%) DHCP
3 23 (45.10%) Windows
4 20 (39.22%) VoIP
5 19 (37.25%) TCP/IP
5 19 (37.25%) Cisco
5 19 (37.25%) Juniper
6 16 (31.37%) IPv6
6 16 (31.37%) SharePoint
7 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
7 13 (25.49%) Firewall
7 13 (25.49%) IP Telephony
8 12 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (23.53%) Internet
8 12 (23.53%) MPLS
8 12 (23.53%) Microsoft
8 12 (23.53%) Active Directory
9 11 (21.57%) Dell
9 11 (21.57%) CCNP
9 11 (21.57%) OSPF
9 11 (21.57%) BGP
9 11 (21.57%) Wireless
9 11 (21.57%) Service Delivery
9 11 (21.57%) JNCIP
9 11 (21.57%) Legal
9 11 (21.57%) VMware
10 10 (19.61%) Degree
10 10 (19.61%) Change Management
10 10 (19.61%) RHCE

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 1 (1.961%) COM
1 1 (1.961%) WAP
1 1 (1.961%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (31.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (17.65%) MS Exchange
3 7 (13.73%) Lync
3 7 (13.73%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (3.922%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.922%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.961%) IIS
6 1 (1.961%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (9.804%) MS Office
2 4 (7.843%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (5.882%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.922%) SAP FI
1 2 (3.922%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (3.922%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.961%) SAP WM
2 1 (1.961%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 26 (50.98%) DNS
2 25 (49.02%) DHCP
3 20 (39.22%) VoIP
4 19 (37.25%) TCP/IP
5 16 (31.37%) IPv6
6 13 (25.49%) Firewall
6 13 (25.49%) IP Telephony
7 12 (23.53%) Internet
7 12 (23.53%) MPLS
8 11 (21.57%) OSPF
8 11 (21.57%) BGP
8 11 (21.57%) Wireless
9 9 (17.65%) DSL
9 9 (17.65%) VPN
9 9 (17.65%) ADSL
9 9 (17.65%) LLU
10 8 (15.69%) LAN
10 8 (15.69%) WLAN
10 8 (15.69%) WAN
10 8 (15.69%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 6 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.961%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.961%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.961%) LoadRunner
1 1 (1.961%) WebLOAD
General
1 11 (21.57%) Legal
2 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
3 7 (13.73%) Finance
4 3 (5.882%) Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Analyst
2 11 (21.57%) Network Analyst
3 9 (17.65%) VoIP Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Server Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Build Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Deployment Engineer
6 5 (9.804%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.843%) Desktop Support
7 4 (7.843%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Project Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Server Support Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Test Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) Server Support
8 3 (5.882%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) IT Support
8 3 (5.882%) IT Technician
8 3 (5.882%) SAP Test Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) PKI
2 3 (5.882%) NHS
3 2 (3.922%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.961%) iSeries
4 1 (1.961%) SaaS
4 1 (1.961%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (45.10%) Windows
2 13 (25.49%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (15.69%) Windows 2000 Server
5 5 (9.804%) UNIX
6 3 (5.882%) Linux
7 2 (3.922%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.961%) VMS
8 1 (1.961%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.961%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.57%) Service Delivery
2 10 (19.61%) Change Management
3 7 (13.73%) Release Management
4 5 (9.804%) Migration
4 5 (9.804%) Test Scripting
4 5 (9.804%) Regression Testing
4 5 (9.804%) Test Strategy
5 4 (7.843%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (3.922%) ITIL
6 2 (3.922%) Project Management
6 2 (3.922%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.922%) Network Management
6 2 (3.922%) Process Management
7 1 (1.961%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.961%) Logistics
7 1 (1.961%) Test Management
7 1 (1.961%) Service Management
7 1 (1.961%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
2 9 (17.65%) SQL
3 5 (9.804%) VBScript
4 2 (3.922%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (21.57%) CCNP
3 11 (21.57%) JNCIP
4 10 (19.61%) Degree
4 10 (19.61%) RHCE
4 10 (19.61%) MCSE
5 3 (5.882%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (15.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (11.76%) Terminal Services
4 5 (9.804%) Hyper-V
5 3 (5.882%) Terminal Server
6 2 (3.922%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (1.961%) SpamAssassin
7 1 (1.961%) vSphere
7 1 (1.961%) ISA Server
7 1 (1.961%) Squid
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) SCOM
1 6 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.922%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (37.25%) Cisco
1 19 (37.25%) Juniper
2 12 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 11 (21.57%) Dell
3 11 (21.57%) VMware
4 10 (19.61%) Aruba
5 9 (17.65%) Citrix
6 8 (15.69%) BT
7 6 (11.76%) SAP
8 5 (9.804%) EMC
8 5 (9.804%) Aastra
9 2 (3.922%) WatchGuard
9 2 (3.922%) NetApp
10 1 (1.961%) Nokia
10 1 (1.961%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.961%) Symantec
10 1 (1.961%) ProCurve
10 1 (1.961%) Intel
10 1 (1.961%) Avaya
10 1 (1.961%) IBM
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Posted: 14 May 2013