The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Dell over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Dell, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dell
Rank 322 310 315
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +5
Contract jobs citing Dell 234 289 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.505% 0.495% 0.496%
As % of the Vendors category 1.073% 1.066% 1.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 116 141
Average daily rate £325 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £160 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 50 50
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.30 £25.00 £26.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.88 £15.58 £15.13
% change year-on-year
-4.49% +2.97%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21806 27110 28885
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.06% 46.44% 46.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 11630 13854 14453
Average daily rate £400 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1173 1314 1625
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.56 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -2.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%

Dell
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Dell within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Dell Jobs Demand Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Dell within the UK.

Dell Daily Rate Trend

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dell within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dell Daily Rate Histogram

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Dell within the UK.

Dell Hourly Rate Trend

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Dell within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dell Hourly Rate Histogram

Dell
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +13 225 £325 -7.14%
London +5 99 £364 -3.00%
South East +4 49 £325 +8.33%
City of London +28 28 £298 -32.00%
West Midlands +26 26 £325 -7.14%
Berkshire +9 16 £325 +11.11%
East of England +8 15 £375 -16.66%
Worcestershire - 12 £250 -
Redditch - 11 £250 -
South West +29 10 £348 +178.00%
North West +14 10 £283 +48.68%
Buckinghamshire +8 10 £210 -11.78%
Surrey +15 7 £325 +10.16%
Cambridgeshire +14 7 £375 +134.37%
East Midlands +6 7 £250 -28.57%
Wiltshire +7 6 £370 -
Milton Keynes +4 6 £210 -11.78%
Yorkshire -17 6 £263 -15.32%
Swindon - 6 £370 -
Middlesex +15 5 - -
Essex +1 5 - -
Maidenhead -4 5 £325 -
Reading +10 4 £210 -55.55%
Merseyside +4 4 £213 -
Warwickshire +1 4 - -
Nottinghamshire 0 4 £250 -21.56%
Nottingham -6 4 £250 -28.57%
West Yorkshire -10 4 - -
High Wycombe - 4 - -
Rugby - 4 - -

Dell
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Dell also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Dell.

1 366 (74.69%) Windows
2 237 (48.37%) HP
3 210 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 209 (42.65%) Microsoft
5 156 (31.84%) VMware
6 135 (27.55%) Windows Server 2003
7 133 (27.14%) SAN
8 130 (26.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 126 (25.71%) Citrix
9 126 (25.71%) Windows XP
10 115 (23.47%) VMware Infrastructure
11 109 (22.24%) MS Exchange
12 107 (21.84%) Windows 7
13 88 (17.96%) MS Office
14 77 (15.71%) IBM
15 76 (15.51%) Cisco
16 74 (15.10%) VPN
17 72 (14.69%) DNS
18 69 (14.08%) ITIL
19 66 (13.47%) Firewall
20 65 (13.27%) EMC
20 65 (13.27%) Exchange Server 2010
21 64 (13.06%) Clustering
22 62 (12.65%) SCOM
23 57 (11.63%) TCP/IP
23 57 (11.63%) DHCP
24 56 (11.43%) SCCM
25 54 (11.02%) vSphere
26 53 (10.82%) Hyper-V
26 53 (10.82%) Microsoft Certification

Dell
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Dell also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Dell. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (4.286%) Application Packaging
2 19 (3.878%) ADSI
3 16 (3.265%) Web Services
4 15 (3.061%) .NET
4 15 (3.061%) ASP.NET
5 8 (1.633%) XML
6 4 (0.816%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.612%) Middleware
8 1 (0.204%) J2EE
8 1 (0.204%) COM
8 1 (0.204%) CSS
8 1 (0.204%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 109 (22.24%) MS Exchange
2 65 (13.27%) Exchange Server 2010
3 42 (8.571%) IIS
4 40 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2007
5 39 (7.959%) Exchange Server 2003
6 29 (5.918%) SharePoint
7 15 (3.061%) Lync
7 15 (3.061%) Apache
8 13 (2.653%) Exchange Server 2013
9 9 (1.837%) SharePoint 2010
10 7 (1.429%) Oracle Application Server
11 6 (1.224%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.816%) Lotus Notes
13 3 (0.612%) Office Communications Server
13 3 (0.612%) WebSphere MQ
13 3 (0.612%) WebSphere Application Server
13 3 (0.612%) Lotus Domino
13 3 (0.612%) MQSeries
14 1 (0.204%) Tomcat
Applications
1 88 (17.96%) MS Office
2 51 (10.41%) MS Excel
3 24 (4.898%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.429%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (1.020%) Office 365
6 4 (0.816%) MS Project
7 3 (0.612%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.612%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.408%) S-PLUS
9 1 (0.204%) Vectorworks
9 1 (0.204%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.204%) assyst
1 1 (0.204%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 133 (27.14%) SAN
2 74 (15.10%) VPN
3 72 (14.69%) DNS
4 66 (13.47%) Firewall
5 57 (11.63%) TCP/IP
5 57 (11.63%) DHCP
6 48 (9.796%) LAN
7 45 (9.184%) WAN
8 35 (7.143%) NAS
9 34 (6.939%) Internet
10 27 (5.510%) iSCSI
11 21 (4.286%) 3G
11 21 (4.286%) Wireless
12 20 (4.082%) VLAN
12 20 (4.082%) Broadband
12 20 (4.082%) SMTP
13 15 (3.061%) FTP
14 13 (2.653%) MPLS
14 13 (2.653%) Ethernet
14 13 (2.653%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.592%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.102%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (3.469%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (0.816%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (0.612%) MySQL
5 3 (0.612%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.408%) DTS
6 2 (0.408%) MS Access
6 2 (0.408%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (2.653%) MSI
2 4 (0.816%) InstallShield
3 3 (0.612%) Selenium
3 3 (0.612%) WinRunner
3 3 (0.612%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (0.612%) LoadRunner
3 3 (0.612%) Bugzilla
4 2 (0.408%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.204%) JIRA
5 1 (0.204%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.204%) ClearQuest
General
1 45 (9.184%) Finance
2 37 (7.551%) Banking
3 23 (4.694%) Telecoms
4 8 (1.633%) Retail
5 4 (0.816%) Financial Institution
5 4 (0.816%) Publishing
6 3 (0.612%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.408%) Law
7 2 (0.408%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.408%) Back Office
8 1 (0.204%) German Language
8 1 (0.204%) Turkish Language
8 1 (0.204%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 70 (14.29%) Analyst
2 65 (13.27%) Desktop Support
3 58 (11.84%) Support Engineer
4 43 (8.776%) Support Analyst
5 42 (8.571%) Consultant
6 40 (8.163%) Desktop Engineer
7 33 (6.735%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (5.918%) Server Engineer
9 26 (5.306%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 25 (5.102%) Desktop Analyst
11 24 (4.898%) IT Support
12 23 (4.694%) Desktop Support Analyst
13 22 (4.490%) Administrator
13 22 (4.490%) Systems Engineer
14 19 (3.878%) 3rd Line Support
15 18 (3.673%) Field Engineer
15 18 (3.673%) 2nd Line Support
15 18 (3.673%) Wintel Engineer
16 17 (3.469%) Technical Consultant
16 17 (3.469%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 64 (13.06%) Clustering
2 42 (8.571%) Blackberry
3 33 (6.735%) EqualLogic
4 18 (3.673%) Celerra
5 14 (2.857%) CLARiiON
6 9 (1.837%) Fat Client
6 9 (1.837%) NHS
6 9 (1.837%) Thin Client
7 8 (1.633%) Computer Science
7 8 (1.633%) PKI
7 8 (1.633%) Symmetrix DMX
7 8 (1.633%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.429%) Symmetrix
9 6 (1.224%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.816%) EPoS
10 4 (0.816%) PACS
11 3 (0.612%) iPhone
11 3 (0.612%) PDA
11 3 (0.612%) Replication
12 2 (0.408%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 366 (74.69%) Windows
2 135 (27.55%) Windows Server 2003
3 130 (26.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 126 (25.71%) Windows XP
5 107 (21.84%) Windows 7
6 43 (8.776%) Linux
7 30 (6.122%) Windows Vista
8 29 (5.918%) Solaris
9 26 (5.306%) Windows 2000
10 24 (4.898%) UNIX
11 23 (4.694%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 19 (3.878%) Windows NT
12 19 (3.878%) Windows Server 2012
13 17 (3.469%) Windows 2000 Server
14 12 (2.449%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.816%) AIX
16 3 (0.612%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.408%) SUSE
17 2 (0.408%) Debian
17 2 (0.408%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (14.08%) ITIL
2 38 (7.755%) Migration
3 22 (4.490%) Change Control
3 22 (4.490%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (4.286%) Project Management
5 17 (3.469%) Change Management
6 15 (3.061%) Incident Management
7 14 (2.857%) Network Load Balancing
8 13 (2.653%) PRINCE2
9 11 (2.245%) Service Delivery
10 10 (2.041%) Software Deployment
10 10 (2.041%) Capacity Management
11 9 (1.837%) Service Management
12 8 (1.633%) B2B
13 7 (1.429%) Release Management
14 6 (1.224%) Problem Management
14 6 (1.224%) Time Management
15 5 (1.020%) Performance Management
15 5 (1.020%) User Acceptance Testing
15 5 (1.020%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (10.00%) SQL
2 45 (9.184%) PowerShell
3 39 (7.959%) VBScript
4 16 (3.265%) VB
5 5 (1.020%) R
6 4 (0.816%) C#
7 3 (0.612%) C
8 2 (0.408%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.408%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.204%) Java
9 1 (0.204%) Perl
9 1 (0.204%) PHP
9 1 (0.204%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (10.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (7.755%) MCSE
3 20 (4.082%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.265%) MCITP
4 16 (3.265%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 14 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.857%) MCP
5 14 (2.857%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.653%) CCNA
7 10 (2.041%) MCSA
7 10 (2.041%) Degree
8 5 (1.020%) CCNP
8 5 (1.020%) Citrix Certification
9 4 (0.816%) CCA
9 4 (0.816%) Dell Certification
9 4 (0.816%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.816%) MCDST
10 3 (0.612%) DCSE
10 3 (0.612%) NCDA
10 3 (0.612%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.531%) SLA
2 9 (1.837%) QA
System Software
1 210 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 115 (23.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (11.02%) vSphere
4 53 (10.82%) Hyper-V
5 43 (8.776%) VMware ESX
6 41 (8.367%) XenApp
7 23 (4.694%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 15 (3.061%) XenDesktop
9 14 (2.857%) XenServer
10 12 (2.449%) Terminal Services
11 9 (1.837%) VMware ESXi
11 9 (1.837%) SRDF
12 8 (1.633%) Microsoft App-V
13 7 (1.429%) Forefront TMG
13 7 (1.429%) ProxySG
13 7 (1.429%) ISA Server
14 4 (0.816%) Xen
14 4 (0.816%) Cronacle
14 4 (0.816%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 4 (0.816%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (12.65%) SCOM
2 56 (11.43%) SCCM
3 53 (10.82%) Backup Exec
4 32 (6.531%) NetBackup
5 29 (5.918%) Legato
6 15 (3.061%) WSUS
7 13 (2.653%) SCVMM
8 11 (2.245%) Tivoli
9 8 (1.633%) HP SIM
9 8 (1.633%) HP Data Protector
10 7 (1.429%) McAfee ePO
11 6 (1.224%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (1.020%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.816%) MOM
13 4 (0.816%) ServiceCenter
13 4 (0.816%) EMC NetWorker
14 3 (0.612%) Norton AntiVirus
15 2 (0.408%) ZENworks
15 2 (0.408%) OpenView Configuration Management
15 2 (0.408%) OpenView
Vendors
1 237 (48.37%) HP
2 209 (42.65%) Microsoft
3 156 (31.84%) VMware
4 126 (25.71%) Citrix
5 77 (15.71%) IBM
6 76 (15.51%) Cisco
7 65 (13.27%) EMC
8 48 (9.796%) Veritas
9 41 (8.367%) Sun
10 35 (7.143%) Symantec
11 34 (6.939%) McAfee
12 31 (6.327%) Oracle
13 28 (5.714%) Compaq
14 27 (5.510%) Altiris
15 23 (4.694%) Red Hat
15 23 (4.694%) NetApp
16 20 (4.082%) Brocade
16 20 (4.082%) Sophos
16 20 (4.082%) CommVault
17 17 (3.469%) PlateSpin
Cambridgeshire
The role will be to work closely within the Infrastructure team however some Networking knowledge would be highly beneficial. This role will be a client facing role so...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN) I have a contract requirement for an infrastructure engineer (3rd line/Vmware/Cisco/SAN) to be based out of the West Midlands... You...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Application Packager required for a financial services organisation. Skills/Exp required:- Extensive experience with Microsoft Active directory services in the enterprise.- Experience of App-V technologies in the...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
1st Line Service Desk Analyst will be taking calls from a large customer base receiving hosted infrastructure services across a suite of Microsoft applications and server products. 1st...
Experis IT
Rate: £130 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Windows Engineer - Investment Bank, Windows, Virtualisation, Hardware. My Client a Global Investment Bank based in the City are currently recruiting for a Windows Engineer to join their Windows...
Cititec
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
UK
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Project Engineer, Implementation, Field Based, 3rd Line Support, Active Directory, Vmware, Citrix Exchange 2003/2007, HYper V, Windows Server 2003/2008, Contract ) Roc Search'...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
3 month contract initial - likely to extend £100 - £120 per day Our client is looking for a first line support to help out on their busy service desk...
Experis IT
Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
UK
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Project Engineer, Implementation, Virtulisation Field Based, 3rd Line Support, Active Directory, Vmware, Citrix Exchange 2003/2007, Contract, UK Wide, Field, Midlands, Birmingham, West Midlands,...
Roc Search
Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
1st Line Service Desk Analyst is needed by a Information Technology Managed Service Provider in the Cardiff Area of South Wales. 1st Line Service Desk Analyst will be...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £10 - £15 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Very strong experience working in an Intel support role. Experience working in a data centre environment a significant advantage.Experience working in a global organization an advantage.Technical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
1. st /2 nd Line Desktop Support Roc Search are urgently recruiting for a 1 st /2 nd Line Desktop Support Engineer to work for one of my...
Roc Search
Posted: 20 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
VMWare. Citrix. Active directory and Windows based domains... DNS, DHCP servers... Antivirus solutions (Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro) Backup solutions (Symantec backup exec, ArcServe etc.) TCP/ IP and Networking...
Spinnaker Red
Rate: From £280 to £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Essential skills are skills and experience in similar roles providing 2nd line support to end users :- Windows XP (client moving to Windows 7/8 shortly so skills in...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £15 - £20 per hour + negotiable
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential skills are skills and experience in similar roles providing 2nd line support to end users :- Windows XP (client in middle of moving to Windows 7/8 shortly...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour + depending on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013