HP Contract Job Trends in the North West

HP
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 119 115 124
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +33
Contract jobs citing HP 14 6 20
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.63% 0.25% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 1.25% 0.60% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 7
10th Percentile - - £468
25th Percentile £170 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - £500
75th Percentile £475 - £541
90th Percentile £595 - £634
England median daily rate £400 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% -5.56%

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,122 1,007 1,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.61% 41.82% 45.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 517 838
10th Percentile £300 £313 £225
25th Percentile £380 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £606 £588 £592
90th Percentile £708 £675 £675
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 51 97
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.00 £16.22
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +1.03% +45.92%
75th Percentile £46.36 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.63 £55.79 £50.70
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 North West

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

HP job vacancy trend in the North West

HP
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HP

HP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in the North West over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the North West

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HP

HP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the North West 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
Manchester +9 10 £450 - 5
Cheshire -23 3 £270 - 2
Merseyside - 1 £200 - 1
HP
England

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 3 (21.43%) IaaS
2 3 (21.43%) PaaS
2 3 (21.43%) SaaS
3 2 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Wireless
2 3 (21.43%) SAN
3 1 (7.14%) DWDM
3 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) Internet
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) MPLS
3 1 (7.14%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
1 3 (21.43%) TestRail
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Electronics
3 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 4 (28.57%) Marketing
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) IT Support
2 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 4 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (28.57%) Desktop Support
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Tester
3 3 (21.43%) UAT Tester
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Test Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Test Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
3 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Android
1 4 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Unix
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile
1 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
1 5 (35.71%) Test Management
1 5 (35.71%) Test Scripting
1 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
1 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 3 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (21.43%) Containerisation
3 3 (21.43%) Microservices
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Scrum
3 3 (21.43%) SDLC
3 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
4 2 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 2 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) Cisco
3 4 (28.57%) Apple
3 4 (28.57%) Dell
4 3 (21.43%) Citrix
4 3 (21.43%) F5
4 3 (21.43%) IBM
4 3 (21.43%) Oracle
4 3 (21.43%) VMware
5 1 (7.14%) Aruba
5 1 (7.14%) Remedy
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow