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 16 October 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 339 368
Rank change year-on-year -213 +29 -65
Contract jobs citing HP 138 237 201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.71% 0.53%
As % of the Vendors category 0.60% 1.49% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 126 123
10th Percentile £150 £154 £137
25th Percentile £200 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +31.73% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £626 £500 £501
90th Percentile £689 £608 £573
UK excluding London median daily rate £281 £300 £375
% change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 65 23
10th Percentile - £18.33 £17.70
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £19.33 £25.08 £23.59
Median % change year-on-year -22.91% +6.30% +19.66%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £24.02
90th Percentile - - £24.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.59
% change year-on-year +2.44% -20.01% +33.13%

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23,086 15,878 16,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.74% 47.72% 44.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,928 9,791 9,890
10th Percentile £310 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £623 £613 £625
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,458 809 574
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.96 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.01 £17.87 £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.19 £24.62 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -24.82% -25.40%
75th Percentile £55.88 £37.50 £64.40
90th Percentile £77.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £21.39 £30.21
% change year-on-year +8.37% -29.18% -30.96%

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 16 October 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 16 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

HP Top 15 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 16 October 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 -209 128 £485 +21.13% 179
UK excluding London -149 93 £281 -6.25% 111
London -127 34 £500 +3.04% 59
Work from Home -87 28 £513 +5.13% 65
South East -66 25 £203 -53.71% 30
North of England -74 25 £383 +41.67% 35
South West -38 19 £700 +74.88% 9
Yorkshire -38 12 £339 +16.81% 4
Midlands -68 12 £238 +7.95% 10
West Midlands -49 10 £238 -20.83% 7
North West -50 9 £425 +57.41% 26
East of England -24 8 £150 -57.14% 14
Scotland -34 4 £450 +56.52% 12
North East -37 4 £200 +14.29% 5
East Midlands -22 2 - - 3

HP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft30.4%42
2Dell20.3%28
3VMware12.3%17
4Apple11.6%16
5Oracle10.9%15
6Cisco6.5%9
7IBM5.1%7
7Splunk5.1%7
9Zscaler4.3%6
10Citrix2.9%4
10Informatica2.9%4
10ServiceNow2.9%4
10Veeam2.9%4
10Veritas2.9%4
15BMC2.2%3
15Computacenter2.2%3
15F52.2%3
15Google2.2%3
15Juniper2.2%3
15NetApp2.2%3