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 11 August 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
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 326 340
Rank change year-on-year -163 +14 -3
Contract jobs citing HP 184 256 234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 1.65% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 127 173
10th Percentile £150 £150 £138
25th Percentile £199 £267 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £512 £575 £575
90th Percentile £641 £622 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £375 £485
% change year-on-year -10.67% -22.68% +27.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 52 16
10th Percentile £16.16 £18.51 £16.42
25th Percentile £18.42 £18.87 £18.10
Median hourly rate £19.35 £21.01 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +15.89% -1.06%
75th Percentile £25.38 £25.15 £23.80
90th Percentile £25.77 - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% +2.31%

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 22,171 15,556 17,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.51% 47.24% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,699 9,514 10,605
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +4.38% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,153 794 841
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.46 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.33 £17.13 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -30.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £48.44 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.54 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £21.39 £28.00
% change year-on-year +49.60% -23.61% -19.42%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -169 160 £370 -20.00% 110
UK excluding London -134 120 £335 -10.67% 93
London -113 44 £500 - 23
Work from Home -72 35 £500 +5.26% 43
North of England -81 28 £450 +5.88% 9
South East -87 28 £180 -64.00% 34
South West -38 27 £313 +68.73% 18
Midlands -74 16 £318 +111.67% 13
North West -38 15 £475 +5.56% 3
West Midlands -66 11 £250 +66.67% 3
East of England -16 10 £150 -74.47% 14
Scotland -15 9 £450 +164.71% 1
Yorkshire -51 9 £458 +17.31% 4
North East -42 4 £200 - 2
East Midlands -21 3 £500 +39.66% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £525 -

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 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.72%) SAS
4 4 (2.17%) Confluence
5 3 (1.63%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (9.24%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) BASE24
2 1 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.54%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.54%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.65%) Azure
2 16 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.07%) AWS
5 10 (5.43%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.80%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.72%) GCP
7 5 (2.72%) IaaS
8 4 (2.17%) GitHub
9 3 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.63%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.63%) PaaS
9 3 (1.63%) SaaS
10 2 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.09%) OCI
10 2 (1.09%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.54%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.54%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.24%) DNS
1 17 (9.24%) Firewall
2 16 (8.70%) DHCP
3 15 (8.15%) SNMP
4 12 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (5.98%) LAN
5 11 (5.98%) WAN
6 10 (5.43%) SAN
6 10 (5.43%) VPN
7 9 (4.89%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.26%) VLAN
9 5 (2.72%) iSCSI
9 5 (2.72%) Network Security
9 5 (2.72%) OSPF
9 5 (2.72%) Skype
10 4 (2.17%) BGP
10 4 (2.17%) SMTP
10 4 (2.17%) Wireless
11 3 (1.63%) SSL
11 3 (1.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.17%) Big Data
2 4 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.17%) PowerCenter
2 4 (2.17%) Star Schema
3 3 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.09%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.54%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.54%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.54%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 30 (16.30%) JIRA
2 10 (5.43%) Selenium
3 5 (2.72%) REST Assured
3 5 (2.72%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.63%) Bugzilla
4 3 (1.63%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.63%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.63%) Postman
4 3 (1.63%) TestRail
5 2 (1.09%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.09%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.54%) Appium
6 1 (0.54%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.54%) JMeter
6 1 (0.54%) MSTest
6 1 (0.54%) Ranorex
6 1 (0.54%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 53 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.22%) Finance
3 19 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.15%) Banking
5 11 (5.98%) Legal
6 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.72%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.17%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Billing
9 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Automotive
10 1 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.54%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Law
10 1 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (14.67%) Hardware Technician
2 14 (7.61%) Consultant
2 14 (7.61%) Support Engineer
3 13 (7.07%) Break Fix Engineer
3 13 (7.07%) Field Engineer
3 13 (7.07%) Field Service Technician
3 13 (7.07%) Management Consultant
3 13 (7.07%) Network Engineer
3 13 (7.07%) Tester
4 12 (6.52%) Hardware Engineer
4 12 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (5.43%) IT Engineer
5 10 (5.43%) Senior
6 9 (4.89%) Analyst
6 9 (4.89%) Test Manager
7 7 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (3.80%) Desktop Support
7 7 (3.80%) Field Hardware Engineer
7 7 (3.80%) IT Support
7 7 (3.80%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.41%) REST
2 5 (2.72%) Middleware
3 3 (1.63%) Node.js
3 3 (1.63%) Playwright
3 3 (1.63%) WireMock
4 2 (1.09%) OpenGL
4 2 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.09%) Qt
4 2 (1.09%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.54%) .NET
5 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.54%) JSON
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.54%) SOAP
5 1 (0.54%) Web Services
5 1 (0.54%) XML
5 1 (0.54%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.41%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.78%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.07%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.26%) iPhone
5 6 (3.26%) PKI
6 5 (2.72%) EMC VMAX
6 5 (2.72%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.17%) Clustering
8 3 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.63%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.63%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.09%) BYOD
9 2 (1.09%) CUDA
9 2 (1.09%) iPad
9 2 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.09%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 72 (39.13%) Windows
2 38 (20.65%) Linux
3 23 (12.50%) AIX
4 21 (11.41%) Windows Server
5 17 (9.24%) Windows 10
6 12 (6.52%) Android
6 12 (6.52%) Unix
7 10 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (4.35%) HPUX
8 8 (4.35%) Solaris
9 6 (3.26%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (3.26%) SUSE
10 3 (1.63%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.63%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.65%) Customer Service
2 34 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (15.76%) Migration
4 25 (13.59%) DevOps
4 25 (13.59%) Test Automation
5 24 (13.04%) ITIL
6 22 (11.96%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (10.87%) Test Management
8 19 (10.33%) Asset Management
8 19 (10.33%) Break/Fix
8 19 (10.33%) Defect Management
8 19 (10.33%) System Integration Testing
9 18 (9.78%) Agile
10 17 (9.24%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (8.15%) Test Strategy
12 14 (7.61%) Change Management
12 14 (7.61%) Dashboard Development
13 13 (7.07%) Regression Testing
13 13 (7.07%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.30%) PowerShell
2 25 (13.59%) SQL
3 24 (13.04%) Python
4 13 (7.07%) Search Processing Language
5 8 (4.35%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.72%) Bash
7 3 (1.63%) Java
7 3 (1.63%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.09%) C
8 2 (1.09%) C++
8 2 (1.09%) VB
9 1 (0.54%) C#
9 1 (0.54%) COBOL
9 1 (0.54%) Lisp
9 1 (0.54%) Perl
9 1 (0.54%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 54 (29.35%) Security Cleared
2 42 (22.83%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.78%) Degree
4 11 (5.98%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.35%) ISTQB
6 6 (3.26%) CCNP
6 6 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.72%) CISSP
7 5 (2.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.72%) RHCE
8 4 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.54%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.41%) SLA
2 18 (9.78%) QA
3 8 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.72%) GRC
5 3 (1.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.54%) GAMP
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.35%) Firmware
3 8 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (3.26%) BitLocker
4 6 (3.26%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (2.72%) Docker
5 5 (2.72%) vSphere
6 4 (2.17%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.09%) SRDF
8 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.54%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 31 (16.85%) HP ALM
2 18 (9.78%) Nagios
3 16 (8.70%) Tivoli
4 15 (8.15%) Netcool
4 15 (8.15%) OpenView
4 15 (8.15%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 15 (8.15%) ZABBIX
5 14 (7.61%) SCCM
6 12 (6.52%) Ansible
7 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (3.80%) vCenter Server
9 6 (3.26%) vMotion
10 5 (2.72%) HP Quality Center
10 5 (2.72%) Puppet
11 3 (1.63%) Backup Exec
11 3 (1.63%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.63%) NetBackup
11 3 (1.63%) ServiceCenter
12 2 (1.09%) AirWatch
12 2 (1.09%) Packer
Vendors
1 41 (22.28%) Microsoft
2 40 (21.74%) Dell
3 22 (11.96%) IBM
3 22 (11.96%) VMware
4 21 (11.41%) Cisco
5 19 (10.33%) Apple
6 18 (9.78%) Oracle
7 15 (8.15%) BMC
7 15 (8.15%) SolarWinds
7 15 (8.15%) Splunk
8 6 (3.26%) Aruba
8 6 (3.26%) Broadcom
8 6 (3.26%) Canon
8 6 (3.26%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.72%) McAfee
9 5 (2.72%) Zscaler
10 4 (2.17%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.17%) Google
10 4 (2.17%) Symantec
10 4 (2.17%) Veritas