Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 19 March 2010 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.

LinkHP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank745569
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads10339621677
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.138 %2.439 %2.040 %
As % of the Vendors category4.874 %5.526 %4.706 %
Daily rates quoted379270413
Average daily rate£338£325£356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.840 %-8.810 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£176£200£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£465£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£315£350
% change year-on-year
+2.530 %-10.00 %
Hourly rates quoted134147319
Average hourly rate£17.60£18.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.220 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.10£11.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.80£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£18.48£18.60
% change year-on-year
-4.730 %-0.670 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
211921741035634
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.87 %44.13 %43.35 %
Daily rates quoted9143508310163
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£350£360
% change year-on-year
-5.710 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted121613663140
Average hourly rate£20.00£21.50£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.970 %+2.380 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.46£11.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.46£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Hewlett-Packard Company.

HP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-17984£350+7.69 %
LondonDown-41349£375-
South EastUp+1281£310-3.12 %
City of LondonDown-50105£383+2.00 %
South WestDown-4102£313+4.16 %
BerkshireUp+890£325+8.33 %
North WestUp+2178£343-2.14 %
HampshireUp+1578£310-9.75 %
East of EnglandUp+1364£275+26.43 %
BuckinghamshireUp+951£148-53.62 %
West MidlandsUp+1647£415+48.21 %
Milton KeynesUp+738£148-53.62 %
ManchesterUp+1935£425+88.88 %
YorkshireUp+635£400+17.64 %
ReadingUp+328£400+6.66 %
West YorkshireDown-528£400+11.88 %
GloucestershireDown-525£374+24.58 %
SurreyDown-1824£288-30.30 %
ScotlandDown-2823£220-3.29 %
HertfordshireUp+1321£425+6.25 %
BristolDown-821£300-
WiltshireDown-319£288-
CheshireDown-619£315-21.25 %
LeedsUp+1618£410+60.78 %
WalesUp+1218£250-54.10 %
EssexUp+318£80-46.57 %
BracknellUp+317£325-7.07 %
CambridgeshireUp+2216£250-20.00 %
East MidlandsDown-2115£250+25.00 %
North EastUp+914£205-14.58 %

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1660 (35.03 %)Windows
2366 (19.43 %)UNIX
3365 (19.37 %)Security Cleared
4336 (17.83 %)Microsoft
5328 (17.41 %)Active Directory
6290 (15.39 %)SAN
7286 (15.18 %)Windows Server 2003
8282 (14.97 %)VMware
9281 (14.92 %)Finance
10264 (14.01 %)Linux
11256 (13.59 %)OpenView
12238 (12.63 %)Oracle
13226 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
14215 (11.41 %)ITIL
15197 (10.46 %)IBM
16195 (10.35 %)Cisco
17179 (9.501 %)Solaris
18172 (9.130 %)C
19168 (8.917 %)Citrix
20160 (8.493 %)VMware Infrastructure
21155 (8.227 %)Government
22145 (7.696 %)SQL
23138 (7.325 %)Windows XP
24136 (7.219 %)MS Office
25133 (7.059 %)Sun
26132 (7.006 %)MS Exchange
27131 (6.953 %)HPUX
28129 (6.847 %)Banking
29125 (6.635 %)Test Scripting
30124 (6.582 %)Windows Server 2008

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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
145 (2.389 %).NET
243 (2.282 %)WebSphere
330 (1.592 %)J2EE
429 (1.539 %)XML
528 (1.486 %)Middleware
616 (0.849 %)HTML
715 (0.796 %)ASP.NET
814 (0.743 %)Web Services
913 (0.690 %)Application Packaging
1011 (0.584 %)CORBA
1110 (0.531 %)ASP
1110 (0.531 %)Spring
129 (0.478 %)JSP
138 (0.425 %)SOAP
147 (0.372 %)SAP Basis
156 (0.318 %)CSS
165 (0.265 %)JSON
165 (0.265 %)Java EE
165 (0.265 %)Spring Web Flow
165 (0.265 %)Dojo
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1132 (7.006 %)MS Exchange
270 (3.715 %)Exchange Server 2003
357 (3.025 %)SharePoint
451 (2.707 %)IIS
541 (2.176 %)Exchange Server 2007
638 (2.017 %)Apache
735 (1.858 %)Lotus Notes
735 (1.858 %)WebLogic
821 (1.115 %)Lotus Domino
919 (1.008 %)Tomcat
1017 (0.902 %)Exchange Server 2000
1017 (0.902 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1115 (0.796 %)MQSeries
1211 (0.584 %)WebSphere MQ
1211 (0.584 %)WebSphere Application Server
137 (0.372 %)SharePoint Portal Server
137 (0.372 %)Oracle Workflow
146 (0.318 %)SAS
146 (0.318 %)Exchange Server 5.5
146 (0.318 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1136 (7.219 %)MS Office
294 (4.989 %)MS Excel
326 (1.380 %)MS PowerPoint
423 (1.221 %)MS Visio
518 (0.955 %)MS Project
62 (0.106 %)DOC1
62 (0.106 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.053 %)Vectorworks
71 (0.053 %)CATIA
71 (0.053 %)NASTRAN
71 (0.053 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.053 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.053 %)CINEMA 4D
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
123 (1.221 %)Oracle Financials
214 (0.743 %)Oracle HRMS
311 (0.584 %)Oracle EBS
410 (0.531 %)Oracle Applications
410 (0.531 %)assyst
410 (0.531 %)SoftGrid
59 (0.478 %)SAP R/3
59 (0.478 %)BASE24
59 (0.478 %)Oracle 11i
68 (0.425 %)SAP HR
77 (0.372 %)Oracle General Ledger
86 (0.318 %)Oracle EBS R12
95 (0.265 %)3000 Xtra
95 (0.265 %)Oracle Payroll
104 (0.212 %)SAP SD
104 (0.212 %)WebTrends
104 (0.212 %)SAP ERP
113 (0.159 %)Exstream
113 (0.159 %)Maximo
113 (0.159 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1290 (15.39 %)SAN
2123 (6.529 %)DNS
3114 (6.051 %)Firewall
491 (4.830 %)LAN
585 (4.512 %)WAN
679 (4.193 %)TCP/IP
765 (3.450 %)VPN
859 (3.132 %)DHCP
953 (2.813 %)Internet
1042 (2.229 %)SNMP
1137 (1.964 %)NAS
1227 (1.433 %)LDAP
1324 (1.274 %)Wireless
1423 (1.221 %)OSPF
1519 (1.008 %)Ethernet
1519 (1.008 %)VoIP
1618 (0.955 %)INAP
1717 (0.902 %)Network Security
1717 (0.902 %)IP Telephony
1717 (0.902 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1119 (6.316 %)SQL Server
228 (1.486 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (1.274 %)Oracle 10g
419 (1.008 %)NonStop SQL
419 (1.008 %)BusinessObjects
517 (0.902 %)Oracle 8/8i
615 (0.796 %)SAP BW
714 (0.743 %)Datawarehouse
812 (0.637 %)DB2
812 (0.637 %)SQL Server 2000
911 (0.584 %)Oracle Reports
911 (0.584 %)Oracle 9i
109 (0.478 %)RDBMS
116 (0.318 %)MySQL
116 (0.318 %)Oracle 11g
116 (0.318 %)SQL Server 2008
125 (0.265 %)Data Cleansing
125 (0.265 %)Oracle Discoverer
125 (0.265 %)Informix
134 (0.212 %)Ingres
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
181 (4.299 %)LoadRunner
279 (4.193 %)TestDirector
367 (3.556 %)QuickTest Pro
425 (1.327 %)WinRunner
518 (0.955 %)ClearQuest
613 (0.690 %)JIRA
711 (0.584 %)StarTeam
711 (0.584 %)ClearCase
89 (0.478 %)Subversion
97 (0.372 %)Rational Performance Tester
97 (0.372 %)Maven
106 (0.318 %)Eclipse
106 (0.318 %)Ant
106 (0.318 %)Oracle APEX
115 (0.265 %)InstallShield
124 (0.212 %)Oracle Forms
124 (0.212 %)OpenSTA
124 (0.212 %)Build Forge
124 (0.212 %)Team Foundation Server
133 (0.159 %)CruiseControl
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1281 (14.92 %)Finance
2155 (8.227 %)Government
3129 (6.847 %)Banking
489 (4.724 %)Telecoms
565 (3.450 %)Investment Banking
631 (1.645 %)Insurance
729 (1.539 %)Retail
828 (1.486 %)Financial Institution
920 (1.062 %)Health
1018 (0.955 %)Back Office
1018 (0.955 %)Billing
1115 (0.796 %)General Ledger
1214 (0.743 %)Military
1311 (0.584 %)Pharmaceutical
1311 (0.584 %)Education
1410 (0.531 %)Front Office
159 (0.478 %)Legal
167 (0.372 %)Retail Banking
167 (0.372 %)Electronics
167 (0.372 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1354 (18.79 %)Analyst
2178 (9.448 %)Consultant
3171 (9.076 %)Administrator
4145 (7.696 %)Test Analyst
5104 (5.520 %)Architect
6103 (5.467 %)Support Engineer
789 (4.724 %)Tester
870 (3.715 %)Systems Administrator
966 (3.503 %)Systems Engineer
1056 (2.972 %)Desktop Support
1056 (2.972 %)Support Analyst
1154 (2.866 %)Test Manager
1247 (2.495 %)Developer
1344 (2.335 %)Network Engineer
1438 (2.017 %)UNIX Administrator
1537 (1.964 %)Server Engineer
1537 (1.964 %)Service Analyst
1636 (1.911 %)Service Desk Analyst
1636 (1.911 %)Storage Administrator
1734 (1.805 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1107 (5.679 %)Clustering
249 (2.601 %)Blackberry
345 (2.389 %)HACMP
432 (1.699 %)Replication
526 (1.380 %)Tandem
625 (1.327 %)PKI
724 (1.274 %)Thin Client
724 (1.274 %)Fat Client
821 (1.115 %)Client/Server
920 (1.062 %)Mainframe
1018 (0.955 %)PDA
1117 (0.902 %)iSeries
1214 (0.743 %)NHS
1214 (0.743 %)CMDB
1312 (0.637 %)Firmware
1411 (0.584 %)CLARiiON
1510 (0.531 %)Smartcard
1510 (0.531 %)Derivative
1510 (0.531 %)Computer Science
168 (0.425 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1660 (35.03 %)Windows
2366 (19.43 %)UNIX
3286 (15.18 %)Windows Server 2003
4264 (14.01 %)Linux
5179 (9.501 %)Solaris
6138 (7.325 %)Windows XP
7131 (6.953 %)HPUX
8124 (6.582 %)Windows Server 2008
9105 (5.573 %)AIX
10101 (5.361 %)Red Hat Linux
1176 (4.034 %)Windows Vista
1263 (3.344 %)Windows 2000 Server
1355 (2.919 %)Windows 2000
1444 (2.335 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1531 (1.645 %)Mac OS X
1627 (1.433 %)SUSE
1723 (1.221 %)VMS
1821 (1.115 %)Windows NT
1915 (0.796 %)NetWare
2014 (0.743 %)Windows 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1215 (11.41 %)ITIL
2125 (6.635 %)Test Scripting
3103 (5.467 %)Migration
485 (4.512 %)Service Management
567 (3.556 %)Performance Testing
664 (3.397 %)User Acceptance Testing
759 (3.132 %)Project Management
852 (2.760 %)Configuration Management
852 (2.760 %)Change Management
945 (2.389 %)Service Delivery
1044 (2.335 %)PRINCE2
1139 (2.070 %)ITSM
1238 (2.017 %)Incident Management
1336 (1.911 %)Test Management
1434 (1.805 %)Problem Management
1529 (1.539 %)SOA
1628 (1.486 %)Agile Software Development
1628 (1.486 %)Software Testing
1726 (1.380 %)Asset Management
1824 (1.274 %)Integration Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1172 (9.130 %)C
2145 (7.696 %)SQL
373 (3.875 %)Java
466 (3.503 %)Perl
565 (3.450 %)Shell Script
657 (3.025 %)VB
735 (1.858 %)VBScript
823 (1.221 %)PL/SQL
922 (1.168 %)C++
1017 (0.902 %)Korn
1114 (0.743 %)AWK
1114 (0.743 %)Bash shell
1213 (0.690 %)C#
1312 (0.637 %)PowerShell
1411 (0.584 %)COBOL
1411 (0.584 %)Python
1510 (0.531 %)VB.NET
167 (0.372 %)JavaScript
176 (0.318 %)PHP
176 (0.318 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1365 (19.37 %)Security Cleared
2226 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
3115 (6.104 %)DV Cleared
4100 (5.308 %)ISEB
589 (4.724 %)Microsoft Certification
670 (3.715 %)MCSE
754 (2.866 %)Cisco Certification
845 (2.389 %)MCP
939 (2.070 %)CCNA
1033 (1.752 %)CCNP
1128 (1.486 %)ITIL Certification
1225 (1.327 %)Degree
1321 (1.115 %)ISTQB
1416 (0.849 %)BC Cleared
1514 (0.743 %)MCITP
1613 (0.690 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1613 (0.690 %)MCSA
1712 (0.637 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1712 (0.637 %)ISEB Practitioner
1712 (0.637 %)HP APS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
157 (3.025 %)SLA
238 (2.017 %)QA
35 (0.265 %)GAAP
35 (0.265 %)GAMP
35 (0.265 %)ISO9001
44 (0.212 %)ISO27001
53 (0.159 %)COBIT
62 (0.106 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.053 %)PCI DSS
71 (0.053 %)WAI
71 (0.053 %)ISO8583
71 (0.053 %)GxP
71 (0.053 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1328 (17.41 %)Active Directory
2160 (8.493 %)VMware Infrastructure
392 (4.883 %)VMware ESX
453 (2.813 %)NFS
522 (1.168 %)XenApp
522 (1.168 %)Veritas Volume Manager
522 (1.168 %)vSphere
621 (1.115 %)Hyper-V
719 (1.008 %)Veritas Cluster Server
818 (0.955 %)Citrix Presentation Server
916 (0.849 %)Terminal Services
1012 (0.637 %)Samba
1111 (0.584 %)Terminal Server
1210 (0.531 %)Oracle RAC
139 (0.478 %)ISA Server
147 (0.372 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
156 (0.318 %)VMware Workstation
156 (0.318 %)VMware Server
164 (0.212 %)MetaFrame
164 (0.212 %)DFS Replication
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1256 (13.59 %)OpenView
2101 (5.361 %)NetBackup
395 (5.042 %)HP Quality Center
449 (2.601 %)OpenView Configuration Management
548 (2.548 %)OVSD
646 (2.442 %)ServiceCenter
745 (2.389 %)Tivoli
839 (2.070 %)HP Data Protector
938 (2.017 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1032 (1.699 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1131 (1.645 %)Legato
1225 (1.327 %)Backup Exec
1322 (1.168 %)CiscoWorks
1322 (1.168 %)OVOW
1421 (1.115 %)ARCserve
1519 (1.008 %)EMC NetWorker
1618 (0.955 %)Netcool
1717 (0.902 %)WSUS
1717 (0.902 %)MSI
1814 (0.743 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1336 (17.83 %)Microsoft
2282 (14.97 %)VMware
3238 (12.63 %)Oracle
4197 (10.46 %)IBM
5195 (10.35 %)Cisco
6168 (8.917 %)Citrix
7133 (7.059 %)Sun
8100 (5.308 %)SAP
998 (5.202 %)Red Hat
1095 (5.042 %)EMC
1190 (4.777 %)Dell
1280 (4.246 %)Veritas
1377 (4.087 %)Brocade
1464 (3.397 %)NetApp
1551 (2.707 %)Symantec
1648 (2.548 %)Compaq
1736 (1.911 %)CheckPoint
1835 (1.858 %)Altiris
1835 (1.858 %)Hitachi
1835 (1.858 %)Lotus