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 14 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
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 459 332 259
Rank change year-on-year -127 -73 +73
Contract jobs citing Dell 205 230 336
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.70% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 0.92% 1.48% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 110 225
10th Percentile £126 £140 £220
25th Percentile £352 £200 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -10.30% +29.03%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £608
90th Percentile £638 £614 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +15.15% -17.50% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 48 27
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.15 £18.51 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% -20.71% +9.17%
75th Percentile £19.46 £25.15 £46.88
90th Percentile £19.96 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.46 £18.87 £15.60
% change year-on-year -7.49% +21.00% -20.03%

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 22,262 15,561 17,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.70% 47.27% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,777 9,523 10,618
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £522
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.21% -0.57%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £702 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 803 837
10th Percentile £14.69 £14.56 £13.67
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.88 £67.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £21.35 £28.00
% change year-on-year +50.97% -23.77% -17.57%

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 14 August 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
Top 16 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 14 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
England -136 158 £500 +11.11% 158
UK excluding London -107 141 £475 +15.15% 65
South East -66 41 £475 +15.15% 32
London -91 37 £525 - 100
North of England -60 36 £519 +16.37% 8
Work from Home -39 34 £506 -1.70% 53
Yorkshire -23 28 £520 +10.64% 1
South West -56 20 £123 -28.36% 10
Scotland -6 18 £450 -22.65% 3
Midlands -59 12 £500 +233.33% 7
West Midlands -55 11 £413 +175.00% 3
Wales -10 8 - - 1
East of England -21 7 £650 +18.18% 5
North West -52 7 £200 -54.29% 6
East Midlands -29 1 £500 +273.13% 4
North East -46 1 £200 -48.39% 1

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 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.46%) Confluence
3 2 (0.98%) NetWeaver
3 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.93%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.49%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.51%) Azure
2 26 (12.68%) Boomi
3 17 (8.29%) AWS
4 11 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (4.88%) OpenShift
6 8 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.93%) AtomSphere
9 5 (2.44%) GitHub
9 5 (2.44%) IaaS
9 5 (2.44%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.95%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.46%) GCP
11 3 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.46%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.46%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.46%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 66 (32.20%) SAN
2 14 (6.83%) Firewall
3 11 (5.37%) DHCP
3 11 (5.37%) DNS
3 11 (5.37%) iSCSI
4 10 (4.88%) VSAN
5 9 (4.39%) NAS
5 9 (4.39%) Network Security
6 8 (3.90%) Fibre Channel
6 8 (3.90%) VPN
6 8 (3.90%) WAN
7 7 (3.41%) LAN
7 7 (3.41%) VLAN
8 5 (2.44%) BGP
8 5 (2.44%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (2.44%) VXLAN
9 3 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.46%) SNMP
9 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) MySQL
3 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Git
1 9 (4.39%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.41%) JIRA
3 5 (2.44%) Postman
4 3 (1.46%) GitLab
5 1 (0.49%) Hudson
5 1 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 51 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.93%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (10.24%) Finance
4 9 (4.39%) Banking
4 9 (4.39%) Legal
5 6 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.98%) Law
7 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.49%) Billing
8 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (23.41%) Field Engineer
2 46 (22.44%) IT Engineer
3 43 (20.98%) Field Service Engineer
4 27 (13.17%) Storage Engineer
5 22 (10.73%) Architect
6 21 (10.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (10.24%) IT Support
7 20 (9.76%) Support Engineer
8 16 (7.80%) Consultant
8 16 (7.80%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (7.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 15 (7.32%) Field Support Engineer
10 13 (6.34%) Senior
11 8 (3.90%) Integration Architect
11 8 (3.90%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.90%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 7 (3.41%) Analyst
12 7 (3.41%) Hardware Engineer
12 7 (3.41%) Integration Consultant
13 6 (2.93%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.32%) REST
2 14 (6.83%) Middleware
3 12 (5.85%) JSON
4 8 (3.90%) BAPI
4 8 (3.90%) OAuth
4 8 (3.90%) OAuth2
4 8 (3.90%) SOAP
5 6 (2.93%) OpenAPI
5 6 (2.93%) SAP ALE
5 6 (2.93%) Swagger
6 5 (2.44%) IDoc
7 4 (1.95%) Redfish
7 4 (1.95%) XML
8 3 (1.46%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.98%) JMS
9 2 (0.98%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.98%) YAML
10 1 (0.49%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.49%) JDBC
10 1 (0.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (37.07%) Data Centre
2 42 (20.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (12.68%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (10.24%) Replication
5 15 (7.32%) PKI
6 14 (6.83%) Driving Licence
7 11 (5.37%) EMC VMAX
8 7 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.93%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.44%) Clustering
11 4 (1.95%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.95%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.46%) EMC VNX
12 3 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.98%) BYOD
13 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 60 (29.27%) Windows
2 32 (15.61%) Linux
3 30 (14.63%) Windows Server
4 13 (6.34%) VMS
5 10 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (4.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.44%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.44%) zOS
8 4 (1.95%) SUSE
9 3 (1.46%) AIX
9 3 (1.46%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.46%) Solaris
9 3 (1.46%) Unix
10 2 (0.98%) Android
10 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.98%) HPUX
10 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.49%) Debian
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.24%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (25.85%) Break/Fix
3 51 (24.88%) Customer Service
4 27 (13.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (13.17%) Migration
5 24 (11.71%) DevOps
6 23 (11.22%) ITSM
7 20 (9.76%) CI/CD
8 19 (9.27%) Agile
9 17 (8.29%) Change Management
9 17 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.32%) Data Protection
11 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (6.83%) High Availability
13 13 (6.34%) Performance Tuning
13 13 (6.34%) Validation
14 12 (5.85%) Observability
15 11 (5.37%) ITIL
15 11 (5.37%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.24%) PowerShell
2 20 (9.76%) Python
3 10 (4.88%) Bash
4 5 (2.44%) JCL
4 5 (2.44%) SQL
5 4 (1.95%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.98%) ABAP
6 2 (0.98%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.98%) REXX
7 1 (0.49%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.49%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.49%) Bicep
7 1 (0.49%) Groovy
7 1 (0.49%) Java
7 1 (0.49%) Korn
7 1 (0.49%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 49 (23.90%) Cisco Certification
3 46 (22.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (20.49%) CCNA
4 42 (20.49%) MCSE
5 41 (20.00%) A+ Certification
5 41 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
6 24 (11.71%) DV Cleared
7 23 (11.22%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.39%) Degree
9 7 (3.41%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.93%) CCNP
11 3 (1.46%) CISSP
11 3 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.46%) MCSA
11 3 (1.46%) NCDA
11 3 (1.46%) NCIE
11 3 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.98%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.93%) PMO
1 6 (2.93%) QA
1 6 (2.93%) SLA
2 2 (0.98%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.98%) NCSC
3 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
3 1 (0.49%) GRC
3 1 (0.49%) NIST
3 1 (0.49%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.49%) SEPA
System Software
1 51 (24.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (10.24%) vSphere
3 15 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 15 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (6.83%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.85%) Firmware
6 11 (5.37%) Hyper-V
7 10 (4.88%) NFS
8 8 (3.90%) SRDF
9 6 (2.93%) Docker
10 5 (2.44%) Time Sharing Option
10 5 (2.44%) VMware NSX
11 3 (1.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.98%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.98%) KVM
13 1 (0.49%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.49%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.49%) QEMU
13 1 (0.49%) Samba
13 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 28 (13.66%) vCenter Server
2 23 (11.22%) Ansible
3 15 (7.32%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.34%) Avamar
4 13 (6.34%) SCOM
5 11 (5.37%) Dell DRAC
6 10 (4.88%) Terraform
7 8 (3.90%) VxRail
8 7 (3.41%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.93%) NetBackup
9 6 (2.93%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.95%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.95%) Puppet
10 4 (1.95%) vMotion
11 3 (1.46%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (1.46%) Grafana
11 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.46%) SCCM
11 3 (1.46%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 66 (32.20%) VMware
2 37 (18.05%) Microsoft
3 35 (17.07%) Cisco
3 35 (17.07%) HP
4 15 (7.32%) NetApp
4 15 (7.32%) SAP
5 14 (6.83%) Thales
6 13 (6.34%) Brocade
6 13 (6.34%) MuleSoft
6 13 (6.34%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.85%) Broadcom
7 12 (5.85%) Pure Storage
8 11 (5.37%) EMC
9 10 (4.88%) IBM
9 10 (4.88%) Red Hat
10 9 (4.39%) Veeam
11 6 (2.93%) Oracle
12 5 (2.44%) Canon
12 5 (2.44%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.44%) Splunk