HP Contract Job Trends in Wales

HP
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 14 October 2025, 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
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 40 38
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing HP 9 6 16
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.36% 1.40% 3.38%
As % of the Vendors category 5.73% 3.51% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 10
10th Percentile £290 - £133
25th Percentile £291 £120 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £124 £180
Median % change year-on-year +138.38% -31.25% -58.14%
75th Percentile £300 £136 £511
90th Percentile - £169 £591
UK median daily rate £375 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £17.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £23.59 £19.72
% change year-on-year +6.30% +19.66% -17.54%

All Vendors
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 157 171 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 41.21% 39.95% 51.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 105 171
10th Percentile £190 £148 £180
25th Percentile £256 £210 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £488 £544 £588
90th Percentile £608 £594 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 8
10th Percentile £17.30 £22.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £30.00 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +25.44% +38.64%
75th Percentile £21.50 £50.00 £26.31
90th Percentile £30.00 £53.75 £65.87
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £44.20
% change year-on-year -24.24% -25.34% +84.51%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

HP job vacancy trend in Wales

HP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing HP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing HP

HP
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing HP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing HP

HP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
South Wales +10 8 £295 +145.83% 4
HP
UK

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
1 7 (77.78%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Services Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (11.11%) Break/Fix
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Epics
2 1 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) BitLocker
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Apple
2 7 (77.78%) MobileIron
3 5 (55.56%) McAfee
4 1 (11.11%) Sparx