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 27 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 345 286
Rank change year-on-year -137 -59 +45
Contract jobs citing Dell 192 215 307
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.66% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 0.86% 1.39% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 107 203
10th Percentile £126 £145 £220
25th Percentile £269 £213 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £624 £646
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £375 £488
% change year-on-year +26.67% -23.08% +62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 44 28
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.79 £18.51 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +9.17%
75th Percentile £19.85 £25.15 £25.32
90th Percentile £22.91 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year +2.44% +16.55% -16.97%

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 22,410 15,468 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.74% 47.22% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,815 9,456 10,461
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,156 806 773
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.59 £13.22
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.13 £67.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.28 £26.08
% change year-on-year +31.58% -18.40% -34.48%

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 27 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 27 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 -131 152 £500 +8.11% 146
UK excluding London -107 128 £475 +26.67% 58
London -90 41 £525 - 93
South East -52 37 £475 +19.50% 23
Work from Home -47 36 £469 -1.00% 47
North of England -66 32 £523 +16.89% 18
Yorkshire -34 25 £525 +11.70% 7
South West -49 20 £123 -28.36% 6
Scotland -10 17 £127 -9.61% 2
Midlands -64 10 £375 +150.00% 6
West Midlands -51 9 £250 +66.67% 4
East of England -24 7 £650 +18.18% 4
Wales -10 6 - -
North West -55 6 £200 -54.15% 11
East Midlands -24 1 £500 +273.13% 2
North East -44 1 £200 -48.39%

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 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.56%) Confluence
3 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.13%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.04%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.31%) Azure
2 24 (12.50%) Boomi
3 17 (8.85%) AWS
4 10 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.69%) OpenShift
6 8 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.13%) AtomSphere
9 5 (2.60%) GitHub
9 5 (2.60%) IaaS
9 5 (2.60%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.08%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.56%) GCP
11 3 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.56%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.56%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.56%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.04%) Datadog
12 2 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 62 (32.29%) SAN
2 13 (6.77%) Firewall
3 12 (6.25%) NAS
4 9 (4.69%) DHCP
4 9 (4.69%) DNS
4 9 (4.69%) Fibre Channel
4 9 (4.69%) Network Security
4 9 (4.69%) VPN
5 8 (4.17%) VLAN
6 7 (3.65%) iSCSI
6 7 (3.65%) VSAN
7 5 (2.60%) BGP
7 5 (2.60%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (2.60%) VXLAN
7 5 (2.60%) WAN
8 4 (2.08%) LAN
9 3 (1.56%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.56%) SNMP
9 3 (1.56%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (4.69%) Git
2 7 (3.65%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.65%) JIRA
3 5 (2.60%) Postman
4 3 (1.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 48 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.46%) Finance
4 11 (5.73%) Banking
5 8 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.56%) Legal
6 3 (1.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.04%) Law
8 1 (0.52%) Billing
8 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (21.35%) IT Engineer
2 40 (20.83%) Field Engineer
3 38 (19.79%) Field Service Engineer
4 27 (14.06%) Storage Engineer
5 21 (10.94%) Architect
6 17 (8.85%) Consultant
7 16 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 15 (7.81%) IT Support
9 13 (6.77%) Support Engineer
10 11 (5.73%) Senior
11 10 (5.21%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (4.69%) Analyst
12 9 (4.69%) Field Support Engineer
12 9 (4.69%) Integration Architect
12 9 (4.69%) Network Engineer
13 8 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 6 (3.13%) Integration Consultant
14 6 (3.13%) Storage Architect
15 5 (2.60%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.33%) REST
2 14 (7.29%) Middleware
3 11 (5.73%) JSON
4 10 (5.21%) Terraform
5 9 (4.69%) OAuth
5 9 (4.69%) OAuth2
6 8 (4.17%) BAPI
7 7 (3.65%) SOAP
8 6 (3.13%) OpenAPI
8 6 (3.13%) SAP ALE
8 6 (3.13%) Swagger
9 4 (2.08%) IDoc
9 4 (2.08%) Redfish
10 3 (1.56%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (1.56%) XML
11 2 (1.04%) Restlet
11 2 (1.04%) YAML
12 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.52%) JMS
12 1 (0.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (36.98%) Data Centre
2 36 (18.75%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (13.54%) Enterprise Storage
4 24 (12.50%) Replication
5 14 (7.29%) PKI
6 13 (6.77%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.65%) EMC VMAX
7 7 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.60%) Clustering
8 5 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.08%) EMC VNX
9 4 (2.08%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.56%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.56%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.56%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.04%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 55 (28.65%) Windows
2 35 (18.23%) Linux
3 28 (14.58%) Windows Server
4 15 (7.81%) VMS
5 7 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.13%) zOS
7 4 (2.08%) SUSE
8 3 (1.56%) AIX
8 3 (1.56%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.56%) Solaris
9 2 (1.04%) Android
9 2 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.04%) HPUX
9 2 (1.04%) Unix
9 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.52%) Debian
10 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (25.52%) Break/Fix
3 44 (22.92%) Customer Service
4 24 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (11.98%) ITSM
6 22 (11.46%) Migration
7 21 (10.94%) DevOps
7 21 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (9.90%) Agile
8 19 (9.90%) Change Management
9 16 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 16 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (7.81%) Data Protection
10 15 (7.81%) High Availability
11 13 (6.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (6.77%) Observability
11 13 (6.77%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (6.25%) ITIL
12 12 (6.25%) Validation
13 11 (5.73%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.33%) Python
3 9 (4.69%) Bash
4 5 (2.60%) JCL
5 3 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.56%) SQL
6 2 (1.04%) REXX
6 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.52%) ABAP
7 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.52%) Bicep
7 1 (0.52%) Groovy
7 1 (0.52%) Java
7 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 53 (27.60%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (21.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (19.27%) CCNA
4 37 (19.27%) MCSE
5 36 (18.75%) A+ Certification
5 36 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
6 24 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 24 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (4.17%) Degree
8 7 (3.65%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.08%) CCNP
10 3 (1.56%) CISSP
10 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.56%) MCSA
10 3 (1.56%) NCDA
10 3 (1.56%) NCIE
10 3 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.60%) SLA
2 4 (2.08%) PMO
2 4 (2.08%) QA
3 2 (1.04%) SEPA
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) GRC
4 1 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (9.90%) vSphere
3 16 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (7.81%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (7.29%) Firmware
6 10 (5.21%) Active Directory
6 10 (5.21%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.21%) NFS
7 5 (2.60%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (2.08%) Docker
8 4 (2.08%) SRDF
8 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (1.04%) BitLocker
10 2 (1.04%) KVM
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.52%) QEMU
11 1 (0.52%) Samba
11 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (15.10%) vCenter Server
2 22 (11.46%) Ansible
3 13 (6.77%) Avamar
3 13 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.77%) SCOM
4 11 (5.73%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (3.65%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.65%) VxRail
6 6 (3.13%) NetBackup
6 6 (3.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (2.60%) vMotion
8 4 (2.08%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.56%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.56%) Grafana
9 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.56%) SCCM
9 3 (1.56%) SnapMirror
10 2 (1.04%) Argo
10 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (33.33%) VMware
2 36 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.15%) Cisco
4 30 (15.63%) HP
5 16 (8.33%) NetApp
5 16 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 14 (7.29%) Thales
7 12 (6.25%) Brocade
8 11 (5.73%) SAP
8 11 (5.73%) Veeam
9 10 (5.21%) Broadcom
9 10 (5.21%) IBM
9 10 (5.21%) MuleSoft
9 10 (5.21%) Pure Storage
10 9 (4.69%) EMC
11 8 (4.17%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.08%) Citrix
12 4 (2.08%) Oracle
12 4 (2.08%) Splunk
12 4 (2.08%) Veritas