HP Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 48 54 65
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +11
Contract jobs citing HP 54 59 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 3.220% 2.582% 1.840%
As % of the Vendors category 6.265% 5.240% 4.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 16
Average daily rate £345 £300 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £385 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.50 £24.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -48.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.71 £15.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year
-10.09% -17.56%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 862 1126 807
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.40% 49.28% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 459 317
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £177
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 96 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £16.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
HP
England

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands HP Daily Rate Trend

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands HP Daily Rate Histogram

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Shropshire +19 19 £380 +28.81%
Warwickshire -1 14 £324 +22.16%
Birmingham -4 7 £275 -10.56%
Herefordshire - 4 £295 -
Staffordshire +11 2 £175 -44.00%
Wolverhampton -1 1 £125 -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
HP
England

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 49 (55.06%) Windows
2 31 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (30.34%) Microsoft
4 26 (29.21%) VMware
5 24 (26.97%) SAN
6 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
7 20 (22.47%) Cisco
8 19 (21.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 18 (20.22%) EMC
10 16 (17.98%) Citrix
10 16 (17.98%) MS Exchange
10 16 (17.98%) SCCM
11 15 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (16.85%) UNIX
12 14 (15.73%) Oracle
13 12 (13.48%) IBM
13 12 (13.48%) DNS
13 12 (13.48%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 12 (13.48%) Firewall
13 12 (13.48%) Finance
14 11 (12.36%) DHCP
14 11 (12.36%) Dell
14 11 (12.36%) Windows XP
15 10 (11.24%) LAN
15 10 (11.24%) Sun
15 10 (11.24%) Security Cleared
15 10 (11.24%) Microsoft App-V
16 9 (10.11%) HP Quality Center
16 9 (10.11%) MSI
16 9 (10.11%) WAN

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 5 (5.618%) Software Packaging
2 3 (3.371%) CSS
2 3 (3.371%) Middleware
2 3 (3.371%) Application Packaging
2 3 (3.371%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (17.98%) MS Exchange
2 8 (8.989%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (4.494%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (3.371%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 3 (3.371%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (2.247%) ESB
5 2 (2.247%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (2.247%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 2 (2.247%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (2.247%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.124%) Lync
6 1 (1.124%) IIS
6 1 (1.124%) Apache
6 1 (1.124%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.124%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.124%) Zimbra
Applications
1 6 (6.742%) MS Excel
1 6 (6.742%) MS Office
2 4 (4.494%) Office 365
3 2 (2.247%) S-PLUS
3 2 (2.247%) MS Project
4 1 (1.124%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.371%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.124%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (1.124%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.124%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.97%) SAN
2 12 (13.48%) DNS
2 12 (13.48%) Firewall
3 11 (12.36%) DHCP
4 10 (11.24%) LAN
5 9 (10.11%) WAN
6 7 (7.865%) TCP/IP
7 6 (6.742%) NAS
8 4 (4.494%) VPN
9 3 (3.371%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (3.371%) X.500
9 3 (3.371%) BGP
9 3 (3.371%) OSPF
9 3 (3.371%) Wireless
9 3 (3.371%) VLAN
10 2 (2.247%) BIG-IP
10 2 (2.247%) iSCSI
10 2 (2.247%) MPLS
10 2 (2.247%) HTTP
11 1 (1.124%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.494%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.124%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.124%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.124%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.124%) DB2
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) MSI
2 4 (4.494%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (3.371%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.124%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.124%) TortoiseSVN
4 1 (1.124%) Subversion
General
1 12 (13.48%) Finance
2 6 (6.742%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.371%) Banking
3 3 (3.371%) Investment Banking
3 3 (3.371%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (2.247%) Retail
5 1 (1.124%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.124%) Automotive
5 1 (1.124%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.124%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (11.24%) Consultant
2 7 (7.865%) Analyst
2 7 (7.865%) Applications Packager
2 7 (7.865%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (6.742%) Administrator
4 5 (5.618%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (5.618%) Server Engineer
4 5 (5.618%) Network Specialist
5 4 (4.494%) Storage Consultant
5 4 (4.494%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (4.494%) UNIX Administrator
6 3 (3.371%) Test Manager
6 3 (3.371%) Test Analyst
6 3 (3.371%) Tester
6 3 (3.371%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.371%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (3.371%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (3.371%) Hardware Engineer
6 3 (3.371%) Team Leader
6 3 (3.371%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.865%) Clustering
2 3 (3.371%) Replication
2 3 (3.371%) EqualLogic
2 3 (3.371%) CLARiiON
2 3 (3.371%) Symmetrix
3 2 (2.247%) HP Superdome
4 1 (1.124%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.124%) iPhone
4 1 (1.124%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 49 (55.06%) Windows
2 31 (34.83%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (21.35%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (16.85%) UNIX
5 11 (12.36%) Windows XP
6 8 (8.989%) HPUX
7 7 (7.865%) Linux
8 6 (6.742%) Windows 7
9 5 (5.618%) Windows 2000
10 4 (4.494%) Windows 2000 Server
11 3 (3.371%) VMS
11 3 (3.371%) Solaris
12 2 (2.247%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (1.124%) Windows NT
13 1 (1.124%) zOS
13 1 (1.124%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (10.11%) ITIL
2 7 (7.865%) Migration
3 6 (6.742%) Test Scripting
4 5 (5.618%) Load Balancing
5 4 (4.494%) Project Management
5 4 (4.494%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (4.494%) Network Management
6 3 (3.371%) Change Control
6 3 (3.371%) Business Transformation
6 3 (3.371%) CRM
6 3 (3.371%) Configuration Management
6 3 (3.371%) Fund Management
6 3 (3.371%) Wealth Management
6 3 (3.371%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.247%) Business Continuity
7 2 (2.247%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (2.247%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (2.247%) Time Management
7 2 (2.247%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.247%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.865%) Shell Script
2 4 (4.494%) C
3 3 (3.371%) Perl
3 3 (3.371%) SQL
3 3 (3.371%) VB
4 1 (1.124%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.989%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.494%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.494%) ISEB
4 3 (3.371%) CCNA
4 3 (3.371%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.371%) MCSE
4 3 (3.371%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.371%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (3.371%) MCITP
5 2 (2.247%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.247%) CCNP
6 1 (1.124%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.124%) CCA
6 1 (1.124%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.124%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.124%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.742%) QA
2 3 (3.371%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (7.865%) XenApp
5 3 (3.371%) Samba
6 2 (2.247%) vSphere
6 2 (2.247%) VMware Server
7 1 (1.124%) XenServer
7 1 (1.124%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (17.98%) SCCM
2 12 (13.48%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 9 (10.11%) HP Quality Center
4 8 (8.989%) OpenView
5 4 (4.494%) Backup Exec
5 4 (4.494%) SCOM
6 3 (3.371%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 2 (2.247%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (2.247%) WSUS
7 2 (2.247%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (1.124%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.124%) HP SIM
8 1 (1.124%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 27 (30.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (29.21%) VMware
3 20 (22.47%) Cisco
4 18 (20.22%) EMC
5 16 (17.98%) Citrix
6 14 (15.73%) Oracle
7 12 (13.48%) IBM
8 11 (12.36%) Dell
9 10 (11.24%) Sun
10 8 (8.989%) NetApp
11 6 (6.742%) SolarWinds
11 6 (6.742%) OPNET
11 6 (6.742%) BMC
12 5 (5.618%) Juniper
12 5 (5.618%) Symantec
12 5 (5.618%) Panasonic
13 4 (4.494%) StorageTek
13 4 (4.494%) CheckPoint
14 3 (3.371%) F5
14 3 (3.371%) Nokia
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