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 13 May 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
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 285 256
Rank change year-on-year -88 -29 +96
Contract jobs citing Dell 267 253 390
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.87% 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 1.37% 1.84% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 126 265
10th Percentile £126 £149 £205
25th Percentile £302 £173 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £427 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.31% -7.73% +32.14%
75th Percentile £569 £571 £625
90th Percentile £625 £628 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £250 £500
% change year-on-year +80.00% -50.00% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 41 19
10th Percentile £16.08 £17.30 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year - +4.08% -12.44%
75th Percentile £20.09 £21.01 £44.40
90th Percentile £25.77 £24.66 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £18.69 £16.25
% change year-on-year -5.35% +15.02% -21.52%

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 19,485 13,772 18,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.28% 47.52% 42.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,350 8,611 11,252
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -0.61% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 554 1,092
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.46
Median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -47.06%
75th Percentile £59.56 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.65 £74.63 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.09 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.13% +6.98% -45.64%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -109 208 £488 +14.71% 44
UK excluding London -81 182 £450 +80.00% 32
London -68 49 £500 +6.67% 14
North of England -57 44 £510 +17.13% 6
Work from Home -40 35 £500 -7.24% 24
South East -69 34 £388 +78.57% 11
East of England -9 31 £613 +11.36% 3
Yorkshire -34 29 £520 +9.37% 4
South West -43 24 £319 +105.65% 4
Scotland +5 20 £425 -17.03% 3
Midlands -63 19 £450 +200.00% 4
West Midlands -67 14 £513 +241.67% 4
North West -37 12 £269 -36.76% 2
Wales -6 10 - -
East Midlands -25 7 £450 +157.14%
North East -19 3 - -
Northern Ireland +2 2 £375 +7.14% 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 (1.87%) Confluence
1 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.75%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.87%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.37%) assyst
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.23%) Azure
2 19 (7.12%) Boomi
3 15 (5.62%) AWS
4 14 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.24%) OpenShift
5 6 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.50%) Azure Stack
6 4 (1.50%) Datadog
6 4 (1.50%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.12%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.12%) IaaS
7 3 (1.12%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (0.75%) Apigee
8 2 (0.75%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.59%) SAN
2 21 (7.87%) VSAN
3 18 (6.74%) Firewall
4 17 (6.37%) DHCP
4 17 (6.37%) DNS
5 16 (5.99%) LAN
5 16 (5.99%) WAN
6 14 (5.24%) iSCSI
6 14 (5.24%) VLAN
7 9 (3.37%) Fibre Channel
8 8 (3.00%) Network Security
9 7 (2.62%) NAS
10 6 (2.25%) VPN
11 5 (1.87%) FCoE
11 5 (1.87%) VXLAN
11 5 (1.87%) Wireless
12 4 (1.50%) BGP
12 4 (1.50%) Ethernet VPN
13 3 (1.12%) InfiniBand
13 3 (1.12%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.75%) DataStage
3 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.37%) MySQL
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (3.37%) JIRA
2 8 (3.00%) Git
3 6 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.25%) Postman
4 4 (1.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.37%) Hudson
5 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
General
1 72 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 58 (21.72%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.74%) Finance
4 25 (9.36%) Legal
5 14 (5.24%) Banking
5 14 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.37%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.50%) Retail
9 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.37%) Billing
11 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.37%) French Language
11 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 69 (25.84%) Field Engineer
2 58 (21.72%) IT Engineer
3 52 (19.48%) Field Service Engineer
4 31 (11.61%) IT Support
5 28 (10.49%) Support Engineer
6 24 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (7.12%) Field Support Engineer
7 19 (7.12%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (6.37%) Architect
8 17 (6.37%) Hardware Engineer
9 16 (5.99%) Senior
10 15 (5.62%) Computer Engineer
10 15 (5.62%) Field Hardware Engineer
11 14 (5.24%) Printer Engineer
12 13 (4.87%) Consultant
13 11 (4.12%) Administrator
14 9 (3.37%) Analyst
14 9 (3.37%) Data Centre Engineer
14 9 (3.37%) Server Engineer
14 9 (3.37%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.49%) Middleware
2 11 (4.12%) REST
3 10 (3.75%) JSON
4 7 (2.62%) XML
5 6 (2.25%) SOAP
6 5 (1.87%) BAPI
7 4 (1.50%) IDoc
7 4 (1.50%) Keycloak
7 4 (1.50%) OAuth
7 4 (1.50%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.50%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.50%) SAP ALE
7 4 (1.50%) Swagger
8 3 (1.12%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.12%) Redfish
8 3 (1.12%) Web Services
9 2 (0.75%) SAP XI
10 1 (0.37%) JMS
10 1 (0.37%) XSD
10 1 (0.37%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 95 (35.58%) Data Centre
2 51 (19.10%) Analytical Mindset
3 31 (11.61%) Driving Licence
4 21 (7.87%) Enterprise Storage
5 16 (5.99%) Replication
5 16 (5.99%) Virtual Team
6 12 (4.49%) EMC VMAX
7 6 (2.25%) Clustering
7 6 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.87%) PKI
9 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.12%) EPoS
10 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.75%) Device Driver
11 2 (0.75%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.75%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 68 (25.47%) Windows
2 40 (14.98%) Linux
3 27 (10.11%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (5.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (4.49%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.00%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.62%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.62%) VMS
9 5 (1.87%) Android
9 5 (1.87%) Unix
10 4 (1.50%) SUSE
10 4 (1.50%) zOS
11 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.37%) Debian
12 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (33.71%) Customer Service
2 84 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (24.72%) Break/Fix
4 34 (12.73%) Migration
5 31 (11.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (7.12%) DevOps
6 19 (7.12%) Service Management
7 17 (6.37%) High Availability
7 17 (6.37%) ITSM
8 16 (5.99%) Agile
9 15 (5.62%) CI/CD
9 15 (5.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (5.24%) Data Protection
10 14 (5.24%) Validation
11 13 (4.87%) Observability
11 13 (4.87%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (4.49%) Time Management
13 11 (4.12%) Asset Management
14 10 (3.75%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (3.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.87%) Python
2 18 (6.74%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.37%) Bash
4 7 (2.62%) Shell Script
4 7 (2.62%) SQL
5 4 (1.50%) JCL
6 2 (0.75%) ABAP
6 2 (0.75%) C
6 2 (0.75%) Java
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.37%) Groovy
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) Korn
7 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
7 1 (0.37%) REXX
Qualifications
1 72 (26.97%) Security Cleared
2 58 (21.72%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (19.85%) A+ Certification
4 52 (19.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (19.10%) CCNA
5 51 (19.10%) MCSE
5 51 (19.10%) Network+ Certification
6 47 (17.60%) SC Cleared
7 19 (7.12%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.12%) Degree
9 7 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.62%) CCNP
10 5 (1.87%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.50%) HP ASE
11 4 (1.50%) OCP
11 4 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.75%) VCAP
13 2 (0.75%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.36%) SLA
2 9 (3.37%) PMO
3 5 (1.87%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
5 1 (0.37%) NCSC
5 1 (0.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (14.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (13.48%) vSphere
3 19 (7.12%) Active Directory
3 19 (7.12%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.49%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.12%) Firmware
5 11 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (3.75%) SRDF
7 8 (3.00%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.62%) NFS
9 6 (2.25%) Docker
10 4 (1.50%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.75%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.75%) Ceph
11 2 (0.75%) Lustre
11 2 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.75%) vCloud
12 1 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.37%) KVM
12 1 (0.37%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 22 (8.24%) Ansible
2 21 (7.87%) VxRail
3 18 (6.74%) vCenter Server
4 12 (4.49%) ServiceCenter
5 11 (4.12%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.75%) Terraform
7 7 (2.62%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.25%) EMC TimeFinder
9 5 (1.87%) Grafana
9 5 (1.87%) SCCM
9 5 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.50%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (1.50%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.50%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.50%) Puppet
10 4 (1.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.50%) vRealize
11 3 (1.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 71 (26.59%) HP
2 54 (20.22%) VMware
3 45 (16.85%) Cisco
4 35 (13.11%) Microsoft
5 23 (8.61%) Red Hat
6 20 (7.49%) IBM
7 19 (7.12%) Apple
8 18 (6.74%) Pure Storage
8 18 (6.74%) SAP
9 16 (5.99%) ServiceNow
10 15 (5.62%) Brocade
10 15 (5.62%) Canon
11 13 (4.87%) EMC
12 11 (4.12%) Veeam
13 10 (3.75%) Broadcom
13 10 (3.75%) NVIDIA
14 9 (3.37%) MuleSoft
15 8 (3.00%) NetApp
16 7 (2.62%) Thales
17 6 (2.25%) Oracle