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 December 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
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 342 262
Rank change year-on-year +16 -80 +66
Contract jobs citing HP 286 213 398
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.63% 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 1.64% 1.38% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 130 308
10th Percentile £153 £165 £148
25th Percentile £171 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £273 £400 £381
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% +4.92% -10.50%
75th Percentile £398 £538 £515
90th Percentile £500 £600 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £259 £333 £285
% change year-on-year -22.11% +16.67% -28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 14
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £18.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £20.06
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.15 £23.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% +1.15% -0.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £28.56
90th Percentile £25.57 - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.15 £24.00
% change year-on-year -21.86% +0.63% +42.48%

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 17,448 15,405 19,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.93% 45.79% 44.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,130 9,195 12,403
10th Percentile £297 £285 £252
25th Percentile £408 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £717 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.58% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 842 452 675
10th Percentile £15.02 £15.51 £14.21
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.51 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.79 £27.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.50% -38.89% +74.55%
75th Percentile £44.69 £61.31 £64.70
90th Percentile £74.21 £75.23 £77.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.60 £45.21
% change year-on-year -16.02% -43.38% +100.93%

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 December 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 27 December 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 27 December 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 +25 257 £220 -48.24% 119
UK excluding London +3 189 £259 -22.11% 111
London +4 82 £306 -32.00% 30
Midlands -5 52 £200 -15.79% 18
South East -21 44 £375 +7.14% 24
North of England -37 31 £205 -60.95% 15
West Midlands -9 29 £297 -0.92% 9
Work from Home -11 27 £449 -7.53% 51
East Midlands -1 25 £158 -10.00% 9
East of England -4 24 £200 -38.46% 16
South West +1 18 £305 -6.51% 25
Yorkshire -32 14 £290 -47.27% 7
Wales +9 12 £290 +81.25% 4
North West -16 12 £175 -56.79% 7
Scotland -5 9 £400 +14.29% 12
North East -7 5 £175 -68.18% 1
Northern Ireland -7 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 26 (9.09%) Confluence
2 20 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 64 (22.38%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (4.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (2.10%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.75%) assyst
4 4 (1.40%) BASE24
5 3 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (1.05%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.70%) PORTIA
6 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 80 (27.97%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (18.53%) Azure
3 22 (7.69%) AWS
4 12 (4.20%) Datadog
5 11 (3.85%) OCI
6 10 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.80%) GCP
8 4 (1.40%) SaaS
9 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.05%) IaaS
9 3 (1.05%) PaaS
10 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.70%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.35%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.35%) Veeva
11 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (16.08%) Wireless
2 22 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (5.94%) Firewall
3 17 (5.94%) SAN
4 10 (3.50%) VSAN
5 9 (3.15%) SSL
6 6 (2.10%) DNS
6 6 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.10%) VLAN
6 6 (2.10%) WAN
7 5 (1.75%) DHCP
8 4 (1.40%) LAN
9 2 (0.70%) VoIP
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.35%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.35%) FTP
10 1 (0.35%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.35%) NAS
10 1 (0.35%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.10%) NonStop SQL
1 6 (2.10%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) OLTP
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (15.73%) JIRA
2 10 (3.50%) TestRail
3 4 (1.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.35%) Gatling
4 1 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.35%) JMeter
4 1 (0.35%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.35%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.35%) NUnit
4 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Coded UI
4 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.88%) Finance
3 51 (17.83%) Organisational Skills
4 39 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 37 (12.94%) Banking
6 27 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (9.09%) Marketing
8 25 (8.74%) Telecoms
9 23 (8.04%) Electronics
9 23 (8.04%) Manufacturing
10 15 (5.24%) Legal
10 15 (5.24%) Retail
11 10 (3.50%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.75%) Local Government
14 4 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.40%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.70%) Advertising
15 2 (0.70%) Billing
15 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 61 (21.33%) Break Fix Engineer
2 42 (14.69%) Analyst
3 39 (13.64%) IT Support
4 33 (11.54%) Desktop Support
4 33 (11.54%) Hardware Engineer
5 31 (10.84%) Field Engineer
5 31 (10.84%) Support Engineer
6 28 (9.79%) Junior
7 24 (8.39%) Field Hardware Engineer
8 23 (8.04%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (8.04%) 2nd Line Support
8 23 (8.04%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 21 (7.34%) IT Engineer
10 20 (6.99%) Support Analyst
11 16 (5.59%) Senior
12 15 (5.24%) Administrator
12 15 (5.24%) Computer Engineer
13 13 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (4.55%) Lead
13 13 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.20%) REST
2 11 (3.85%) SOAP
3 10 (3.50%) LDAP
3 10 (3.50%) Web Services
4 9 (3.15%) AngularJS
4 9 (3.15%) Apache Camel
4 9 (3.15%) HTML
4 9 (3.15%) HTML5
4 9 (3.15%) JDBC
4 9 (3.15%) jQuery
4 9 (3.15%) JSON
4 9 (3.15%) ODBC
4 9 (3.15%) RabbitMQ
4 9 (3.15%) SAML
5 6 (2.10%) Middleware
6 4 (1.40%) XML
7 1 (0.35%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.35%) XML Messaging
7 1 (0.35%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.78%) Data Centre
2 30 (10.49%) Driving Licence
3 18 (6.29%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.20%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (3.15%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.10%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.75%) HP Storage
8 5 (1.75%) Tandem
9 4 (1.40%) CMDB
9 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.05%) Clustering
10 3 (1.05%) EMV
10 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.70%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.70%) Social Media
12 1 (0.35%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 77 (26.92%) Windows
2 54 (18.88%) Mac OS
3 50 (17.48%) Android
4 28 (9.79%) Linux
5 25 (8.74%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.45%) Windows Server
8 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.70%) Unix
9 2 (0.70%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.35%) CentOS
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.35%) Solaris
10 1 (0.35%) SUSE
10 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.35%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.63%) Customer Service
2 54 (18.88%) Time Management
3 50 (17.48%) Break/Fix
4 46 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.99%) Agile
6 25 (8.74%) Asset Management
6 25 (8.74%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (8.74%) Test Management
7 24 (8.39%) Service Management
8 23 (8.04%) Digital Marketing
8 23 (8.04%) ITSM
8 23 (8.04%) Programme Management
9 22 (7.69%) DevOps
9 22 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (7.34%) ITIL
11 20 (6.99%) Test Strategy
11 20 (6.99%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (6.29%) Defect Management
13 17 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (5.94%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.59%) SQL
2 12 (4.20%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.45%) Shell Script
4 6 (2.10%) C
5 4 (1.40%) COBOL
5 4 (1.40%) Python
6 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.05%) VB
7 2 (0.70%) Bash
7 2 (0.70%) C++
7 2 (0.70%) Java
7 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.35%) C#
8 1 (0.35%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (34.62%) Security Cleared
2 92 (32.17%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.94%) Degree
3 17 (5.94%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.50%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.05%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.70%) ISEB
8 2 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.70%) MCITP
8 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.35%) HP APS
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.74%) SLA
2 16 (5.59%) QA
3 6 (2.10%) COBIT
4 4 (1.40%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) HL7
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.85%) vSphere
4 8 (2.80%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.75%) Firmware
6 3 (1.05%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.35%) Docker
7 1 (0.35%) GPFS
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (11.19%) HP ALM
2 14 (4.90%) SCCM
3 11 (3.85%) vRealize
4 10 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.50%) VxRail
5 9 (3.15%) NetBackup
6 8 (2.80%) Ansible
7 7 (2.45%) Terraform
8 5 (1.75%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.40%) ServiceCenter
10 2 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.70%) SCOM
11 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.35%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.35%) Grafana
11 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 114 (39.86%) Dell
2 74 (25.87%) Apple
3 67 (23.43%) Cisco
4 49 (17.13%) Microsoft
5 35 (12.24%) SAP
6 24 (8.39%) ServiceNow
7 23 (8.04%) VMware
8 16 (5.59%) MobileIron
8 16 (5.59%) Oracle
8 16 (5.59%) Remedy
9 15 (5.24%) IBM
10 13 (4.55%) AppDynamics
11 12 (4.20%) Commvault
11 12 (4.20%) SolarWinds
12 11 (3.85%) Veritas
13 9 (3.15%) 3PAR
13 9 (3.15%) BMC
13 9 (3.15%) Ivanti
13 9 (3.15%) NetApp
13 9 (3.15%) Red Hat