HP Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

HP
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring knowledge or experience of HP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HP over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Hewlett-Packard Company.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing HP 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.47% 1.82% 0.82%
As % of the Vendors category 0.75% 2.75% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £82 -
25th Percentile - £135 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £224 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -50.28% -2.70%
75th Percentile - £312 £475
90th Percentile - £365 -
East of England median daily rate £200 £363 £388
% change year-on-year -44.83% -6.45% -13.89%

All Vendors
Bedfordshire

HP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 133 109 157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 61.86% 66.06% 64.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 61 110
10th Percentile £211 £363 £325
25th Percentile £406 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £538
90th Percentile £650 £700 £560
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 1
10th Percentile £37.90 £30.08 -
25th Percentile £49.74 £30.78 £51.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% - +144.19%
75th Percentile - £57.76 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.61 -
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £20.00 £37.66
% change year-on-year -0.45% -46.89% +46.89%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

HP job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing HP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing HP

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 1 £220 -
HP
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Progress