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 26 September 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
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 330 369
Rank change year-on-year -191 +39 -59
Contract jobs citing HP 160 225 209
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.68% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 0.70% 1.43% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 114 136
10th Percentile £150 £151 £138
25th Percentile £196 £233 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £423 £419
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% +0.90% -5.38%
75th Percentile £537 £538 £538
90th Percentile £675 £608 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £370 £375 £425
% change year-on-year -1.33% -11.76% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 63 23
10th Percentile - £18.51 £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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,863 15,724 17,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.67% 47.54% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,925 9,673 10,099
10th Percentile £310 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £613 £625
90th Percentile £705 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,314 807 652
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.75 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.41 £17.79 £15.70
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -22.62% -25.87%
75th Percentile £57.88 £43.21 £64.25
90th Percentile £78.69 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.30 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.76% -29.00% -29.41%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -156 149 £431 -4.33% 192
UK excluding London -128 106 £370 -1.33% 132
London -115 40 £500 +0.91% 56
Work from Home -59 30 £500 +2.56% 83
South East -74 30 £210 -56.92% 48
North of England -69 28 £400 -11.11% 29
South West -39 23 £551 +37.63% 15
North West -41 14 £450 +25.00% 13
Midlands -63 13 £250 +32.45% 15
Yorkshire -44 10 £339 -29.79% 12
West Midlands -50 10 £238 +5.20% 6
East of England -30 8 £150 -57.14% 13
Scotland -29 4 £450 +70.62% 7
North East -37 4 £200 - 4
East Midlands -28 3 £500 +217.46% 9

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 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.13%) Confluence
4 4 (2.50%) SAS
5 2 (1.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.63%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 19 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.50%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) BASE24
1 2 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.63%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.63%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.63%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.63%) SAP FI-AR
2 1 (0.63%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 38 (23.75%) Azure
2 16 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.88%) AWS
5 8 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.38%) OpenShift
7 6 (3.75%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.13%) GCP
9 3 (1.88%) GitHub
9 3 (1.88%) IaaS
9 3 (1.88%) PaaS
9 3 (1.88%) SaaS
10 2 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.25%) OCI
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.63%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.63%) Siteimprove
11 1 (0.63%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.50%) DHCP
1 12 (7.50%) DNS
1 12 (7.50%) Firewall
1 12 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (6.25%) LAN
2 10 (6.25%) WAN
3 8 (5.00%) Skype
3 8 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.38%) SNMP
4 7 (4.38%) VPN
5 6 (3.75%) SAN
6 4 (2.50%) BGP
6 4 (2.50%) Network Security
6 4 (2.50%) OSPF
6 4 (2.50%) VLAN
7 3 (1.88%) SMTP
8 2 (1.25%) ATM
8 2 (1.25%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.25%) Wireless
8 2 (1.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.50%) PowerCenter
2 4 (2.50%) Star Schema
3 3 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.88%) Big Data
3 3 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.88%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 29 (18.13%) JIRA
2 13 (8.13%) Selenium
3 7 (4.38%) Cucumber
4 5 (3.13%) HP UFT
5 4 (2.50%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.88%) Bugzilla
6 3 (1.88%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.88%) TestRail
7 2 (1.25%) GitLab
7 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.25%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.25%) MSTest
7 2 (1.25%) Postman
7 2 (1.25%) Ranorex
7 2 (1.25%) TestDirector
7 2 (1.25%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.63%) Appium
8 1 (0.63%) JMeter
8 1 (0.63%) Toad
General
1 37 (23.13%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.25%) Finance
3 13 (8.13%) Banking
4 11 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.13%) Legal
7 4 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.88%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.25%) Billing
9 2 (1.25%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.25%) Law
9 2 (1.25%) Private Banking
9 2 (1.25%) Retail
10 1 (0.63%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (15.63%) Hardware Technician
2 12 (7.50%) Tester
3 11 (6.88%) Field Service Technician
3 11 (6.88%) IT Engineer
4 10 (6.25%) Analyst
4 10 (6.25%) Senior
5 9 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (5.63%) Network Engineer
5 9 (5.63%) Support Engineer
6 8 (5.00%) Break Fix Engineer
6 8 (5.00%) Consultant
6 8 (5.00%) Lead
7 7 (4.38%) Build Engineer
7 7 (4.38%) Field Engineer
7 7 (4.38%) Management Consultant
7 7 (4.38%) Test Leader
7 7 (4.38%) Test Manager
8 6 (3.75%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (3.75%) Desktop Support
8 6 (3.75%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.25%) REST
2 5 (3.13%) Middleware
3 4 (2.50%) Kafka
4 3 (1.88%) Node.js
4 3 (1.88%) Playwright
4 3 (1.88%) Terraform
4 3 (1.88%) WireMock
5 2 (1.25%) .NET
5 2 (1.25%) OpenGL
5 2 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.25%) Qt
5 2 (1.25%) SOAP
6 1 (0.63%) JSON
6 1 (0.63%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.63%) Web Services
6 1 (0.63%) XML
6 1 (0.63%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.63%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 12 (7.50%) Virtual Team
4 9 (5.63%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.13%) iPhone
6 5 (3.13%) PKI
7 4 (2.50%) Clustering
7 4 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.88%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.88%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.88%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.25%) BYOD
9 2 (1.25%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.25%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.25%) SCADA
9 2 (1.25%) Tandem
9 2 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (30.00%) Windows
2 29 (18.13%) Linux
3 18 (11.25%) Windows 10
4 16 (10.00%) AIX
5 14 (8.75%) Android
5 14 (8.75%) Windows Server
6 12 (7.50%) Unix
7 9 (5.63%) Solaris
8 8 (5.00%) HPUX
9 7 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (3.75%) Oracle Linux
10 6 (3.75%) SUSE
11 3 (1.88%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 24 (15.00%) DevOps
4 23 (14.38%) Agile
5 22 (13.75%) Asset Management
6 21 (13.13%) Test Automation
7 20 (12.50%) ITIL
8 18 (11.25%) Migration
9 16 (10.00%) Break/Fix
9 16 (10.00%) Defect Management
9 16 (10.00%) Test Management
9 16 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 16 (10.00%) Validation
10 15 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (8.75%) System Integration Testing
11 14 (8.75%) Test Strategy
12 13 (8.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 12 (7.50%) CI/CD
13 12 (7.50%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.63%) SQL
3 15 (9.38%) Python
4 8 (5.00%) Java
4 8 (5.00%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.75%) Search Processing Language
6 5 (3.13%) Bash
6 5 (3.13%) C#
7 3 (1.88%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.25%) C
8 2 (1.25%) C++
9 1 (0.63%) COBOL
9 1 (0.63%) Lisp
9 1 (0.63%) Perl
9 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (25.63%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.75%) Degree
4 13 (8.13%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.00%) ISTQB
6 6 (3.75%) HP APS
7 5 (3.13%) CISSP
7 5 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.13%) RHCE
8 4 (2.50%) CCNP
8 4 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.38%) QA
1 15 (9.38%) SLA
2 6 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.13%) GRC
4 2 (1.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (10.63%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.63%) Firmware
4 7 (4.38%) Docker
4 7 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.13%) BitLocker
5 5 (3.13%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.88%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.88%) vSphere
7 2 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.25%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (19.38%) HP ALM
2 11 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (6.25%) Nagios
4 9 (5.63%) Ansible
5 8 (5.00%) SCCM
5 8 (5.00%) Tivoli
6 7 (4.38%) Netcool
6 7 (4.38%) OpenView
6 7 (4.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 7 (4.38%) ZABBIX
7 6 (3.75%) vCenter Server
8 5 (3.13%) HP Quality Center
8 5 (3.13%) Kubernetes
8 5 (3.13%) vMotion
9 4 (2.50%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.88%) Puppet
11 2 (1.25%) Grafana
11 2 (1.25%) Packer
11 2 (1.25%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 43 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.25%) Dell
3 19 (11.88%) Oracle
4 17 (10.63%) Apple
4 17 (10.63%) VMware
5 11 (6.88%) Cisco
5 11 (6.88%) IBM
5 11 (6.88%) Splunk
6 7 (4.38%) BMC
6 7 (4.38%) SolarWinds
7 6 (3.75%) Zscaler
8 5 (3.13%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.50%) F5
9 4 (2.50%) Informatica
9 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.50%) Veeam
9 4 (2.50%) Veritas
10 3 (1.88%) Citrix
10 3 (1.88%) Juniper
10 3 (1.88%) NetApp