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 17 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
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 351 274
Rank change year-on-year +10 -77 +76
Contract jobs citing HP 247 202 416
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.56% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.48% 1.24% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 121 306
10th Percentile £154 £149 £148
25th Percentile £170 £220 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 £400 £415
Median % change year-on-year -25.63% -3.61% -3.49%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £513
90th Percentile £568 £600 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £290 £400 £325
% change year-on-year -27.50% +23.08% -23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 20 14
10th Percentile £18.22 £17.38 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.13 £18.29
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.70 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.14% -0.23% -0.86%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £25.76
90th Percentile £25.78 - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £24.00
% change year-on-year -20.01% -1.71% +41.18%

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 16,682 16,311 21,309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.51% 44.95% 45.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,492 9,586 13,695
10th Percentile £286 £300 £259
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.55%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 859 511 685
10th Percentile £15.30 £15.62 £14.93
25th Percentile £18.06 £18.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% -31.57% +76.24%
75th Percentile £40.33 £63.15 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.08 £28.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -21.16% -37.08% +102.27%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +7 217 £306 -30.45% 144
UK excluding London -6 155 £290 -27.50% 116
London +23 79 £450 +12.50% 46
South East -3 37 £385 -19.79% 39
Midlands -9 36 £224 -25.42% 21
North of England -23 33 £269 -51.09% 12
Work from Home -1 32 £450 -6.25% 49
West Midlands -19 19 £310 +3.42% 8
East Midlands -3 17 £158 -42.73% 12
South West +12 15 £400 -11.11% 18
North West -17 14 £268 -57.12% 5
Yorkshire -27 14 £290 -47.27% 6
Wales +9 13 £290 +134.34% 4
East of England -12 10 £220 -1.68% 14
Scotland -18 10 £294 +78.03% 6
North East -6 5 £175 -68.18% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 - 4

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 (11.74%) Confluence
2 16 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.62%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 68 (27.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (6.07%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (2.02%) assyst
3 4 (1.62%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.21%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) PORTIA
5 1 (0.40%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.96%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (19.43%) Azure
3 18 (7.29%) AWS
4 12 (4.86%) GCP
5 9 (3.64%) OCI
6 8 (3.24%) Datadog
6 8 (3.24%) SaaS
7 7 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.83%) IaaS
7 7 (2.83%) PaaS
8 5 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.81%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.40%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 46 (18.62%) Wireless
2 24 (9.72%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (8.10%) SAN
4 18 (7.29%) Firewall
5 13 (5.26%) SSL
5 13 (5.26%) WAN
6 11 (4.45%) LAN
7 7 (2.83%) VLAN
7 7 (2.83%) VSAN
8 6 (2.43%) DNS
8 6 (2.43%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.02%) DHCP
10 4 (1.62%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.81%) VoIP
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.40%) FTP
12 1 (0.40%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.40%) NAS
12 1 (0.40%) RTP
12 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.81%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.40%) MySQL
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (19.84%) JIRA
2 10 (4.05%) TestRail
3 5 (2.02%) Zephyr
4 4 (1.62%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.40%) Gatling
5 1 (0.40%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) JMeter
5 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.40%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
General
1 77 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.43%) Finance
3 40 (16.19%) Public Sector
4 38 (15.38%) Banking
5 29 (11.74%) Telecoms
6 28 (11.34%) Marketing
7 25 (10.12%) Manufacturing
8 23 (9.31%) Electronics
9 22 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
10 17 (6.88%) Retail
11 11 (4.45%) Legal
12 9 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.02%) Local Government
13 5 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.62%) Retail Banking
15 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.81%) Advertising
16 2 (0.81%) Aviation
16 2 (0.81%) Billing
Job Titles
1 41 (16.60%) Analyst
2 33 (13.36%) IT Support
3 29 (11.74%) Desktop Support
4 23 (9.31%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 23 (9.31%) 2nd Line Support
4 23 (9.31%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 23 (9.31%) Support Engineer
5 22 (8.91%) Senior
5 22 (8.91%) Support Analyst
6 21 (8.50%) IT Engineer
7 17 (6.88%) Break Fix Engineer
8 15 (6.07%) Architect
9 12 (4.86%) Administrator
9 12 (4.86%) Test Manager
10 11 (4.45%) Junior
10 11 (4.45%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) Backup Administrator
11 10 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (4.05%) Storage Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.07%) REST
1 15 (6.07%) SOAP
2 14 (5.67%) LDAP
2 14 (5.67%) Web Services
3 13 (5.26%) AngularJS
3 13 (5.26%) Apache Camel
3 13 (5.26%) HTML
3 13 (5.26%) HTML5
3 13 (5.26%) JDBC
3 13 (5.26%) jQuery
3 13 (5.26%) JSON
3 13 (5.26%) ODBC
3 13 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (5.26%) SAML
4 10 (4.05%) Middleware
5 4 (1.62%) XML
6 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.40%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (21.46%) Data Centre
2 23 (9.31%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.64%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (3.24%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (3.24%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.02%) HP Storage
8 4 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.62%) CMDB
8 4 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.62%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.21%) Clustering
9 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.81%) Chip and PIN
10 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.81%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.81%) Social Media
10 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 75 (30.36%) Windows
2 50 (20.24%) Mac OS
3 49 (19.84%) Android
4 27 (10.93%) Linux
5 17 (6.88%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.05%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (2.02%) Unix
9 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.40%) AIX
10 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.40%) CentOS
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.40%) Solaris
10 1 (0.40%) SUSE
10 1 (0.40%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (18.62%) Agile
2 35 (14.17%) Break/Fix
2 35 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (10.93%) DevOps
4 25 (10.12%) Customer Service
4 25 (10.12%) ITIL
5 24 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (9.72%) Test Management
6 23 (9.31%) Digital Marketing
6 23 (9.31%) Programme Management
6 23 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (9.31%) Test Strategy
6 23 (9.31%) User Acceptance Testing
7 22 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (8.10%) Migration
9 19 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
9 19 (7.69%) Scrum
9 19 (7.69%) Test Automation
10 18 (7.29%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.67%) JavaScript
1 14 (5.67%) SQL
2 7 (2.83%) Shell Script
3 6 (2.43%) Python
4 3 (1.21%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.21%) VB
5 2 (0.81%) Bash
5 2 (0.81%) C
5 2 (0.81%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) C++
6 1 (0.40%) COBOL
6 1 (0.40%) Perl
6 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 96 (38.87%) Security Cleared
2 90 (36.44%) SC Cleared
3 18 (7.29%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.26%) Degree
4 13 (5.26%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.81%) ISEB
7 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.81%) MCITP
7 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.91%) SLA
2 17 (6.88%) QA
3 6 (2.43%) COBIT
4 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) HL7
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (11.74%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.64%) Firmware
4 8 (3.24%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.24%) vSphere
5 7 (2.83%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.40%) Docker
6 1 (0.40%) GPFS
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (16.19%) HP ALM
2 14 (5.67%) SCCM
2 14 (5.67%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (3.64%) NetBackup
4 8 (3.24%) Ansible
4 8 (3.24%) HP Quality Center
5 7 (2.83%) Terraform
5 7 (2.83%) vRealize
5 7 (2.83%) VxRail
6 5 (2.02%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.81%) SCOM
9 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.40%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.40%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.40%) HP Operations Orchestration
9 1 (0.40%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 98 (39.68%) Dell
2 71 (28.74%) Apple
3 70 (28.34%) Cisco
4 49 (19.84%) Microsoft
5 36 (14.57%) SAP
6 24 (9.72%) VMware
7 21 (8.50%) ServiceNow
8 18 (7.29%) MobileIron
8 18 (7.29%) Oracle
9 17 (6.88%) IBM
9 17 (6.88%) Remedy
10 13 (5.26%) BMC
10 13 (5.26%) Ivanti
11 11 (4.45%) F5
11 11 (4.45%) Veritas
12 9 (3.64%) 3PAR
12 9 (3.64%) AppDynamics
12 9 (3.64%) Citrix
12 9 (3.64%) NetApp
12 9 (3.64%) Red Hat