HP Contracts in the UK excluding London

HP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 232 217
Rank change year-on-year +59 -15 +20
Contract jobs citing HP 182 172 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.40% 0.83% 1.05%
As % of the Vendors category 2.83% 1.97% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 149 171
10th Percentile £151 £148 £180
25th Percentile £180 £213 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £591 £523
90th Percentile £593 £700 £624
UK median daily rate £425 £350 £440
% change year-on-year +21.43% -20.45% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 2
10th Percentile - £16.61 £11.94
25th Percentile £18.51 £18.03 £12.97
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.13 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +16.03% -16.67%
75th Percentile £21.00 £22.67 £17.97
90th Percentile £24.66 £27.09 £18.81
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £18.13 £18.93
% change year-on-year +4.08% -4.23% -20.83%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,435 8,722 10,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.37% 42.09% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,017 5,275 6,942
10th Percentile £220 £208 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.97% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 983 443
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -42.77% +95.64%
75th Percentile £51.90 £58.70 £60.59
90th Percentile £69.93 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.12% -47.88% +97.67%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HP in the UK excluding London

HP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HP in the UK excluding London

HP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the UK excluding London

HP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HP in the UK excluding London

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK excluding London

HP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South East +5 46 £525 +84.21% 29
South West +55 38 £168 -76.07% 29
North of England +44 37 £413 +3.13% 25
Midlands +33 34 £232 -53.70% 17
West Midlands +36 28 £220 -31.25% 4
Scotland 0 16 £188 +12.74% 7
Yorkshire +24 15 £378 +0.67% 11
North West +20 15 £425 +6.25% 10
East of England +28 9 £525 -4.55% 12
North East +7 7 - - 4
East Midlands +6 6 £375 -32.67% 13
Wales +2 4 £300 +135.29% 5
Northern Ireland -12 1 - -
HP
UK

HP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.95%) IIS
3 2 (1.10%) Apache
3 2 (1.10%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.55%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.55%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.75%) BASE24
2 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (6.59%) AWS
3 11 (6.04%) Azure
4 10 (5.49%) GCP
5 8 (4.40%) IaaS
5 8 (4.40%) OpenShift
5 8 (4.40%) PaaS
6 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.10%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.10%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.55%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.55%) Cohesity
7 1 (0.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.19%) DNS
2 19 (10.44%) DHCP
3 17 (9.34%) Firewall
4 16 (8.79%) SMTP
5 15 (8.24%) VPN
6 9 (4.95%) WAN
7 8 (4.40%) LAN
7 8 (4.40%) NetScaler
8 7 (3.85%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.30%) SAN
10 5 (2.75%) ATM
11 4 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (2.20%) Wireless
12 3 (1.65%) Internet
12 3 (1.65%) Network Security
13 2 (1.10%) DWDM
13 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
13 2 (1.10%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (1.10%) tcpdump
13 2 (1.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (4.40%) Big Data
1 8 (4.40%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.75%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.04%) JIRA
2 5 (2.75%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.20%) Selenium
4 3 (1.65%) Git
5 2 (1.10%) TestNG
5 2 (1.10%) VersaTest
6 1 (0.55%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.55%) Introscope
6 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.55%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (23.63%) Finance
1 43 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 14 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.95%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.40%) Banking
6 6 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.30%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.75%) Electronics
7 5 (2.75%) Marketing
7 5 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.10%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.10%) Aviation
8 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.10%) Legal
9 1 (0.55%) Automotive
9 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (24.18%) Support Engineer
2 31 (17.03%) IT Engineer
3 26 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 23 (12.64%) Desktop Engineer
4 23 (12.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 15 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (5.49%) Deployment Engineer
7 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 9 (4.95%) Server Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (4.40%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) Analyst
8 8 (4.40%) Break Fix Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
9 7 (3.85%) Architect
9 7 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support
9 7 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.85%) Middleware
2 2 (1.10%) LDAP
2 2 (1.10%) pytest
2 2 (1.10%) REST
2 2 (1.10%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.10%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.55%) .NET
3 1 (0.55%) CSS
3 1 (0.55%) HTML
3 1 (0.55%) J2EE
3 1 (0.55%) Redfish
3 1 (0.55%) RESTful
3 1 (0.55%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.55%) Web Services
3 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (30.22%) Driving Licence
2 30 (16.48%) Data Centre
3 16 (8.79%) Clustering
4 15 (8.24%) PKI
5 9 (4.95%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (4.95%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.30%) SCADA
7 5 (2.75%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.20%) EMV
8 4 (2.20%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.65%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.65%) Replication
9 3 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.10%) EMC VMAX
10 2 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (1.10%) iPhone
10 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.10%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 60 (32.97%) Windows
2 33 (18.13%) Linux
3 23 (12.64%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.69%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.95%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.20%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.20%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.65%) Android
8 3 (1.65%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.65%) HPUX
8 3 (1.65%) Solaris
8 3 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.10%) CentOS
10 1 (0.55%) AIX
10 1 (0.55%) Unix
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.48%) Asset Management
2 28 (15.38%) Ticket Management
3 23 (12.64%) Customer Experience
3 23 (12.64%) Mathematics
4 22 (12.09%) Break/Fix
4 22 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.99%) Agile
6 19 (10.44%) Customer Service
7 18 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (9.89%) ITIL
8 15 (8.24%) DevOps
9 13 (7.14%) Test Management
10 11 (6.04%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (6.04%) Test Automation
11 10 (5.49%) High Availability
11 10 (5.49%) Scrum
11 10 (5.49%) Test Strategy
12 9 (4.95%) Data Protection
12 9 (4.95%) Defect Management
12 9 (4.95%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.09%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.40%) Python
3 6 (3.30%) Shell Script
4 5 (2.75%) COBOL
5 4 (2.20%) C++
6 3 (1.65%) Bash
7 2 (1.10%) C
7 2 (1.10%) Groovy
7 2 (1.10%) Perl
8 1 (0.55%) C-shell
8 1 (0.55%) Java
8 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (50.55%) Security Cleared
2 83 (45.60%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.29%) Dell Certification
4 11 (6.04%) Degree
4 11 (6.04%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.20%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.10%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.55%) CCNP
8 1 (0.55%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.55%) MCP
8 1 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (18.68%) SLA
2 9 (4.95%) QA
3 5 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.55%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 25 (13.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (5.49%) BitLocker
3 10 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.40%) Docker
4 8 (4.40%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.40%) Microsoft App-V
4 8 (4.40%) Terminal Services
5 7 (3.85%) vSphere
6 6 (3.30%) Firmware
6 6 (3.30%) XenApp
6 6 (3.30%) XenDesktop
7 2 (1.10%) NFS
7 2 (1.10%) Samba
7 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (11.54%) HP ALM
2 18 (9.89%) Ansible
3 15 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (7.14%) SCCM
5 11 (6.04%) Nagios
5 11 (6.04%) Puppet
6 10 (5.49%) vCenter Server
7 8 (4.40%) Kubernetes
7 8 (4.40%) vMotion
8 7 (3.85%) NetBackup
8 7 (3.85%) WSUS
9 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (2.20%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (2.20%) Terraform
11 3 (1.65%) yum
12 2 (1.10%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (1.10%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
12 2 (1.10%) vRealize
Vendors
1 99 (54.40%) Dell
2 70 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 32 (17.58%) VMware
4 27 (14.84%) Cisco
5 17 (9.34%) IBM
6 15 (8.24%) Citrix
7 9 (4.95%) Fortinet
7 9 (4.95%) Google
7 9 (4.95%) Red Hat
8 8 (4.40%) SAP
8 8 (4.40%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.40%) Symantec
9 7 (3.85%) Aruba
10 6 (3.30%) 3PAR
10 6 (3.30%) Brocade
10 6 (3.30%) EMC
10 6 (3.30%) Oracle
10 6 (3.30%) Veritas
11 5 (2.75%) Apple
11 5 (2.75%) Veeam