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 31 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
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 338 369
Rank change year-on-year -164 +31 -38
Contract jobs citing HP 175 235 211
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.71% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 0.78% 1.51% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 115 148
10th Percentile £150 £150 £138
25th Percentile £196 £273 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +7.46% -6.94%
75th Percentile £521 £575 £538
90th Percentile £650 £622 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £313 £375 £450
% change year-on-year -16.53% -16.67% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 52 16
10th Percentile £16.13 £18.51 £16.42
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £18.10
Median hourly rate £19.85 £25.11 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -20.96% +38.51% -1.06%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £23.80
90th Percentile £25.76 - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.06 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +11.59% +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 22,440 15,554 16,988
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.75% 47.20% 44.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,821 9,526 10,400
10th Percentile £313 £275 £287
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £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 1,170 794 740
10th Percentile £14.35 £14.69 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -13.28% -31.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.01 £62.51
90th Percentile £81.36 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.24 £27.50
% change year-on-year +31.83% -22.76% -30.51%

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 31 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Top 15 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 31 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 -153 158 £370 -22.11% 71
UK excluding London -110 116 £313 -16.53% 67
London -105 41 £500 - 12
Work from Home -55 34 £500 +2.56% 30
South West -37 30 £313 +56.50% 8
North of England -71 26 £415 -1.19% 10
South East -75 26 £210 -58.00% 22
Midlands -63 17 £318 +111.67% 11
North West -45 14 £475 +5.56% 5
West Midlands -50 12 £250 +66.67% 4
East of England -10 11 £150 -57.14% 11
Yorkshire -49 8 £365 -6.41% 3
Scotland -22 7 £450 +164.71% 4
North East -36 4 £200 - 2
East Midlands -23 3 £500 - 7

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 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.86%) SAS
2 5 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.71%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (10.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) BASE24
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.57%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.57%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.57%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.57%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.57%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.43%) Azure
2 15 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.43%) AWS
5 8 (4.57%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.43%) GCP
6 6 (3.43%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.86%) IaaS
8 4 (2.29%) GitHub
9 3 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.71%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.71%) PaaS
9 3 (1.71%) SaaS
10 2 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.14%) OCI
11 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.57%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.57%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.14%) DHCP
1 16 (9.14%) DNS
1 16 (9.14%) Firewall
2 15 (8.57%) SNMP
3 12 (6.86%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (5.71%) LAN
4 10 (5.71%) WAN
5 9 (5.14%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.57%) SAN
6 8 (4.57%) Skype
6 8 (4.57%) VPN
7 6 (3.43%) VLAN
8 5 (2.86%) Network Security
8 5 (2.86%) OSPF
9 4 (2.29%) BGP
9 4 (2.29%) SMTP
10 3 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.71%) MPLS
10 3 (1.71%) Wireless
10 3 (1.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.29%) Big Data
2 4 (2.29%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.29%) PowerCenter
2 4 (2.29%) Star Schema
3 3 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.14%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.57%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.57%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.57%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 32 (18.29%) JIRA
2 9 (5.14%) Selenium
3 5 (2.86%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.71%) Bugzilla
4 3 (1.71%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.71%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.71%) Postman
4 3 (1.71%) TestRail
4 3 (1.71%) Zephyr
5 2 (1.14%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.14%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.57%) Appium
6 1 (0.57%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.57%) JMeter
6 1 (0.57%) MSTest
6 1 (0.57%) Ranorex
6 1 (0.57%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.29%) Finance
3 16 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.00%) Banking
5 8 (4.57%) Legal
6 4 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.29%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.29%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.14%) Billing
8 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.14%) Law
8 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.14%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (15.43%) Hardware Technician
2 14 (8.00%) Consultant
3 13 (7.43%) Field Service Technician
3 13 (7.43%) Management Consultant
3 13 (7.43%) Tester
4 11 (6.29%) Analyst
4 11 (6.29%) IT Engineer
4 11 (6.29%) Network Engineer
4 11 (6.29%) Support Engineer
5 10 (5.71%) Break Fix Engineer
5 10 (5.71%) Field Engineer
5 10 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (5.71%) Senior
6 9 (5.14%) Hardware Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (4.00%) Lead
8 6 (3.43%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (3.43%) Desktop Support
8 6 (3.43%) Support Analyst
8 6 (3.43%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.00%) REST
2 6 (3.43%) Middleware
3 3 (1.71%) Node.js
3 3 (1.71%) Playwright
3 3 (1.71%) WireMock
4 2 (1.14%) OpenGL
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.14%) Qt
4 2 (1.14%) SOAP
4 2 (1.14%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.14%) Terraform
5 1 (0.57%) .NET
5 1 (0.57%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.57%) JSON
5 1 (0.57%) OAuth
5 1 (0.57%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.57%) Web Services
5 1 (0.57%) XML
5 1 (0.57%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.71%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.14%) Driving Licence
3 12 (6.86%) Virtual Team
4 9 (5.14%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.43%) iPhone
6 6 (3.43%) PKI
7 5 (2.86%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.29%) Clustering
9 3 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.71%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.71%) Fat Client
9 3 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.71%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.71%) Thin Client
10 2 (1.14%) CUDA
10 2 (1.14%) iPad
10 2 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (38.86%) Windows
2 35 (20.00%) Linux
3 23 (13.14%) AIX
4 21 (12.00%) Windows Server
5 20 (11.43%) Windows 10
6 15 (8.57%) Android
7 10 (5.71%) Unix
8 8 (4.57%) HPUX
8 8 (4.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (4.57%) Solaris
9 6 (3.43%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (3.43%) SUSE
10 3 (1.71%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.14%) Customer Service
3 29 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (13.14%) Asset Management
5 22 (12.57%) DevOps
5 22 (12.57%) ITIL
6 21 (12.00%) Migration
7 20 (11.43%) Agile
7 20 (11.43%) Test Automation
8 18 (10.29%) Break/Fix
8 18 (10.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 17 (9.71%) Test Management
9 17 (9.71%) Validation
10 16 (9.14%) Defect Management
10 16 (9.14%) Root Cause Analysis
10 16 (9.14%) System Integration Testing
11 13 (7.43%) Dashboard Development
11 13 (7.43%) End-to-End Testing
11 13 (7.43%) Test Strategy
12 12 (6.86%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.57%) PowerShell
2 26 (14.86%) SQL
3 25 (14.29%) Python
4 13 (7.43%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.43%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.86%) Bash
7 3 (1.71%) Java
7 3 (1.71%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.14%) C
8 2 (1.14%) C++
8 2 (1.14%) VB
9 1 (0.57%) C#
9 1 (0.57%) COBOL
9 1 (0.57%) Lisp
9 1 (0.57%) Perl
9 1 (0.57%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 53 (30.29%) Security Cleared
2 42 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.71%) Degree
4 13 (7.43%) DV Cleared
5 9 (5.14%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.86%) CISSP
6 5 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (2.86%) RHCE
7 4 (2.29%) CCNP
7 4 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.57%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.14%) SLA
2 15 (8.57%) QA
3 7 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.86%) GRC
5 2 (1.14%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.57%) GAMP
6 1 (0.57%) GxP
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (13.14%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.57%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (4.00%) Firmware
5 6 (3.43%) BitLocker
5 6 (3.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (2.86%) Docker
6 5 (2.86%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.86%) vSphere
7 4 (2.29%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 32 (18.29%) HP ALM
2 18 (10.29%) Nagios
3 16 (9.14%) Tivoli
4 15 (8.57%) Netcool
4 15 (8.57%) OpenView
4 15 (8.57%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 15 (8.57%) ZABBIX
5 13 (7.43%) SCCM
6 10 (5.71%) Ansible
6 10 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (4.00%) vCenter Server
8 6 (3.43%) vMotion
9 5 (2.86%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (1.71%) Backup Exec
10 3 (1.71%) Kubernetes
10 3 (1.71%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.71%) Puppet
11 2 (1.14%) AirWatch
11 2 (1.14%) Packer
12 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.00%) Dell
3 21 (12.00%) IBM
4 20 (11.43%) VMware
5 19 (10.86%) Oracle
6 18 (10.29%) Apple
7 17 (9.71%) Cisco
8 15 (8.57%) BMC
8 15 (8.57%) SolarWinds
8 15 (8.57%) Splunk
9 6 (3.43%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.86%) Aruba
10 5 (2.86%) McAfee
10 5 (2.86%) Zscaler
11 4 (2.29%) Broadcom
11 4 (2.29%) Citrix
11 4 (2.29%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.29%) Google
11 4 (2.29%) Informatica
11 4 (2.29%) Symantec