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 24 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
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 355 273
Rank change year-on-year +7 -82 +70
Contract jobs citing HP 256 211 414
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.72% 0.58% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.51% 1.28% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 127 306
10th Percentile £152 £150 £148
25th Percentile £170 £234 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% -3.03% -3.57%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £513
90th Percentile £563 £600 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £290 £350 £323
% change year-on-year -17.14% +8.53% -24.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 21 15
10th Percentile £18.17 £17.63 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £18.86
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +0.21% -1.04%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £25.26
90th Percentile £25.57 - £30.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.87 £23.88
% change year-on-year -20.95% -0.02% +49.50%

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 16,900 16,464 20,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.54% 45.00% 45.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,663 9,696 13,433
10th Percentile £286 £300 £258
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £718 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 871 525 678
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.49 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.47 £19.59 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.41 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% -31.66% +72.41%
75th Percentile £42.50 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -38.20% +97.78%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 +13 225 £300 -29.41% 118
UK excluding London -4 159 £290 -17.14% 115
London +7 83 £410 +2.50% 28
South East -5 39 £395 -17.71% 38
Midlands -6 37 £224 -22.17% 26
North of England -25 31 £268 -51.27% 15
Work from Home +1 30 £450 -6.25% 37
West Midlands -6 20 £310 +3.42% 12
East Midlands +1 17 £158 -30.00% 13
South West +12 15 £400 +17.65% 12
Wales +8 13 £290 +134.34% 5
East of England -6 13 £185 -17.32% 10
North West -16 13 £234 -56.47% 6
Yorkshire -27 13 £290 -47.27% 9
Scotland -14 10 £294 +78.03% 9
North East -6 5 £175 -68.18%
Northern Ireland - 1 £500 - 2

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 (11.33%) Confluence
2 16 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 69 (26.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.95%) assyst
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.17%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.78%) PORTIA
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.39%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 76 (29.69%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (18.75%) Azure
3 18 (7.03%) AWS
4 12 (4.69%) GCP
5 9 (3.52%) OCI
6 8 (3.13%) Datadog
6 8 (3.13%) SaaS
7 7 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.73%) IaaS
7 7 (2.73%) PaaS
8 4 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.17%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.78%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.39%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 48 (18.75%) Wireless
2 24 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (7.81%) SAN
4 17 (6.64%) Firewall
5 13 (5.08%) SSL
6 11 (4.30%) WAN
7 9 (3.52%) LAN
8 7 (2.73%) VSAN
9 6 (2.34%) DNS
9 6 (2.34%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.34%) VLAN
10 5 (1.95%) DHCP
11 3 (1.17%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.78%) VoIP
13 1 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.39%) Fibre Channel
13 1 (0.39%) FTP
13 1 (0.39%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.39%) NAS
13 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.39%) MySQL
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.39%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (19.53%) JIRA
2 10 (3.91%) TestRail
3 5 (1.95%) Zephyr
4 4 (1.56%) Selenium
5 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.39%) Gatling
5 1 (0.39%) Git
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) JMeter
5 1 (0.39%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.39%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 79 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 49 (19.14%) Finance
3 40 (15.63%) Banking
4 39 (15.23%) Public Sector
5 28 (10.94%) Marketing
5 28 (10.94%) Telecoms
6 24 (9.38%) Manufacturing
7 23 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (8.98%) Electronics
8 17 (6.64%) Retail
9 14 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.30%) Legal
11 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.95%) Local Government
12 5 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
14 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.78%) Advertising
15 2 (0.78%) Billing
15 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (16.02%) Analyst
2 34 (13.28%) IT Support
3 30 (11.72%) Desktop Support
4 26 (10.16%) Break Fix Engineer
5 25 (9.77%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.98%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 23 (8.98%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (8.98%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 23 (8.98%) Senior
7 22 (8.59%) IT Engineer
7 22 (8.59%) Support Analyst
8 20 (7.81%) Junior
9 15 (5.86%) Architect
10 14 (5.47%) Administrator
11 11 (4.30%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (4.30%) Lead
11 11 (4.30%) Test Leader
11 11 (4.30%) Test Manager
12 10 (3.91%) ServiceNow Architect
12 10 (3.91%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.86%) REST
1 15 (5.86%) SOAP
2 14 (5.47%) LDAP
2 14 (5.47%) Web Services
3 13 (5.08%) AngularJS
3 13 (5.08%) Apache Camel
3 13 (5.08%) HTML
3 13 (5.08%) HTML5
3 13 (5.08%) JDBC
3 13 (5.08%) jQuery
3 13 (5.08%) JSON
3 13 (5.08%) ODBC
3 13 (5.08%) RabbitMQ
3 13 (5.08%) SAML
4 10 (3.91%) Middleware
5 4 (1.56%) XML
6 1 (0.39%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.39%) XML Messaging
6 1 (0.39%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (21.09%) Data Centre
2 24 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.08%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.52%) Enterprise Storage
6 8 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.95%) HP Storage
9 4 (1.56%) Clustering
9 4 (1.56%) CMDB
9 4 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.78%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.78%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.78%) Social Media
11 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 77 (30.08%) Windows
2 52 (20.31%) Mac OS
3 51 (19.92%) Android
4 28 (10.94%) Linux
5 19 (7.42%) Windows 10
6 11 (4.30%) Windows Server
7 10 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (2.34%) Unix
9 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.39%) AIX
10 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.39%) CentOS
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.39%) Solaris
10 1 (0.39%) SUSE
10 1 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.58%) Agile
2 44 (17.19%) Break/Fix
3 36 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (10.16%) Customer Service
4 26 (10.16%) DevOps
5 25 (9.77%) ITIL
6 24 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (8.98%) Digital Marketing
7 23 (8.98%) Programme Management
7 23 (8.98%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (8.98%) Test Management
7 23 (8.98%) Test Strategy
7 23 (8.98%) User Acceptance Testing
8 21 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 20 (7.81%) ITSM
10 19 (7.42%) Asset Management
10 19 (7.42%) Migration
10 19 (7.42%) Scrum
10 19 (7.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.86%) SQL
2 14 (5.47%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.73%) Python
3 7 (2.73%) Shell Script
4 3 (1.17%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.17%) VB
5 2 (0.78%) Bash
5 2 (0.78%) C
5 2 (0.78%) Java
5 2 (0.78%) Perl
6 1 (0.39%) C#
6 1 (0.39%) C++
6 1 (0.39%) COBOL
6 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 91 (35.55%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.42%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.08%) Degree
5 12 (4.69%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.78%) ISEB
8 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.78%) MCITP
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.39%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.39%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.98%) SLA
2 18 (7.03%) QA
3 6 (2.34%) COBIT
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (11.33%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (3.52%) Firmware
4 8 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.13%) vSphere
5 7 (2.73%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.78%) GPFS
7 1 (0.39%) Docker
7 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (15.23%) HP ALM
2 15 (5.86%) SCCM
3 14 (5.47%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.52%) Ansible
4 9 (3.52%) NetBackup
5 8 (3.13%) HP Quality Center
6 7 (2.73%) Terraform
6 7 (2.73%) vRealize
6 7 (2.73%) VxRail
7 5 (1.95%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.78%) BladeLogic
9 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.78%) SCOM
10 1 (0.39%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.39%) HP Operations Orchestration
10 1 (0.39%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.39%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 102 (39.84%) Dell
2 73 (28.52%) Apple
3 69 (26.95%) Cisco
4 48 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 36 (14.06%) SAP
6 24 (9.38%) VMware
7 23 (8.98%) ServiceNow
8 18 (7.03%) IBM
8 18 (7.03%) MobileIron
8 18 (7.03%) Oracle
8 18 (7.03%) Remedy
9 13 (5.08%) BMC
9 13 (5.08%) Ivanti
10 11 (4.30%) Veritas
11 10 (3.91%) F5
11 10 (3.91%) Red Hat
12 9 (3.52%) 3PAR
12 9 (3.52%) AppDynamics
12 9 (3.52%) Citrix
12 9 (3.52%) NetApp