EMC Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

EMC
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of EMC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMC over the 6 months leading up to 16 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 EMC.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 111 105
Rank change year-on-year -49 -6 +24
Contract jobs citing EMC 2 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.060% 0.24% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 0.13% 0.42% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 13
10th Percentile £418 £494 -
25th Percentile £445 £496 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% -17.36% +29.27%
75th Percentile £545 £506 £608
90th Percentile £574 £509 -
South East median daily rate £494 £504 £605
% change year-on-year -1.99% -16.74% +42.35%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

EMC 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,514 950 1,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 45.71% 56.38% 49.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 564 658
10th Percentile £310 £295 £248
25th Percentile £430 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £716
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 58 54
10th Percentile £18.15 £14.00 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.20 £19.72
Median hourly rate £75.00 £18.00 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year +316.67% -63.11% +51.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £36.89 £61.60
90th Percentile £101.21 £67.50 £73.03
South East median hourly rate £53.25 £18.87 £57.35
% change year-on-year +182.19% -67.10% +27.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EMC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

EMC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing EMC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing EMC

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMC in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for EMC in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing EMC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing EMC

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 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
Berkshire -25 2 £494 -1.25% 6
EMC
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Commvault
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Veeam
1 1 (50.00%) Veritas