The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 20 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 Warrington 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 17 15 15
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs citing HP 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 3.200% 3.061% 2.353%
As % of the Vendors category 5.479% 5.357% 3.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £425 £110 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+286.36% -63.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.22% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.71 £15.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-11.54% -22.50%
All Vendors
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
73 56 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 58.40% 57.14% 61.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 25 19
Average daily rate £438 £355 £346
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.23% +2.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £241 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £441 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +11.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
HP
Cheshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HP across the Warrington region.

Warrington HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 (73.68%) SC Cleared
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) MS Office
2 7 (36.84%) ITIL
2 7 (36.84%) MCP
2 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 7 (36.84%) Lotus Notes
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) OpenView
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (36.84%) Lotus
3 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (21.05%) MCSE
3 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
3 4 (21.05%) MS Visio
3 4 (21.05%) ISO 9000
3 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) SAP
3 4 (21.05%) MS Project
3 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
3 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (21.05%) MCDST
3 4 (21.05%) MCITP
3 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
3 4 (21.05%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
3 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
3 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (21.05%) BS25999

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (21.05%) LiveLink
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) MS Office
1 7 (36.84%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) MS Visio
2 4 (21.05%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (21.05%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP HR
2 1 (5.263%) SAP SD
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Support Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Test Automation Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Specialist
5 1 (5.263%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
1 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
1 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
2 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
3 3 (15.79%) Problem Management
3 3 (15.79%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (10.53%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
5 1 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) SC Cleared
1 14 (73.68%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) MCP
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (21.05%) MCDST
3 4 (21.05%) MCITP
3 4 (21.05%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) ISO 9000
1 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (21.05%) BS25999
2 3 (15.79%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) OpenView
2 4 (21.05%) ServiceCenter
2 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (15.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
1 7 (36.84%) Lotus
2 4 (21.05%) SAP