HP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

HP
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 January 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
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 135 139
Rank change year-on-year +40 +4 +31
Permanent jobs citing HP 79 40 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.93% 1.19% 1.51%
As % of the Vendors category 5.61% 3.54% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 65
10th Percentile - £53,250 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £56,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.57% +27.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £45,000 £63,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £45,750 £72,200 £59,000
South East median annual salary £31,000 £57,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year -46.09% +29.21% +2.30%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,408 1,130 1,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.37% 33.57% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 597 540 1,350
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,719 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -2.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

HP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

HP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing HP

HP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 January 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
Berkshire +59 75 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Oxfordshire +15 4 £36,000 -34.55%
HP
South East

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 69 (87.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (87.34%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (5.06%) Azure
2 4 (5.06%) Mimecast
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.33%) Wireless
2 4 (5.06%) DHCP
2 4 (5.06%) DNS
2 4 (5.06%) LAN
2 4 (5.06%) VPN
2 4 (5.06%) WAN
3 1 (1.27%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 69 (87.34%) eCATT
1 69 (87.34%) JIRA
2 38 (48.10%) NeoLoad
General
1 69 (87.34%) Finance
1 69 (87.34%) Manufacturing
1 69 (87.34%) Marketing
2 50 (63.29%) Presentation Skills
3 40 (50.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (50.63%) Analyst
2 29 (36.71%) Lead
2 29 (36.71%) Senior
3 26 (32.91%) Test Leader
4 21 (26.58%) Test Analyst
5 16 (20.25%) Automation Test Lead
6 12 (15.19%) Performance Analyst
6 12 (15.19%) Performance Test Analyst
6 12 (15.19%) Testing Analyst
7 10 (12.66%) Performance Test Leader
8 9 (11.39%) Automation Test Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Business Development Manager
9 5 (6.33%) Business Manager
9 5 (6.33%) Development Manager
10 4 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
10 4 (5.06%) Junior
11 1 (1.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 1 (1.27%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Android
1 4 (5.06%) Apple iOS
1 4 (5.06%) Mac OS
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (87.34%) Source to Pay
1 69 (87.34%) Test Management
2 56 (70.89%) ERP
3 50 (63.29%) Product Roadmap
3 50 (63.29%) Roadmaps
3 50 (63.29%) Visualisation
4 43 (54.43%) Risk Management
5 40 (50.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (49.37%) Requirements Gathering
7 38 (48.10%) Performance Testing
7 38 (48.10%) Test Strategy
8 35 (44.30%) Continuous Delivery
9 25 (31.65%) Test Automation
10 22 (27.85%) Defect Management
11 21 (26.58%) Programme Management
11 21 (26.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (15.19%) Load Testing
12 12 (15.19%) Performance Analysis
12 12 (15.19%) User Experience
13 9 (11.39%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (1.27%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (27.85%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 69 (87.34%) HP ALM
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 69 (87.34%) SAP
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) Sophos
2 5 (6.33%) VMware
3 4 (5.06%) Barracuda Networks
3 4 (5.06%) Dell
3 4 (5.06%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (1.27%) Aruba
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco
4 1 (1.27%) Draytek
4 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.27%) Meraki