HP Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

HP
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 36 38 60
Rank change year-on-year +2 +22 +32
Contract jobs citing HP 3 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.26% 2.39% 0.92%
As % of the Vendors category 2.44% 4.55% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile £270 £271 £133
25th Percentile £300 £302 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £356 £614
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -41.96% +11.59%
75th Percentile £450 £414 £633
90th Percentile £510 £447 £653
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £356 £614
% change year-on-year -1.75% -41.96% +14.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £16.19 -

All Vendors
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 123 154 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 51.46% 52.56% 51.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 114 271
10th Percentile £251 £241 £320
25th Percentile £331 £364 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £456 £530
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% -13.92% +10.42%
75th Percentile £533 £538 £625
90th Percentile £574 £596 £695
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £450 £530
% change year-on-year -5.56% -15.09% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £13.46 £17.63 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.16 £21.25 £13.17
Median hourly rate £16.27 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -45.77% +121.08% +10.24%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.75 -
90th Percentile - £37.50 £16.68
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.20 £30.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -52.67% +82.93% +26.15%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for HP in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing HP

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate histogram for HP in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing HP

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Biometrics
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Compaq
1 1 (33.33%) JDA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Planview
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Terracotta
1 1 (33.33%) webMethods