The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 18 31 20
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Contract jobs citing HP 13 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 6.250% 3.357% 5.106%
As % of the Vendors category 12.38% 7.330% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
Average daily rate £325 - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £25.25 - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-13.11% -12.85%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
105 191 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 50.48% 45.80% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 89 58
Average daily rate £305 £380 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.73% +22.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £505 £432
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 19
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.65 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £32.25 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
HP
North West

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Lytham St Annes +8 5 - -
Skelmersdale -2 2 - -
Blackpool - 1 - -
Preston - 1 - -
HP
North West

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (50.00%) VMware
4 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
4 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (33.33%) Oracle
5 6 (33.33%) Solaris
5 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 6 (33.33%) Cisco
6 5 (27.78%) Firewall
6 5 (27.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (27.78%) SCCM
6 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 5 (27.78%) HTTP
6 5 (27.78%) Linux
6 5 (27.78%) UNIX
6 5 (27.78%) AIX
6 5 (27.78%) HPUX
6 5 (27.78%) CA
6 5 (27.78%) Tivoli
6 5 (27.78%) Citrix
6 5 (27.78%) Unicenter
6 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
7 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
7 4 (22.22%) SAN
7 4 (22.22%) SOAP
7 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 4 (22.22%) FTP
7 4 (22.22%) NAS

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (22.22%) SOAP
2 3 (16.67%) Web Services
3 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
3 2 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (16.67%) Lync
2 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 2 (11.11%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.556%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 5 (27.78%) HTTP
3 4 (22.22%) SAN
3 4 (22.22%) FTP
3 4 (22.22%) NAS
4 3 (16.67%) Wireless
5 2 (11.11%) DNS
5 2 (11.11%) SSL
5 2 (11.11%) VPN
5 2 (11.11%) LAN
5 2 (11.11%) WLAN
5 2 (11.11%) WAN
5 2 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (5.556%) Network Security
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.556%) FWSM
6 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) TOAD
3 1 (5.556%) DB2
3 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (11.11%) MSI
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 6 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Test Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) UNIX Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Test Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Clustering
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) VSAM
2 1 (5.556%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (33.33%) Solaris
5 5 (27.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (27.78%) Linux
5 5 (27.78%) UNIX
5 5 (27.78%) AIX
5 5 (27.78%) HPUX
6 2 (11.11%) Windows NT
6 2 (11.11%) Windows XP
7 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.556%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) Validation
2 3 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Change Control
3 2 (11.11%) Content Management
4 1 (5.556%) Information Security
4 1 (5.556%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.556%) Service Management
4 1 (5.556%) Stress Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
4 1 (5.556%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) Perl
1 1 (5.556%) VB
1 1 (5.556%) Shell Script
1 1 (5.556%) JCL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (5.556%) CCSA
2 1 (5.556%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.556%) CCNA
2 1 (5.556%) CCIE
2 1 (5.556%) PMP
2 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM
1 5 (27.78%) Tivoli
1 5 (27.78%) Unicenter
2 4 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (16.67%) SCOM
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) VMware
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 6 (33.33%) Oracle
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco
4 5 (27.78%) CA
4 5 (27.78%) Citrix
4 5 (27.78%) Red Hat
5 3 (16.67%) Dell
6 2 (11.11%) Juniper
6 2 (11.11%) McAfee
7 1 (5.556%) AppSense
7 1 (5.556%) Fujitsu
7 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint