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 2 May 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
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 284 331
Rank change year-on-year -71 +47 +4
Contract jobs citing HP 283 264 286
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.90% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 1.43% 1.89% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 138 233
10th Percentile £150 £150 £176
25th Percentile £184 £180 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £417 £375
Median % change year-on-year -34.01% +11.13% -15.41%
75th Percentile £422 £580 £575
90th Percentile £504 £625 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £359 £375
% change year-on-year -23.40% -4.27% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 33 9
10th Percentile £16.09 - £18.13
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £20.00
Median hourly rate £19.61 £21.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% -11.76% +26.33%
75th Percentile £23.85 £24.18 £30.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £24.66 £35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £19.94 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.34% -33.55% +64.52%

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 19,836 13,936 18,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.93% 47.52% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,657 8,733 11,440
10th Percentile £313 £290 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.43% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £704 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 994 562 1,096
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.86 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £14.48
Median hourly rate £30.88 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.73% +17.56% -48.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +13.73% +12.47% -45.71%

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 2 May 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 16 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 2 May 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 -80 253 £210 -53.33% 109
UK excluding London -77 202 £275 -23.40% 93
London -69 64 £210 -60.93% 22
Midlands -45 49 £205 +17.14% 28
South East -69 46 £220 -58.10% 34
East of England -1 40 £200 -61.90% 6
West Midlands -53 28 £275 +83.33% 3
North of England -64 28 £275 -33.33% 10
Work from Home -60 26 £375 -21.05% 57
South West -48 23 £310 -4.90% 9
East Midlands -19 21 £200 -44.13% 25
North West -36 17 £151 -64.59% 7
Yorkshire -46 11 £414 +9.60% 3
Scotland -8 9 £450 +138.10% 4
Northern Ireland +8 5 £475 -
Wales -4 5 £290 - 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 12 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.83%) Confluence
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.71%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.12%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.12%) BASE24
2 5 (1.77%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.71%) assyst
3 2 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.35%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.35%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.35%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 41 (14.49%) Azure
2 26 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.24%) AWS
5 6 (2.12%) Datadog
6 4 (1.41%) GCP
7 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.06%) IaaS
8 2 (0.71%) OCI
8 2 (0.71%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.35%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.35%) GitHub
9 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.35%) PaaS
9 1 (0.35%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.35%) SaaS
9 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.65%) SNMP
1 16 (5.65%) Wireless
2 11 (3.89%) SAN
3 9 (3.18%) DNS
3 9 (3.18%) Firewall
4 8 (2.83%) DHCP
4 8 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (2.12%) VPN
5 6 (2.12%) VSAN
5 6 (2.12%) WAN
6 5 (1.77%) iSCSI
6 5 (1.77%) LAN
6 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.77%) VLAN
7 4 (1.41%) OSPF
8 3 (1.06%) BGP
8 3 (1.06%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.71%) IPsec
9 2 (0.71%) Skype
9 2 (0.71%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.12%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (1.41%) OLTP
3 2 (0.71%) Big Data
3 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.71%) 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%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.35%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.35%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 1 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (11.66%) JIRA
2 9 (3.18%) Selenium
3 6 (2.12%) TestRail
3 6 (2.12%) Zephyr
4 4 (1.41%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.41%) JMeter
5 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) Postman
5 3 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.71%) MSTest
6 2 (0.71%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.35%) Appium
7 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 84 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.97%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (11.66%) Finance
4 31 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (9.89%) Banking
6 19 (6.71%) Legal
7 9 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.41%) Automotive
10 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Billing
11 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.35%) Law
12 1 (0.35%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (26.86%) Break Fix Engineer
2 55 (19.43%) Hardware Engineer
3 48 (16.96%) Field Engineer
4 39 (13.78%) Field Hardware Engineer
5 28 (9.89%) Computer Engineer
5 28 (9.89%) Junior
6 23 (8.13%) Hardware Technician
7 21 (7.42%) IT Support
8 20 (7.07%) Analyst
8 20 (7.07%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.30%) IT Engineer
10 14 (4.95%) Field Service Technician
10 14 (4.95%) Printer Engineer
10 14 (4.95%) Test Manager
11 13 (4.59%) Consultant
11 13 (4.59%) Management Consultant
12 11 (3.89%) Desktop Support
13 9 (3.18%) Developer
13 9 (3.18%) Technical Support
14 8 (2.83%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.77%) REST
2 3 (1.06%) ADO
3 2 (0.71%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.71%) Middleware
3 2 (0.71%) Playwright
3 2 (0.71%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth
4 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.35%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (12.37%) Driving Licence
2 22 (7.77%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.71%) Mobile App
3 19 (6.71%) Virtual Team
4 7 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (2.12%) EMC VMAX
5 6 (2.12%) Tandem
6 5 (1.77%) EMV
6 5 (1.77%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (1.77%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.41%) iPhone
8 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.06%) Clustering
8 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.71%) HP Storage
9 2 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 86 (30.39%) Windows
2 35 (12.37%) Linux
3 25 (8.83%) Windows 10
4 19 (6.71%) AIX
5 17 (6.01%) Mac OS
6 16 (5.65%) Android
7 13 (4.59%) Windows Server
8 10 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (2.47%) Unix
10 4 (1.41%) HPUX
10 4 (1.41%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (1.41%) Solaris
10 4 (1.41%) SUSE
10 4 (1.41%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.41%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.35%) VMS
12 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (33.57%) Customer Service
2 63 (22.26%) Time Management
3 51 (18.02%) Break/Fix
4 48 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (13.78%) Service Management
6 30 (10.60%) Agile
6 30 (10.60%) Test Management
7 27 (9.54%) DevOps
7 27 (9.54%) User Acceptance Testing
8 26 (9.19%) Test Automation
9 25 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (8.83%) Migration
10 24 (8.48%) Asset Management
11 20 (7.07%) Defect Management
11 20 (7.07%) Test Strategy
12 17 (6.01%) System Integration Testing
13 16 (5.65%) End-to-End Testing
13 16 (5.65%) Integration Testing
13 16 (5.65%) Waterfall
14 15 (5.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.31%) SQL
2 22 (7.77%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.77%) Python
3 13 (4.59%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (2.47%) C
5 5 (1.77%) COBOL
5 5 (1.77%) Java
5 5 (1.77%) VB
6 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.06%) C#
7 3 (1.06%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.35%) C++
8 1 (0.35%) Lisp
8 1 (0.35%) Perl
8 1 (0.35%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (25.80%) Security Cleared
2 64 (22.61%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.65%) ISTQB
4 15 (5.30%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.95%) Degree
6 5 (1.77%) CCNP
6 5 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.41%) CISSP
7 4 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.41%) RHCE
8 3 (1.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.71%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.71%) CCIE
9 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.71%) ISEB
9 2 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (11.31%) SLA
2 23 (8.13%) QA
3 6 (2.12%) ISO 8583
4 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.41%) GRC
5 4 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.35%) GAMP
6 1 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (8.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.18%) vSphere
4 6 (2.12%) Firmware
5 3 (1.06%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.06%) SRDF
6 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.71%) 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%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (13.07%) HP ALM
2 23 (8.13%) SCCM
3 15 (5.30%) Nagios
3 15 (5.30%) Netcool
3 15 (5.30%) OpenView
3 15 (5.30%) Tivoli
3 15 (5.30%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 15 (5.30%) ZABBIX
4 12 (4.24%) ServiceCenter
5 7 (2.47%) Ansible
6 6 (2.12%) vRealize
7 5 (1.77%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.77%) VxRail
8 3 (1.06%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.71%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.71%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (27.92%) Dell
2 47 (16.61%) Microsoft
3 36 (12.72%) Apple
4 34 (12.01%) Cisco
5 31 (10.95%) IBM
6 22 (7.77%) SolarWinds
7 16 (5.65%) Canon
7 16 (5.65%) Splunk
7 16 (5.65%) VMware
8 15 (5.30%) BMC
9 14 (4.95%) ServiceNow
10 12 (4.24%) Oracle
11 11 (3.89%) SAP
12 7 (2.47%) Aruba
12 7 (2.47%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.47%) Remedy
13 6 (2.12%) AppDynamics
13 6 (2.12%) Commvault
14 5 (1.77%) McAfee
14 5 (1.77%) MobileIron