HP Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

HP
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 22 February 2026, 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
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 61 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing HP 7 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.82% 0.52% 1.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.69% 0.96% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile £168 £210 £258
25th Percentile £195 £276 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £475 £413 £450
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £305 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -28.35% +6.25% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £17.11 - -
25th Percentile £18.64 - -
Median hourly rate £21.35 - £55.00
75th Percentile £24.20 - -
90th Percentile £25.83 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.51 £55.00
% change year-on-year +35.87% -66.35% -

All Vendors
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 414 313 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 48.53% 54.72% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 228 210
10th Percentile £261 £200 £223
25th Percentile £365 £363 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £513 £426
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +20.38% -5.39%
75th Percentile £586 £621 £575
90th Percentile £634 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 17
10th Percentile £16.42 £17.33 £11.10
25th Percentile £17.69 £25.13 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +21.70% +64.33%
75th Percentile £26.91 £30.68 £28.75
90th Percentile £42.45 £42.41 £47.05
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +26.98%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

HP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

HP
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing HP

HP
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HP in Birmingham

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing HP

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JMeter
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Break Fix Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Field Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Test Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Printer Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
1 3 (42.86%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Test Management
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Change Control
2 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP ALM
2 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Canon
2 1 (14.29%) Dell