HP Contracts in England

HP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 303 341
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 +40
Contract jobs citing HP 235 255 352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.69% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 2.03% 1.63% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 212 243
10th Percentile £150 £180 £231
25th Percentile £188 £213 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £426
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -14.91% +1.43%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £555
90th Percentile £611 £649 £627
UK median daily rate £421 £375 £443
% change year-on-year +12.27% -15.27% +5.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 8
10th Percentile £18.45 £22.18 £15.78
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.71 £18.02
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.80 £18.84
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +26.33% -12.37%
75th Percentile £24.18 £30.00 £19.88
90th Percentile £25.58 £40.00 £21.98
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £23.80 £18.84
% change year-on-year -11.76% +26.33% -12.37%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 11,562 15,655 21,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.47% 42.09% 41.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,448 9,950 14,523
10th Percentile £287 £256 £270
25th Percentile £408 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 1,007 599
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.19
25th Percentile £17.56 £14.27 £18.75
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.37 £64.50
90th Percentile £76.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for HP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HP in England.

Daily rate trend for HP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HP in England.

Hourly rate trend for HP in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +29 65 £550 +57.14% 38
South East -1 60 £525 +84.21% 63
South West +57 40 £326 -53.39% 31
North of England +37 32 £413 -2.94% 29
Midlands +28 25 £175 -60.00% 42
West Midlands +24 20 £150 -58.33% 26
North West +25 15 £425 - 14
East of England +35 9 £525 -4.55% 16
Yorkshire +12 9 £378 +0.67% 11
North East +6 8 £550 -8.33% 4
East Midlands +7 5 £358 -37.74% 10
HP
UK

HP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.68%) IIS
3 4 (1.70%) Apache
3 4 (1.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.98%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (8.94%) BASE24
2 4 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.85%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.85%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (8.94%) Azure
3 13 (5.53%) Apple Pay
3 13 (5.53%) AWS
4 10 (4.26%) GCP
5 9 (3.83%) IaaS
5 9 (3.83%) OpenShift
5 9 (3.83%) PaaS
6 5 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.70%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.70%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.28%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.77%) DNS
2 23 (9.79%) DHCP
3 21 (8.94%) ATM
3 21 (8.94%) Firewall
4 20 (8.51%) VPN
5 18 (7.66%) SMTP
6 14 (5.96%) SAN
7 13 (5.53%) Wireless
8 8 (3.40%) NetScaler
9 7 (2.98%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.55%) WAN
11 5 (2.13%) Network Security
11 5 (2.13%) SSL
11 5 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.70%) VSAN
13 3 (1.28%) LAN
13 3 (1.28%) NAS
13 3 (1.28%) SD-WAN
13 3 (1.28%) tcpdump
13 3 (1.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.36%) NonStop SQL
2 10 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.83%) Big Data
4 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (8.51%) JIRA
2 4 (1.70%) Git
2 4 (1.70%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.70%) Selenium
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
3 2 (0.85%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.85%) TestNG
3 2 (0.85%) VersaTest
4 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.43%) Introscope
4 1 (0.43%) JMeter
4 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.43%) TestRail
4 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.40%) Finance
3 26 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.38%) Banking
6 9 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (3.83%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.40%) Electronics
7 8 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.40%) Marketing
8 6 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.85%) Law
9 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 52 (22.13%) Support Engineer
2 31 (13.19%) Desktop Support
3 29 (12.34%) Desktop Engineer
3 29 (12.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 25 (10.64%) IT Engineer
5 24 (10.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (8.09%) Server Engineer
7 13 (5.53%) Break Fix Engineer
7 13 (5.53%) Data Centre Engineer
7 13 (5.53%) Lead
8 10 (4.26%) Development Engineer
8 10 (4.26%) Software Development Engineer
8 10 (4.26%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) Network Engineer
9 9 (3.83%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 8 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (3.40%) Analyst
10 8 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
10 8 (3.40%) Server Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.53%) Web Services
2 7 (2.98%) Middleware
3 3 (1.28%) LDAP
4 2 (0.85%) JSON
4 2 (0.85%) pytest
4 2 (0.85%) REST
4 2 (0.85%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.85%) XML
5 1 (0.43%) .NET
5 1 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.43%) HTML
5 1 (0.43%) J2EE
5 1 (0.43%) ODBC
5 1 (0.43%) Redfish
5 1 (0.43%) RESTful
5 1 (0.43%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.43%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.43%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.98%) Data Centre
2 47 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 17 (7.23%) Clustering
4 16 (6.81%) PKI
5 8 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.13%) EMV
7 5 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.13%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.13%) SCADA
7 5 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.70%) FMCG
8 4 (1.70%) Tandem
9 3 (1.28%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.28%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.28%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (28.09%) Windows
2 41 (17.45%) Linux
3 29 (12.34%) Windows Server
4 23 (9.79%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (4.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (3.83%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.40%) Android
8 8 (3.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (2.55%) Unix
10 5 (2.13%) AIX
10 5 (2.13%) HPUX
10 5 (2.13%) Solaris
11 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (1.28%) CentOS
13 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (14.47%) Break/Fix
2 31 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (11.91%) Customer Service
4 27 (11.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (9.79%) Customer Experience
5 23 (9.79%) Mathematics
6 19 (8.09%) ITIL
7 18 (7.66%) Asset Management
7 18 (7.66%) Ticket Management
8 17 (7.23%) Test Management
9 16 (6.81%) DevOps
9 16 (6.81%) Test Strategy
10 14 (5.96%) Agile
10 14 (5.96%) Change Management
10 14 (5.96%) High Availability
10 14 (5.96%) Migration
10 14 (5.96%) Test Automation
11 13 (5.53%) Time Management
12 12 (5.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (4.68%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.49%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.11%) Python
3 8 (3.40%) C++
4 7 (2.98%) C
4 7 (2.98%) COBOL
4 7 (2.98%) Shell Script
5 6 (2.55%) Java
6 5 (2.13%) Bash
7 2 (0.85%) Groovy
7 2 (0.85%) Perl
7 2 (0.85%) SQL
8 1 (0.43%) C-shell
8 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 104 (44.26%) Security Cleared
2 87 (37.02%) SC Cleared
3 30 (12.77%) Dell Certification
4 20 (8.51%) DV Cleared
5 16 (6.81%) Degree
6 4 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.28%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.28%) PMP
8 2 (0.85%) CCNA
8 2 (0.85%) CCNP
8 2 (0.85%) HP APS
8 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CCSE
9 1 (0.43%) CFA
9 1 (0.43%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.72%) SLA
2 15 (6.38%) ISO 8583
3 14 (5.96%) QA
4 11 (4.68%) PSD2
5 6 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (16.17%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.96%) Hyper-V
4 13 (5.53%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (4.26%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (3.83%) BitLocker
6 9 (3.83%) Docker
6 9 (3.83%) Terminal Services
6 9 (3.83%) vSphere
7 7 (2.98%) XenDesktop
8 6 (2.55%) XenApp
9 5 (2.13%) Firmware
10 4 (1.70%) NFS
11 3 (1.28%) Samba
12 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.43%) SRDF
13 1 (0.43%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 22 (9.36%) Ansible
1 22 (9.36%) HP ALM
2 13 (5.53%) Nagios
2 13 (5.53%) Puppet
3 10 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.26%) vCenter Server
4 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.83%) NetBackup
4 9 (3.83%) SCCM
4 9 (3.83%) vMotion
5 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Clustering
6 7 (2.98%) WSUS
7 4 (1.70%) HP Data Protector
7 4 (1.70%) Terraform
7 4 (1.70%) yum
8 3 (1.28%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.85%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (52.77%) Dell
2 72 (30.64%) Microsoft
3 43 (18.30%) Cisco
3 43 (18.30%) VMware
4 31 (13.19%) IBM
5 17 (7.23%) Citrix
6 15 (6.38%) Red Hat
7 13 (5.53%) EMC
7 13 (5.53%) SAP
8 11 (4.68%) Symantec
9 10 (4.26%) Apple
9 10 (4.26%) Google
10 9 (3.83%) Brocade
10 9 (3.83%) Juniper
11 8 (3.40%) Veritas
12 7 (2.98%) 3PAR
13 6 (2.55%) Aruba
13 6 (2.55%) Oracle
13 6 (2.55%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.55%) Veeam