HP Contracts 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 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 132 150
Rank change year-on-year +44 +18 -42
Contract jobs citing HP 32 25 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.76% 0.76% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 4.01% 1.81% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 23 7
10th Percentile - £350 £256
25th Percentile £153 - £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £700 £415
Median % change year-on-year -77.86% +68.67% +3.75%
75th Percentile £500 - £453
90th Percentile £575 - £486
England median daily rate £465 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +14.81% -4.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £18.51 - -
25th Percentile £18.78 - -
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £19.51 - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £18.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year +4.08% -15.67% -10.08%

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 799 1,381 1,342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.02% 42.10% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 877 981
10th Percentile £217 £211 £275
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £713
England median daily rate £513 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 194 74
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.54 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £37.50 £41.91
Median hourly rate £32.50 £56.49 £58.65
Median % change year-on-year -42.47% -3.68% +25.58%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.50 £24.65 £32.30
% change year-on-year +3.45% -23.68% +50.23%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing HP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for HP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HP in the South West.

Daily rate trend for HP in the South West

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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 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HP in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for HP in the South West

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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 4 July 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
Devon - 10 £155 - 6
Wiltshire +18 9 £550 -21.43% 6
Somerset - 9 - - 3
Bristol - 4 £155 - 14
HP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) VersaTest
General
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 17 (53.13%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 16 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 16 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 16 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (6.25%) BASE24 Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Developer
3 2 (6.25%) Hardware Technician
3 2 (6.25%) Lead
3 2 (6.25%) Lead Developer
4 1 (3.13%) Architect
4 1 (3.13%) Break Fix Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
4 1 (3.13%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.50%) EMV
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.13%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 16 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 10 (31.25%) Ticket Management
3 8 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 4 (12.50%) Migration
5 3 (9.38%) Break/Fix
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.38%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.13%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (3.13%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.13%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (3.13%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (3.13%) Requirements Workshops
7 1 (3.13%) SDLC
7 1 (3.13%) SFIA
7 1 (3.13%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (3.13%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) COBOL
2 1 (3.13%) C
2 1 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 28 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (50.00%) Dell Certification
3 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) ISO 8583
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Dell
2 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Aruba
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) Juniper