HP Contract Job Trends in the South West

HP
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 3 March 2026, 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
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 97 111
Rank change year-on-year -28 +14 +46
Contract jobs citing HP 13 25 39
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.46% 1.46% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 1.32% 3.08% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 35
10th Percentile £238 £153 £416
25th Percentile £280 £159 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £326 £700
Median % change year-on-year +22.61% -53.39% +49.33%
75th Percentile £450 £560 -
90th Percentile - £585 -
England median daily rate £210 £405 £350
% change year-on-year -48.15% +15.71% -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £17.78 £18.29 -
25th Percentile - £18.43 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.51 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% - -
75th Percentile - £19.14 -
90th Percentile £20.94 £20.26 -
England median hourly rate £20.09 £24.18 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.91% +0.75% -2.04%

All Vendors
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 988 811 1,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 34.79% 47.45% 41.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 522 841
10th Percentile £275 £215 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -1.34% -
75th Percentile £600 £617 £646
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
England median daily rate £507 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.43% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 39 170
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.45 £14.54
25th Percentile £23.12 £25.26 £38.13
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £65.98
90th Percentile £72.63 £70.89 £71.04
England median hourly rate £24.00 £31.42 £25.50
% change year-on-year -23.62% +23.23% -27.14%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

HP job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in the South West over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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
Bristol -13 8 £210 +35.48% 2
Devon -2 3 - -
Somerset -10 2 £425 -
HP
England

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Field Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Break Fix Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Field Service Technician
3 1 (7.69%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Migration Manager
3 1 (7.69%) PC Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Asset Management
1 8 (61.54%) Ticket Management
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Defect Management
4 1 (7.69%) Operational Stability
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.69%) Test Management
4 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Validation
4 1 (7.69%) Workflow
4 1 (7.69%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Dell Certification
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) HP ALM
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Dell
2 3 (23.08%) Computacenter
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco