Dell Contract Job Trends

Dell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 February 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
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 350 285
Rank change year-on-year +1 -65 +72
Contract jobs citing Dell 260 179 349
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.57% 0.78%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.24% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 100 242
10th Percentile £154 £150 £153
25th Percentile £186 £180 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £394 £403
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.17% -5.96%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £576
90th Percentile £575 £608 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £363 £413
% change year-on-year +10.34% -12.12% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 26 7
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.20 -
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.96 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.09 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +20.90% -4.76%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £22.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £35.00 £22.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.96% +38.17% -6.67%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,782 14,379 19,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.42% 46.17% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,440 8,539 12,289
10th Percentile £300 £275 £253
25th Percentile £410 £408 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £633
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 848 422 916
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £15.63
Median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.70% -4.67% +4.53%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.25 £59.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.09 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.42 £26.66
% change year-on-year -16.72% -0.91% +3.41%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Dell job vacancy trend in the UK

Dell
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dell

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Dell

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Top 17 Contract Job 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 5 February 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
England -7 225 £425 +6.25% 65
UK excluding London -14 165 £400 +10.34% 61
London -3 73 £447 +27.71% 12
North of England -45 43 £181 -60.58% 10
Midlands -38 37 £302 -24.44% 9
Work from Home -3 30 £450 -16.51% 26
East of England +4 26 £445 -25.83% 7
South West -6 25 £625 +44.09% 13
West Midlands -33 24 £311 -43.41% 8
Yorkshire -55 19 £350 -26.62% 4
South East -51 18 £465 +111.36% 21
North West -20 16 £175 -58.82% 6
East Midlands -11 15 £158 -10.00% 1
Scotland +15 10 £500 +257.14% 4
North East - 8 £175 -
Northern Ireland -1 6 £375 -
Wales +3 2 - -

Dell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (6.15%) Confluence
2 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.54%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (15.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.77%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.77%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) assyst
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.38%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 60 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (17.31%) Azure
3 36 (13.85%) AWS
4 13 (5.00%) Boomi
5 12 (4.62%) Datadog
6 8 (3.08%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.31%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.31%) GCP
7 6 (2.31%) OCI
8 5 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.54%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.15%) SaaS
11 2 (0.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.77%) Apigee
11 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.77%) PaaS
11 2 (0.77%) Slack
11 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
12 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (16.54%) Wireless
2 31 (11.92%) SAN
3 27 (10.38%) Firewall
4 23 (8.85%) DNS
5 22 (8.46%) VLAN
6 20 (7.69%) DHCP
7 19 (7.31%) VSAN
8 10 (3.85%) LAN
8 10 (3.85%) WAN
9 7 (2.69%) TCP/IP
10 6 (2.31%) BGP
11 5 (1.92%) MPLS
11 5 (1.92%) NAS
11 5 (1.92%) OSPF
12 4 (1.54%) 3GPP
12 4 (1.54%) IPsec
12 4 (1.54%) iSCSI
12 4 (1.54%) Multicast
12 4 (1.54%) Network Security
12 4 (1.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.92%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.54%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.77%) DataStage
3 2 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Redis
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (4.23%) JIRA
2 5 (1.92%) Git
3 4 (1.54%) GitLab
4 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.77%) Postman
5 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
General
1 54 (20.77%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.85%) Finance
3 38 (14.62%) Public Sector
4 30 (11.54%) Banking
5 26 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (9.23%) Manufacturing
6 24 (9.23%) Marketing
6 24 (9.23%) Telecoms
7 23 (8.85%) Electronics
8 21 (8.08%) Legal
9 16 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (4.62%) Retail
11 10 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.54%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.38%) Billing
15 1 (0.38%) French Language
Job Titles
1 38 (14.62%) IT Support
2 30 (11.54%) Desktop Support
3 27 (10.38%) Analyst
4 26 (10.00%) Field Engineer
4 26 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 24 (9.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (8.85%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 23 (8.85%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 18 (6.92%) Support Engineer
8 15 (5.77%) Administrator
8 15 (5.77%) Architect
9 14 (5.38%) Consultant
9 14 (5.38%) Server Engineer
10 13 (5.00%) Field Service Engineer
11 12 (4.62%) Hardware Engineer
11 12 (4.62%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (4.62%) Senior
12 10 (3.85%) Field Hardware Engineer
13 9 (3.46%) Computer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.46%) Middleware
2 7 (2.69%) REST
3 4 (1.54%) Keycloak
3 4 (1.54%) SOAP
3 4 (1.54%) XML
4 2 (0.77%) JSON
4 2 (0.77%) Web Services
5 1 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.38%) Kafka
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.38%) XSD
5 1 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 73 (28.08%) Data Centre
2 35 (13.46%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.62%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
5 10 (3.85%) Replication
5 10 (3.85%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.69%) PKI
7 4 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.15%) EPoS
8 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.77%) CUDA
9 2 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.77%) EMC VMAX
9 2 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.77%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 72 (27.69%) Windows
2 47 (18.08%) Mac OS
3 45 (17.31%) Linux
4 43 (16.54%) Android
5 32 (12.31%) Windows Server
6 19 (7.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (6.92%) Windows 10
8 9 (3.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.69%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.69%) Unix
10 4 (1.54%) VMS
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.38%) CentOS
12 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (18.46%) Customer Service
2 45 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (15.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (11.15%) Break/Fix
5 24 (9.23%) Agile
6 23 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (8.85%) Digital Marketing
6 23 (8.85%) Programme Management
7 21 (8.08%) Migration
8 17 (6.54%) Asset Management
9 15 (5.77%) ITIL
9 15 (5.77%) Ticket Management
10 14 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.38%) ITSM
11 13 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (4.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (4.62%) Service Management
13 11 (4.23%) Capacity Planning
13 11 (4.23%) Problem Management
14 10 (3.85%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.46%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.69%) Bash
4 5 (1.92%) Python
4 5 (1.92%) SQL
5 2 (0.77%) C
5 2 (0.77%) Java
5 2 (0.77%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.38%) Perl
6 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (41.54%) Security Cleared
2 89 (34.23%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.85%) DV Cleared
4 17 (6.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.38%) A+ Certification
5 14 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.23%) CCNA
6 11 (4.23%) MCSE
6 11 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.85%) Degree
8 4 (1.54%) OCP
8 4 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.77%) VCAP
10 2 (0.77%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.85%) SLA
2 6 (2.31%) COBIT
3 4 (1.54%) NIST
4 2 (0.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.77%) PMO
4 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 43 (16.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 43 (16.54%) vSphere
2 29 (11.15%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.62%) Docker
5 9 (3.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (3.08%) Firmware
7 6 (2.31%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.77%) Ceph
9 2 (0.77%) Lustre
9 2 (0.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.77%) vCloud
10 1 (0.38%) GPFS
10 1 (0.38%) NFS
10 1 (0.38%) SRDF
10 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (10.38%) VxRail
2 21 (8.08%) Terraform
3 16 (6.15%) Ansible
3 16 (6.15%) vCenter Server
4 13 (5.00%) vRealize
5 11 (4.23%) EMC NetWorker
6 9 (3.46%) Dell DRAC
6 9 (3.46%) Kubernetes
6 9 (3.46%) ServiceCenter
7 8 (3.08%) EMC VPLEX
8 7 (2.69%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (2.31%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.31%) SCCM
9 6 (2.31%) SCOM
10 5 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.54%) Grafana
11 4 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.15%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.77%) Control-M
Vendors
1 115 (44.23%) HP
2 75 (28.85%) Cisco
3 64 (24.62%) VMware
4 55 (21.15%) Apple
5 37 (14.23%) Microsoft
6 34 (13.08%) SAP
7 22 (8.46%) Red Hat
8 21 (8.08%) IBM
9 17 (6.54%) SolarWinds
10 16 (6.15%) EMC
11 15 (5.77%) Veeam
12 13 (5.00%) Isilon
13 12 (4.62%) AppDynamics
13 12 (4.62%) Commvault
14 11 (4.23%) NetApp
15 10 (3.85%) ServiceNow
16 9 (3.46%) Canon
16 9 (3.46%) F5
16 9 (3.46%) NVIDIA
16 9 (3.46%) Oracle