HP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 294 321
Rank change year-on-year +36 +27 +99
Contract jobs citing HP 56 53 136
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.36% 0.56%
As % of the Vendors category 1.20% 0.84% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 34 101
10th Percentile £388 £213 £350
25th Percentile £412 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% -3.31%
75th Percentile £600 £547 £540
90th Percentile £675 £594 £669
UK median daily rate £450 £405 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.94 £18.13 £18.93
% change year-on-year +9.96% -4.23% -20.83%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,673 6,298 10,717
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.93% 43.23% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 3,978 7,087
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -2.14% -0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £650
90th Percentile £738 £720 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 209 252
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £16.70
25th Percentile £22.29 £16.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate £47.99 £29.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.49% -42.00% +26.58%
75th Percentile £65.25 £51.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.92 £75.00 £78.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.03% -38.38% +83.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing HP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

HP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HP.

HP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing HP over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

HP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing HP.

HP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) Confluence
1 3 (5.36%) IIS
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.57%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.79%) Apache
3 1 (1.79%) nginx
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) BASE24
2 2 (3.57%) Aladdin
2 2 (3.57%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (1.79%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.79%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) Azure
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.36%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.57%) AWS
3 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.79%) Cloudflare
4 1 (1.79%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.79%) GCP
4 1 (1.79%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.79%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) LAN
1 9 (16.07%) WAN
2 7 (12.50%) DNS
3 5 (8.93%) DHCP
3 5 (8.93%) Firewall
3 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
4 4 (7.14%) SAN
4 4 (7.14%) Wireshark
5 3 (5.36%) ATM
6 2 (3.57%) DWDM
6 2 (3.57%) Ethernet
6 2 (3.57%) Internet
6 2 (3.57%) MPLS
6 2 (3.57%) NetScaler
6 2 (3.57%) Network Security
6 2 (3.57%) SMTP
6 2 (3.57%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (3.57%) VPN
6 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) NonStop SQL
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (21.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.79%) GitLab
2 1 (1.79%) Introscope
2 1 (1.79%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.79%) Selenium
2 1 (1.79%) VersaTest
2 1 (1.79%) Zephyr
General
1 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Banking
4 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Marketing
6 2 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.57%) Aviation
6 2 (3.57%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 6 (10.71%) Senior
2 6 (10.71%) Test Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Consultant
4 4 (7.14%) Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Architect
4 4 (7.14%) Data Centre Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Lead
4 4 (7.14%) Server Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Tester
5 2 (3.57%) Asset Management Consultant
5 2 (3.57%) Break Fix Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (3.57%) QA Consultant
5 2 (3.57%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (3.57%) Wintel Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) .NET
1 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.57%) HTML
1 2 (3.57%) JSON
1 2 (3.57%) LDAP
1 2 (3.57%) Middleware
1 2 (3.57%) RFC 2544
1 2 (3.57%) Software Packaging
1 2 (3.57%) Web Services
2 1 (1.79%) HTML5
2 1 (1.79%) J2EE
2 1 (1.79%) JDBC
2 1 (1.79%) jQuery
2 1 (1.79%) Kafka
2 1 (1.79%) ODBC
2 1 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.79%) REST
2 1 (1.79%) SAML
2 1 (1.79%) SOAP
2 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.93%) Enterprise Storage
2 5 (8.93%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.36%) Clustering
4 3 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (5.36%) PKI
4 3 (5.36%) SCADA
4 3 (5.36%) Tandem
5 2 (3.57%) EMV
5 2 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) APACS
6 1 (1.79%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.79%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.79%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.79%) Windows
2 11 (19.64%) Linux
3 10 (17.86%) Windows Server
4 9 (16.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (5.36%) AIX
6 3 (5.36%) Unix
7 2 (3.57%) Android
7 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.57%) HPUX
7 2 (3.57%) Solaris
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.79%) CentOS
8 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Agile
2 10 (17.86%) ITIL
3 9 (16.07%) Test Management
3 9 (16.07%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (14.29%) DevOps
4 8 (14.29%) Scrum
5 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 7 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 7 (12.50%) Test Scripting
6 6 (10.71%) High Availability
6 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.93%) Migration
7 5 (8.93%) Remote Testing
7 5 (8.93%) Test Automation
7 5 (8.93%) Test Strategy
8 4 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (7.14%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) COBOL
3 3 (5.36%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.57%) C
4 2 (3.57%) C++
4 2 (3.57%) Java
4 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.57%) Python
5 1 (1.79%) ABAP
5 1 (1.79%) Bash
5 1 (1.79%) SQL
5 1 (1.79%) VB
5 1 (1.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) CCDE
4 1 (1.79%) CFA
4 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.57%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) GxP
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 15022
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) vSphere
2 3 (5.36%) XenDesktop
3 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.57%) XenApp
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (35.71%) HP ALM
2 7 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (10.71%) NetBackup
4 3 (5.36%) Ansible
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (5.36%) WSUS
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (3.57%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.57%) SCCM
6 1 (1.79%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.79%) CA Wily
6 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.79%) HP Data Protector
6 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.79%) Nagios
6 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.79%) SCOM
6 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.79%) Terraform
6 1 (1.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (25.00%) Dell
2 12 (21.43%) Cisco
3 10 (17.86%) VMware
4 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
4 9 (16.07%) Red Hat
5 7 (12.50%) IBM
6 6 (10.71%) SAP
7 5 (8.93%) 3PAR
7 5 (8.93%) Micro Focus
7 5 (8.93%) Oracle
7 5 (8.93%) Progress
7 5 (8.93%) Veritas
8 4 (7.14%) Aruba
8 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
9 3 (5.36%) Citrix
9 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.57%) MuleSoft
10 2 (3.57%) NetApp
10 2 (3.57%) SimCorp
11 1 (1.79%) AppDynamics