HP Contracts

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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 328 336
Rank change year-on-year +46 +8 +48
Contract jobs citing HP 262 290 436
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.67% 0.73%
As % of the Vendors category 1.89% 1.57% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 239 305
10th Percentile £150 £175 £201
25th Percentile £181 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £443
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -15.27% +5.19%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £560
90th Percentile £618 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £359 £375 £425
% change year-on-year -4.27% -11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 8
10th Percentile - £22.18 £15.78
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.71 £18.02
Median hourly rate £21.00 £23.80 £18.84
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +26.33% -12.37%
75th Percentile £24.18 £30.00 £19.88
90th Percentile £24.66 £40.00 £21.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.94 £30.00 £18.24
% change year-on-year -33.55% +64.52% +8.38%

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 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HP in the UK

HP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HP.

Daily rate trend for HP in the UK

HP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HP.

Hourly rate trend for HP in the UK

HP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 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 +38 235 £450 +28.57% 119
UK excluding London +47 182 £359 -4.27% 92
London +23 66 £538 +53.57% 30
South East -3 60 £525 +84.21% 37
Work from Home +20 45 £475 +13.10% 61
South West +56 40 £326 -53.39% 14
North of England +45 31 £413 -2.94% 11
Midlands +30 25 £175 -60.00% 20
West Midlands +26 20 £150 -58.33% 16
Scotland +14 18 £189 -53.90% 4
North West +19 15 £425 - 5
East of England +38 9 £525 -4.55% 4
Yorkshire +18 8 £378 +0.67% 4
North East +6 8 £550 -8.33% 2
East Midlands +7 5 £358 -37.74% 4
Wales +6 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -8 1 - -

HP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.20%) IIS
3 5 (1.91%) Confluence
4 4 (1.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (9.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (8.40%) BASE24
2 4 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.15%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.76%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.76%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.07%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (7.63%) Azure
3 14 (5.34%) Apple Pay
4 13 (4.96%) AWS
5 10 (3.82%) GCP
6 9 (3.44%) IaaS
6 9 (3.44%) OpenShift
6 9 (3.44%) PaaS
7 5 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.91%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.53%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.53%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.15%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.76%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.76%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.38%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 31 (11.83%) DNS
2 24 (9.16%) DHCP
3 22 (8.40%) ATM
3 22 (8.40%) Firewall
4 21 (8.02%) VPN
5 18 (6.87%) SMTP
6 15 (5.73%) SAN
7 13 (4.96%) Wireless
8 8 (3.05%) NetScaler
9 7 (2.67%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.29%) Network Security
10 6 (2.29%) WAN
11 5 (1.91%) SSL
11 5 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.53%) VSAN
13 3 (1.15%) DWDM
13 3 (1.15%) Ethernet
13 3 (1.15%) FTP
13 3 (1.15%) LAN
13 3 (1.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.78%) NonStop SQL
2 10 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (3.44%) Big Data
4 5 (1.91%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.38%) MySQL
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (8.40%) JIRA
2 5 (1.91%) Selenium
3 4 (1.53%) Git
3 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.76%) GitLab
4 2 (0.76%) LoadRunner
4 2 (0.76%) TestNG
4 2 (0.76%) VersaTest
5 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.38%) Introscope
5 1 (0.38%) JMeter
5 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.38%) TestRail
5 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.90%) Finance
3 35 (13.36%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.87%) Banking
6 10 (3.82%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (3.82%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.44%) Electronics
7 9 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.44%) Marketing
8 8 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.76%) Law
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Retail
11 1 (0.38%) Games
Job Titles
1 53 (20.23%) Support Engineer
2 33 (12.60%) Desktop Support
2 33 (12.60%) IT Engineer
3 31 (11.83%) Desktop Engineer
4 29 (11.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 25 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.63%) Server Engineer
7 15 (5.73%) Break Fix Engineer
8 14 (5.34%) Data Centre Engineer
9 13 (4.96%) Lead
10 11 (4.20%) Field Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) Development Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) Software Development Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.44%) Analyst
12 9 (3.44%) Architect
12 9 (3.44%) Deployment Engineer
12 9 (3.44%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
13 8 (3.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (3.05%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.34%) Web Services
2 7 (2.67%) Middleware
3 4 (1.53%) LDAP
4 2 (0.76%) .NET
4 2 (0.76%) JSON
4 2 (0.76%) pytest
4 2 (0.76%) REST
4 2 (0.76%) Software Packaging
4 2 (0.76%) XML
5 1 (0.38%) CSS
5 1 (0.38%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.38%) HTML
5 1 (0.38%) J2EE
5 1 (0.38%) ODBC
5 1 (0.38%) Redfish
5 1 (0.38%) RESTful
5 1 (0.38%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.38%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.38%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.14%) Data Centre
2 53 (20.23%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.49%) Clustering
3 17 (6.49%) PKI
4 8 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.91%) EMV
6 5 (1.91%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.91%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.91%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.91%) SCADA
7 4 (1.53%) FMCG
7 4 (1.53%) Replication
7 4 (1.53%) Tandem
7 4 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.15%) EMC VMAX
8 3 (1.15%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.15%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 79 (30.15%) Windows
2 49 (18.70%) Linux
3 31 (11.83%) Windows Server
4 25 (9.54%) Windows 10
5 21 (8.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (3.82%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (3.44%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.05%) Android
8 8 (3.05%) HPUX
8 8 (3.05%) Solaris
9 7 (2.67%) Unix
10 6 (2.29%) AIX
10 6 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.91%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.15%) CentOS
13 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (14.89%) Break/Fix
2 34 (12.98%) Customer Service
2 34 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (11.83%) Asset Management
4 28 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (9.92%) Ticket Management
6 24 (9.16%) ITIL
7 23 (8.78%) Customer Experience
7 23 (8.78%) Mathematics
8 22 (8.40%) Agile
9 18 (6.87%) Test Management
10 17 (6.49%) DevOps
10 17 (6.49%) High Availability
11 16 (6.11%) Test Strategy
12 15 (5.73%) Change Management
12 15 (5.73%) ITSM
12 15 (5.73%) Time Management
13 14 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (5.34%) Test Automation
13 14 (5.34%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.69%) PowerShell
2 12 (4.58%) Python
3 8 (3.05%) C++
4 7 (2.67%) C
4 7 (2.67%) COBOL
4 7 (2.67%) Shell Script
5 6 (2.29%) Java
6 5 (1.91%) Bash
7 3 (1.15%) SQL
8 2 (0.76%) Groovy
8 2 (0.76%) Perl
9 1 (0.38%) ABAP
9 1 (0.38%) C-shell
9 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.38%) VB
9 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 112 (42.75%) Security Cleared
2 94 (35.88%) SC Cleared
3 33 (12.60%) Dell Certification
4 21 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 18 (6.87%) Degree
6 5 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.15%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.15%) PMP
8 2 (0.76%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.76%) CCNA
8 2 (0.76%) CCNP
8 2 (0.76%) HP APS
8 2 (0.76%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CCDE
9 1 (0.38%) CFA
9 1 (0.38%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (17.18%) SLA
2 16 (6.11%) ISO 8583
2 16 (6.11%) QA
3 12 (4.58%) PSD2
4 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.38%) GxP
System Software
1 41 (15.65%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.34%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (3.82%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (3.44%) BitLocker
6 9 (3.44%) Docker
6 9 (3.44%) Terminal Services
6 9 (3.44%) vSphere
7 7 (2.67%) XenDesktop
8 6 (2.29%) XenApp
9 5 (1.91%) Firmware
10 4 (1.53%) NFS
11 3 (1.15%) Samba
12 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.38%) SRDF
13 1 (0.38%) Xen
13 1 (0.38%) XYGATE
Systems Management
1 24 (9.16%) HP ALM
2 22 (8.40%) Ansible
3 17 (6.49%) SCCM
4 15 (5.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.96%) Nagios
5 13 (4.96%) Puppet
6 10 (3.82%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.82%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.44%) NetBackup
7 9 (3.44%) vMotion
8 8 (3.05%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (2.67%) WSUS
10 4 (1.53%) HP Data Protector
10 4 (1.53%) Terraform
10 4 (1.53%) yum
11 3 (1.15%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (1.15%) HP Quality Center
11 3 (1.15%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.15%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 134 (51.15%) Dell
2 84 (32.06%) Microsoft
3 46 (17.56%) Cisco
4 44 (16.79%) VMware
5 34 (12.98%) IBM
6 19 (7.25%) Citrix
7 17 (6.49%) SAP
8 15 (5.73%) Red Hat
9 14 (5.34%) EMC
10 12 (4.58%) Apple
11 11 (4.20%) ServiceNow
11 11 (4.20%) Symantec
12 10 (3.82%) Google
13 9 (3.44%) Brocade
13 9 (3.44%) Juniper
14 8 (3.05%) Veritas
15 7 (2.67%) 3PAR
15 7 (2.67%) Oracle
16 6 (2.29%) Aruba
16 6 (2.29%) Fortinet