HP Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

HP
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 14 October 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
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 63 57
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +15
Contract jobs citing HP 18 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.13% 0.66% 1.67%
As % of the Vendors category 4.80% 1.56% 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 10
10th Percentile - £171 £198
25th Percentile £154 £173 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £275 £350
Median % change year-on-year -42.73% -21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile £161 £500 £463
90th Percentile - £538 £575
England median daily rate £400 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile £18.87 - -
25th Percentile £20.41 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £23.50
% change year-on-year +38.72% -22.85% -1.71%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 375 321 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 44.38% 42.46% 50.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 189 289
10th Percentile £209 £263 £205
25th Percentile £340 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £555 £588
90th Percentile £638 £615 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 23
10th Percentile £17.04 £13.86 £11.33
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.03 £13.00
Median hourly rate £21.25 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.68% -11.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £18.11 £67.50
90th Percentile - £51.30 £88.75
England median hourly rate £25.11 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.26% -21.35% +82.68%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

HP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing HP

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Lincolnshire +2 8 £158 -42.73% 4
Nottinghamshire - 8 - - 3
Derbyshire +4 2 - -
HP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Wireless
General
1 8 (44.44%) Retail
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Technical Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Technical Support
1 5 (27.78%) Technical Support Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Windows Engineer
1 5 (27.78%) Windows Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (11.11%) Break Fix Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) PC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (22.22%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Android
2 4 (22.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Asset Management
1 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 4 (22.22%) Ticket Management
2 2 (11.11%) Break/Fix
2 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (5.56%) Migration
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Dell
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Apple
3 4 (22.22%) Cisco
3 4 (22.22%) SAP
4 2 (11.11%) IBM