Dell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 367 474
Rank change year-on-year +99 +107 -96
Contract jobs citing Dell 394 396 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.66% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 2.14% 1.54% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 277 296
10th Percentile £213 £122 £163
25th Percentile £300 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £400 £419
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.48% -1.47%
75th Percentile £626 £549 £571
90th Percentile £700 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £300 £310
% change year-on-year +66.67% -3.23% -22.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 34
10th Percentile £13.35 £17.72 £18.01
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.56 £20.21
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.71 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -13.40% +36.63%
75th Percentile £68.13 £21.67 -
90th Percentile £71.25 £24.62 £45.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £18.89
% change year-on-year -15.48% +9.61% +25.93%

All Vendors
UK

Dell is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,438 25,649 35,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 42.89% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,419 17,207 23,532
10th Percentile £263 £270 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 699 889
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -44.26% +105.96% -0.44%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Daily rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Hourly rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +127 353 £500 +25.00% 113
UK excluding London +88 234 £500 +66.67% 89
London +93 142 £400 -11.11% 27
Work from Home +121 108 £430 -7.03% 43
South East +36 72 £500 +66.67% 16
South West +62 70 £700 +27.27% 16
North of England +52 49 £430 +43.33% 23
Yorkshire +33 25 £415 +66.00% 8
North West +26 24 £488 +14.57% 15
Scotland +26 22 £317 +165.93% 3
Midlands +5 16 £400 +68.42% 15
West Midlands +21 12 £400 +45.45% 12
Wales +16 5 £220 +55.75% 1
East of England +10 5 £275 +88.03% 11
East Midlands +8 3 £750 +417.24% 3
Northern Ireland +3 1 £190 -50.97% 5

Dell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (7.61%) Confluence
2 19 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.82%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.05%) Shopify
2 9 (2.28%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.51%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.44%) Azure
2 28 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (6.60%) GitHub
4 20 (5.08%) AWS
5 17 (4.31%) Nutanix
6 15 (3.81%) Boomi
6 15 (3.81%) PaaS
7 13 (3.30%) OCI
8 12 (3.05%) BigCommerce
8 12 (3.05%) Rubrik
9 11 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (2.79%) GCP
9 11 (2.79%) SaaS
10 9 (2.28%) IaaS
10 9 (2.28%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (1.78%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.52%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.02%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.80%) Firewall
2 73 (18.53%) SAN
3 46 (11.68%) DNS
4 42 (10.66%) DHCP
5 28 (7.11%) NAS
6 14 (3.55%) LAN
7 13 (3.30%) TCP/IP
8 12 (3.05%) Network Security
9 11 (2.79%) WAN
10 10 (2.54%) FTP
10 10 (2.54%) VSAN
11 9 (2.28%) InfiniBand
12 8 (2.03%) Kerberos
12 8 (2.03%) VLAN
13 7 (1.78%) VPN
14 6 (1.52%) Internet
14 6 (1.52%) VoIP
15 5 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.78%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.27%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 55 (13.96%) Jenkins
2 48 (12.18%) JIRA
3 22 (5.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 22 (5.58%) Bitbucket
4 14 (3.55%) Git
5 8 (2.03%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.76%) Maven
7 2 (0.51%) GitLab
8 1 (0.25%) Hudson
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 118 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.97%) Public Sector
3 51 (12.94%) Finance
4 36 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.35%) Marketing
6 23 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.57%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.55%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.55%) Retail
9 12 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.79%) Electronics
11 10 (2.54%) Banking
12 6 (1.52%) Billing
12 6 (1.52%) Legal
13 4 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.76%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.51%) Local Government
16 1 (0.25%) French Language
16 1 (0.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 37 (9.39%) Architect
2 34 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (8.12%) Storage Engineer
4 27 (6.85%) Consultant
5 24 (6.09%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.33%) Storage Manager
7 20 (5.08%) Developer
8 19 (4.82%) Senior
9 17 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (4.06%) Server Engineer
11 15 (3.81%) VMware Engineer
12 14 (3.55%) Analyst
13 13 (3.30%) Support Engineer
14 12 (3.05%) Backup Engineer
14 12 (3.05%) Storage and Backup Engineer
15 11 (2.79%) Data Centre Engineer
15 11 (2.79%) Field Engineer
16 10 (2.54%) 3rd Line Support
16 10 (2.54%) Hardware Engineer
16 10 (2.54%) Implementation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.58%) .NET
1 22 (5.58%) .NET Core
2 20 (5.08%) YAML
3 15 (3.81%) LDAP
4 12 (3.05%) VML
5 4 (1.02%) CSS
5 4 (1.02%) REST
5 4 (1.02%) Web Services
6 3 (0.76%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.76%) J2EE
6 3 (0.76%) jQuery
6 3 (0.76%) Sass
6 3 (0.76%) Spring
6 3 (0.76%) Spring MVC
6 3 (0.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.51%) Middleware
7 2 (0.51%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 91 (23.10%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.58%) Replication
3 19 (4.82%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 11 (2.79%) Clustering
6 10 (2.54%) PKI
7 9 (2.28%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.03%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.02%) iPad
13 3 (0.76%) EMC VNX
13 3 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
13 3 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.76%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (29.44%) Linux
2 95 (24.11%) Windows
3 50 (12.69%) Windows Server
4 29 (7.36%) Unix
5 26 (6.60%) Windows 10
6 24 (6.09%) zOS
7 19 (4.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 18 (4.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (4.06%) Windows XP
10 15 (3.81%) Solaris
11 8 (2.03%) Oracle Linux
12 6 (1.52%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.27%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.76%) AIX
14 3 (0.76%) Android
14 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (15.48%) Agile
3 57 (14.47%) Migration
4 52 (13.20%) Storage Management
5 46 (11.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 44 (11.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 37 (9.39%) ITIL
8 36 (9.14%) Project Management
9 34 (8.63%) Problem Management
10 33 (8.38%) Deployment Automation
11 31 (7.87%) Continuous Integration
12 30 (7.61%) Break/Fix
12 30 (7.61%) Performance Tuning
13 28 (7.11%) CI/CD
13 28 (7.11%) Server Management
14 25 (6.35%) Task Automation
15 24 (6.09%) Configuration Management
15 24 (6.09%) Customer Service
16 23 (5.84%) Infrastructure Automation
17 22 (5.58%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.48%) Python
2 56 (14.21%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.84%) JCL
4 20 (5.08%) REXX
5 11 (2.79%) MATLAB
6 9 (2.28%) Bash
7 8 (2.03%) SQL
8 7 (1.78%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.02%) Java
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.25%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) Perl
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 153 (38.83%) Security Cleared
2 86 (21.83%) DV Cleared
3 71 (18.02%) SC Cleared
4 26 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (5.84%) CCNA
6 21 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (5.08%) Degree
8 19 (4.82%) CCNP
9 12 (3.05%) MCSE
10 9 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.78%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.52%) Dell Certification
13 4 (1.02%) MCSA
13 4 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.76%) MCP
15 2 (0.51%) CCIE
15 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.51%) RHCE
15 2 (0.51%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.57%) SLA
2 8 (2.03%) GDPR
2 8 (2.03%) PMO
2 8 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 75 (19.04%) Active Directory
2 73 (18.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (9.14%) VMware NSX
4 35 (8.88%) Hyper-V
5 29 (7.36%) NFS
5 29 (7.36%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (6.85%) vSphere
7 23 (5.84%) Time Sharing Option
8 22 (5.58%) Firmware
9 17 (4.31%) Docker
10 9 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (1.78%) HDFS
12 3 (0.76%) KVM
12 3 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.76%) SRDF
12 3 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.51%) GPFS
13 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.25%) UAG
Systems Management
1 70 (17.77%) Ansible
2 34 (8.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 29 (7.36%) vCenter Server
4 27 (6.85%) SCCM
4 27 (6.85%) SCOM
4 27 (6.85%) VxRail
5 26 (6.60%) PowerCLI
5 26 (6.60%) Terraform
6 22 (5.58%) EMC NetWorker
6 22 (5.58%) Kubernetes
7 18 (4.57%) NetBackup
8 17 (4.31%) Dell DRAC
8 17 (4.31%) WSUS
9 11 (2.79%) Puppet
10 10 (2.54%) Progress Chef
11 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (2.03%) Netcool
12 8 (2.03%) Tivoli
13 6 (1.52%) Avamar
13 6 (1.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 118 (29.95%) VMware
2 100 (25.38%) HP
3 86 (21.83%) Microsoft
4 69 (17.51%) Cisco
5 44 (11.17%) EMC
5 44 (11.17%) IBM
6 38 (9.64%) Palo Alto
7 34 (8.63%) SAP
8 30 (7.61%) Brocade
9 29 (7.36%) Isilon
10 28 (7.11%) Broadcom
11 27 (6.85%) Oracle
12 22 (5.58%) Atlassian
12 22 (5.58%) CA
12 22 (5.58%) Red Hat
12 22 (5.58%) ServiceNow
13 21 (5.33%) Veeam
14 17 (4.31%) 3PAR
15 15 (3.81%) Juniper
16 14 (3.55%) Intel