The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 14 - 14
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing HP 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.778% - 4.938%
As % of the Vendors category 8.000% - 7.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £343 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.17% +5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.71 £15.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-11.54% -11.42%
All Vendors
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
25 52 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 34.72% 50.49% 62.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 24
Average daily rate £375 £380 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -26.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
HP
Hertfordshire

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE
2 3 (60.00%) DB2
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) Flash
2 3 (60.00%) MQSeries
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
2 3 (60.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (60.00%) System Testing
2 3 (60.00%) DbVisualizer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
3 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) IDOL

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (60.00%) J2EE
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) Flash
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MQSeries
2 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) DB2
1 3 (60.00%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (20.00%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Content Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) IBM