HP Contract Job Trends in Essex

HP
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 5 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
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 19 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -
Contract jobs citing HP 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.88% 0.96% 1.50%
As % of the Vendors category 2.56% 2.17% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £198 £224 £388
% change year-on-year -11.73% -42.26% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £22.09
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year - +13.75% -
75th Percentile - £28.75 £26.26
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.64 £27.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year -35.85% +13.75% -

All Vendors
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 39 46 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 34.51% 44.23% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 40
10th Percentile £185 £173 £178
25th Percentile £200 £237 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £275 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -35.29% -5.56%
75th Percentile £465 £350 £528
90th Percentile £518 £630 £601
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 13
10th Percentile - £20.63 £20.50
25th Percentile - £21.56 £22.09
Median hourly rate £12.75 £23.75 £47.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% -50.26% +127.38%
75th Percentile £23.61 £26.56 £55.56
90th Percentile £54.45 £27.88 £74.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.30 £18.46 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.97% -47.26% +6.06%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

HP job vacancy trend in Essex

HP
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing HP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing HP

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Essex region over the 6 months to 5 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
Chelmsford - 1 - -
HP
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Canon
1 1 (100.00%) Dell