Dell Contract Job Trends in the South West

Dell
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 23 August 2026, 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
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 83 106
Rank change year-on-year -49 +23 +18
Contract jobs citing Dell 21 30 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.57% 1.54% 1.34%
As % of the Vendors category 1.74% 3.66% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 26
10th Percentile - £148 £220
25th Percentile £121 - £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £123 £171 £563
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% -69.60% +9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £485 £700
90th Percentile £580 £539 £747
England median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 4
10th Percentile £16.33 £18.22 -
25th Percentile £18.33 £18.51 £11.75
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +39.78% -29.87%
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile £23.18 - -
England median hourly rate £19.33 £23.04 £23.80
% change year-on-year -16.11% -3.18% +1.28%

All Vendors
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,208 820 1,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.94% 42.12% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 723 470 762
10th Percentile £305 £213 £221
25th Percentile £406 £352 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £619 £630
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 108 118
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.10 £13.69
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £53.19
Median hourly rate £28.00 £21.76 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -68.92% +23.92%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.06 -
90th Percentile £80.05 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.25
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.97% -29.38%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Dell job vacancy trend in the South West

Dell
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Dell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Dell

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell in the South West over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the South West

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Dell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Dell

Dell
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon -14 11 - - 1
Bristol -17 8 £123 -
Wiltshire -15 1 £575 +11.11%
Somerset -35 1 £175 -
Dell
England

Dell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) SAN
2 1 (4.76%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 13 (61.90%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Field Engineer
1 15 (71.43%) Field Service Engineer
2 14 (66.67%) IT Engineer
3 9 (42.86%) IT Support
4 8 (38.10%) Field Support Engineer
4 8 (38.10%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (4.76%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Analytical Mindset
1 13 (61.90%) Data Centre
2 4 (19.05%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Break/Fix
1 14 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (61.90%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Asset Management
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Ticket Management
5 1 (4.76%) Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
5 1 (4.76%) Converged Infrastructure
5 1 (4.76%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.76%) High Availability
5 1 (4.76%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (4.76%) Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (4.76%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (4.76%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) A+ Certification
1 13 (61.90%) CCNA
1 13 (61.90%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (61.90%) MCSE
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (61.90%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.76%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) HP
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Computacenter
4 1 (4.76%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (4.76%) Thales