HP Job Trends

HP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 450 325
Rank change year-on-year +132 -125 +58
Permanent jobs citing HP 371 262 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.49% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 1.96% 1.31% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 132 166 441
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,375 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £46,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.46% +2.50% -7.22%
75th Percentile £46,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £44,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -28.41% +13.55% -8.82%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,903 19,941 21,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.51% 37.26% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,702 10,075 16,773
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £50,000 £47,657
% change year-on-year -14.50% +4.92% -4.69%

HP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

HP job vacancy trend in the UK

HP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HP

HP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HP over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for HP in the UK

HP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +160 327 £31,500 -28.41% 132
England +94 282 £33,250 -26.11% 123
South East +100 131 £31,000 -46.09% 34
Scotland +63 57 £30,000 +9.09% 8
Midlands +29 39 £32,000 -35.03% 16
South West +38 34 £63,225 +17.63% 18
London +16 33 £42,500 -21.30% 14
North of England -11 30 £30,000 -7.69% 23
Work from Home +18 29 £36,000 -37.39% 99
West Midlands +29 23 £32,500 -26.97% 8
East Midlands -8 16 £30,000 -48.72% 8
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 3
North West -6 15 £28,000 -13.85% 13
East of England +20 12 £32,500 -23.53% 25
Yorkshire -9 11 £32,500 -7.14% 7
Wales +8 5 £30,500 -40.78% 9
North East - 4 £46,000 - 3
Channel Islands - 3 - - 1

HP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 31 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (0.81%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) nginx
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (10.24%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 69 (18.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.54%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 72 (19.41%) Azure DevOps
2 65 (17.52%) Azure
3 54 (14.56%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (8.36%) Entra ID
5 24 (6.47%) AWS
6 16 (4.31%) Nutanix
7 11 (2.96%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.35%) Mimecast
10 3 (0.81%) BrowserStack
10 3 (0.81%) Cohesity
11 2 (0.54%) GCP
11 2 (0.54%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.54%) SaaS
11 2 (0.54%) ShareGate
12 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.27%) IaaS
12 1 (0.27%) PaaS
12 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.27%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.43%) DHCP
1 35 (9.43%) DNS
2 27 (7.28%) Firewall
3 24 (6.47%) WAN
4 21 (5.66%) LAN
5 20 (5.39%) VPN
6 16 (4.31%) Remote Desktop
7 14 (3.77%) Wireless
8 11 (2.96%) SAN
8 11 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (2.16%) Network Security
9 8 (2.16%) VLAN
9 8 (2.16%) VoIP
9 8 (2.16%) WebEx
10 7 (1.89%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.62%) WLAN
12 4 (1.08%) Internet
12 4 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (1.08%) iSCSI
13 3 (0.81%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.08%) GIS
1 4 (1.08%) Oracle Database
1 4 (1.08%) Oracle Database 10g
1 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.54%) Big Data
2 2 (0.54%) Informix
3 1 (0.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 74 (19.95%) JIRA
2 69 (18.60%) eCATT
3 39 (10.51%) NeoLoad
4 4 (1.08%) GitLab
5 3 (0.81%) NUnit
5 3 (0.81%) Selenium
5 3 (0.81%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.27%) Gatling
6 1 (0.27%) Git
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 90 (24.26%) Finance
2 73 (19.68%) Marketing
3 71 (19.14%) Manufacturing
4 61 (16.44%) Social Skills
5 51 (13.75%) Presentation Skills
6 40 (10.78%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.62%) Advertising
10 5 (1.35%) Law
10 5 (1.35%) Legal
11 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.08%) Retail
11 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.27%) Banking
14 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 73 (19.68%) Field Engineer
2 68 (18.33%) Field Service Engineer
3 50 (13.48%) Analyst
4 46 (12.40%) Senior
5 36 (9.70%) Lead
6 29 (7.82%) Test Leader
7 22 (5.93%) Account Manager
7 22 (5.93%) Support Engineer
8 21 (5.66%) Test Analyst
9 19 (5.12%) IT Support
10 16 (4.31%) Automation Test Lead
10 16 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (3.50%) Trainee
12 12 (3.23%) Bid Writer
12 12 (3.23%) Break Fix Engineer
12 12 (3.23%) Desktop Support
12 12 (3.23%) Performance Analyst
12 12 (3.23%) Performance Test Analyst
12 12 (3.23%) Testing Analyst
13 11 (2.96%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.81%) XML
2 2 (0.54%) LDAP
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.27%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.36%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (6.74%) Driving Licence
3 19 (5.12%) Public Cloud
4 16 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.16%) Clustering
7 7 (1.89%) PKI
7 7 (1.89%) Social Media
8 5 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (1.08%) EPoS
10 3 (0.81%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.81%) CCTV
10 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.81%) RSA SecurID
11 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.54%) FPGA
11 2 (0.54%) IoT
12 1 (0.27%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (23.18%) Windows
2 30 (8.09%) Windows 10
3 29 (7.82%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.66%) Linux
5 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 7 (1.89%) Unix
7 6 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.35%) Android
8 5 (1.35%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.08%) HPUX
9 4 (1.08%) Solaris
9 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.54%) CentOS
11 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.68%) Test Management
2 69 (18.60%) Source to Pay
3 59 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 56 (15.09%) ERP
5 51 (13.75%) Roadmaps
6 50 (13.48%) Product Roadmap
6 50 (13.48%) Visualisation
7 47 (12.67%) Risk Management
8 46 (12.40%) ITIL
9 39 (10.51%) Performance Testing
9 39 (10.51%) Requirements Gathering
9 39 (10.51%) Test Strategy
10 37 (9.97%) ITSM
11 35 (9.43%) Continuous Delivery
12 28 (7.55%) Test Automation
13 26 (7.01%) Defect Management
14 24 (6.47%) Change Management
15 22 (5.93%) Break/Fix
15 22 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (5.93%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.77%) PowerShell
2 7 (1.89%) Perl
3 6 (1.62%) Python
4 5 (1.35%) Java
4 5 (1.35%) SQL
5 3 (0.81%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) C
7 1 (0.27%) Bash
7 1 (0.27%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (5.93%) Security Cleared
2 20 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (5.12%) Degree
4 18 (4.85%) DBS Check
5 15 (4.04%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.96%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.16%) A+ Certification
9 7 (1.89%) CCNA
9 7 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.35%) HND
11 5 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.08%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (1.08%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.08%) MCITP
12 4 (1.08%) MCP
13 3 (0.81%) ISEB
13 3 (0.81%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.82%) SLA
2 22 (5.93%) QA
3 1 (0.27%) COBIT
3 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (19.95%) Active Directory
2 35 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (9.16%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.35%) Firmware
5 4 (1.08%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.81%) vSphere
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (19.68%) HP ALM
2 36 (9.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.70%) SCCM
4 7 (1.89%) Ansible
5 4 (1.08%) SCOM
5 4 (1.08%) WSUS
6 3 (0.81%) PaperCut
6 3 (0.81%) Terraform
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.27%) OpenView
8 1 (0.27%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 84 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.68%) Dell
2 73 (19.68%) SAP
3 47 (12.67%) VMware
4 40 (10.78%) Cisco
5 22 (5.93%) Aruba
6 16 (4.31%) Dell Compellent
6 16 (4.31%) Nimble Storage
7 15 (4.04%) Apple
8 13 (3.50%) Meraki
9 12 (3.23%) IBM
10 11 (2.96%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.70%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.16%) Fortinet
13 7 (1.89%) Juniper
13 7 (1.89%) Oracle
13 7 (1.89%) SonicWALL
13 7 (1.89%) Supermicro
14 6 (1.62%) Canon
14 6 (1.62%) NVIDIA