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 28 April 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
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 282 329
Rank change year-on-year -82 +47 +10
Contract jobs citing HP 275 264 289
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.90% 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 1.39% 1.89% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 138 238
10th Percentile £150 £150 £174
25th Percentile £190 £182 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £411 £363
Median % change year-on-year -29.48% +13.45% -17.85%
75th Percentile £421 £580 £575
90th Percentile £500 £625 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £358 £375
% change year-on-year -23.18% -4.53% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 33 7
10th Percentile £16.09 - £22.18
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £23.71
Median hourly rate £19.85 £21.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -11.76% +26.33%
75th Percentile £23.85 £24.18 £30.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £24.66 £40.00
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 19,808 13,932 18,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.16% 47.46% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,656 8,764 11,391
10th Percentile £313 £290 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.48% -1.43%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 999 558 1,077
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.13 £14.36
Median hourly rate £30.50 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% +20.56% -48.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.90 £75.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £24.19 £21.46
% change year-on-year +11.62% +12.72% -46.35%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -89 246 £210 -53.30% 129
UK excluding London -79 194 £275 -23.18% 128
London -67 64 £258 -52.00% 18
Midlands -41 50 £210 +20.00% 29
South East -79 43 £375 -28.57% 44
East of England 0 40 £200 -61.90% 15
West Midlands -51 29 £283 +88.33% 5
North of England -79 26 £413 +3.13% 14
Work from Home -48 25 £375 -21.05% 46
East Midlands -20 21 £200 -44.13% 24
South West -56 20 £306 -6.21% 17
North West -32 15 £200 -51.52% 10
Yorkshire -58 11 £414 +9.60% 4
Scotland -12 8 £450 +138.10% 4
Northern Ireland +9 5 £475 -
Wales -8 5 £290 - 11

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 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.91%) Confluence
3 5 (1.82%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.73%) IIS
5 1 (0.36%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.18%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.18%) BASE24
2 5 (1.82%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.73%) assyst
3 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.36%) PORTIA
4 1 (0.36%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.27%) Azure
2 26 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (4.73%) AWS
5 7 (2.55%) Datadog
6 4 (1.45%) GCP
7 3 (1.09%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.09%) IaaS
8 2 (0.73%) OCI
8 2 (0.73%) Tricentis Tosca
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.36%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.36%) GitHub
9 1 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.36%) PaaS
9 1 (0.36%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.36%) SaaS
9 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.82%) Wireless
2 13 (4.73%) SNMP
3 11 (4.00%) SAN
4 9 (3.27%) DNS
4 9 (3.27%) Firewall
5 8 (2.91%) DHCP
5 8 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.55%) VSAN
7 6 (2.18%) VPN
7 6 (2.18%) WAN
8 5 (1.82%) iSCSI
8 5 (1.82%) LAN
8 5 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.82%) VLAN
9 4 (1.45%) OSPF
10 3 (1.09%) BGP
10 3 (1.09%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.73%) Skype
11 2 (0.73%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.18%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (1.45%) OLTP
3 2 (0.73%) Big Data
3 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.36%) Base SAS
4 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.36%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 1 (0.36%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (12.36%) JIRA
2 10 (3.64%) Selenium
3 7 (2.55%) TestRail
4 6 (2.18%) Zephyr
5 4 (1.45%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.45%) JMeter
6 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.09%) Postman
6 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.73%) MSTest
7 2 (0.73%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.36%) Appium
8 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.36%) NUnit
8 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.36%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 83 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.64%) Organisational Skills
3 35 (12.73%) Finance
4 33 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (10.18%) Banking
6 19 (6.91%) Legal
7 9 (3.27%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.45%) Automotive
10 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Billing
11 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (26.55%) Break Fix Engineer
2 54 (19.64%) Hardware Engineer
3 46 (16.73%) Field Engineer
4 39 (14.18%) Field Hardware Engineer
5 28 (10.18%) Computer Engineer
5 28 (10.18%) Junior
6 21 (7.64%) Analyst
6 21 (7.64%) IT Support
7 20 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 18 (6.55%) Hardware Technician
9 15 (5.45%) IT Engineer
10 14 (5.09%) Printer Engineer
10 14 (5.09%) Test Manager
11 12 (4.36%) Field Service Technician
12 11 (4.00%) Desktop Support
13 10 (3.64%) Consultant
13 10 (3.64%) Management Consultant
14 9 (3.27%) Developer
14 9 (3.27%) Technical Support
15 8 (2.91%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.91%) REST
2 3 (1.09%) ADO
3 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.73%) Middleware
3 2 (0.73%) Playwright
3 2 (0.73%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.36%) OAuth
4 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.36%) Web Services
4 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.27%) Driving Licence
2 22 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.91%) Mobile App
3 19 (6.91%) Virtual Team
4 8 (2.91%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.18%) EMC VMAX
6 6 (2.18%) Tandem
7 5 (1.82%) EMV
7 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.45%) Clustering
8 4 (1.45%) iPhone
8 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.09%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.73%) HP Storage
10 2 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 84 (30.55%) Windows
2 34 (12.36%) Linux
3 25 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.18%) Mac OS
5 16 (5.82%) AIX
5 16 (5.82%) Android
6 13 (4.73%) Windows Server
7 10 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.55%) Unix
9 5 (1.82%) SUSE
10 4 (1.45%) HPUX
10 4 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (1.45%) Solaris
10 4 (1.45%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.45%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.36%) VMS
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.73%) Customer Service
2 63 (22.91%) Time Management
3 49 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (17.45%) Break/Fix
5 39 (14.18%) Service Management
6 32 (11.64%) Agile
7 31 (11.27%) Test Management
8 28 (10.18%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (9.82%) DevOps
9 27 (9.82%) Test Automation
10 26 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (9.09%) Migration
12 21 (7.64%) Asset Management
13 20 (7.27%) Defect Management
13 20 (7.27%) Test Strategy
14 17 (6.18%) System Integration Testing
14 17 (6.18%) Waterfall
15 16 (5.82%) End-to-End Testing
15 16 (5.82%) Integration Testing
16 15 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.55%) SQL
2 19 (6.91%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.91%) Python
3 10 (3.64%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (2.55%) C
5 5 (1.82%) COBOL
5 5 (1.82%) Java
5 5 (1.82%) VB
6 4 (1.45%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.45%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.09%) C#
7 3 (1.09%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Lisp
8 1 (0.36%) Perl
8 1 (0.36%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (25.45%) Security Cleared
2 64 (23.27%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.18%) ISTQB
4 14 (5.09%) Degree
5 12 (4.36%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.82%) CCNP
6 5 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.45%) CISSP
7 4 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.45%) RHCE
8 3 (1.09%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.73%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.73%) CCIE
9 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.73%) ISEB
9 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.00%) SLA
2 23 (8.36%) QA
3 6 (2.18%) ISO 8583
4 5 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.45%) GRC
5 4 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.36%) GAMP
6 1 (0.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.36%) GxP
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.36%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.64%) vSphere
4 6 (2.18%) Firmware
5 3 (1.09%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.09%) SRDF
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.36%) GPFS
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 38 (13.82%) HP ALM
2 23 (8.36%) SCCM
3 12 (4.36%) Nagios
3 12 (4.36%) Netcool
3 12 (4.36%) OpenView
3 12 (4.36%) ServiceCenter
3 12 (4.36%) Tivoli
3 12 (4.36%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 12 (4.36%) ZABBIX
4 7 (2.55%) Ansible
4 7 (2.55%) vRealize
5 6 (2.18%) VxRail
6 5 (1.82%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (1.09%) Backup Exec
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.73%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.73%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.73%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (29.09%) Dell
2 47 (17.09%) Microsoft
3 36 (13.09%) Apple
4 35 (12.73%) Cisco
5 30 (10.91%) IBM
6 20 (7.27%) SolarWinds
7 17 (6.18%) VMware
8 16 (5.82%) Canon
9 15 (5.45%) ServiceNow
10 13 (4.73%) SAP
10 13 (4.73%) Splunk
11 12 (4.36%) BMC
11 12 (4.36%) Oracle
12 7 (2.55%) AppDynamics
12 7 (2.55%) Aruba
12 7 (2.55%) Commvault
12 7 (2.55%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.55%) Remedy
13 5 (1.82%) Infor
13 5 (1.82%) MobileIron