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 3 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
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 366 290
Rank change year-on-year +37 -76 +57
Contract jobs citing HP 238 195 397
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.54% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.20% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 120 287
10th Percentile £154 £137 £148
25th Percentile £200 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £388 £415
Median % change year-on-year -18.90% -6.63% -2.58%
75th Percentile £499 £500 £513
90th Percentile £596 £569 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £295 £300 £295
% change year-on-year -1.67% +1.69% -26.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 19 14
10th Percentile £18.22 £17.14 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.13 £18.29
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -0.67% -1.04%
75th Percentile - £24.17 £25.76
90th Percentile £25.78 £24.18 £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £22.59 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.47% -5.88% +19.25%

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 16,322 16,296 21,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.60% 44.88% 45.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,174 9,586 13,657
10th Percentile £281 £295 £260
25th Percentile £404 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.32%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 837 510 669
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.56
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% -27.01% +75.36%
75th Percentile £40.65 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.79 £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.41% -31.76% +96.40%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +37 207 £375 -11.76% 141
UK excluding London +3 150 £295 -1.67% 124
London +7 73 £485 +25.23% 37
Midlands 0 37 £232 -22.83% 23
North of England -19 37 £269 -51.75% 15
Work from Home -5 35 £450 -5.76% 62
South East +6 30 £410 -21.90% 53
West Midlands -16 20 £313 +4.17% 5
Yorkshire -17 18 £290 -47.27% 4
East Midlands -1 17 £158 -42.73% 17
South West +18 16 £400 +81.82% 18
North West -19 14 £268 -57.12% 7
Wales +10 12 £293 +136.36% 1
Scotland -18 10 £294 +103.40% 9
East of England -13 7 £350 -12.50% 4
North East -8 5 £175 - 4
Northern Ireland - 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 29 (12.18%) Confluence
2 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.68%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 63 (26.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.26%) assyst
3 3 (1.26%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.42%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.42%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (21.01%) Azure
3 17 (7.14%) AWS
4 13 (5.46%) GCP
5 12 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.78%) OCI
7 8 (3.36%) SaaS
8 7 (2.94%) IaaS
8 7 (2.94%) PaaS
9 6 (2.52%) Datadog
10 5 (2.10%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.26%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.84%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.84%) Tricentis Tosca
13 1 (0.42%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.42%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.42%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.39%) Wireless
2 22 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (8.82%) SAN
4 18 (7.56%) Firewall
5 14 (5.88%) WAN
6 13 (5.46%) SSL
7 12 (5.04%) LAN
8 7 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.94%) VLAN
9 6 (2.52%) DNS
10 5 (2.10%) DHCP
10 5 (2.10%) VSAN
11 4 (1.68%) Wireshark
12 3 (1.26%) VPN
13 2 (0.84%) VoIP
14 1 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
14 1 (0.42%) Fibre Channel
14 1 (0.42%) FTP
14 1 (0.42%) iSCSI
14 1 (0.42%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.26%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.42%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (23.53%) JIRA
2 10 (4.20%) TestRail
3 6 (2.52%) Selenium
4 5 (2.10%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) Gatling
6 1 (0.42%) Git
6 1 (0.42%) JMeter
6 1 (0.42%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.42%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.42%) SoapUI
General
1 76 (31.93%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.43%) Finance
3 40 (16.81%) Public Sector
4 34 (14.29%) Banking
5 30 (12.61%) Telecoms
6 28 (11.76%) Marketing
7 27 (11.34%) Manufacturing
8 24 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (9.66%) Electronics
10 17 (7.14%) Retail
11 9 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (3.78%) Legal
12 5 (2.10%) Local Government
12 5 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.68%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.84%) Advertising
15 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.84%) Aviation
15 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (16.81%) Analyst
2 31 (13.03%) IT Support
3 28 (11.76%) Desktop Support
4 23 (9.66%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 23 (9.66%) 2nd Line Support
4 23 (9.66%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 22 (9.24%) Support Engineer
6 20 (8.40%) Senior
6 20 (8.40%) Support Analyst
7 19 (7.98%) IT Engineer
8 16 (6.72%) Architect
9 14 (5.88%) Test Manager
10 12 (5.04%) Administrator
10 12 (5.04%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Backup Administrator
11 10 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.20%) Lead
11 10 (4.20%) Storage Administrator
11 10 (4.20%) Storage and Backup Administrator
11 10 (4.20%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.30%) REST
1 15 (6.30%) SOAP
2 14 (5.88%) AngularJS
2 14 (5.88%) JSON
2 14 (5.88%) LDAP
2 14 (5.88%) Web Services
3 13 (5.46%) Apache Camel
3 13 (5.46%) HTML
3 13 (5.46%) HTML5
3 13 (5.46%) JDBC
3 13 (5.46%) jQuery
3 13 (5.46%) ODBC
3 13 (5.46%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (5.46%) SAML
4 10 (4.20%) Middleware
5 4 (1.68%) XML
6 1 (0.42%) Kafka
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.42%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.42%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (20.59%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.66%) Driving Licence
3 16 (6.72%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.78%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (2.52%) HP Storage
5 6 (2.52%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.84%) Chip and PIN
9 2 (0.84%) Clustering
9 2 (0.84%) CMDB
9 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.84%) SCADA
9 2 (0.84%) Social Media
9 2 (0.84%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 71 (29.83%) Windows
2 43 (18.07%) Mac OS
3 42 (17.65%) Android
4 27 (11.34%) Linux
5 10 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.20%) Windows 10
6 9 (3.78%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.10%) Unix
8 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.42%) AIX
9 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.42%) CentOS
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.42%) Solaris
9 1 (0.42%) SUSE
9 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.59%) Agile
2 36 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (13.87%) DevOps
4 30 (12.61%) ITIL
5 29 (12.18%) Test Strategy
6 28 (11.76%) Test Management
7 26 (10.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 24 (10.08%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (10.08%) Test Automation
9 23 (9.66%) Customer Service
9 23 (9.66%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (9.66%) Programme Management
10 22 (9.24%) Asset Management
10 22 (9.24%) Break/Fix
10 22 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.82%) Scrum
11 21 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (8.40%) Migration
13 19 (7.98%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.14%) SQL
2 14 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.94%) Python
3 7 (2.94%) Shell Script
4 3 (1.26%) Java
4 3 (1.26%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.26%) VB
5 2 (0.84%) Bash
5 2 (0.84%) C
5 2 (0.84%) COBOL
6 1 (0.42%) C#
6 1 (0.42%) C++
6 1 (0.42%) Perl
6 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 86 (36.13%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.46%) Degree
5 12 (5.04%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.84%) ISEB
8 2 (0.84%) MCITP
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.42%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.82%) SLA
2 16 (6.72%) QA
3 6 (2.52%) COBIT
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) HL7
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 25 (10.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.78%) Firmware
2 9 (3.78%) Hyper-V
2 9 (3.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.94%) BitLocker
4 6 (2.52%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Docker
5 1 (0.42%) GPFS
5 1 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (19.75%) HP ALM
2 14 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (3.78%) Ansible
3 9 (3.78%) NetBackup
3 9 (3.78%) SCCM
4 8 (3.36%) HP Quality Center
5 7 (2.94%) Terraform
6 5 (2.10%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.10%) vRealize
6 5 (2.10%) VxRail
7 3 (1.26%) SCOM
8 2 (0.84%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.42%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.42%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.42%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 1 (0.42%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 97 (40.76%) Dell
2 63 (26.47%) Cisco
3 62 (26.05%) Apple
4 51 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 36 (15.13%) SAP
6 22 (9.24%) VMware
7 19 (7.98%) Oracle
7 19 (7.98%) ServiceNow
8 17 (7.14%) IBM
9 16 (6.72%) MobileIron
10 15 (6.30%) Remedy
11 13 (5.46%) BMC
11 13 (5.46%) Ivanti
12 11 (4.62%) F5
12 11 (4.62%) Veritas
13 10 (4.20%) Red Hat
14 9 (3.78%) 3PAR
14 9 (3.78%) Citrix
14 9 (3.78%) NetApp
15 8 (3.36%) AppDynamics