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 11 January 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 319 263
Rank change year-on-year -20 -56 +60
Contract jobs citing HP 269 208 395
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.65% 0.92%
As % of the Vendors category 1.60% 1.43% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 114 313
10th Percentile £153 £154 £148
25th Percentile £170 £200 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +14.29% -18.13%
75th Percentile £351 £550 £506
90th Percentile £500 £600 £598
UK excluding London median daily rate £210 £325 £285
% change year-on-year -35.38% +14.04% -28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 22 13
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.22 £20.30 £20.25
Median hourly rate £20.09 £24.17 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.86% +0.69% +0.38%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £30.00
90th Percentile £25.99 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.15 £24.00
% change year-on-year -21.86% +0.63% +35.44%

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 16,847 14,544 19,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.30% 45.76% 44.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,815 8,618 12,039
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £411 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 799 427 687
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £19.79 £17.88
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% -37.61% +60.13%
75th Percentile £47.50 £61.25 £63.29
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.04 £76.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -14.00% -43.82% +80.27%

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 11 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

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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 11 January 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 +11 241 £210 -47.50% 136
UK excluding London -9 179 £210 -35.38% 150
London +6 76 £298 -37.26% 17
Midlands -1 54 £200 +14.29% 17
North of England -32 31 £205 -60.95% 24
West Midlands -11 29 £297 +26.49% 7
South East -24 29 £250 -16.67% 37
East of England +3 27 £200 -38.46% 24
East Midlands 0 27 £200 +14.00% 10
Work from Home -24 24 £418 -11.55% 77
South West -12 18 £400 +17.65% 26
Yorkshire -39 14 £290 -47.27% 10
Wales +12 12 £290 +45.00% 9
North West -23 12 £175 -56.79% 10
Scotland -8 9 £400 +45.45% 15
North East -10 5 £175 -68.18% 4
Northern Ireland -5 1 £500 - 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 26 (9.67%) Confluence
2 21 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 58 (21.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (4.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.86%) assyst
3 4 (1.49%) BASE24
4 3 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.12%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.74%) PORTIA
5 2 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 77 (28.62%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (18.59%) Azure
3 22 (8.18%) AWS
4 12 (4.46%) Datadog
5 8 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (2.97%) GCP
5 8 (2.97%) OCI
6 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.74%) IaaS
6 2 (0.74%) PaaS
6 2 (0.74%) SaaS
6 2 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.37%) Veeva
7 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (15.99%) Wireless
2 21 (7.81%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (5.95%) Firewall
4 10 (3.72%) VSAN
5 9 (3.35%) SAN
6 8 (2.97%) SSL
7 6 (2.23%) WAN
8 5 (1.86%) DNS
8 5 (1.86%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.86%) VLAN
9 4 (1.49%) DHCP
9 4 (1.49%) LAN
10 2 (0.74%) VoIP
11 1 (0.37%) FTP
11 1 (0.37%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.37%) RTP
11 1 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.23%) NonStop SQL
2 5 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.12%) OLTP
4 1 (0.37%) Big Data
4 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (14.13%) JIRA
2 10 (3.72%) TestRail
3 4 (1.49%) Selenium
4 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.37%) Gatling
4 1 (0.37%) Git
4 1 (0.37%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.37%) JMeter
4 1 (0.37%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.37%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.37%) NUnit
4 1 (0.37%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 75 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.82%) Organisational Skills
3 51 (18.96%) Finance
4 36 (13.38%) Public Sector
5 34 (12.64%) Banking
6 26 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (9.29%) Marketing
7 25 (9.29%) Telecoms
8 23 (8.55%) Electronics
8 23 (8.55%) Manufacturing
9 16 (5.95%) Legal
10 13 (4.83%) Retail
11 10 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.86%) Local Government
14 4 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.49%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.74%) Advertising
15 2 (0.74%) Billing
15 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 66 (24.54%) Break Fix Engineer
2 40 (14.87%) IT Support
3 39 (14.50%) Analyst
3 39 (14.50%) Hardware Engineer
4 33 (12.27%) Desktop Support
4 33 (12.27%) Field Engineer
5 28 (10.41%) Junior
6 27 (10.04%) Field Hardware Engineer
6 27 (10.04%) Support Engineer
7 23 (8.55%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (8.55%) 2nd Line Support
7 23 (8.55%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 19 (7.06%) IT Engineer
8 19 (7.06%) Support Analyst
9 18 (6.69%) Computer Engineer
10 13 (4.83%) Senior
11 12 (4.46%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (4.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 10 (3.72%) Desktop Engineer
13 10 (3.72%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.09%) REST
2 9 (3.35%) LDAP
2 9 (3.35%) SOAP
2 9 (3.35%) Web Services
3 8 (2.97%) AngularJS
3 8 (2.97%) Apache Camel
3 8 (2.97%) HTML
3 8 (2.97%) HTML5
3 8 (2.97%) JDBC
3 8 (2.97%) jQuery
3 8 (2.97%) JSON
3 8 (2.97%) ODBC
3 8 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
3 8 (2.97%) SAML
4 6 (2.23%) Middleware
5 3 (1.12%) XML
6 1 (0.37%) FHIR
6 1 (0.37%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.73%) Data Centre
2 30 (11.15%) Driving Licence
3 18 (6.69%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.46%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.86%) Tandem
8 4 (1.49%) CMDB
9 3 (1.12%) Clustering
9 3 (1.12%) EMV
9 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.12%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.74%) Chip and PIN
10 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.74%) Social Media
11 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.37%) HP Storage
11 1 (0.37%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 67 (24.91%) Windows
2 51 (18.96%) Mac OS
3 46 (17.10%) Android
4 26 (9.67%) Windows 10
5 20 (7.43%) Linux
6 6 (2.23%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.12%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.74%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.37%) AIX
9 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.37%) CentOS
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.37%) Solaris
9 1 (0.37%) SUSE
9 1 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.79%) Customer Service
2 59 (21.93%) Time Management
3 48 (17.84%) Break/Fix
4 42 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (13.75%) Agile
6 28 (10.41%) Service Management
7 26 (9.67%) Asset Management
8 25 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
9 23 (8.55%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (8.55%) ITSM
9 23 (8.55%) Programme Management
10 20 (7.43%) Test Management
11 19 (7.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (6.69%) DevOps
13 17 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (6.32%) Test Strategy
14 16 (5.95%) Mobile Device Management
14 16 (5.95%) Ticket Management
15 14 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.83%) SQL
2 12 (4.46%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.86%) C
4 4 (1.49%) COBOL
5 3 (1.12%) Python
5 3 (1.12%) VB
6 2 (0.74%) C++
6 2 (0.74%) Java
6 2 (0.74%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.37%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (32.34%) Security Cleared
2 81 (30.11%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.58%) Degree
4 14 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.72%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.49%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.12%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.74%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.74%) MCITP
9 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.37%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.37%) HP APS
10 1 (0.37%) ISEB
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.92%) SLA
2 15 (5.58%) QA
3 6 (2.23%) COBIT
4 4 (1.49%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) HL7
6 1 (0.37%) NIST
6 1 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 29 (10.78%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.09%) vSphere
4 7 (2.60%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.49%) Firmware
6 3 (1.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.37%) Docker
7 1 (0.37%) GPFS
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (9.67%) HP ALM
2 15 (5.58%) SCCM
3 11 (4.09%) vRealize
4 10 (3.72%) VxRail
5 9 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.97%) Ansible
7 7 (2.60%) Terraform
8 5 (1.86%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.86%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.74%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.74%) SCOM
10 1 (0.37%) BladeLogic
10 1 (0.37%) Grafana
10 1 (0.37%) HP Operations Orchestration
10 1 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.37%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 108 (40.15%) Dell
2 70 (26.02%) Apple
3 64 (23.79%) Cisco
4 45 (16.73%) Microsoft
5 31 (11.52%) SAP
6 23 (8.55%) ServiceNow
7 22 (8.18%) VMware
8 16 (5.95%) MobileIron
9 15 (5.58%) IBM
9 15 (5.58%) Remedy
10 13 (4.83%) AppDynamics
11 12 (4.46%) Commvault
11 12 (4.46%) Oracle
11 12 (4.46%) SolarWinds
12 8 (2.97%) BMC
12 8 (2.97%) Ivanti
13 7 (2.60%) Computacenter
13 7 (2.60%) Dynatrace
14 6 (2.23%) CheckPoint
14 6 (2.23%) F5