HP Job Trends in Kent

HP
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring knowledge or experience of HP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited HP over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Hewlett-Packard Company.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 51 88
Rank change year-on-year 0 +37 +12
Permanent jobs citing HP 43 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.01% 0.57% 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 9.58% 2.31% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 13
10th Percentile £19,000 £48,500 -
25th Percentile £25,500 £50,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.73% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £27,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £35,000 - -
South East median annual salary £28,000 £52,500 £47,250
% change year-on-year -46.67% +11.11% +11.18%

All Vendors
Kent

HP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 449 130 595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 31.42% 24.90% 41.81%
Number of salaries quoted 207 99 447
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,450 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -3.41%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £87,500 £65,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +12.77% -6.00%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

HP job vacancy trend in Kent

HP
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing HP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing HP

HP
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing HP in Kent over the 6 months to 13 April 2026.

Salary histogram for HP in Kent

HP
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Kent region over the 6 months to 13 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidstone - 34 £26,000 - 4
HP
South East

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
2 8 (18.60%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) DHCP
1 10 (23.26%) DNS
2 8 (18.60%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (4.65%) Firewall
3 2 (4.65%) Wireless
4 1 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.33%) VLAN
4 1 (2.33%) VoIP
4 1 (2.33%) VPN
4 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.33%) Finance
2 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Coordinator
2 9 (20.93%) Help Desk Technician
3 8 (18.60%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Customer Executive
4 5 (11.63%) Customer Support Executive
4 5 (11.63%) Sales Executive
4 5 (11.63%) Sales Support
4 5 (11.63%) Sales Support Executive
5 2 (4.65%) Administrator
5 2 (4.65%) Bid Writer
5 2 (4.65%) IT Support
6 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Head of Operations
6 1 (2.33%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (2.33%) IT Technician
6 1 (2.33%) Junior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Hybrid Cloud
1 8 (18.60%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Windows
2 8 (18.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ITSM
2 8 (18.60%) Business Continuity
2 8 (18.60%) Business Strategy
2 8 (18.60%) Change Management
2 8 (18.60%) Coaching
2 8 (18.60%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (18.60%) High Availability
2 8 (18.60%) ITIL
2 8 (18.60%) Knowledge Transfer
2 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
2 8 (18.60%) Server Management
2 8 (18.60%) Storage Management
2 8 (18.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (4.65%) Customer Experience
4 1 (2.33%) AI
4 1 (2.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (2.33%) Problem Management
4 1 (2.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (2.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) CCNA
1 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.60%) Hyper-V
2 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Dell
1 8 (18.60%) Dell Compellent
1 8 (18.60%) Nimble Storage
1 8 (18.60%) VMware
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco
2 1 (2.33%) Meraki
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (2.33%) WatchGuard