The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

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.

HP
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank565775
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+18
Matching contract IT job ads164518271182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.779 %2.977 %2.147 %
As % of the Vendors category5.998 %6.409 %4.877 %
Number of daily rates quoted833867515
Average daily rate£360£364£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.03 %+11.92 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£203£195£160
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£325£300
% change year-on-year
+4.61 %+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted141165152
Average hourly rate£15.63£18.00£19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.19 %-5.26 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£11.00£11.60
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.75£37.50£35.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.25£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-23.75 %+2.56 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
274282850924236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK46.34 %46.46 %44.02 %
Number of daily rates quoted140221424810950
Average daily rate£400£405£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23 %+1.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted129815981456
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£11.38£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£40.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£20.00£19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+2.56 %

HP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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 within the UK.

HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

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 within the UK.

HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

HP Hourly Rate Histogram

HP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+11534£363-2.02 %
LondonDown-5633£400-
South EastUp+12349£325-2.62 %
City of LondonUp+9187£423+9.03 %
East of EnglandDown-4158£316+97.65 %
South WestDown-9111£400+6.66 %
BerkshireUp+2102£350-
North WestUp+1101£313+17.92 %
HampshireUp+1989£325-
ScotlandDown-2564£325-7.14 %
YorkshireDown-3161£318-15.33 %
West MidlandsUp+355£317+50.71 %
SurreyUp+353£250-29.57 %
ReadingUp+1252£400+3.22 %
BuckinghamshireUp+949£301-12.75 %
CheshireUp+145£363+36.79 %
West YorkshireDown-2739£300-18.91 %
GloucestershireDown-1937£400+52.38 %
Milton KeynesUp+1336£349+18.72 %
EssexDown-533£208+159.37 %
ManchesterNo change030£313+50.60 %
North EastDown-130£250-23.07 %
NorwichUp+2328£258-38.32 %
NorfolkUp+1128£258-38.32 %
SuffolkUp+327£330+106.25 %
WiltshireUp+126£350-21.96 %
CambridgeshireUp+126£425-
Tyne and WearDown-425£250-21.56 %
West SussexUp+723£331+14.22 %
EdinburghDown-1423£325-23.52 %

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11479 (45.47 %)Windows
2882 (27.11 %)VMware
3769 (23.64 %)Microsoft
4743 (22.84 %)SAN
5709 (21.80 %)Active Directory
6623 (19.15 %)Finance
7612 (18.81 %)Windows Server 2008
8528 (16.23 %)Security Cleared
9517 (15.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
9517 (15.89 %)HP Quality Center
9517 (15.89 %)Linux
10505 (15.52 %)Citrix
11501 (15.40 %)Windows Server 2003
12482 (14.82 %)UNIX
13477 (14.66 %)Cisco
14456 (14.02 %)Oracle
15447 (13.74 %)ITIL
16445 (13.68 %)SQL
17405 (12.45 %)IBM
18373 (11.47 %)MS Exchange
19372 (11.44 %)SC Cleared
20334 (10.27 %)Migration
21321 (9.868 %)Dell
22310 (9.530 %)Firewall
23301 (9.253 %)DNS
24295 (9.069 %)Banking
25293 (9.007 %)MS Office
26292 (8.976 %)SQL Server
27287 (8.823 %)TCP/IP
28276 (8.484 %)Microsoft Certification

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1117 (3.597 %)XML
273 (2.244 %).NET
369 (2.121 %)Web Services
468 (2.090 %)Middleware
558 (1.783 %)HTML
639 (1.199 %)Application Packaging
731 (0.953 %)J2EE
830 (0.922 %)WebSphere
927 (0.830 %)SOAP
1025 (0.769 %)ASP.NET
1119 (0.584 %)Java EE
1217 (0.523 %)JMS
1316 (0.492 %)CSS
1415 (0.461 %)Forefront TMG
1415 (0.461 %)Oracle Fusion
1513 (0.400 %)XML Messaging
1612 (0.369 %)JSP
1612 (0.369 %)XSLT
1612 (0.369 %)Flash
1711 (0.338 %)ADSI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1373 (11.47 %)MS Exchange
2169 (5.195 %)Exchange Server 2007
3156 (4.796 %)Exchange Server 2010
4142 (4.365 %)Exchange Server 2003
5135 (4.150 %)SharePoint
6134 (4.119 %)IIS
775 (2.306 %)Apache
863 (1.937 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
962 (1.906 %)WebLogic
1038 (1.168 %)SharePoint 2010
1137 (1.137 %)Lync
1234 (1.045 %)Lotus Notes
1321 (0.646 %)Tomcat
1419 (0.584 %)SAS
1518 (0.553 %)ESB
1617 (0.523 %)CMS
1617 (0.523 %)CICS
1714 (0.430 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1813 (0.400 %)AquaLogic
1813 (0.400 %)TeamSite
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1293 (9.007 %)MS Office
2267 (8.208 %)MS Excel
356 (1.721 %)MS Visio
423 (0.707 %)MS Project
519 (0.584 %)MS PowerPoint
615 (0.461 %)Office 365
77 (0.215 %)Vectorworks
77 (0.215 %)CINEMA 4D
77 (0.215 %)AutoCAD
86 (0.184 %)Acrobat
93 (0.092 %)Spreadsheet
102 (0.061 %)MicroStation
111 (0.031 %)S-PLUS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
120 (0.615 %)Oracle EBS
219 (0.584 %)Remedy ITSM
315 (0.461 %)Siebel Analytics
315 (0.461 %)SAP FI
411 (0.338 %)SAP FI/CO
411 (0.338 %)SAP CO
411 (0.338 %)Exstream
510 (0.307 %)Dynamics CRM
69 (0.277 %)Oracle 11i
78 (0.246 %)SAP SD
78 (0.246 %)Oracle EBS R12
87 (0.215 %)SAP MM
96 (0.184 %)HFM
105 (0.154 %)SAP IS-U
105 (0.154 %)Oracle Applications
105 (0.154 %)Oracle Financials
114 (0.123 %)SAP HR
114 (0.123 %)SAP CRM
114 (0.123 %)Dynamics NAV
114 (0.123 %)Hyperion Enterprise
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1743 (22.84 %)SAN
2310 (9.530 %)Firewall
3301 (9.253 %)DNS
4287 (8.823 %)TCP/IP
5235 (7.224 %)DHCP
6217 (6.671 %)WAN
6217 (6.671 %)LAN
7190 (5.841 %)NAS
8132 (4.058 %)Internet
9122 (3.750 %)VoIP
10103 (3.166 %)VPN
1190 (2.767 %)VLAN
1281 (2.490 %)MPLS
1379 (2.429 %)iSCSI
1469 (2.121 %)Wireless
1561 (1.875 %)LDAP
1561 (1.875 %)SMTP
1656 (1.721 %)Cisco ASA
1746 (1.414 %)BGP
1845 (1.383 %)OSPF
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1292 (8.976 %)SQL Server
287 (2.674 %)SQL Server 2005
373 (2.244 %)SQL Server 2008
454 (1.660 %)Oracle 11g
550 (1.537 %)Oracle 8/8i
648 (1.476 %)DB2
739 (1.199 %)ETL
837 (1.137 %)Oracle 10g
934 (1.045 %)MySQL
1031 (0.953 %)RDBMS
1130 (0.922 %)Data Warehouse
1228 (0.861 %)Oracle BI EE
1327 (0.830 %)SQL Server 2000
1422 (0.676 %)Crystal Reports
1516 (0.492 %)Essbase
1615 (0.461 %)Oracle Reports
1714 (0.430 %)GIS
1811 (0.338 %)NonStop SQL
199 (0.277 %)TOAD
208 (0.246 %)Oracle 9i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1122 (3.750 %)LoadRunner
2111 (3.412 %)QuickTest Pro
344 (1.353 %)MSI
434 (1.045 %)TestDirector
525 (0.769 %)Selenium
621 (0.646 %)JIRA
720 (0.615 %)Team Foundation Server
814 (0.430 %)StarTeam
913 (0.400 %)Subversion
1011 (0.338 %)ChangeMan
1011 (0.338 %)ClearQuest
1011 (0.338 %)InstallShield
1011 (0.338 %)Visual Studio
1110 (0.307 %)ClearCase
1110 (0.307 %)WinRunner
128 (0.246 %)VSS/SourceSafe
128 (0.246 %)ProC
128 (0.246 %)AdminStudio
137 (0.215 %)FitNesse
146 (0.184 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1623 (19.15 %)Finance
2295 (9.069 %)Banking
3150 (4.611 %)Telecoms
4111 (3.412 %)Investment Banking
587 (2.674 %)Retail
668 (2.090 %)Back Office
758 (1.783 %)Financial Institution
836 (1.107 %)Billing
929 (0.891 %)Law
1028 (0.861 %)Manufacturing
1127 (0.830 %)Publishing
1226 (0.799 %)Retail Banking
1325 (0.769 %)Front Office
1421 (0.646 %)French Language
1516 (0.492 %)Automotive
1615 (0.461 %)Pharmaceutical
1712 (0.369 %)Marketing
1811 (0.338 %)Local Government
1910 (0.307 %)Games
209 (0.277 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1669 (20.57 %)Analyst
2263 (8.085 %)Test Analyst
3236 (7.255 %)Consultant
4230 (7.070 %)Administrator
5202 (6.210 %)Architect
6189 (5.810 %)Support Engineer
7143 (4.396 %)Systems Administrator
8131 (4.027 %)Support Analyst
9117 (3.597 %)Tester
10115 (3.535 %)Infrastructure Engineer
11108 (3.320 %)Server Engineer
12104 (3.197 %)Test Manager
1392 (2.828 %)Technical Architect
1489 (2.736 %)Systems Engineer
1582 (2.521 %)Desktop Support
1675 (2.306 %)3rd Line Support
1772 (2.213 %)Developer
1870 (2.152 %)Project Manager
1963 (1.937 %)Network Engineer
2060 (1.844 %)Service Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1246 (7.562 %)Clustering
2114 (3.504 %)Replication
396 (2.951 %)Blackberry
456 (1.721 %)Fat Client
456 (1.721 %)Thin Client
555 (1.691 %)Client/Server
653 (1.629 %)Management Information System
744 (1.353 %)Mainframe
840 (1.230 %)Hedge funds
935 (1.076 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1033 (1.014 %)Computer Science
1128 (0.861 %)HP StorageWorks
1227 (0.830 %)CLARiiON
1326 (0.799 %)NHS
1326 (0.799 %)AS400
1326 (0.799 %)PKI
1424 (0.738 %)Derivative
1517 (0.523 %)HP Superdome
1517 (0.523 %)Open Source
1615 (0.461 %)Enterprise Storage
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11479 (45.47 %)Windows
2612 (18.81 %)Windows Server 2008
3517 (15.89 %)Linux
4501 (15.40 %)Windows Server 2003
5482 (14.82 %)UNIX
6272 (8.362 %)Windows XP
7258 (7.931 %)Windows 7
8231 (7.101 %)Solaris
9224 (6.886 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10188 (5.779 %)HPUX
11110 (3.381 %)AIX
1284 (2.582 %)Windows Vista
1382 (2.521 %)Windows 2000
1458 (1.783 %)Windows NT
1547 (1.445 %)Windows 2000 Server
1640 (1.230 %)Oracle Linux
1731 (0.953 %)Mac OS X
1827 (0.830 %)SUSE
1925 (0.769 %)CentOS
2013 (0.400 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1447 (13.74 %)ITIL
2334 (10.27 %)Migration
3159 (4.888 %)User Acceptance Testing
4145 (4.457 %)Test Scripting
5142 (4.365 %)Service Management
6140 (4.304 %)Project Management
7105 (3.228 %)Performance Testing
8100 (3.074 %)Change Management
997 (2.982 %)Software Testing
1093 (2.859 %)Disaster Recovery
1183 (2.551 %)Service Delivery
1281 (2.490 %)Configuration Management
1378 (2.398 %)PRINCE2
1475 (2.306 %)Test Management
1475 (2.306 %)Root Cause Analysis
1572 (2.213 %)SOA
1668 (2.090 %)Incident Management
1766 (2.029 %)Load Balancing
1861 (1.875 %)Integration Testing
1957 (1.752 %)Test Automation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1445 (13.68 %)SQL
2147 (4.519 %)Perl
3138 (4.242 %)C
4134 (4.119 %)Java
5124 (3.812 %)Shell Script
6114 (3.504 %)VBScript
7109 (3.351 %)VB
8101 (3.105 %)PowerShell
957 (1.752 %)C#
1049 (1.506 %)Python
1144 (1.353 %)PL/SQL
1232 (0.984 %)Korn
1331 (0.953 %)JavaScript
1331 (0.953 %)PHP
1425 (0.769 %)C++
1425 (0.769 %)COBOL
1523 (0.707 %)Bash shell
1617 (0.523 %)VB.NET
1714 (0.430 %)PowerHouse
1813 (0.400 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1528 (16.23 %)Security Cleared
2372 (11.44 %)SC Cleared
3276 (8.484 %)Microsoft Certification
4201 (6.179 %)ISEB
5196 (6.025 %)MCSE
6189 (5.810 %)Cisco Certification
7149 (4.580 %)CCNA
8119 (3.658 %)MCITP
9118 (3.627 %)DV Cleared
1093 (2.859 %)Degree
1191 (2.797 %)MCP
1290 (2.767 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1366 (2.029 %)ISEB Practitioner
1366 (2.029 %)CCNP
1462 (1.906 %)ISTQB
1546 (1.414 %)MCSA
1645 (1.383 %)RHCE
1742 (1.291 %)Citrix Certification
1836 (1.107 %)CCA
1934 (1.045 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1133 (4.089 %)SLA
2118 (3.627 %)QA
311 (0.338 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
48 (0.246 %)ISO 9001
57 (0.215 %)ISO/IEC 27001
64 (0.123 %)Basel II
64 (0.123 %)Solvency II
72 (0.061 %)ISO 9000
72 (0.061 %)BS25999
72 (0.061 %)Basel III
81 (0.031 %)DICOM
81 (0.031 %)WCAG
81 (0.031 %)COBIT
81 (0.031 %)MiFID
81 (0.031 %)ISO 8583
81 (0.031 %)RosettaNet
81 (0.031 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1709 (21.80 %)Active Directory
2517 (15.89 %)VMware Infrastructure
3253 (7.777 %)vSphere
4206 (6.333 %)VMware ESX
5163 (5.011 %)XenApp
6117 (3.597 %)Hyper-V
768 (2.090 %)XenDesktop
865 (1.998 %)VMware ESXi
946 (1.414 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1043 (1.322 %)Terminal Services
1043 (1.322 %)NFS
1140 (1.230 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1238 (1.168 %)Oracle RAC
1330 (0.922 %)XenServer
1429 (0.891 %)Terminal Server
1524 (0.738 %)MetaFrame
1623 (0.707 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1722 (0.676 %)ISA Server
1722 (0.676 %)MailMarshal
1819 (0.584 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1517 (15.89 %)HP Quality Center
2258 (7.931 %)OpenView
3152 (4.673 %)SCCM
4151 (4.642 %)NetBackup
5139 (4.273 %)SCOM
697 (2.982 %)HP SIM
794 (2.890 %)Backup Exec
892 (2.828 %)HP Data Protector
982 (2.521 %)Tivoli
1080 (2.459 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1172 (2.213 %)McAfee ePO
1266 (2.029 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1356 (1.721 %)HP NNM
1455 (1.691 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1544 (1.353 %)WSUS
1640 (1.230 %)OVSD
1738 (1.168 %)Puppet
1833 (1.014 %)Norton AntiVirus
1927 (0.830 %)vCenter
2026 (0.799 %)Legato
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1882 (27.11 %)VMware
2769 (23.64 %)Microsoft
3505 (15.52 %)Citrix
4477 (14.66 %)Cisco
5456 (14.02 %)Oracle
6405 (12.45 %)IBM
7321 (9.868 %)Dell
8263 (8.085 %)Red Hat
9227 (6.978 %)EMC
10207 (6.363 %)NetApp
11198 (6.087 %)Symantec
12162 (4.980 %)Sun
13151 (4.642 %)Veritas
14131 (4.027 %)McAfee
15128 (3.935 %)SAP
16107 (3.289 %)CheckPoint
1792 (2.828 %)Brocade
1878 (2.398 %)Compaq
1977 (2.367 %)Lumension
2076 (2.336 %)Juniper