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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 London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7185
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads703839
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.937 %0.849 %
As % of the category below4.900 %3.976 %
Daily rates quoted282315
Average minimum daily rate£368£356
Average daily rate£389£372
% change on same period last year+4.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£333
% change on same period last year-6.40 %
Hourly rates quoted70105
Average minimum hourly rate£22.66£19.97
Average hourly rate£23.51£21.25
% change on same period last year+10.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.36£22.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.55£23.23
% change on same period last year-7.23 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching contract IT job ads1434621104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.12 %21.35 %
Daily rates quoted56447547
Average minimum daily rate£412£416
Average daily rate£439£442
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£466£469
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted8271135
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£25.27
Average hourly rate£24.29£26.85
% change on same period last year-9.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.91£28.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %
HP EnglandHP
England

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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 jobs citing HP within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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
City of LondonUp+12171£400+2.18 %
Canary WharfUp+2230£429+37.23 %
HammersmithUp+814£351-
Docklands, LondonDown-1613£492+28.37 %
HounslowNo change07£260-
UxbridgeDown-36£205-
CroydonUp+84£155+47.61 %
BromleyNew entry-3£310-
BarnetNew entry-2--
TwickenhamNew entry-2--
LutonUp+182--
WimbledonNew entry-1--
WestminsterNew entry-1--
BexleyNew entry-1£120-
HP EnglandHP
England

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1573 (38.98 %)Windows
2364 (24.76 %)SAN
3331 (22.52 %)Finance
4281 (19.12 %)UNIX
5279 (18.98 %)Microsoft
6272 (18.50 %)Active Directory
7261 (17.76 %)VMware
8208 (14.15 %)IBM
9198 (13.47 %)Banking
10189 (12.86 %)Linux
11186 (12.65 %)Dell
12177 (12.04 %)OpenView
13173 (11.77 %)TCP/IP
14169 (11.50 %)Windows Server 2003
15165 (11.22 %)Citrix
16159 (10.82 %)Cisco
17153 (10.41 %)Solaris
18144 (9.796 %)Oracle
19142 (9.660 %)ITIL
20139 (9.456 %)SQL
21135 (9.184 %)Windows 2000
22129 (8.776 %)Exchange Server 2003
23128 (8.707 %)Firewall
24127 (8.639 %)VMware ESX
24127 (8.639 %)MS Exchange
24127 (8.639 %)EMC
25123 (8.367 %)VERITAS
26118 (8.027 %)Microsoft Certification
27113 (7.687 %)HPUX
28112 (7.619 %)DNS

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (3.061 %).NET
243 (2.925 %)WebSphere
326 (1.769 %)J2EE
420 (1.361 %)COM+
513 (0.884 %)Middleware
67 (0.476 %)ASP
67 (0.476 %)WebServices
67 (0.476 %)XML
75 (0.340 %).NET Framework
75 (0.340 %)Software Packaging
83 (0.204 %)WMI
83 (0.204 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.136 %)POSIX
92 (0.136 %)Java EE
101 (0.068 %)Application Packaging
101 (0.068 %)HTML
101 (0.068 %)XSLT
101 (0.068 %)Adobe Flex
101 (0.068 %)Silverlight
101 (0.068 %)ADSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1129 (8.776 %)Exchange Server 2003
2127 (8.639 %)MS Exchange
399 (6.735 %)IIS
441 (2.789 %)Exchange Server 2000
537 (2.517 %)SharePoint
631 (2.109 %)Exchange Server 2007
722 (1.497 %)Apache
820 (1.361 %)WebSphere Application Server
919 (1.293 %)Lotus Notes
1011 (0.748 %)Oracle Application Server
1011 (0.748 %)Exchange Server 5.5
119 (0.612 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
126 (0.408 %)CMS
126 (0.408 %)GroupWise
126 (0.408 %)Tomcat
135 (0.340 %)Lotus Domino
135 (0.340 %)SAS
135 (0.340 %)Office Project Server
144 (0.272 %)MQSeries
144 (0.272 %)Documentum
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
197 (6.599 %)MS Excel
289 (6.054 %)MS Office
321 (1.429 %)MS Visio
416 (1.088 %)MS Project
57 (0.476 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.272 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.136 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.068 %)Photoshop
81 (0.068 %)MATLAB
81 (0.068 %)S-PLUS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.748 %)SoftGrid
29 (0.612 %)SAP PM
29 (0.612 %)Oracle Applications
35 (0.340 %)SAP FI
35 (0.340 %)SAP FI/CO
35 (0.340 %)SAP CO
43 (0.204 %)SAP SRM
52 (0.136 %)SAP WM
52 (0.136 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.136 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.068 %)SAP HR
61 (0.068 %)SAP R/3
61 (0.068 %)SAP MM
61 (0.068 %)SAP Payroll
61 (0.068 %)BASE24
61 (0.068 %)Summit
61 (0.068 %)RMDS
61 (0.068 %)assyst
61 (0.068 %)Kondor+
61 (0.068 %)Beauchamp
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1364 (24.76 %)SAN
2173 (11.77 %)TCP/IP
3128 (8.707 %)Firewall
4112 (7.619 %)DNS
597 (6.599 %)LAN
691 (6.190 %)WAN
780 (5.442 %)DHCP
860 (4.082 %)VPN
951 (3.469 %)Internet
1035 (2.381 %)SSL
1130 (2.041 %)VoIP
1223 (1.565 %)VLAN
1322 (1.497 %)Cisco PIX
1419 (1.293 %)BGP
1518 (1.224 %)SNMP
1518 (1.224 %)BIG-IP
1617 (1.156 %)Wireless
1617 (1.156 %)OSPF
1716 (1.088 %)SNA
1814 (0.952 %)Ethernet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
181 (5.510 %)SQL Server
220 (1.361 %)Oracle 10g
220 (1.361 %)SQL Server 2000
317 (1.156 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (0.952 %)Oracle 8/8i
510 (0.680 %)Oracle 9i
69 (0.612 %)MySQL
69 (0.612 %)Oracle Reports
76 (0.408 %)DB2
85 (0.340 %)Datawarehouse
85 (0.340 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (0.340 %)SQL Server 7
94 (0.272 %)Crystal Reports
102 (0.136 %)TOAD
102 (0.136 %)RDBMS
102 (0.136 %)SQLPlus
102 (0.136 %)BusinessObjects
102 (0.136 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
102 (0.136 %)DB2 UDB
111 (0.068 %)Database Marketing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
167 (4.558 %)QuickTest Pro
266 (4.490 %)LoadRunner
325 (1.701 %)WinRunner
325 (1.701 %)TestDirector
410 (0.680 %)MSI
57 (0.476 %)VSS/SourceSafe
65 (0.340 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.272 %)Ant
83 (0.204 %)ClearCase
92 (0.136 %)Eclipse
92 (0.136 %)FrontPage
101 (0.068 %)Visual Studio
101 (0.068 %)PVCS
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1331 (22.52 %)Finance
2198 (13.47 %)Banking
378 (5.306 %)Investment Banking
461 (4.150 %)Government
539 (2.653 %)Financial Institution
638 (2.585 %)Telecoms
728 (1.905 %)Back Office
823 (1.565 %)Insurance
922 (1.497 %)Legal
1019 (1.293 %)Health
1114 (0.952 %)Front Office
1212 (0.816 %)Retail
1311 (0.748 %)Law
147 (0.476 %)Publishing
147 (0.476 %)Police
147 (0.476 %)Education
155 (0.340 %)Construction
164 (0.272 %)Games
173 (0.204 %)Billing
173 (0.204 %)Local Government
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1265 (18.03 %)Analyst
2164 (11.16 %)Consultant
3123 (8.367 %)Administrator
483 (5.646 %)Server Engineer
579 (5.374 %)Support Analyst
674 (5.034 %)Support Engineer
762 (4.218 %)Systems Administrator
860 (4.082 %)Test Analyst
953 (3.605 %)Architect
953 (3.605 %)Storage Engineer
1047 (3.197 %)UNIX Administrator
1146 (3.129 %)Project Manager
1242 (2.857 %)Developer
1341 (2.789 %)Server Support
1440 (2.721 %)Systems Engineer
1440 (2.721 %)Storage Consultant
1536 (2.449 %)Tester
1635 (2.381 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1635 (2.381 %)Wintel Engineer
1733 (2.245 %)Server Analyst
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
197 (6.599 %)Clustering
250 (3.401 %)Blackberry
330 (2.041 %)CLARiiON
421 (1.429 %)Thin Client
421 (1.429 %)Fat Client
520 (1.361 %)EMC Centera
618 (1.224 %)Derivative
618 (1.224 %)HACMP
715 (1.020 %)Celerra
814 (0.952 %)Fixed Income
912 (0.816 %)Replication
912 (0.816 %)CMDB
109 (0.612 %)Video Conferencing
109 (0.612 %)NHS
118 (0.544 %)Computer Science
126 (0.408 %)Management Information System
126 (0.408 %)Firmware
126 (0.408 %)Tandem
135 (0.340 %)Credit Derivative
135 (0.340 %)Grid Computing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1573 (38.98 %)Windows
2281 (19.12 %)UNIX
3189 (12.86 %)Linux
4169 (11.50 %)Windows Server 2003
5153 (10.41 %)Solaris
6135 (9.184 %)Windows 2000
7113 (7.687 %)HPUX
897 (6.599 %)Windows XP
989 (6.054 %)Windows NT
1036 (2.449 %)AIX
1126 (1.769 %)VMS
1216 (1.088 %)Windows Vista
139 (0.612 %)SUSE
144 (0.272 %)Mac OS X
153 (0.204 %)NetWare
162 (0.136 %)Debian
171 (0.068 %)Fedora
171 (0.068 %)Windows Mobile
171 (0.068 %)OpenVMS
171 (0.068 %)FreeBSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1142 (9.660 %)ITIL
2100 (6.803 %)Asset Management
385 (5.782 %)Security Cleared
477 (5.238 %)Migration
569 (4.694 %)Change Management
659 (4.014 %)Project Management
659 (4.014 %)Service Management
754 (3.673 %)SC Cleared
846 (3.129 %)Test Scripting
940 (2.721 %)PRINCE2
1036 (2.449 %)Service Delivery
1132 (2.177 %)Problem Management
1226 (1.769 %)Performance Management
1226 (1.769 %)Security Management
1226 (1.769 %)Disaster Recovery
1226 (1.769 %)Configuration Management
1325 (1.701 %)Load Balancing
1422 (1.497 %)ITSM
1519 (1.293 %)Performance Testing
1519 (1.293 %)Data Migration
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1139 (9.456 %)SQL
259 (4.014 %)Perl
348 (3.265 %)Shell Script
446 (3.129 %)VBScript
543 (2.925 %)Java
637 (2.517 %)C
733 (2.245 %)VB
825 (1.701 %)Korn
919 (1.293 %)PL/SQL
1013 (0.884 %)C++
1112 (0.816 %)C#
1112 (0.816 %)VB.NET
128 (0.544 %)VBA
137 (0.476 %)JCL
146 (0.408 %)PowerShell
155 (0.340 %)COBOL
164 (0.272 %)AWK
173 (0.204 %)Ruby
173 (0.204 %)JavaScript
173 (0.204 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1118 (8.027 %)Microsoft Certification
2101 (6.871 %)MCSE
360 (4.082 %)Cisco Certification
437 (2.517 %)CCNA
534 (2.313 %)MCP
534 (2.313 %)Degree
628 (1.905 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
727 (1.837 %)ISEB
823 (1.565 %)CCNP
921 (1.429 %)ITIL Certification
1020 (1.361 %)Citrix Certification
1119 (1.293 %)IBM Certification
1218 (1.224 %)CCIE
1312 (0.816 %)CCA
1312 (0.816 %)RHCE
1312 (0.816 %)A+ Certification
148 (0.544 %)Dell Certification
148 (0.544 %)CCEA
156 (0.408 %)CCDA
156 (0.408 %)CCDP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (1.497 %)SLA
28 (0.544 %)QA
35 (0.340 %)COBIT
41 (0.068 %)BS15000
41 (0.068 %)ISO27001
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1272 (18.50 %)Active Directory
2127 (8.639 %)VMware ESX
3104 (7.075 %)NetBackup
4103 (7.007 %)VMware Infrastructure
536 (2.449 %)ISA Server
628 (1.905 %)Citrix Presentation Server
725 (1.701 %)Backup Exec
816 (1.088 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
913 (0.884 %)VMware Server
1012 (0.816 %)NFS
1012 (0.816 %)Terminal Server
1012 (0.816 %)Oracle RAC
119 (0.612 %)Xen
127 (0.476 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
127 (0.476 %)Terminal Services
136 (0.408 %)MetaFrame
145 (0.340 %)VMware Workstation
154 (0.272 %)Oracle RMAN
162 (0.136 %)VMware GSX
171 (0.068 %)Samba
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1177 (12.04 %)OpenView
282 (5.578 %)HP Data Protector
374 (5.034 %)ServiceCenter
450 (3.401 %)Tivoli
541 (2.789 %)AssetCenter
640 (2.721 %)MOM
730 (2.041 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
823 (1.565 %)Legato
922 (1.497 %)AutoSys
1021 (1.429 %)CONTROL-M
1021 (1.429 %)CiscoWorks
1021 (1.429 %)Unicenter
1119 (1.293 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1216 (1.088 %)SCCM
1315 (1.020 %)ARCserve
1413 (0.884 %)Norton AntiVirus
1413 (0.884 %)CA SiteMinder
1512 (0.816 %)SCOM
1610 (0.680 %)Netcool
179 (0.612 %)OVSD
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1279 (18.98 %)Microsoft
2261 (17.76 %)VMware
3208 (14.15 %)IBM
4186 (12.65 %)Dell
5165 (11.22 %)Citrix
6159 (10.82 %)Cisco
7144 (9.796 %)Oracle
8127 (8.639 %)EMC
9123 (8.367 %)VERITAS
1096 (6.531 %)Sun
1188 (5.986 %)Red Hat
1279 (5.374 %)Compaq
1370 (4.762 %)Remedy
1448 (3.265 %)SAP
1545 (3.061 %)Peregrine
1641 (2.789 %)Altiris
1740 (2.721 %)CheckPoint
1836 (2.449 %)Symantec
1933 (2.245 %)NetApp
1933 (2.245 %)Brocade
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