The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 20 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 Milton Keynes 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 20 29 37
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +8
Contract jobs citing HP 50 34 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 8.197% 5.199% 4.437%
As % of the Vendors category 17.06% 11.33% 8.833%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 14
Average daily rate £288 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.14% -10.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £210 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.50 £14.75
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -1.69%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
293 300 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 48.03% 45.87% 50.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 113 117
Average daily rate £350 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 60
Average hourly rate £13.00 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.50 £12.80 £10.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.50 £25.00 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
HP
Buckinghamshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 35 (51.47%) Windows
1 35 (51.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (39.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (38.24%) SC Cleared
4 23 (33.82%) SQL
5 22 (32.35%) ITIL
6 19 (27.94%) DV Cleared
7 17 (25.00%) OpenView
8 16 (23.53%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (22.06%) Service Management
9 15 (22.06%) MS Exchange
10 14 (20.59%) Finance
11 13 (19.12%) SOAP
11 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
11 13 (19.12%) HP Quality Center
12 12 (17.65%) Citrix
12 12 (17.65%) SAN
12 12 (17.65%) Service Delivery
12 12 (17.65%) VMware
12 12 (17.65%) Backup Exec
13 11 (16.18%) Firewall
13 11 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (14.71%) OVSD
14 10 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2003
14 10 (14.71%) Oracle
14 10 (14.71%) SQL Server
14 10 (14.71%) MS Excel
15 9 (13.24%) UNIX
15 9 (13.24%) Change Management
15 9 (13.24%) Windows 7

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 13 (19.12%) SOAP
2 7 (10.29%) soapUI
3 3 (4.412%) JMS
3 3 (4.412%) .NET
3 3 (4.412%) .NET Framework
3 3 (4.412%) WebSphere
4 2 (2.941%) WSDL
5 1 (1.471%) WCF
5 1 (1.471%) Application Packaging
5 1 (1.471%) BPEL4WS
Application Platforms
1 15 (22.06%) MS Exchange
2 10 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (7.353%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (4.412%) IIS
5 3 (4.412%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (4.412%) Lync
6 2 (2.941%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.471%) CMS
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (1.471%) ESB
7 1 (1.471%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (14.71%) MS Excel
2 7 (10.29%) MS Visio
3 5 (7.353%) MS Office
4 1 (1.471%) MS Project
4 1 (1.471%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.65%) SAN
2 11 (16.18%) Firewall
3 7 (10.29%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.824%) NAS
5 4 (5.882%) DNS
5 4 (5.882%) DHCP
5 4 (5.882%) WAN
6 3 (4.412%) SMTP
6 3 (4.412%) LAN
6 3 (4.412%) Internet
6 3 (4.412%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.471%) Ethernet
7 1 (1.471%) VoIP
7 1 (1.471%) ADSL
7 1 (1.471%) ATM
7 1 (1.471%) MPLS
7 1 (1.471%) DMZ
7 1 (1.471%) Network Security
7 1 (1.471%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.471%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.471%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.471%) BODI
3 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Selenium
2 7 (10.29%) WebDriver
2 7 (10.29%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (8.824%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.941%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (2.941%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (20.59%) Finance
2 7 (10.29%) Banking
3 2 (2.941%) Automotive
4 1 (1.471%) Back Office
4 1 (1.471%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (38.24%) Analyst
2 15 (22.06%) Test Analyst
3 13 (19.12%) Architect
4 7 (10.29%) Technical Architect
5 6 (8.824%) Agile Test Analyst
6 5 (7.353%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.882%) Team Leader
7 4 (5.882%) Change Analyst
7 4 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (5.882%) Tester
8 3 (4.412%) Technical Support
8 3 (4.412%) Administrator
8 3 (4.412%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (4.412%) Support Team Leader
8 3 (4.412%) Backup Specialist
9 2 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 2 (2.941%) Technical Support Team Leader
9 2 (2.941%) Performance Analyst
9 2 (2.941%) Performance Test Analyst
9 2 (2.941%) Manual Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Cryptography
2 5 (7.353%) Clustering
3 3 (4.412%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.412%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.941%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.941%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.471%) EMV
5 1 (1.471%) IVR
5 1 (1.471%) CMDB
5 1 (1.471%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 35 (51.47%) Windows
2 27 (39.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (23.53%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (13.24%) UNIX
4 9 (13.24%) Windows 7
5 4 (5.882%) Windows Vista
6 3 (4.412%) Windows NT
7 2 (2.941%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.471%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.35%) ITIL
2 15 (22.06%) Service Management
3 12 (17.65%) Service Delivery
4 9 (13.24%) Change Management
5 8 (11.76%) Configuration Management
6 7 (10.29%) PRINCE2
6 7 (10.29%) Project Management
6 7 (10.29%) ITSM
7 6 (8.824%) TDD
7 6 (8.824%) Software Testing
7 6 (8.824%) Scrum
8 5 (7.353%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (7.353%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (5.882%) Product Management
9 4 (5.882%) Automated Testing
9 4 (5.882%) Test Scripting
9 4 (5.882%) Business Development
10 3 (4.412%) Validation
10 3 (4.412%) TOGAF
10 3 (4.412%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 23 (33.82%) SQL
2 2 (2.941%) Java
3 1 (1.471%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.471%) VB
3 1 (1.471%) VBA
3 1 (1.471%) C++
3 1 (1.471%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (51.47%) Security Cleared
2 26 (38.24%) SC Cleared
3 19 (27.94%) DV Cleared
4 8 (11.76%) ISEB
5 5 (7.353%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (7.353%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (7.353%) MCP
5 5 (7.353%) MCSE
5 5 (7.353%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (5.882%) CCNA
7 3 (4.412%) CCSP
7 3 (4.412%) MCTS
7 3 (4.412%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.471%) CCIE
8 1 (1.471%) CCNP
8 1 (1.471%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) SLA
2 6 (8.824%) QA
3 1 (1.471%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.471%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.29%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.353%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.353%) XenApp
4 3 (4.412%) VMware ESX
4 3 (4.412%) vSphere
5 2 (2.941%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.471%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (1.471%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (25.00%) OpenView
2 13 (19.12%) HP Quality Center
3 12 (17.65%) Backup Exec
4 10 (14.71%) OVSD
5 6 (8.824%) Tivoli
5 6 (8.824%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (4.412%) SCOM
7 2 (2.941%) SCCM
8 1 (1.471%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.471%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 1 (1.471%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (1.471%) Control-M
8 1 (1.471%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.471%) SCVMM
8 1 (1.471%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
8 1 (1.471%) HP SIM
8 1 (1.471%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) Citrix
2 12 (17.65%) VMware
3 10 (14.71%) Oracle
4 7 (10.29%) Dell
4 7 (10.29%) CommVault
4 7 (10.29%) IBM
5 6 (8.824%) StorageTek
5 6 (8.824%) Cisco
5 6 (8.824%) Sun
6 3 (4.412%) Compaq
6 3 (4.412%) ProCurve
7 2 (2.941%) Symantec
7 2 (2.941%) SAP
8 1 (1.471%) NetApp
8 1 (1.471%) Avaya
8 1 (1.471%) Juniper
8 1 (1.471%) Genesys
8 1 (1.471%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.471%) CheckPoint