Dell Contract Job Trends in England

Dell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Dell products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dell over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 326 299
Rank change year-on-year -19 -27 +55
Contract jobs citing Dell 207 170 278
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.59% 0.75%
As % of the Vendors category 1.38% 1.29% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 105 200
10th Percentile £154 £173 £133
25th Percentile £170 £255 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £554 £538
90th Percentile £575 £660 £631
UK median daily rate £365 £459 £395
% change year-on-year -20.48% +16.20% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 18 7
10th Percentile £17.16 £11.75 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.49 £19.63
Median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +9.91% -7.99%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.56 £23.13
90th Percentile - £44.30 £28.55
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year -11.25% +15.14% -12.17%

All Vendors
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,005 13,179 16,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.22% 46.04% 44.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,744 8,018 10,674
10th Percentile £298 £292 £250
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 722 375 617
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.66 £30.45 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% -32.65% +68.29%
75th Percentile £47.50 £64.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.21 £80.39 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -14.91% -37.78% +74.55%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Dell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Dell job vacancy trend in England

Dell
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Dell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Dell

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in England

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Dell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Dell

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in England

Dell
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the England region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
London +20 66 £442 +10.56% 10
North of England -54 40 £188 -62.80% 5
Midlands -31 37 £239 -52.25% 6
South East -27 24 £425 +63.46% 21
West Midlands -28 23 £310 -38.00% 4
South West -5 21 £700 +21.74% 18
North West -18 18 £175 -5.41% 3
East of England -5 17 £445 -25.83% 9
East Midlands -6 16 £158 -10.00% 2
Yorkshire -50 16 £350 -32.04% 1
North East - 6 £175 - 2
Dell
UK

Dell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 13 (6.28%) Confluence
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.45%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.48%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (23.19%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.48%) assyst
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) StreamServe
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.85%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (16.91%) Azure
3 28 (13.53%) AWS
4 12 (5.80%) Datadog
5 10 (4.83%) Boomi
6 6 (2.90%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.42%) SaaS
8 4 (1.93%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.93%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.45%) GCP
10 2 (0.97%) Apigee
10 2 (0.97%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.97%) OCI
10 2 (0.97%) PaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Slack
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.48%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.48%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 49 (23.67%) Wireless
2 21 (10.14%) SAN
3 19 (9.18%) VLAN
4 18 (8.70%) Firewall
5 16 (7.73%) DNS
5 16 (7.73%) VSAN
6 11 (5.31%) DHCP
7 7 (3.38%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.93%) BGP
8 4 (1.93%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.45%) 3GPP
9 3 (1.45%) 4G
9 3 (1.45%) 5G
9 3 (1.45%) IPsec
9 3 (1.45%) MPLS
9 3 (1.45%) Network Security
9 3 (1.45%) OSPF
9 3 (1.45%) SSH
9 3 (1.45%) Telnet
9 3 (1.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.42%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.97%) Data Hub
3 2 (0.97%) DataStage
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Git
2 2 (0.97%) Postman
3 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (19.32%) Finance
3 36 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 31 (14.98%) Banking
5 24 (11.59%) Manufacturing
5 24 (11.59%) Marketing
5 24 (11.59%) Telecoms
6 23 (11.11%) Electronics
7 22 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.90%) Retail
10 5 (2.42%) Legal
10 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.48%) Local Government
12 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (16.91%) IT Support
2 31 (14.98%) Desktop Support
3 26 (12.56%) Analyst
4 23 (11.11%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 23 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 23 (11.11%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 20 (9.66%) IT Engineer
6 19 (9.18%) Support Engineer
7 16 (7.73%) Field Engineer
8 15 (7.25%) Administrator
8 15 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.80%) Architect
9 12 (5.80%) Senior
9 12 (5.80%) Server Engineer
10 11 (5.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 9 (4.35%) Consultant
11 9 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Field Service Engineer
12 8 (3.86%) Storage Engineer
13 6 (2.90%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.90%) REST
2 5 (2.42%) Middleware
3 3 (1.45%) SOAP
4 2 (0.97%) JSON
4 2 (0.97%) XML
5 1 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (30.92%) Data Centre
2 28 (13.53%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.80%) Linux Command Line
3 12 (5.80%) Replication
4 9 (4.35%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (3.38%) PKI
6 6 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.93%) HP Storage
7 4 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.93%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.45%) Clustering
8 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.45%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.45%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Chip and PIN
9 2 (0.97%) CUDA
9 2 (0.97%) EMC VMAX
9 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.97%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 57 (27.54%) Windows
2 53 (25.60%) Mac OS
3 49 (23.67%) Android
4 36 (17.39%) Linux
5 22 (10.63%) Windows 10
6 21 (10.14%) Windows Server
7 11 (5.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (3.86%) Unix
9 4 (1.93%) VMS
9 4 (1.93%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.45%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.48%) AIX
11 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.48%) CentOS
11 1 (0.48%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (16.43%) Customer Service
2 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.56%) Break/Fix
5 23 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
5 23 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 21 (10.14%) Agile
7 16 (7.73%) Asset Management
8 14 (6.76%) Migration
8 14 (6.76%) Ticket Management
9 13 (6.28%) ITSM
10 12 (5.80%) ITIL
11 10 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 8 (3.86%) Disaster Recovery
12 8 (3.86%) Infrastructure Automation
12 8 (3.86%) Mentoring
12 8 (3.86%) Storage Management
12 8 (3.86%) Time Management
13 7 (3.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.31%) Shell Script
2 6 (2.90%) Bash
2 6 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.42%) SQL
4 3 (1.45%) Python
5 2 (0.97%) Java
5 2 (0.97%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.48%) Perl
6 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 94 (45.41%) Security Cleared
2 79 (38.16%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.59%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.35%) A+ Certification
5 9 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.86%) Degree
7 6 (2.90%) CCNA
7 6 (2.90%) MCSE
7 6 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.93%) OCP
8 4 (1.93%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.97%) VCAP
10 2 (0.97%) VCDX
11 1 (0.48%) Dell Certification
11 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.11%) SLA
2 5 (2.42%) QA
3 4 (1.93%) NIST
4 3 (1.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.97%) COBIT
6 1 (0.48%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (14.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.04%) vSphere
3 11 (5.31%) Docker
3 11 (5.31%) Firmware
4 8 (3.86%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.42%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.93%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.45%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.97%) Ceph
8 2 (0.97%) Lustre
8 2 (0.97%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.48%) GPFS
9 1 (0.48%) Samba
9 1 (0.48%) SRDF
9 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (8.70%) VxRail
2 17 (8.21%) Terraform
3 12 (5.80%) vCenter Server
3 12 (5.80%) vRealize
4 10 (4.83%) Ansible
5 9 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
5 9 (4.35%) SCCM
6 8 (3.86%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.90%) NetBackup
7 6 (2.90%) SCOM
8 5 (2.42%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.42%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.93%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.97%) Control-M
11 2 (0.97%) Grafana
11 2 (0.97%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.97%) Puppet
12 1 (0.48%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 107 (51.69%) HP
2 73 (35.27%) Cisco
3 55 (26.57%) Apple
4 42 (20.29%) VMware
5 31 (14.98%) Microsoft
6 30 (14.49%) SAP
7 17 (8.21%) SolarWinds
8 15 (7.25%) IBM
9 14 (6.76%) Veeam
10 12 (5.80%) AppDynamics
10 12 (5.80%) Commvault
11 11 (5.31%) NetApp
12 10 (4.83%) Red Hat
12 10 (4.83%) ServiceNow
13 7 (3.38%) Computacenter
13 7 (3.38%) Intel
13 7 (3.38%) Isilon
14 6 (2.90%) EMC
14 6 (2.90%) Splunk
14 6 (2.90%) Veritas