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 27 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
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 285 298
Rank change year-on-year -69 +13 +39
Contract jobs citing HP 284 254 331
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.88% 0.75%
As % of the Vendors category 1.48% 1.85% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 133 269
10th Percentile £150 £152 £150
25th Percentile £188 £185 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £410 £350
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +17.14% -20.45%
75th Percentile £388 £575 £538
90th Percentile £489 £625 £610
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £358 £305
% change year-on-year -23.18% +17.38% -28.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 27 11
10th Percentile £16.09 £18.39 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £21.81
Median hourly rate £19.85 £21.59 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% -10.04% +24.90%
75th Percentile £24.28 £24.42 £30.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £26.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.28 £21.30 £24.00
% change year-on-year -14.18% -11.25% +31.62%

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 19,189 13,707 18,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.51% 47.22% 42.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,265 8,682 11,803
10th Percentile £313 £293 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £625
90th Percentile £700 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 973 475 1,029
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.51 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.51 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.75 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +23.84% -39.70%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.10 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.91 £27.13 £21.75
% change year-on-year -11.84% +24.71% -37.86%

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 27 March 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 17 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 27 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
England -85 249 £210 -52.00% 93
UK excluding London -66 208 £275 -23.18% 82
London -69 62 £316 -39.90% 18
Midlands -27 60 £200 -46.60% 15
East of England +2 42 £200 -61.90% 12
West Midlands -39 36 £300 -25.00% 5
South East -72 36 £380 -5.00% 28
North of England -69 33 £220 -46.67% 17
Work from Home -63 25 £335 -29.47% 31
East Midlands -11 24 £200 -44.27% 10
Yorkshire -45 17 £290 -23.18% 6
South West -39 16 £306 -6.21% 10
North West -41 11 £175 -58.82% 11
Wales -1 10 £290 - 4
Scotland -8 9 £475 +147.89%
Northern Ireland +1 5 £475 -
North East -14 5 £175 -68.18%

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 22 (7.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.23%) Confluence
3 4 (1.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (16.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.82%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) BASE24
2 5 (1.76%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.41%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.70%) assyst
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.35%) PORTIA
5 1 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.07%) Azure
2 56 (19.72%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.99%) AWS
5 12 (4.23%) Datadog
6 4 (1.41%) GCP
7 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.06%) IaaS
7 3 (1.06%) OCI
7 3 (1.06%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.35%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.35%) GitHub
8 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.35%) PaaS
8 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.35%) SaaS
8 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.27%) Wireless
2 17 (5.99%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.87%) Firewall
3 11 (3.87%) SAN
3 11 (3.87%) VSAN
4 10 (3.52%) SNMP
5 9 (3.17%) DNS
6 7 (2.46%) DHCP
7 5 (1.76%) iSCSI
7 5 (1.76%) VLAN
7 5 (1.76%) VPN
8 4 (1.41%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.41%) WAN
9 3 (1.06%) LAN
9 3 (1.06%) OSPF
10 2 (0.70%) BGP
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (0.70%) MPLS
10 2 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.11%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (1.41%) OLTP
3 2 (0.70%) Big Data
3 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.35%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.35%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 1 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (12.32%) JIRA
2 9 (3.17%) Selenium
3 6 (2.11%) TestRail
4 5 (1.76%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.06%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) JMeter
5 3 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.70%) MSTest
6 2 (0.70%) Postman
6 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 90 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 64 (22.54%) Organisational Skills
3 47 (16.55%) Finance
4 31 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.15%) Banking
6 25 (8.80%) Manufacturing
7 24 (8.45%) Public Sector
8 20 (7.04%) Legal
9 17 (5.99%) Marketing
9 17 (5.99%) Telecoms
10 16 (5.63%) Electronics
11 5 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.41%) Automotive
13 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.06%) Retail
14 2 (0.70%) Billing
14 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.35%) Advertising
15 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (25.35%) Break Fix Engineer
2 53 (18.66%) Hardware Engineer
3 45 (15.85%) Field Engineer
4 39 (13.73%) Field Hardware Engineer
4 39 (13.73%) IT Support
5 36 (12.68%) Analyst
6 28 (9.86%) Computer Engineer
6 28 (9.86%) Junior
7 26 (9.15%) Desktop Support
8 20 (7.04%) Support Engineer
9 17 (5.99%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (5.99%) IT Engineer
10 16 (5.63%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
10 16 (5.63%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 16 (5.63%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.93%) Printer Engineer
12 13 (4.58%) Test Manager
13 11 (3.87%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 9 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
14 9 (3.17%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.28%) REST
2 3 (1.06%) ADO
3 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.70%) XML
4 1 (0.35%) FHIR
4 1 (0.35%) LDAP
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.35%) Middleware
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.35%) Playwright
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.35%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.32%) Data Centre
2 31 (10.92%) Driving Licence
3 19 (6.69%) Mobile App
4 15 (5.28%) Virtual Team
5 13 (4.58%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.11%) EMC VMAX
6 6 (2.11%) Tandem
7 5 (1.76%) EMV
7 5 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (1.41%) Clustering
8 4 (1.41%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.70%) CMDB
10 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.70%) HP Storage
10 2 (0.70%) iPhone
10 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 90 (31.69%) Windows
2 37 (13.03%) Mac OS
3 33 (11.62%) Android
3 33 (11.62%) Linux
4 23 (8.10%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.58%) Windows Server
6 9 (3.17%) AIX
7 7 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.41%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.41%) Windows 8
9 3 (1.06%) Unix
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.35%) CentOS
11 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.35%) SUSE
11 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.35%) VMS
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (29.23%) Customer Service
2 63 (22.18%) Time Management
3 48 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (16.20%) Break/Fix
5 39 (13.73%) Service Management
6 37 (13.03%) Agile
7 30 (10.56%) Test Management
8 28 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (9.51%) Test Automation
10 25 (8.80%) DevOps
11 22 (7.75%) Test Strategy
12 21 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.04%) Migration
14 19 (6.69%) Defect Management
15 18 (6.34%) Asset Management
15 18 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (5.63%) Digital Marketing
16 16 (5.63%) Integration Testing
16 16 (5.63%) Programme Management
16 16 (5.63%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.15%) SQL
2 16 (5.63%) Python
3 15 (5.28%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.46%) C
4 7 (2.46%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (2.11%) VB
6 5 (1.76%) COBOL
7 4 (1.41%) Java
7 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.06%) C#
8 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.35%) C++
9 1 (0.35%) Perl
9 1 (0.35%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (29.93%) Security Cleared
2 78 (27.46%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.99%) ISTQB
4 16 (5.63%) Degree
5 10 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.41%) CCNP
7 4 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.70%) ISEB
8 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CCSE
9 1 (0.35%) Dell Certification
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.56%) SLA
2 23 (8.10%) QA
3 6 (2.11%) ISO 8583
4 4 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.35%) COBIT
5 1 (0.35%) GAMP
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) GxP
5 1 (0.35%) HL7
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
5 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 36 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.93%) vSphere
4 6 (2.11%) Firmware
5 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.06%) SRDF
6 2 (0.70%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.35%) GPFS
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (13.03%) HP ALM
2 21 (7.39%) SCCM
3 12 (4.23%) ServiceCenter
4 11 (3.87%) vRealize
5 10 (3.52%) VxRail
6 9 (3.17%) Nagios
6 9 (3.17%) Netcool
6 9 (3.17%) OpenView
6 9 (3.17%) Tivoli
6 9 (3.17%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 9 (3.17%) ZABBIX
7 8 (2.82%) Ansible
8 5 (1.76%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.06%) Backup Exec
10 3 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.70%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.70%) Puppet
11 2 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 105 (36.97%) Dell
2 63 (22.18%) Apple
3 56 (19.72%) Cisco
4 53 (18.66%) Microsoft
5 32 (11.27%) IBM
6 28 (9.86%) SAP
7 22 (7.75%) SolarWinds
8 21 (7.39%) VMware
9 16 (5.63%) Canon
10 15 (5.28%) MobileIron
11 14 (4.93%) ServiceNow
12 12 (4.23%) AppDynamics
12 12 (4.23%) Commvault
13 10 (3.52%) Splunk
14 9 (3.17%) BMC
14 9 (3.17%) Oracle
15 6 (2.11%) Remedy
16 5 (1.76%) Aruba
16 5 (1.76%) Infor
16 5 (1.76%) McAfee