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 28 November 2025, 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
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 356 270
Rank change year-on-year +15 -86 +73
Contract jobs citing HP 269 214 406
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.58% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.57% 1.30% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 128 302
10th Percentile £152 £150 £148
25th Percentile £170 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £400 £406
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -1.54% -4.80%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £513
90th Percentile £556 £600 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £290 £326 £323
% change year-on-year -11.11% +1.16% -24.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 20 15
10th Percentile £17.92 £17.38 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £18.86
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.98 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% +0.95% -0.86%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £25.26
90th Percentile £25.57 £24.64 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.15 £23.88
% change year-on-year -21.86% +1.15% +49.50%

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 17,140 16,485 20,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.48% 45.03% 45.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,833 9,701 13,240
10th Percentile £288 £295 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £723 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 867 524 675
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £19.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.42% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £42.63 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.08 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -19.73% -38.20% +96.97%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 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 +34 239 £290 -31.76% 103
UK excluding London +3 167 £290 -11.11% 103
London +30 88 £375 -6.19% 21
Midlands +1 41 £185 -32.73% 27
South East -2 40 £375 -21.05% 31
North of England -29 32 £250 -54.55% 12
Work from Home -3 28 £450 -6.25% 42
West Midlands -25 22 £308 +2.67% 9
East Midlands +2 19 £158 -10.00% 18
East of England -8 16 £198 -11.73% 5
South West +7 15 £400 +17.65% 17
Yorkshire -33 14 £290 -47.27% 6
North West -15 13 £234 -56.47% 6
Wales +5 12 £290 +134.34% 3
Scotland -19 10 £294 +78.03% 10
North East -5 5 £175 -68.18%
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 - 1

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 31 (11.52%) Confluence
2 16 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.49%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 67 (24.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (5.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.86%) assyst
3 4 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.12%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.74%) PORTIA
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.37%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 76 (28.25%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (18.59%) Azure
3 19 (7.06%) AWS
4 12 (4.46%) GCP
5 9 (3.35%) Datadog
5 9 (3.35%) OCI
6 8 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.97%) SaaS
7 7 (2.60%) IaaS
7 7 (2.60%) PaaS
8 4 (1.49%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.37%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 48 (17.84%) Wireless
2 22 (8.18%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (7.43%) SAN
4 17 (6.32%) Firewall
5 13 (4.83%) SSL
6 9 (3.35%) WAN
7 8 (2.97%) VSAN
8 7 (2.60%) LAN
9 6 (2.23%) DNS
9 6 (2.23%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.23%) VLAN
10 5 (1.86%) DHCP
11 2 (0.74%) VoIP
11 2 (0.74%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.37%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.37%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.37%) NAS
12 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.74%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.37%) Big Data
4 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (19.33%) JIRA
2 12 (4.46%) TestRail
3 6 (2.23%) Selenium
4 5 (1.86%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.37%) Gatling
5 1 (0.37%) Git
5 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.37%) JMeter
5 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.37%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.37%) NUnit
5 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.37%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 81 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.96%) Finance
3 40 (14.87%) Banking
4 39 (14.50%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.41%) Marketing
6 27 (10.04%) Telecoms
7 26 (9.67%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (8.92%) Manufacturing
9 23 (8.55%) Electronics
10 18 (6.69%) Retail
11 12 (4.46%) Legal
12 10 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.86%) Local Government
13 5 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (1.49%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.74%) Advertising
15 2 (0.74%) Billing
15 2 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (15.24%) Analyst
2 39 (14.50%) Break Fix Engineer
3 34 (12.64%) IT Support
4 30 (11.15%) Desktop Support
5 26 (9.67%) Junior
6 25 (9.29%) Support Engineer
7 23 (8.55%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (8.55%) 2nd Line Support
7 23 (8.55%) IT Engineer
7 23 (8.55%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 22 (8.18%) Senior
9 20 (7.43%) Support Analyst
10 15 (5.58%) Administrator
11 14 (5.20%) Architect
12 12 (4.46%) Field Engineer
12 12 (4.46%) Test Manager
13 11 (4.09%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.09%) Lead
13 11 (4.09%) Test Leader
14 10 (3.72%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.58%) REST
1 15 (5.58%) SOAP
2 14 (5.20%) LDAP
2 14 (5.20%) Web Services
3 13 (4.83%) AngularJS
3 13 (4.83%) Apache Camel
3 13 (4.83%) HTML
3 13 (4.83%) HTML5
3 13 (4.83%) JDBC
3 13 (4.83%) jQuery
3 13 (4.83%) JSON
3 13 (4.83%) ODBC
3 13 (4.83%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (4.83%) SAML
4 10 (3.72%) Middleware
5 4 (1.49%) XML
6 1 (0.37%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.37%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (20.07%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.92%) Driving Licence
3 18 (6.69%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.35%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (3.35%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.86%) HP Storage
8 4 (1.49%) Clustering
8 4 (1.49%) CMDB
8 4 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.49%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.74%) Chip and PIN
10 2 (0.74%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.74%) Social Media
10 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (28.25%) Windows
2 53 (19.70%) Mac OS
3 52 (19.33%) Android
4 29 (10.78%) Linux
5 19 (7.06%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.09%) Windows Server
7 10 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.23%) Unix
9 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.37%) AIX
10 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.37%) CentOS
10 1 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.37%) Solaris
10 1 (0.37%) SUSE
10 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (18.59%) Break/Fix
2 47 (17.47%) Agile
3 38 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (13.01%) Customer Service
5 30 (11.15%) Time Management
6 26 (9.67%) DevOps
6 26 (9.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 25 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
7 25 (9.29%) Test Management
8 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (8.92%) Test Strategy
9 23 (8.55%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (8.55%) ITIL
9 23 (8.55%) Programme Management
10 22 (8.18%) ITSM
11 21 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (7.06%) Migration
13 19 (7.06%) Scrum
13 19 (7.06%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.95%) JavaScript
1 16 (5.95%) SQL
2 7 (2.60%) Python
2 7 (2.60%) Shell Script
3 4 (1.49%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.12%) VB
5 2 (0.74%) Bash
5 2 (0.74%) C
5 2 (0.74%) C#
5 2 (0.74%) Java
5 2 (0.74%) Perl
5 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.37%) C++
6 1 (0.37%) COBOL
6 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 96 (35.69%) Security Cleared
2 90 (33.46%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.06%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.20%) Degree
5 13 (4.83%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.74%) ISEB
8 2 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.74%) MCITP
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.37%) HP APS
9 1 (0.37%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.92%) SLA
2 17 (6.32%) QA
3 6 (2.23%) COBIT
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.37%) HL7
5 1 (0.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.35%) vSphere
4 8 (2.97%) Firmware
4 8 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.86%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.74%) GPFS
7 1 (0.37%) Docker
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (14.50%) HP ALM
2 14 (5.20%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (4.83%) SCCM
4 9 (3.35%) Ansible
4 9 (3.35%) NetBackup
5 8 (2.97%) vRealize
5 8 (2.97%) VxRail
6 7 (2.60%) Terraform
7 6 (2.23%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (1.86%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.74%) BladeLogic
9 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.74%) SCOM
10 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.37%) Grafana
10 1 (0.37%) HP Operations Orchestration
10 1 (0.37%) Puppet
10 1 (0.37%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 104 (38.66%) Dell
2 73 (27.14%) Apple
3 68 (25.28%) Cisco
4 47 (17.47%) Microsoft
5 37 (13.75%) SAP
6 25 (9.29%) ServiceNow
6 25 (9.29%) VMware
7 19 (7.06%) IBM
8 18 (6.69%) Oracle
8 18 (6.69%) Remedy
9 16 (5.95%) MobileIron
10 13 (4.83%) BMC
10 13 (4.83%) Ivanti
11 11 (4.09%) Veritas
12 10 (3.72%) AppDynamics
12 10 (3.72%) F5
12 10 (3.72%) Red Hat
13 9 (3.35%) 3PAR
13 9 (3.35%) Commvault
13 9 (3.35%) SolarWinds