HP Contract Job Trends

HP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 August 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
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 315 346
Rank change year-on-year -175 +31 -9
Contract jobs citing HP 179 250 226
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.76% 0.58%
As % of the Vendors category 0.80% 1.61% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 118 164
10th Percentile £150 £150 £138
25th Percentile £200 £277 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% +2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £526 £575 £558
90th Percentile £650 £622 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £375 £463
% change year-on-year -10.67% -18.92% +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 58 16
10th Percentile £16.13 £18.51 £16.42
25th Percentile £18.42 £18.87 £18.10
Median hourly rate £19.33 £23.04 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +27.10% -1.06%
75th Percentile £25.38 £25.15 £23.80
90th Percentile £25.75 - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% +2.31%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,380 15,535 16,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.82% 47.31% 43.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,856 9,504 10,556
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £612 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,139 809 815
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.74 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.94% -10.18% -32.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.12 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.05 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £21.28 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -22.62% -21.43%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HP job vacancy trend in the UK

HP
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

HP
Top 16 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 20 August 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
England -180 158 £375 -21.05% 98
UK excluding London -148 119 £335 -10.67% 86
London -110 42 £500 - 21
Work from Home -69 35 £500 +5.26% 25
South West -39 29 £313 +68.73% 11
North of England -58 28 £425 -5.56% 13
South East -64 28 £210 -60.00% 27
Midlands -75 15 £318 +111.67% 18
North West -34 14 £475 +5.56% 6
Yorkshire -44 10 £415 +6.41% 5
West Midlands -65 10 £250 +66.67% 3
East of England -15 9 £150 -71.43% 12
Scotland -17 8 £450 +164.71% 4
North East -38 4 £200 - 2
East Midlands -28 3 £500 +39.66% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £525 -

HP
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.79%) SAS
2 5 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.23%) Confluence
4 3 (1.68%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) BASE24
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.56%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.56%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.56%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 39 (21.79%) Azure
2 18 (10.06%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (7.82%) AWS
3 14 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.03%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.35%) GCP
5 6 (3.35%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.79%) IaaS
7 4 (2.23%) GitHub
8 3 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.68%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.68%) PaaS
8 3 (1.68%) SaaS
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.12%) OCI
9 2 (1.12%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.56%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.56%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.50%) Firewall
2 16 (8.94%) DHCP
2 16 (8.94%) DNS
3 15 (8.38%) SNMP
4 12 (6.70%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (5.59%) LAN
5 10 (5.59%) SAN
5 10 (5.59%) WAN
6 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
6 9 (5.03%) VPN
7 7 (3.91%) Skype
8 6 (3.35%) VLAN
9 5 (2.79%) iSCSI
9 5 (2.79%) Network Security
9 5 (2.79%) OSPF
10 4 (2.23%) BGP
10 4 (2.23%) SMTP
10 4 (2.23%) Wireless
11 3 (1.68%) MPLS
11 3 (1.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.23%) Big Data
2 4 (2.23%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.23%) PowerCenter
2 4 (2.23%) Star Schema
3 3 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.12%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.56%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.56%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.56%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 32 (17.88%) JIRA
2 10 (5.59%) Selenium
3 5 (2.79%) REST Assured
4 4 (2.23%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.68%) Bugzilla
5 3 (1.68%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.68%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.68%) Postman
5 3 (1.68%) TestRail
6 2 (1.12%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.12%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.56%) Appium
7 1 (0.56%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.56%) JMeter
7 1 (0.56%) MSTest
7 1 (0.56%) Ranorex
7 1 (0.56%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.64%) Finance
3 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.38%) Banking
5 9 (5.03%) Legal
6 5 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.23%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.12%) Billing
9 2 (1.12%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.56%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (15.08%) Hardware Technician
2 14 (7.82%) Consultant
3 13 (7.26%) Field Service Technician
3 13 (7.26%) Management Consultant
3 13 (7.26%) Tester
4 12 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (6.70%) Network Engineer
4 12 (6.70%) Support Engineer
5 11 (6.15%) Analyst
5 11 (6.15%) Break Fix Engineer
5 11 (6.15%) Field Engineer
5 11 (6.15%) IT Engineer
6 10 (5.59%) Hardware Engineer
6 10 (5.59%) Senior
6 10 (5.59%) Test Manager
7 7 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Desktop Support
8 6 (3.35%) Lead
8 6 (3.35%) Server Engineer
8 6 (3.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.17%) REST
2 6 (3.35%) Middleware
3 3 (1.68%) Node.js
3 3 (1.68%) Playwright
3 3 (1.68%) WireMock
4 2 (1.12%) OpenGL
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.12%) Qt
4 2 (1.12%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.12%) Terraform
5 1 (0.56%) .NET
5 1 (0.56%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.56%) JSON
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) SOAP
5 1 (0.56%) Web Services
5 1 (0.56%) XML
5 1 (0.56%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.50%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.70%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (4.47%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.35%) iPhone
5 6 (3.35%) PKI
6 5 (2.79%) EMC VMAX
6 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.23%) Clustering
8 3 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.68%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.68%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.12%) SCADA
9 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.12%) Tandem
9 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 70 (39.11%) Windows
2 38 (21.23%) Linux
3 23 (12.85%) AIX
4 21 (11.73%) Windows Server
5 18 (10.06%) Windows 10
6 14 (7.82%) Android
7 12 (6.70%) Unix
8 10 (5.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (4.47%) HPUX
9 8 (4.47%) Solaris
10 6 (3.35%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (3.35%) SUSE
11 3 (1.68%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (17.88%) Customer Service
1 32 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (15.08%) DevOps
3 27 (15.08%) Migration
4 25 (13.97%) Test Automation
5 23 (12.85%) Asset Management
5 23 (12.85%) ITIL
6 21 (11.73%) Test Management
6 21 (11.73%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (11.17%) Defect Management
7 20 (11.17%) System Integration Testing
8 19 (10.61%) Agile
9 18 (10.06%) Break/Fix
10 16 (8.94%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (8.94%) Test Strategy
11 14 (7.82%) End-to-End Testing
11 14 (7.82%) Regression Testing
12 13 (7.26%) Change Management
12 13 (7.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.20%) PowerShell
2 25 (13.97%) SQL
3 24 (13.41%) Python
4 13 (7.26%) Search Processing Language
5 8 (4.47%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.79%) Bash
7 3 (1.68%) Java
7 3 (1.68%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.12%) C
8 2 (1.12%) C++
8 2 (1.12%) VB
9 1 (0.56%) C#
9 1 (0.56%) COBOL
9 1 (0.56%) Lisp
9 1 (0.56%) Perl
9 1 (0.56%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 55 (30.73%) Security Cleared
2 44 (24.58%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.06%) Degree
4 12 (6.70%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.91%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.79%) CCNP
6 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.79%) CISSP
6 5 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.79%) RHCE
7 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.06%) QA
1 18 (10.06%) SLA
2 8 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.79%) GRC
4 2 (1.12%) GDPR
5 1 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.56%) GAMP
5 1 (0.56%) GxP
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.47%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.91%) Firmware
5 6 (3.35%) BitLocker
5 6 (3.35%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.35%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (2.79%) Docker
6 5 (2.79%) vSphere
7 4 (2.23%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.12%) SRDF
9 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (17.88%) HP ALM
2 18 (10.06%) Nagios
3 16 (8.94%) Tivoli
4 15 (8.38%) Netcool
4 15 (8.38%) OpenView
4 15 (8.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 15 (8.38%) ZABBIX
5 13 (7.26%) SCCM
6 12 (6.70%) Ansible
7 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (3.91%) vCenter Server
9 6 (3.35%) vMotion
10 5 (2.79%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (2.79%) Puppet
11 3 (1.68%) Backup Exec
11 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.68%) NetBackup
12 2 (1.12%) AirWatch
12 2 (1.12%) Packer
12 2 (1.12%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 42 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 34 (18.99%) Dell
3 22 (12.29%) VMware
4 20 (11.17%) Cisco
4 20 (11.17%) Oracle
5 19 (10.61%) IBM
6 18 (10.06%) Apple
7 15 (8.38%) BMC
7 15 (8.38%) SolarWinds
7 15 (8.38%) Splunk
8 6 (3.35%) Broadcom
8 6 (3.35%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.79%) Aruba
9 5 (2.79%) McAfee
9 5 (2.79%) Zscaler
10 4 (2.23%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.23%) Google
10 4 (2.23%) Symantec
10 4 (2.23%) Veeam
10 4 (2.23%) Veritas