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 June 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 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 283 344
Rank change year-on-year -144 +61 +1
Contract jobs citing HP 216 260 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.88% 0.59%
As % of the Vendors category 1.06% 1.84% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 130 196
10th Percentile £150 £150 £143
25th Percentile £199 £186 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £314 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -26.12% +21.43% -19.35%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £578
90th Percentile £626 £628 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £295 £391 £388
% change year-on-year -24.46% +0.77% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 41 12
10th Percentile £16.14 - £18.01
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 -
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% -4.23%
75th Percentile £22.18 £24.66 £23.80
90th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £24.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £18.13
% change year-on-year +2.44% +4.08% -0.58%

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 20,424 14,104 18,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.68% 47.61% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,835 8,673 11,415
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,048 645 1,150
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.35 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +33.25% +7.14% -44.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.95 £59.30
90th Percentile £79.65 £69.29 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.25 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +35.87% +2.22% -43.15%

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 June 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
Top 16 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 June 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 -148 188 £295 -36.22% 71
UK excluding London -124 155 £295 -24.46% 68
London -99 41 £338 -32.50% 14
South East -70 30 £210 -60.97% 25
East of England -12 28 £200 -61.90% 3
Work from Home -57 28 £375 -25.00% 30
Midlands -68 28 £200 -13.61% 10
North of England -81 28 £445 +4.71% 11
South West -38 26 £310 +100.16% 10
North West -38 17 £338 -20.59% 8
East Midlands -20 13 £200 -46.60% 8
West Midlands -74 13 £300 +36.36% 2
Yorkshire -59 11 £458 +17.31% 3
Scotland -17 10 £425 +126.06% 6
Northern Ireland - 5 £475 - 3
Wales -17 1 £280 -6.67% 1

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 9 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.85%) Confluence
3 3 (1.39%) IIS
3 3 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.85%) BASE24
2 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.46%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.74%) Azure
2 21 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.09%) AWS
5 6 (2.78%) GCP
5 6 (2.78%) IaaS
6 5 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.85%) PaaS
8 3 (1.39%) GitHub
8 3 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.39%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.39%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.93%) Rubrik
9 2 (0.93%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.46%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.46%) OCI
10 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.41%) SNMP
2 14 (6.48%) DNS
2 14 (6.48%) Firewall
3 13 (6.02%) DHCP
4 12 (5.56%) SAN
5 11 (5.09%) VPN
6 9 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.70%) WAN
8 7 (3.24%) LAN
8 7 (3.24%) VLAN
9 6 (2.78%) OSPF
9 6 (2.78%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.31%) BGP
10 5 (2.31%) iSCSI
10 5 (2.31%) Skype
10 5 (2.31%) Wireless
11 4 (1.85%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (1.85%) MPLS
11 4 (1.85%) SMTP
11 4 (1.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.31%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.85%) Big Data
3 3 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.46%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.46%) OLTP
5 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.46%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.46%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (12.96%) JIRA
2 8 (3.70%) Selenium
3 6 (2.78%) Zephyr
4 5 (2.31%) TestRail
5 4 (1.85%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.85%) JMeter
6 3 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.39%) Postman
7 2 (0.93%) MSTest
7 2 (0.93%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.46%) Appium
8 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.46%) TestDirector
General
1 68 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.35%) Finance
3 26 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (8.80%) Legal
6 16 (7.41%) Banking
7 9 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.85%) Automotive
10 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.46%) Billing
11 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Law
11 1 (0.46%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 28 (12.96%) Break Fix Engineer
3 27 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 27 (12.50%) Hardware Technician
4 22 (10.19%) Field Hardware Engineer
5 20 (9.26%) Computer Engineer
6 17 (7.87%) IT Support
7 14 (6.48%) Consultant
7 14 (6.48%) Field Service Technician
7 14 (6.48%) Printer Engineer
7 14 (6.48%) Support Engineer
8 13 (6.02%) Management Consultant
9 12 (5.56%) Analyst
9 12 (5.56%) Test Manager
10 11 (5.09%) Desktop Support
11 10 (4.63%) IT Engineer
12 9 (4.17%) Network Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.70%) Technical Support
14 7 (3.24%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.19%) REST
2 3 (1.39%) ADO
2 3 (1.39%) Playwright
3 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.93%) Middleware
3 2 (0.93%) OpenGL
3 2 (0.93%) Qt
3 2 (0.93%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth
4 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.96%) Driving Licence
2 24 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 21 (9.72%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.78%) EMC VMAX
5 6 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.78%) PKI
6 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.31%) Tandem
7 4 (1.85%) Clustering
7 4 (1.85%) iPhone
8 3 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.39%) EMV
9 2 (0.93%) BYOD
9 2 (0.93%) CUDA
9 2 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.93%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 81 (37.50%) Windows
2 33 (15.28%) Linux
3 20 (9.26%) AIX
4 18 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 15 (6.94%) Windows Server
6 10 (4.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (4.17%) Android
8 7 (3.24%) Unix
9 5 (2.31%) HPUX
9 5 (2.31%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (2.31%) Solaris
9 5 (2.31%) SUSE
10 4 (1.85%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.85%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.39%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.48%) Customer Service
2 44 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (13.43%) DevOps
4 28 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (11.57%) Migration
5 25 (11.57%) Service Management
6 24 (11.11%) Test Management
6 24 (11.11%) Time Management
6 24 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
7 23 (10.65%) Agile
8 22 (10.19%) Test Automation
9 21 (9.72%) Break/Fix
10 20 (9.26%) Asset Management
10 20 (9.26%) ITIL
11 19 (8.80%) Defect Management
12 16 (7.41%) Test Strategy
13 15 (6.94%) Waterfall
14 14 (6.48%) Dashboard Development
15 13 (6.02%) End-to-End Testing
15 13 (6.02%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.04%) PowerShell
1 26 (12.04%) SQL
2 23 (10.65%) Python
3 13 (6.02%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.24%) Java
5 6 (2.78%) C
6 5 (2.31%) VB
7 3 (1.39%) C++
7 3 (1.39%) COBOL
7 3 (1.39%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.39%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.93%) Bash
8 2 (0.93%) C#
8 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.46%) Lisp
9 1 (0.46%) Perl
9 1 (0.46%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 59 (27.31%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.80%) Degree
4 13 (6.02%) ISTQB
5 12 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.24%) CCNP
6 7 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.31%) CISSP
7 5 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.31%) RHCE
8 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.39%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.35%) SLA
2 21 (9.72%) QA
3 5 (2.31%) GRC
4 4 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.39%) GDPR
5 3 (1.39%) ISO 8583
5 3 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.46%) GAMP
6 1 (0.46%) GxP
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.17%) Firmware
4 7 (3.24%) BitLocker
5 6 (2.78%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.78%) Microsoft App-V
5 6 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.31%) Docker
6 5 (2.31%) vSphere
7 4 (1.85%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.39%) SRDF
8 3 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 31 (14.35%) HP ALM
2 19 (8.80%) SCCM
3 18 (8.33%) Nagios
4 16 (7.41%) Tivoli
5 15 (6.94%) Netcool
5 15 (6.94%) OpenView
5 15 (6.94%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 15 (6.94%) ZABBIX
6 11 (5.09%) Ansible
7 10 (4.63%) ServiceCenter
8 7 (3.24%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (2.78%) vCenter Server
10 5 (2.31%) Puppet
10 5 (2.31%) vMotion
11 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.39%) Backup Exec
12 3 (1.39%) Kubernetes
12 3 (1.39%) NetBackup
12 3 (1.39%) Terraform
13 2 (0.93%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 58 (26.85%) Dell
2 47 (21.76%) Microsoft
3 25 (11.57%) IBM
4 20 (9.26%) Apple
5 19 (8.80%) Cisco
6 17 (7.87%) VMware
7 16 (7.41%) SolarWinds
8 15 (6.94%) BMC
8 15 (6.94%) Canon
8 15 (6.94%) Splunk
9 12 (5.56%) Oracle
10 8 (3.70%) SAP
11 7 (3.24%) Aruba
11 7 (3.24%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.24%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.78%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.78%) McAfee
13 5 (2.31%) Infor
14 4 (1.85%) Google
14 4 (1.85%) Symantec