The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of HP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wolverhampton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP
Rank 12 8 8
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Contract jobs citing HP 2 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 5.556% 5.405% 18.75%
As % of the Vendors category 10.00% 18.18% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £163 - £150
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.73 £14.50 £15.38
% change year-on-year
-5.31% -5.69%
All Vendors
Wolverhampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 55.56% 29.73% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 4
Average daily rate £200 £225 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
Average hourly rate £10.50 £15.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.25% +34.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
HP
West Midlands

HP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton HP Hourly Rate Trend

HP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) EqualLogic
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) iPhone
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003

HP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) EqualLogic
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (25.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) NetApp
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco