Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts within the Reading 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2531
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads5143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.073 %0.044 %
As % of the category below10.26 %9.034 %
Daily rates quoted1113
Average minimum daily rate£302£317
Average daily rate£315£328
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£345
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted317
Average minimum hourly rate£26.00£32.24
Average hourly rate£27.50£33.68
% change on same period last year-18.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.00£35.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.40£25.20
% change on same period last year-11.14 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads497476
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.708 %0.492 %
Daily rates quoted134168
Average minimum daily rate£374£343
Average daily rate£391£362
% change on same period last year+8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted2683
Average minimum hourly rate£31.37£26.03
Average hourly rate£33.94£27.14
% change on same period last year+25.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.51£28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.37£24.17
% change on same period last year+0.83 %
HP BerkshireHP
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Reading HP Hourly Rate Histogram

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

170 (61.95 %)Windows
240 (35.40 %)Windows Server 2003
334 (30.09 %)Microsoft
433 (29.20 %)OpenView Configuration Management
433 (29.20 %)Security Cleared
529 (25.66 %)VBScript
627 (23.89 %)ITIL
721 (18.58 %)TCP/IP
820 (17.70 %)MS Excel
919 (16.81 %)SQL
919 (16.81 %)SC Cleared
1018 (15.93 %)Active Directory
1117 (15.04 %)Configuration Management
1117 (15.04 %)Borland
1117 (15.04 %)StarTeam
1117 (15.04 %)Government
1117 (15.04 %)Altiris
1216 (14.16 %)Software Packaging
1314 (12.39 %)Citrix
1314 (12.39 %)WSH
1413 (11.50 %)MS Office
1413 (11.50 %)Finance
1413 (11.50 %)Wireless
1413 (11.50 %)VMware
1512 (10.62 %)VPN
1512 (10.62 %)SAN
1512 (10.62 %)Blackberry
1611 (9.735 %)Oracle
1611 (9.735 %)Solaris
1710 (8.850 %)UNIX

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (14.16 %)Software Packaging
214 (12.39 %)WSH
35 (4.425 %)Application Packaging
44 (3.540 %).NET
52 (1.770 %)XML
52 (1.770 %).NET Framework
61 (0.885 %)HTML
61 (0.885 %)WMI
61 (0.885 %)XHTML
61 (0.885 %)CSS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (6.195 %)IIS
24 (3.540 %)MS Exchange
24 (3.540 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.885 %)ESB
31 (0.885 %)Office Project Server
31 (0.885 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (0.885 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.885 %)GroupWise
31 (0.885 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (0.885 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (0.885 %)Apache
31 (0.885 %)SharePoint
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (17.70 %)MS Excel
213 (11.50 %)MS Office
33 (2.655 %)MS Project
42 (1.770 %)MS Visio
51 (0.885 %)Shockwave
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (2.655 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.885 %)BusinessWorks
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (18.58 %)TCP/IP
213 (11.50 %)Wireless
312 (10.62 %)VPN
312 (10.62 %)SAN
45 (4.425 %)DNS
53 (2.655 %)DHCP
53 (2.655 %)Firewall
62 (1.770 %)Broadband
62 (1.770 %)Internet
71 (0.885 %)3G
71 (0.885 %)UTRAN
71 (0.885 %)SS7
71 (0.885 %)VLAN
71 (0.885 %)SIGTRAN
71 (0.885 %)iSCSI
71 (0.885 %)GPRS
71 (0.885 %)FTP
71 (0.885 %)DMZ
71 (0.885 %)Intranet
71 (0.885 %)LDAP
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (6.195 %)SQL Server
17 (6.195 %)Oracle 9i
17 (6.195 %)Datawarehouse
24 (3.540 %)BusinessObjects
33 (2.655 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.655 %)Informix
42 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.885 %)MS Access
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (15.04 %)StarTeam
28 (7.080 %)MSI
32 (1.770 %)InstallShield
41 (0.885 %)Flash
41 (0.885 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.885 %)ERwin
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (15.04 %)Government
213 (11.50 %)Finance
34 (3.540 %)FMCG
43 (2.655 %)Telecoms
51 (0.885 %)Front Office
51 (0.885 %)Back Office
51 (0.885 %)Legal
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (15.93 %)Support Engineer
212 (10.62 %)Desktop Support
311 (9.735 %)Analyst
311 (9.735 %)Consultant
311 (9.735 %)Applications Packager
410 (8.850 %)Desktop Engineer
410 (8.850 %)Desktop Support Engineer
58 (7.080 %)Server Engineer
58 (7.080 %)Programmer
58 (7.080 %)Support Analyst
67 (6.195 %)Developer
67 (6.195 %)Applications Support
76 (5.310 %)Server Support
85 (4.425 %)Systems Support
85 (4.425 %)Systems Engineer
85 (4.425 %)Architect
85 (4.425 %)3rd Line Support
85 (4.425 %)Administrator
94 (3.540 %)2nd Line Support
94 (3.540 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (10.62 %)Blackberry
27 (6.195 %)Clustering
32 (1.770 %)Replication
41 (0.885 %)Computer Science
41 (0.885 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (0.885 %)Data Conversion
41 (0.885 %)Mainframe
41 (0.885 %)AS400
41 (0.885 %)Client/Server
41 (0.885 %)PMI
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
170 (61.95 %)Windows
240 (35.40 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (9.735 %)Solaris
410 (8.850 %)UNIX
56 (5.310 %)HPUX
65 (4.425 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (3.540 %)Linux
83 (2.655 %)Windows 2000
83 (2.655 %)Windows XP
92 (1.770 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.885 %)Tru64
101 (0.885 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.885 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.885 %)AIX
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (29.20 %)Security Cleared
227 (23.89 %)ITIL
319 (16.81 %)SC Cleared
417 (15.04 %)Configuration Management
57 (6.195 %)Business Intelligence
57 (6.195 %)RAD
57 (6.195 %)SSADM
57 (6.195 %)Change Management
57 (6.195 %)Incident Management
66 (5.310 %)Service Delivery
75 (4.425 %)Validation
83 (2.655 %)Migration
83 (2.655 %)Project Management
92 (1.770 %)Service Management
92 (1.770 %)PRINCE2
101 (0.885 %)Data Modelling
101 (0.885 %)Business Continuity
101 (0.885 %)Web Design
101 (0.885 %)Business Analysis
101 (0.885 %)Disaster Recovery
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (25.66 %)VBScript
219 (16.81 %)SQL
39 (7.965 %)VB
47 (6.195 %)PL/SQL
53 (2.655 %)Perl
53 (2.655 %)Shell Script
62 (1.770 %)Java
62 (1.770 %)Korn
62 (1.770 %)PowerShell
71 (0.885 %)C#
71 (0.885 %)VB6
71 (0.885 %)VB.NET
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.310 %)MCP
16 (5.310 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (3.540 %)MCDST
31 (0.885 %)Degree
31 (0.885 %)HP AIS
31 (0.885 %)HP APS
31 (0.885 %)ITIL Certification
31 (0.885 %)MOS
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.425 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.885 %)QA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (15.93 %)Active Directory
25 (4.425 %)Citrix Presentation Server
33 (2.655 %)NetBackup
42 (1.770 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.885 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
51 (0.885 %)ISA Server
51 (0.885 %)VMware ESX
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
133 (29.20 %)OpenView Configuration Management
28 (7.080 %)ServiceCenter
34 (3.540 %)OpenView
43 (2.655 %)SCCM
43 (2.655 %)OVSD
52 (1.770 %)Tivoli
52 (1.770 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
52 (1.770 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (1.770 %)Netcool
61 (0.885 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
61 (0.885 %)Unicenter
61 (0.885 %)MIIS
61 (0.885 %)Netcool/Webtop
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (30.09 %)Microsoft
217 (15.04 %)Borland
217 (15.04 %)Altiris
314 (12.39 %)Citrix
413 (11.50 %)VMware
511 (9.735 %)Oracle
610 (8.850 %)Dell
77 (6.195 %)Peregrine
77 (6.195 %)Sun
86 (5.310 %)EMC
95 (4.425 %)NetApp
104 (3.540 %)VERITAS
104 (3.540 %)Business Objects
104 (3.540 %)Cisco
104 (3.540 %)IBM
104 (3.540 %)McAfee Security
113 (2.655 %)Remedy
122 (1.770 %)Red Hat
122 (1.770 %)Baan
122 (1.770 %)Adobe