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 31 July 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 310 342
Rank change year-on-year -177 +32 -12
Contract jobs citing HP 192 262 243
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.80% 0.61%
As % of the Vendors category 0.88% 1.69% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 133 179
10th Percentile £150 £150 £138
25th Percentile £200 £220 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £421 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% -6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £507 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £622 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 £365 £480
% change year-on-year -8.22% -23.96% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 51 16
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £16.42
25th Percentile £18.42 £18.87 £18.10
Median hourly rate £19.61 £21.01 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% +15.89% -1.06%
75th Percentile £25.56 £25.15 £23.80
90th Percentile £25.77 - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.35 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.56% +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 21,941 15,481 17,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.32% 47.20% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,626 9,492 10,831
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £709 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +4.99% -4.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 777 890
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.60 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £34.94 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.93% -8.55% -33.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.40
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £22.32 £25.30
% change year-on-year +52.32% -11.80% -26.67%

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 31 July 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 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 31 July 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 -178 166 £370 -18.90% 69
UK excluding London -126 127 £335 -8.22% 57
London -95 44 £500 - 18
Work from Home -57 36 £500 +5.26% 33
South East -77 29 £210 -58.00% 21
North of England -78 29 £425 - 10
South West -46 27 £313 +83.04% 5
Midlands -71 18 £335 +81.08% 11
North West -55 16 £450 - 7
West Midlands -70 14 £275 +83.33% 4
East of England -14 12 £150 -71.43% 4
Scotland -13 9 £450 +164.71% 3
Yorkshire -57 9 £458 +17.31% 2
North East -43 4 £200 - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £525 -
East Midlands -24 2 £500 +39.66% 7
Wales -23 1 £280 -6.67% 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 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.60%) Confluence
3 5 (2.60%) SAS
4 3 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 21 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) BASE24
2 1 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.52%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 40 (20.83%) Azure
2 18 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.77%) AWS
5 10 (5.21%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.65%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.13%) GCP
7 6 (3.13%) IaaS
8 4 (2.08%) GitHub
8 4 (2.08%) PaaS
8 4 (2.08%) SaaS
9 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.56%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.04%) OCI
10 2 (1.04%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.52%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.38%) Firewall
2 17 (8.85%) DNS
3 16 (8.33%) DHCP
3 16 (8.33%) SNMP
4 13 (6.77%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (6.25%) WAN
6 11 (5.73%) LAN
6 11 (5.73%) VPN
7 10 (5.21%) SAN
8 9 (4.69%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.13%) OSPF
9 6 (3.13%) VLAN
10 5 (2.60%) BGP
10 5 (2.60%) iSCSI
10 5 (2.60%) Network Security
10 5 (2.60%) Skype
10 5 (2.60%) Wireless
11 4 (2.08%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (2.08%) MPLS
11 4 (2.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.08%) Big Data
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.08%) PowerCenter
2 4 (2.08%) Star Schema
3 3 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.04%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.52%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.52%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 34 (17.71%) JIRA
2 11 (5.73%) Selenium
3 5 (2.60%) REST Assured
3 5 (2.60%) Zephyr
4 4 (2.08%) Cypress.io
4 4 (2.08%) TestRail
5 3 (1.56%) Bugzilla
5 3 (1.56%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.56%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.56%) Postman
6 2 (1.04%) JMeter
6 2 (1.04%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.04%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.52%) Appium
7 1 (0.52%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.52%) MSTest
7 1 (0.52%) Ranorex
7 1 (0.52%) SoapUI
General
1 55 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.06%) Finance
3 21 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.81%) Banking
5 12 (6.25%) Legal
6 6 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.56%) Automotive
10 2 (1.04%) Billing
10 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (14.06%) Hardware Technician
2 14 (7.29%) Analyst
2 14 (7.29%) Break Fix Engineer
2 14 (7.29%) Consultant
2 14 (7.29%) Field Engineer
2 14 (7.29%) Support Engineer
3 13 (6.77%) Field Service Technician
3 13 (6.77%) Hardware Engineer
3 13 (6.77%) Management Consultant
3 13 (6.77%) Network Engineer
3 13 (6.77%) Tester
4 12 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (5.21%) Senior
6 9 (4.69%) IT Engineer
6 9 (4.69%) Test Manager
7 8 (4.17%) Field Hardware Engineer
7 8 (4.17%) IT Support
8 7 (3.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (3.65%) Desktop Support
8 7 (3.65%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.94%) REST
2 5 (2.60%) Middleware
3 3 (1.56%) Node.js
3 3 (1.56%) Playwright
3 3 (1.56%) WireMock
4 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.04%) OpenGL
4 2 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.04%) Qt
4 2 (1.04%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.52%) .NET
5 1 (0.52%) ADO
5 1 (0.52%) JSON
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.52%) OAuth
5 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.52%) SOAP
5 1 (0.52%) Web Services
5 1 (0.52%) XML
5 1 (0.52%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.98%) Data Centre
2 20 (10.42%) Driving Licence
3 14 (7.29%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.13%) EMC VMAX
5 6 (3.13%) PKI
6 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.60%) iPhone
6 5 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.08%) Clustering
8 3 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.04%) CUDA
9 2 (1.04%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.04%) Tandem
9 2 (1.04%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 74 (38.54%) Windows
2 38 (19.79%) Linux
3 22 (11.46%) AIX
4 21 (10.94%) Windows Server
5 17 (8.85%) Windows 10
6 12 (6.25%) Android
6 12 (6.25%) Unix
7 10 (5.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.65%) HPUX
8 7 (3.65%) Solaris
9 6 (3.13%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (3.13%) SUSE
10 3 (1.56%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.56%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.52%) VMS
12 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.35%) Customer Service
2 35 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (16.15%) Migration
5 27 (14.06%) DevOps
5 27 (14.06%) Test Automation
6 25 (13.02%) User Acceptance Testing
7 24 (12.50%) ITIL
7 24 (12.50%) Test Management
8 20 (10.42%) Agile
8 20 (10.42%) Break/Fix
8 20 (10.42%) Defect Management
9 19 (9.90%) Asset Management
9 19 (9.90%) System Integration Testing
10 17 (8.85%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (8.85%) Test Strategy
11 14 (7.29%) Change Management
11 14 (7.29%) Dashboard Development
11 14 (7.29%) End-to-End Testing
11 14 (7.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.63%) PowerShell
2 27 (14.06%) SQL
3 26 (13.54%) Python
4 13 (6.77%) Search Processing Language
5 7 (3.65%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.60%) Bash
6 5 (2.60%) Java
7 4 (2.08%) VB
8 3 (1.56%) C
8 3 (1.56%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.04%) C++
9 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.52%) C#
10 1 (0.52%) COBOL
10 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.52%) Lisp
10 1 (0.52%) Perl
10 1 (0.52%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 56 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 44 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.90%) Degree
4 12 (6.25%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.73%) ISTQB
6 7 (3.65%) CCNP
6 7 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.60%) CISSP
7 5 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.60%) RHCE
8 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.98%) SLA
2 19 (9.90%) QA
3 8 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.60%) GRC
5 3 (1.56%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.52%) GAMP
6 1 (0.52%) GxP
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) NCSC
6 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (13.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.17%) Firmware
3 8 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.65%) BitLocker
4 7 (3.65%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (2.60%) Docker
6 5 (2.60%) vSphere
7 4 (2.08%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.56%) SRDF
8 3 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.04%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 36 (18.75%) HP ALM
2 18 (9.38%) Nagios
3 16 (8.33%) Tivoli
4 15 (7.81%) Netcool
4 15 (7.81%) OpenView
4 15 (7.81%) SCCM
4 15 (7.81%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 15 (7.81%) ZABBIX
5 12 (6.25%) Ansible
6 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (3.65%) vCenter Server
8 6 (3.13%) HP Quality Center
8 6 (3.13%) vMotion
9 5 (2.60%) Puppet
10 4 (2.08%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (1.56%) Backup Exec
11 3 (1.56%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.56%) Terraform
12 2 (1.04%) NetBackup
12 2 (1.04%) Packer
Vendors
1 45 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 42 (21.88%) Dell
3 23 (11.98%) Cisco
3 23 (11.98%) VMware
4 22 (11.46%) IBM
5 19 (9.90%) Apple
5 19 (9.90%) Oracle
6 16 (8.33%) SolarWinds
7 15 (7.81%) BMC
7 15 (7.81%) Splunk
8 7 (3.65%) Aruba
8 7 (3.65%) Canon
9 6 (3.13%) McAfee
9 6 (3.13%) Red Hat
9 6 (3.13%) Zscaler
10 5 (2.60%) Broadcom
10 5 (2.60%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.08%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.08%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.08%) Veeam