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 22 January 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
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 338 262
Rank change year-on-year +1 -76 +70
Contract jobs citing HP 274 204 382
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.64% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.58% 1.40% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 108 303
10th Percentile £154 £152 £148
25th Percentile £171 £182 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £355 £350
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% +1.43% -18.60%
75th Percentile £389 £538 £500
90th Percentile £500 £602 £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £306 £285
% change year-on-year -31.43% +7.46% -32.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 24 13
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.38 £20.30 £20.25
Median hourly rate £20.09 £24.18 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +0.75% -2.04%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £30.00
90th Percentile £26.21 £24.66 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.17 £24.00
% change year-on-year -21.91% +0.69% +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 17,349 14,541 18,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.90% 45.87% 44.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,193 8,605 11,952
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £410 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 432 804
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.93 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -21.43% +11.01%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -14.00% -28.57% +35.11%

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 22 January 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 22 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

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 22 January 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 +15 247 £210 -46.90% 106
UK excluding London -15 188 £210 -31.43% 116
London -9 72 £298 -37.26% 12
Midlands -8 56 £200 +14.29% 19
East of England +7 32 £200 -38.46% 19
North of England -51 32 £200 -55.56% 22
West Midlands -23 31 £305 +79.12% 7
South East -50 31 £375 +27.12% 31
East Midlands +1 27 £200 +14.00% 12
Work from Home -19 23 £442 -6.89% 66
South West -8 19 £400 +28.00% 10
Yorkshire -41 15 £290 -42.00% 7
North West -27 12 £175 -58.82% 13
Wales +5 10 £290 +45.00% 5
Scotland -7 9 £400 +45.45% 8
North East -14 5 £175 -68.18% 2
Northern Ireland -5 1 £500 - 3

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 21 (7.66%) Confluence
1 21 (7.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 56 (20.44%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.19%) BASE24
3 5 (1.82%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (1.46%) assyst
4 4 (1.46%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.73%) PORTIA
6 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (27.01%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (18.98%) Azure
3 22 (8.03%) AWS
4 12 (4.38%) Datadog
5 11 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.92%) GCP
6 8 (2.92%) OCI
7 3 (1.09%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.73%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.73%) IaaS
8 2 (0.73%) PaaS
8 2 (0.73%) SaaS
9 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.36%) Veeva
9 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.96%) Wireless
2 20 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (6.20%) Firewall
4 12 (4.38%) SAN
5 10 (3.65%) VSAN
6 6 (2.19%) DNS
6 6 (2.19%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.19%) VLAN
6 6 (2.19%) WAN
7 5 (1.82%) DHCP
8 4 (1.46%) LAN
9 3 (1.09%) SSL
10 2 (0.73%) VoIP
11 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.36%) FTP
11 1 (0.36%) InfiniBand
11 1 (0.36%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.36%) RTP
11 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.92%) NonStop SQL
2 5 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.46%) OLTP
4 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.36%) Big Data
5 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.36%) MySQL
5 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (12.77%) JIRA
2 8 (2.92%) TestRail
3 5 (1.82%) Selenium
4 3 (1.09%) JMeter
4 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.73%) MSTest
6 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.36%) Gatling
6 1 (0.36%) Git
6 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.36%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.36%) NUnit
6 1 (0.36%) Postman
6 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Coded UI
6 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.90%) Organisational Skills
3 53 (19.34%) Finance
4 35 (12.77%) Banking
4 35 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (9.12%) Marketing
6 25 (9.12%) Telecoms
7 24 (8.76%) Manufacturing
8 23 (8.39%) Electronics
9 18 (6.57%) Legal
10 12 (4.38%) Retail
11 10 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.82%) Local Government
14 4 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.46%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.73%) Advertising
15 2 (0.73%) Billing
15 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 67 (24.45%) Break Fix Engineer
2 42 (15.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 42 (15.33%) IT Support
3 37 (13.50%) Analyst
4 35 (12.77%) Field Engineer
5 33 (12.04%) Desktop Support
6 29 (10.58%) Field Hardware Engineer
7 28 (10.22%) Junior
8 25 (9.12%) Support Engineer
9 23 (8.39%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 23 (8.39%) 2nd Line Support
9 23 (8.39%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 20 (7.30%) Computer Engineer
11 19 (6.93%) IT Engineer
12 18 (6.57%) Support Analyst
13 12 (4.38%) Developer
14 11 (4.01%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 11 (4.01%) IT Support Engineer
15 10 (3.65%) Desktop Engineer
15 10 (3.65%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.19%) Middleware
1 6 (2.19%) REST
2 4 (1.46%) LDAP
2 4 (1.46%) SOAP
2 4 (1.46%) Web Services
3 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.09%) Apache Camel
3 3 (1.09%) HTML
3 3 (1.09%) HTML5
3 3 (1.09%) JDBC
3 3 (1.09%) jQuery
3 3 (1.09%) JSON
3 3 (1.09%) ODBC
3 3 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (1.09%) SAML
3 3 (1.09%) XML
4 2 (0.73%) ADO
5 1 (0.36%) FHIR
5 1 (0.36%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.79%) Data Centre
2 31 (11.31%) Driving Licence
3 18 (6.57%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.38%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.28%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.55%) Tandem
7 6 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.82%) EMV
9 4 (1.46%) CMDB
10 3 (1.09%) Clustering
10 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.73%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.73%) HP Storage
11 2 (0.73%) Social Media
12 1 (0.36%) APACS
12 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.36%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 71 (25.91%) Windows
2 49 (17.88%) Mac OS
3 44 (16.06%) Android
4 26 (9.49%) Windows 10
5 21 (7.66%) Linux
6 7 (2.55%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.09%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.09%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.36%) AIX
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) CentOS
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.36%) Solaris
8 1 (0.36%) SUSE
8 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.36%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.82%) Customer Service
2 61 (22.26%) Time Management
3 48 (17.52%) Break/Fix
4 45 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (13.50%) Agile
6 31 (11.31%) Service Management
7 27 (9.85%) Asset Management
8 25 (9.12%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (8.39%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (8.39%) Programme Management
10 22 (8.03%) Test Management
11 20 (7.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (6.57%) ITSM
14 17 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (6.20%) Test Automation
14 17 (6.20%) Test Strategy
15 16 (5.84%) DevOps
15 16 (5.84%) Ticket Management
16 15 (5.47%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.84%) SQL
2 7 (2.55%) C
2 7 (2.55%) JavaScript
3 6 (2.19%) COBOL
4 4 (1.46%) Java
4 4 (1.46%) VB
5 3 (1.09%) C#
5 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.09%) Python
6 2 (0.73%) C++
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
7 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (31.02%) Security Cleared
2 79 (28.83%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.11%) Degree
3 14 (5.11%) ISTQB
4 12 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.46%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.09%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.73%) MCITP
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Dell Certification
8 1 (0.36%) ISEB
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.85%) SLA
2 17 (6.20%) QA
3 6 (2.19%) COBIT
3 6 (2.19%) ISO 8583
4 4 (1.46%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.36%) HL7
6 1 (0.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (10.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.38%) vSphere
4 7 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.82%) Firmware
6 2 (0.73%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.36%) Docker
7 1 (0.36%) GPFS
7 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (10.22%) HP ALM
2 15 (5.47%) SCCM
3 11 (4.01%) vRealize
4 10 (3.65%) VxRail
5 8 (2.92%) Ansible
6 7 (2.55%) ServiceCenter
6 7 (2.55%) Terraform
7 5 (1.82%) FortiGate
7 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.46%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (1.46%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.73%) SCOM
10 1 (0.36%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.36%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.36%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 115 (41.97%) Dell
2 69 (25.18%) Apple
3 62 (22.63%) Cisco
4 47 (17.15%) Microsoft
5 32 (11.68%) SAP
6 23 (8.39%) VMware
7 18 (6.57%) IBM
7 18 (6.57%) ServiceNow
8 15 (5.47%) MobileIron
9 13 (4.74%) AppDynamics
9 13 (4.74%) Oracle
10 12 (4.38%) Commvault
10 12 (4.38%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.28%) Remedy
12 8 (2.92%) Computacenter
13 7 (2.55%) Canon
13 7 (2.55%) Dynatrace
14 6 (2.19%) CheckPoint
14 6 (2.19%) F5
15 5 (1.82%) Veritas