HP Contract Job Trends

HP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies citing 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 5 November 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
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 342 355
Rank change year-on-year -234 +13 -67
Contract jobs citing HP 121 240 199
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.69% 0.54%
As % of the Vendors category 0.52% 1.46% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 135 124
10th Percentile £195 £154 £138
25th Percentile £256 £200 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £400
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -21.88% -3.61%
75th Percentile £588 £498 £528
90th Percentile £640 £595 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £295 £350
% change year-on-year +27.12% -15.71% +18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 60 17
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.22 £16.66
25th Percentile £17.00 £18.87 £19.64
Median hourly rate £19.33 £25.15 £23.59
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% +6.61% -0.67%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile - £25.36 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.59
% change year-on-year +2.44% -20.01% -1.71%

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 citing vendor products and services.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 23,293 16,491 16,400
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 42.50% 47.63% 44.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,911 10,330 9,657
10th Percentile £313 £283 £296
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £625
90th Percentile £715 £700 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,603 843 506
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.22
25th Percentile £15.58 £17.96 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £25.08 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -20.40% -28.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.75 £69.92 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £22.32 £28.00
% change year-on-year +0.83% -20.30% -34.50%

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 5 November 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 for jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HP in the UK

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 5 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -230 111 £500 +33.33% 122
UK excluding London -147 82 £375 +27.12% 97
London -135 31 £525 +10.53% 38
Work from Home -78 25 £500 +11.11% 52
North of England -82 24 £400 +48.70% 12
South East -74 16 £210 -48.78% 43
South West -40 15 - - 9
Yorkshire -38 14 £365 +25.86% 4
Midlands -67 13 £250 -4.12% 12
West Midlands -50 11 £250 -20.45% 7
East of England -19 10 £150 -57.14% 12
North West -57 6 £425 +58.58% 7
North East -37 4 £200 +14.29% 1
Scotland -35 3 £450 +53.19% 5
East Midlands -28 2 - - 5
Wales -21 1 £117 -59.67% 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
1Microsoft33.9%41
2Dell24.8%30
3Apple13.2%16
3VMware13.2%16
5Oracle11.6%14
6Cisco7.4%9
7Zscaler5.8%7
8Veritas5.0%6
9IBM4.1%5
9Splunk4.1%5
11Citrix3.3%4
11Informatica3.3%4
11Juniper3.3%4
11NetApp3.3%4
11ServiceNow3.3%4
11Veeam3.3%4
17EMC2.5%3
17F52.5%3
17Google2.5%3
17Symantec2.5%3