HP Storage Contract Job Trends

HP Storage (formerly HP StorageWorks)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term HP Storage in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HP Storage over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 543 601
Rank change year-on-year -55 +58 +194
Contract jobs citing HP Storage 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.039% 0.009% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +77.30%
75th Percentile £398 - £638
90th Percentile £459 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £500 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

HP Storage falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,874 10,932 13,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.07% 31.94% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,044 6,530 9,323
10th Percentile £275 £270 £265
25th Percentile £406 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £661 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 650 345 494
10th Percentile £13.89 £17.25 £16.51
25th Percentile £18.08 £22.72 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.11 £33.54 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% -21.08% +21.43%
75th Percentile £58.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.33 £78.44 £77.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.11 £32.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -16.60% -28.11% +53.25%

HP Storage
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HP Storage job vacancy trend in the UK

HP Storage
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP Storage.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP Storage

HP Storage
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP Storage over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP Storage in the UK

HP Storage
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP Storage.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP Storage

HP Storage
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP Storage within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 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
England -33 5 £375 -25.00% 1
UK excluding London -52 5 £375 -25.00% 1
South East - 4 £370 -
West Midlands -30 1 £500 -
Midlands -37 1 £500 -

HP Storage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Backup Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) HP Storage Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Storage Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) Storage and Backup Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) AIX
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) Dell
2 4 (80.00%) NetApp
2 4 (80.00%) Veritas
3 3 (60.00%) 3PAR
3 3 (60.00%) Nimble Storage
3 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) Brocade
4 1 (20.00%) EMC