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 8 October 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 349 326
Rank change year-on-year -168 -23 +8
Contract jobs citing Dell 174 212 245
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.64% 0.65%
As % of the Vendors category 0.77% 1.34% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 120 150
10th Percentile £143 £140 £182
25th Percentile £288 £170 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £497
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -14.40% +20.36%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £573
90th Percentile £638 £575 £642
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £370 £497
% change year-on-year +28.38% -25.48% +52.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 51 28
10th Percentile £16.46 £17.55 £11.75
25th Percentile - £18.69 £14.79
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -21.34% +2.09%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £25.39 - £44.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £24.18
% change year-on-year +2.44% -21.96% +24.00%

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 22,701 15,776 16,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.62% 47.73% 44.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,715 9,693 9,927
10th Percentile £310 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,385 805 604
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -21.88% -26.01%
75th Percentile £57.00 £39.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £21.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.93% -29.07% -29.41%

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 8 October 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 15 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 8 October 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 -137 140 £475 +11.76% 143
UK excluding London -116 115 £475 +28.38% 71
London -112 38 £525 +10.53% 84
Work from Home -60 37 £425 -4.92% 31
South East -58 36 £475 +11.76% 25
North of England -54 35 £522 +67.04% 14
Yorkshire -20 24 £525 +8.81% 2
Scotland -10 17 £285 -43.00% 11
South West -45 14 £363 +111.99% 3
West Midlands -45 7 £238 +5.20% 2
Midlands -66 7 £238 +50.79% 5
East of England -33 6 £513 +15.17% 10
North West -54 6 £200 -52.94% 11
North East -37 5 £553 +215.86% 1
Wales -7 1 - - 3

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 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.72%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.57%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (7.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (5.75%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 35 (20.11%) Azure
2 30 (17.24%) Boomi
3 18 (10.34%) AWS
4 13 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.17%) Smartsheet
7 8 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (4.02%) AtomSphere
9 6 (3.45%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.30%) GitHub
10 4 (2.30%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.72%) IaaS
11 3 (1.72%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.72%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.15%) GCP
12 2 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.15%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.15%) Workato
13 1 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.57%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 45 (25.86%) SAN
2 12 (6.90%) Firewall
3 9 (5.17%) NAS
4 8 (4.60%) Fibre Channel
5 7 (4.02%) Network Security
5 7 (4.02%) WAN
6 6 (3.45%) BGP
6 6 (3.45%) DHCP
6 6 (3.45%) DNS
6 6 (3.45%) LAN
6 6 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.45%) VPN
7 5 (2.87%) VLAN
8 4 (2.30%) OSPF
8 4 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (1.72%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.72%) VXLAN
10 2 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 14 (8.05%) JIRA
2 13 (7.47%) Git
3 9 (5.17%) Postman
4 5 (2.87%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.72%) GitLab
6 1 (0.57%) Subversion
General
1 51 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (13.22%) Finance
4 13 (7.47%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.60%) Banking
6 6 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.87%) Retail
8 3 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.15%) Law
10 1 (0.57%) Billing
10 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.57%) Local Government
10 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (16.09%) Storage Engineer
2 27 (15.52%) Architect
3 24 (13.79%) IT Engineer
4 21 (12.07%) Field Engineer
4 21 (12.07%) Field Service Engineer
5 19 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (10.34%) Consultant
7 16 (9.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 13 (7.47%) Integration Architect
9 11 (6.32%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
10 9 (5.17%) Analyst
10 9 (5.17%) IT Support
10 9 (5.17%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Network Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Senior
12 6 (3.45%) Integration Consultant
12 6 (3.45%) Storage Architect
12 6 (3.45%) Support Analyst
13 5 (2.87%) Service Analyst
13 5 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.07%) REST
2 18 (10.34%) Middleware
3 16 (9.20%) JSON
4 14 (8.05%) OAuth
4 14 (8.05%) OAuth2
5 12 (6.90%) BAPI
6 10 (5.75%) OpenAPI
6 10 (5.75%) SAP ALE
6 10 (5.75%) Swagger
7 8 (4.60%) IDoc
7 8 (4.60%) SOAP
8 7 (4.02%) Terraform
9 4 (2.30%) XML
10 2 (1.15%) Restlet
10 2 (1.15%) YAML
11 1 (0.57%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.57%) JMS
11 1 (0.57%) LDAP
11 1 (0.57%) SAML
11 1 (0.57%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (29.89%) Data Centre
2 20 (11.49%) Enterprise Storage
2 20 (11.49%) PKI
2 20 (11.49%) Replication
3 18 (10.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 18 (10.34%) Driving Licence
4 11 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (5.17%) Operational Technology
6 7 (4.02%) SCADA
7 6 (3.45%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.30%) EMC VNX
8 4 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.30%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.72%) Chip and PIN
9 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.72%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (1.72%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.15%) BYOD
10 2 (1.15%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (33.33%) Windows
2 35 (20.11%) Linux
3 31 (17.82%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.47%) VMS
5 6 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.87%) zOS
7 4 (2.30%) AIX
7 4 (2.30%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.30%) Solaris
7 4 (2.30%) Unix
8 3 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.15%) Android
9 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (1.15%) HPUX
9 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.24%) Customer Service
3 28 (16.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (14.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 25 (14.37%) Break/Fix
7 22 (12.64%) ITSM
8 21 (12.07%) Change Management
8 21 (12.07%) DevOps
9 20 (11.49%) Agile
10 17 (9.77%) ITIL
11 16 (9.20%) CI/CD
11 16 (9.20%) Data Protection
12 14 (8.05%) Procure-to-Pay
12 14 (8.05%) Test Automation
13 13 (7.47%) Observability
13 13 (7.47%) Performance Tuning
14 12 (6.90%) ERP
14 12 (6.90%) High Availability
15 11 (6.32%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.60%) Python
3 5 (2.87%) Bash
4 3 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.72%) SQL
5 2 (1.15%) JCL
5 2 (1.15%) REXX
5 2 (1.15%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.15%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.57%) ABAP
6 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.57%) Bicep
6 1 (0.57%) Groovy
6 1 (0.57%) Java
6 1 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 54 (31.03%) Security Cleared
2 27 (15.52%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (12.64%) DV Cleared
6 21 (12.07%) CCNA
7 20 (11.49%) MCSE
8 19 (10.92%) A+ Certification
8 19 (10.92%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (4.60%) Degree
11 4 (2.30%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.72%) CCNP
12 3 (1.72%) CISSP
12 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.72%) MCSA
12 3 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.30%) SLA
2 3 (1.72%) QA
3 2 (1.15%) SEPA
4 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.57%) NCSC
4 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (32.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (9.77%) VMware ESXi
3 16 (9.20%) vSphere
4 14 (8.05%) Active Directory
4 14 (8.05%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.02%) Firmware
6 6 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.87%) NFS
8 4 (2.30%) Docker
8 4 (2.30%) Hyper-V
9 3 (1.72%) SRDF
10 2 (1.15%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (1.15%) KVM
10 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (1.15%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.57%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.57%) Samba
11 1 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.57%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 25 (14.37%) vCenter Server
2 17 (9.77%) Ansible
3 15 (8.62%) SCOM
4 14 (8.05%) Avamar
5 11 (6.32%) Dell DRAC
5 11 (6.32%) Kubernetes
6 9 (5.17%) VxRail
7 5 (2.87%) McAfee ePO
7 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.87%) Nessus
7 5 (2.87%) NetBackup
7 5 (2.87%) vMotion
8 4 (2.30%) SCCM
9 3 (1.72%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.72%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 2 (1.15%) EMC VPLEX
10 2 (1.15%) Grafana
10 2 (1.15%) PowerCLI
10 2 (1.15%) Puppet
10 2 (1.15%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 72 (41.38%) VMware
2 43 (24.71%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.67%) Cisco
4 25 (14.37%) HP
5 22 (12.64%) NetApp
6 17 (9.77%) ServiceNow
7 16 (9.20%) SAP
8 15 (8.62%) Thales
9 14 (8.05%) MuleSoft
10 13 (7.47%) EMC
11 12 (6.90%) IBM
11 12 (6.90%) Veeam
12 8 (4.60%) Brocade
12 8 (4.60%) Splunk
13 7 (4.02%) Fortinet
14 6 (3.45%) Hitachi
14 6 (3.45%) Tenable
15 5 (2.87%) Carbon Black
15 5 (2.87%) McAfee
15 5 (2.87%) Oracle