HP Contract Job Trends in South Wales

HP
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 28 38 40
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +15
Contract jobs citing HP 8 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.82% 1.15% 2.26%
As % of the Vendors category 6.35% 3.03% 4.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £291 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £120 £550
Median % change year-on-year +145.83% -78.18% +27.91%
75th Percentile £300 £125 £588
90th Percentile - £133 £610
Wales median daily rate £295 £124 £180
% change year-on-year +138.38% -31.25% -58.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £16.00 - -

All Vendors
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 126 132 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 44.37% 37.82% 50.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 81 148
10th Percentile £190 £160 £192
25th Percentile £291 £209 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £550 £600
90th Percentile £598 £594 £650
Wales median daily rate £375 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 8
10th Percentile £15.23 £24.36 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.95 £25.60 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -59.00% +109.07% +32.86%
75th Percentile £21.27 £51.88 £26.31
90th Percentile £29.28 £54.25 £65.87
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -31.67% +25.44% +38.64%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

HP job vacancy trend in South Wales

HP
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing HP

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing HP

HP
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the South Wales 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
Cardiff +2 8 £295 +145.83% 1
HP
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
1 7 (87.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) BitLocker
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Apple
2 7 (87.50%) MobileIron
3 5 (62.50%) McAfee