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 26 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
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 346 299
Rank change year-on-year -143 -47 +33
Contract jobs citing Dell 191 218 307
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.67% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.41% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 107 203
10th Percentile £126 £145 £220
25th Percentile £263 £213 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £586 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £624 £651
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 47 28
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.79 £18.51 £13.13
Median hourly rate £19.33 £21.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% -11.76% +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 22,375 15,442 16,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.71% 47.20% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,812 9,439 10,467
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,157 809 781
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -10.18% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.40 £67.60 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.24 £27.00
% change year-on-year +31.83% -21.33% -32.16%

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 26 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 26 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 -142 151 £488 +5.41% 41
UK excluding London -97 128 £475 +26.67% 29
London -95 40 £525 - 14
South East -67 37 £475 +19.50% 8
Work from Home -50 35 £425 -10.24% 19
North of England -70 32 £523 +16.89% 10
Yorkshire -24 25 £525 +11.70% 4
South West -52 20 £123 -28.36% 5
Scotland -12 17 £127 -9.61% 3
Midlands -63 10 £375 +150.00% 1
West Midlands -60 9 £250 +66.67% 1
East of England -26 7 £650 +18.18% 3
Wales -11 6 - -
North West -59 6 £200 -54.15% 6
East Midlands -24 1 £500 +273.13%
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 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.57%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.14%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.05%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.42%) Azure
2 24 (12.57%) Boomi
3 17 (8.90%) AWS
4 10 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.71%) OpenShift
6 8 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.14%) AtomSphere
9 5 (2.62%) GitHub
9 5 (2.62%) IaaS
9 5 (2.62%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.09%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.57%) GCP
11 3 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.57%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.57%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.57%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.05%) Datadog
12 2 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 61 (31.94%) SAN
2 13 (6.81%) Firewall
3 11 (5.76%) NAS
4 9 (4.71%) DHCP
4 9 (4.71%) DNS
4 9 (4.71%) Fibre Channel
4 9 (4.71%) Network Security
4 9 (4.71%) VPN
5 8 (4.19%) VLAN
6 7 (3.66%) iSCSI
6 7 (3.66%) VSAN
7 5 (2.62%) BGP
7 5 (2.62%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (2.62%) VXLAN
7 5 (2.62%) WAN
8 4 (2.09%) LAN
9 3 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.57%) SNMP
9 3 (1.57%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (4.71%) Git
2 7 (3.66%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.66%) JIRA
3 5 (2.62%) Postman
4 3 (1.57%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 47 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.52%) Finance
4 11 (5.76%) Banking
5 8 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.57%) Legal
6 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.05%) 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 (21.47%) IT Engineer
2 40 (20.94%) Field Engineer
3 38 (19.90%) Field Service Engineer
4 26 (13.61%) Storage Engineer
5 21 (10.99%) Architect
6 17 (8.90%) Consultant
7 16 (8.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 15 (7.85%) IT Support
9 13 (6.81%) Support Engineer
10 11 (5.76%) Senior
11 10 (5.24%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (4.71%) Analyst
12 9 (4.71%) Field Support Engineer
12 9 (4.71%) Integration Architect
12 9 (4.71%) Network Engineer
13 8 (4.19%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 6 (3.14%) Integration Consultant
14 6 (3.14%) Storage Architect
15 5 (2.62%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.38%) REST
2 14 (7.33%) Middleware
3 11 (5.76%) JSON
4 10 (5.24%) Terraform
5 9 (4.71%) OAuth
5 9 (4.71%) OAuth2
6 8 (4.19%) BAPI
7 7 (3.66%) SOAP
8 6 (3.14%) OpenAPI
8 6 (3.14%) SAP ALE
8 6 (3.14%) Swagger
9 4 (2.09%) IDoc
9 4 (2.09%) Redfish
10 3 (1.57%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (1.57%) XML
11 2 (1.05%) Restlet
11 2 (1.05%) YAML
12 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.52%) JMS
12 1 (0.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (37.17%) Data Centre
2 36 (18.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (13.09%) Enterprise Storage
4 23 (12.04%) Replication
5 14 (7.33%) PKI
6 13 (6.81%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.66%) EMC VMAX
7 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.62%) Clustering
8 5 (2.62%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.57%) Chip and PIN
10 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.57%) EMC VNX
10 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.57%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.57%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.05%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 55 (28.80%) Windows
2 34 (17.80%) Linux
3 28 (14.66%) Windows Server
4 15 (7.85%) VMS
5 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.14%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.14%) zOS
7 4 (2.09%) SUSE
8 3 (1.57%) AIX
8 3 (1.57%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.57%) Solaris
9 2 (1.05%) Android
9 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.05%) HPUX
9 2 (1.05%) Unix
9 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.52%) Debian
10 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.27%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (25.65%) Break/Fix
3 44 (23.04%) Customer Service
4 23 (12.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 23 (12.04%) ITSM
5 22 (11.52%) Migration
6 21 (10.99%) DevOps
6 21 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (9.95%) Agile
8 18 (9.42%) Change Management
9 16 (8.38%) CI/CD
10 15 (7.85%) Data Protection
10 15 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (7.33%) High Availability
12 13 (6.81%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (6.81%) Observability
12 13 (6.81%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (6.28%) Validation
14 11 (5.76%) Asset Management
14 11 (5.76%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.42%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.38%) Python
3 9 (4.71%) Bash
4 5 (2.62%) JCL
5 3 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.57%) SQL
6 2 (1.05%) REXX
6 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.05%) 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 52 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.99%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (21.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (19.37%) CCNA
4 37 (19.37%) MCSE
5 36 (18.85%) A+ Certification
5 36 (18.85%) Network+ Certification
6 24 (12.57%) DV Cleared
7 23 (12.04%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.19%) Degree
9 7 (3.66%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.09%) CCNP
11 3 (1.57%) CISSP
11 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.57%) MCSA
11 3 (1.57%) NCDA
11 3 (1.57%) NCIE
11 3 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.62%) SLA
2 4 (2.09%) PMO
2 4 (2.09%) QA
3 2 (1.05%) SEPA
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) GRC
4 1 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 48 (25.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (9.95%) vSphere
3 16 (8.38%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (7.85%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (6.81%) Firmware
6 10 (5.24%) Active Directory
6 10 (5.24%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.24%) NFS
7 5 (2.62%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (2.09%) Docker
8 4 (2.09%) SRDF
8 4 (2.09%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (1.05%) BitLocker
10 2 (1.05%) 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 (15.18%) vCenter Server
2 22 (11.52%) Ansible
3 13 (6.81%) Avamar
3 13 (6.81%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.81%) SCOM
4 11 (5.76%) Dell DRAC
5 7 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.66%) VxRail
6 6 (3.14%) NetBackup
6 6 (3.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (2.62%) vMotion
8 4 (2.09%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.57%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.57%) Grafana
9 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.57%) SCCM
9 3 (1.57%) SnapMirror
10 2 (1.05%) PowerCLI
10 2 (1.05%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 64 (33.51%) VMware
2 36 (18.85%) Microsoft
3 31 (16.23%) Cisco
4 30 (15.71%) HP
5 16 (8.38%) NetApp
5 16 (8.38%) ServiceNow
6 14 (7.33%) Thales
7 11 (5.76%) Brocade
7 11 (5.76%) SAP
7 11 (5.76%) Veeam
8 10 (5.24%) Broadcom
8 10 (5.24%) IBM
8 10 (5.24%) MuleSoft
8 10 (5.24%) Pure Storage
9 9 (4.71%) EMC
10 8 (4.19%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.09%) Citrix
11 4 (2.09%) Oracle
11 4 (2.09%) Splunk
11 4 (2.09%) Veritas