The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Luton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 18 14 6
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing HP 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 2.439% 1.389% 8.696%
As % of the Vendors category 6.667% 3.571% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £320 £361 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.23% +16.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.73 £14.50 £15.38
% change year-on-year
-5.31% -5.69%
All Vendors
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
30 28 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 36.59% 38.89% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 11
Average daily rate £338 £361 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.38% +16.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £210 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £463 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £20.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
HP
Bedfordshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) DOC1
2 2 (50.00%) Exstream
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Terminal Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (50.00%) Websense

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 2 (50.00%) Web Services
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) DOC1
1 2 (50.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Server Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Terminal Server
1 2 (50.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (50.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Websense
1 2 (50.00%) VMware