HP Contract Job Trends in Central London

HP
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 115 140
Rank change year-on-year -2 +25 +21
Contract jobs citing HP 11 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.57% 0.65% 0.71%
As % of the Vendors category 1.17% 1.49% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 20
10th Percentile £420 - £205
25th Percentile £456 - £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +41.57% -22.22% +1.41%
75th Percentile £525 - £538
90th Percentile £595 - £642
London median daily rate £496 £388 £475
% change year-on-year +27.87% -18.42% +11.11%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 943 1,005 1,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 48.56% 43.23% 42.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 660 946
10th Percentile £313 £337 £263
25th Percentile £409 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £657 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
London median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 8
10th Percentile £19.24 £16.50 £15.30
25th Percentile £22.88 £20.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £28.50 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +30.12% -12.34%
75th Percentile £60.25 £92.50 £52.63
90th Percentile £64.84 £137.50 £60.35
London median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.16% -17.33% +50.00%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing HP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for HP in Central London

HP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HP

HP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in Central London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in Central London

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing HP

HP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
City of London +7 11 £496 +41.57% 1
HP
London

HP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (18.18%) IaaS
2 2 (18.18%) PaaS
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) SSL
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (9.09%) SAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.09%) MySQL
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) JMeter
2 1 (9.09%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Law
2 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Front Office
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
1 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Deployment Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Desktop Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Manager
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Camel
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) HTML5
1 2 (18.18%) JDBC
1 2 (18.18%) jQuery
1 2 (18.18%) JSON
1 2 (18.18%) LDAP
1 2 (18.18%) ODBC
1 2 (18.18%) RabbitMQ
1 2 (18.18%) REST
1 2 (18.18%) SAML
1 2 (18.18%) SOAP
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (9.09%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) HP Storage
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Scrum
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Microservices
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) C
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) MCITP
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
3 2 (18.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP ALM
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (18.18%) SCOM
1 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Dell
3 2 (18.18%) BMC
3 2 (18.18%) Ivanti
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Pure Storage
3 2 (18.18%) Remedy
3 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 1 (9.09%) Alteryx
4 1 (9.09%) Apple
4 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
4 1 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) VMware