The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 21 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -6
Contract jobs citing HP 16 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 5.316% 1.695% 3.804%
As % of the Vendors category 9.195% 3.922% 7.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 6
Average hourly rate £13.13 £13.40 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.01% +11.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.23 £10.48 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £13.40 £22.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.71 £15.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-10.09% -17.56%
All Vendors
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
174 102 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 57.81% 43.22% 52.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 45 30
Average daily rate £325 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £179 £248 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £480 £553
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 21
Average hourly rate £19.63 £25.00 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.50% +7.02%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £11.15 £11.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
HP
Hampshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton HP Hourly Rate Histogram

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) Cisco
3 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (33.33%) Windows
5 7 (23.33%) SLA
5 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
6 5 (16.67%) Degree
6 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
7 4 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
7 4 (13.33%) LANDesk
8 3 (10.00%) Data Entry
8 3 (10.00%) Retail
8 3 (10.00%) RedPrairie
8 3 (10.00%) MS Office
8 3 (10.00%) SAP
8 3 (10.00%) VMware
8 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (6.667%) Internet
9 2 (6.667%) NHS
9 2 (6.667%) Clustering
9 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (6.667%) TDD
9 2 (6.667%) CMS
9 2 (6.667%) Firewall
9 2 (6.667%) Migration
9 2 (6.667%) ITIL
9 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
9 2 (6.667%) TeamSite
9 2 (6.667%) JDA

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (3.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) CMS
1 2 (6.667%) MS Exchange
1 2 (6.667%) TeamSite
2 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Office
2 2 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) Internet
1 2 (6.667%) Firewall
2 1 (3.333%) VoIP
2 1 (3.333%) DHCP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.333%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.667%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.333%) Selenium
General
1 3 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) 1st Line Support
2 5 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Administrator
3 4 (13.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (6.667%) Test Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Consultant
4 2 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) Lead Designer
4 2 (6.667%) Tester
4 2 (6.667%) Support Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Team Leader
4 2 (6.667%) IT Administrator
4 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 2 (6.667%) Infrastructure Designer
4 2 (6.667%) Data Entry Technician
4 2 (6.667%) Designer
5 1 (3.333%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) NHS
1 2 (6.667%) Clustering
2 1 (3.333%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.333%) MPEG
2 1 (3.333%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
3 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.333%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.333%) UNIX
5 1 (3.333%) Linux
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.00%) Data Entry
2 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (6.667%) TDD
2 2 (6.667%) Migration
2 2 (6.667%) ITIL
2 2 (6.667%) Test Strategy
2 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
2 2 (6.667%) Data Migration
2 2 (6.667%) Integration Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Test Scripting
3 1 (3.333%) Test Automation
3 1 (3.333%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (3.333%) Supplier Management
3 1 (3.333%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.333%) Validation
3 1 (3.333%) Scrum
3 1 (3.333%) Regression Testing
3 1 (3.333%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
2 1 (3.333%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (13.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.333%) CCNP
3 1 (3.333%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.667%) XenApp
2 2 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (43.33%) Cisco
3 4 (13.33%) LANDesk
4 3 (10.00%) RedPrairie
4 3 (10.00%) SAP
4 3 (10.00%) VMware
5 2 (6.667%) JDA
5 2 (6.667%) Citrix
5 2 (6.667%) IronPort
6 1 (3.333%) NetApp
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