The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 23 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 Warwickshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 14 15 23
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Contract jobs citing HP 14 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 6.829% 4.435% 1.843%
As % of the Vendors category 13.73% 9.091% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £324 £265 £155
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.16% +70.96%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-13.11% -12.85%
All Vendors
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
102 121 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 49.76% 48.79% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 44 39
Average daily rate £330 £310 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% -18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £260 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 25
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.00 £10.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £35.00 £25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
HP
West Midlands

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Warwick 0 4 £388 -
Rugby +2 2 - -
Leamington Spa - 1 - -
HP
West Midlands

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 8 (50.00%) Windows
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
3 6 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (37.50%) VMware
4 5 (31.25%) EMC
4 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (31.25%) DNS
4 5 (31.25%) DHCP
4 5 (31.25%) Panasonic
5 4 (25.00%) Office 365
5 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 4 (25.00%) SCCM
6 3 (18.75%) MCITP
6 3 (18.75%) Backup Exec
6 3 (18.75%) Migration
6 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
6 3 (18.75%) MCSE
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle
7 2 (12.50%) MS Office
7 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
7 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
7 2 (12.50%) VMS
7 2 (12.50%) IBM
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 2 (12.50%) Dell
7 2 (12.50%) Sun

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Office 365
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (6.250%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) DNS
1 5 (31.25%) DHCP
2 4 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) Firewall
3 1 (6.250%) SAN
3 1 (6.250%) NetScreen
3 1 (6.250%) HTTP
3 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (6.250%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Helpdesk Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Server Support
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Server Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.250%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Manager
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Network Support
3 1 (6.250%) Server Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) SAN Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Server Specialist
3 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Network Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Support Specialist
3 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
1 8 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (43.75%) Windows XP
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
4 2 (12.50%) VMS
4 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Project Management
2 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (6.250%) High Availability
3 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.250%) Time Management
3 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
3 1 (6.250%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) MCITP
2 3 (18.75%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Server
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
2 3 (18.75%) Backup Exec
3 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 5 (31.25%) EMC
3 5 (31.25%) Panasonic
4 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 2 (12.50%) IBM
5 2 (12.50%) Dell
5 2 (12.50%) Sun
6 1 (6.250%) 3Com
6 1 (6.250%) Juniper
6 1 (6.250%) Symantec
6 1 (6.250%) SAP