West Yorkshire HP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited HP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Barnet Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bexleyheath Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Douglas Dundee Durham East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Kendal Kent Kingswinford Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southall Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tipton Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witham Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	51	52
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	42	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	6.287 %	6.821 %
Daily rates quoted	10	5
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£340
Average daily rate	£326	£361
% change on same period last year	-9.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£382
UK excluding London average daily rate	£319	£346
% change on same period last year	-8.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.25	£27.50
Average hourly rate	£15.50	£34.01
% change on same period last year	-54.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.75	£40.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.55	£24.25
% change on same period last year	-11.12 %
Vendors West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	668	689
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.882 %	0.686 %
Daily rates quoted	153	121
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£346
Average daily rate	£342	£369
% change on same period last year	-7.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£391
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£358
% change on same period last year	+0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	72
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.04	£21.07
Average hourly rate	£20.58	£23.35
% change on same period last year	-11.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.11	£25.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£24.82
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing HP across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HP across the West Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HP across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	-1	31	£298	-11.50 %
Bradford	-5	4	£381	-1.74 %
Halifax	-	4	£340	-
Huddersfield	-	1	£340	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 23 (37.10 %) UNIX 1 23 (37.10 %) OpenView 2 21 (33.87 %) Windows 3 17 (27.42 %) Oracle 4 12 (19.35 %) Microsoft 4 12 (19.35 %) Client/Server 5 11 (17.74 %) Finance 6 10 (16.13 %) SQL 6 10 (16.13 %) HPUX 6 10 (16.13 %) Linux 6 10 (16.13 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 9 (14.52 %) SharePoint 7 9 (14.52 %) PL/SQL 7 9 (14.52 %) WebLogic 7 9 (14.52 %) MS Office

7 9 (14.52 %) NHS 7 9 (14.52 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 8 (12.90 %) OVSD 8 8 (12.90 %) Health 8 8 (12.90 %) Active Directory 9 7 (11.29 %) IBM 9 7 (11.29 %) Microsoft Certification 9 7 (11.29 %) ITIL 9 7 (11.29 %) SQL Server 9 7 (11.29 %) Oracle 9i 9 7 (11.29 %) Windows 2000 9 7 (11.29 %) Shell Script 9 7 (11.29 %) Knowledge Management 10 6 (9.677 %) NNM 10 6 (9.677 %) OVOW

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (1.613 %) ODBC 1 1 (1.613 %) .NET 1 1 (1.613 %) J2EE 1 1 (1.613 %) SWT	Application Platforms 1 9 (14.52 %) SharePoint 1 9 (14.52 %) WebLogic 1 9 (14.52 %) SharePoint Portal Server 2 6 (9.677 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (4.839 %) Apache 3 3 (4.839 %) Tomcat 4 2 (3.226 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (1.613 %) SAS 5 1 (1.613 %) Oracle Workflow 5 1 (1.613 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 9 (14.52 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.226 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.613 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 6 (9.677 %) Internet 1 6 (9.677 %) VPN 2 5 (8.065 %) TCP/IP 2 5 (8.065 %) LAN 3 4 (6.452 %) WAN 4 3 (4.839 %) Broadband 4 3 (4.839 %) VoIP 5 2 (3.226 %) DAB 5 2 (3.226 %) SAN 5 2 (3.226 %) Wireless 5 2 (3.226 %) Firewall 5 2 (3.226 %) SNMP 5 2 (3.226 %) DNS 6 1 (1.613 %) ATM 6 1 (1.613 %) PBX 6 1 (1.613 %) LDAP 6 1 (1.613 %) IPsec 6 1 (1.613 %) SSH 6 1 (1.613 %) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (16.13 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 7 (11.29 %) SQL Server 2 7 (11.29 %) Oracle 9i 3 6 (9.677 %) BusinessObjects 4 5 (8.065 %) Oracle Reports 5 3 (4.839 %) Datawarehouse 6 2 (3.226 %) TOAD 7 1 (1.613 %) Oracle Discoverer 7 1 (1.613 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (1.613 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (1.613 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (1.613 %) Base SAS	Development Applications 1 5 (8.065 %) Oracle Forms 2 4 (6.452 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (1.613 %) Eclipse 3 1 (1.613 %) JUnit 3 1 (1.613 %) TestDirector 3 1 (1.613 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 11 (17.74 %) Finance 2 8 (12.90 %) Health 3 5 (8.065 %) Retail 4 3 (4.839 %) Government 5 1 (1.613 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 9 (14.52 %) Analyst 2 8 (12.90 %) Desktop Support 2 8 (12.90 %) Systems Engineer 3 7 (11.29 %) Developer 3 7 (11.29 %) UNIX Engineer 4 6 (9.677 %) Support Engineer 5 5 (8.065 %) Oracle Developer 5 5 (8.065 %) Support Analyst 6 4 (6.452 %) Desktop Analyst 6 4 (6.452 %) SQL Developer 6 4 (6.452 %) PL/SQL Developer 6 4 (6.452 %) OpenView Engineer 6 4 (6.452 %) Technical Support 6 4 (6.452 %) Tester 6 4 (6.452 %) Network Engineer 6 4 (6.452 %) Desktop Support Analyst 7 3 (4.839 %) Desktop Support Engineer 7 3 (4.839 %) Oracle DBA 7 3 (4.839 %) Desktop Engineer 7 3 (4.839 %) DBA
Miscellaneous 1 12 (19.35 %) Client/Server 2 9 (14.52 %) NHS 3 5 (8.065 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.613 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 23 (37.10 %) UNIX 2 21 (33.87 %) Windows 3 10 (16.13 %) HPUX 3 10 (16.13 %) Linux 4 7 (11.29 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (9.677 %) Windows XP 6 5 (8.065 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (4.839 %) NetWare 7 3 (4.839 %) Solaris 8 2 (3.226 %) Windows Mobile 8 2 (3.226 %) SUSE 8 2 (3.226 %) AIX 9 1 (1.613 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (11.29 %) ITIL 1 7 (11.29 %) Knowledge Management 2 6 (9.677 %) Asset Management 3 5 (8.065 %) Release Management 4 3 (4.839 %) E-Commerce 4 3 (4.839 %) Performance Testing 4 3 (4.839 %) Unit Testing 5 2 (3.226 %) Fault Management 5 2 (3.226 %) Migration 5 2 (3.226 %) Change Management 5 2 (3.226 %) CRM 5 2 (3.226 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (1.613 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (1.613 %) Security Management 6 1 (1.613 %) Disaster Recovery 6 1 (1.613 %) Workflow 6 1 (1.613 %) Automated Testing 6 1 (1.613 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (1.613 %) Test Scripting 6 1 (1.613 %) System Testing	Programming Languages 1 10 (16.13 %) SQL 2 9 (14.52 %) PL/SQL 3 7 (11.29 %) Shell Script 4 5 (8.065 %) VB 4 5 (8.065 %) Perl 5 3 (4.839 %) C 6 2 (3.226 %) Java 7 1 (1.613 %) C#
Qualifications 1 7 (11.29 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (4.839 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (3.226 %) MCP 3 2 (3.226 %) MCSE 3 2 (3.226 %) MCDBA 3 2 (3.226 %) CCNP 3 2 (3.226 %) CCNA 4 1 (1.613 %) A+ Certification 4 1 (1.613 %) Network+ Certification 4 1 (1.613 %) DCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.613 %) QA
System Software 1 8 (12.90 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.839 %) Oracle RAC 3 2 (3.226 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (1.613 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (1.613 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (1.613 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 23 (37.10 %) OpenView 2 8 (12.90 %) OVSD 3 6 (9.677 %) NNM 3 6 (9.677 %) OVOW 3 6 (9.677 %) OVIS 4 4 (6.452 %) ZENworks 5 3 (4.839 %) OVPA 6 2 (3.226 %) OVPM 6 2 (3.226 %) CiscoWorks 7 1 (1.613 %) DameWare 7 1 (1.613 %) HP Data Protector
Vendors 1 17 (27.42 %) Oracle 2 12 (19.35 %) Microsoft 3 7 (11.29 %) IBM 4 6 (9.677 %) Lotus 4 6 (9.677 %) Business Objects 5 5 (8.065 %) Dell 6 4 (6.452 %) VMware 6 4 (6.452 %) Cisco 7 3 (4.839 %) Compaq 7 3 (4.839 %) ESRI 7 3 (4.839 %) BEA 8 2 (3.226 %) Novell 8 2 (3.226 %) Sun 8 2 (3.226 %) Citrix 9 1 (1.613 %) EMC 9 1 (1.613 %) Intel 9 1 (1.613 %) Avaya 9 1 (1.613 %) Siebel 9 1 (1.613 %) Siemens 9 1 (1.613 %) CheckPoint