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 28 July 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
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 317 266
Rank change year-on-year -144 -51 +70
Contract jobs citing Dell 212 239 354
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.73% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 0.97% 1.54% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 120 229
10th Percentile £126 £145 £208
25th Percentile £331 £198 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £608
90th Percentile £638 £614 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £400 £505
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.79% +83.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 44 26
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £11.88
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £13.93
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +1.28%
75th Percentile £20.09 £25.15 £55.94
90th Percentile £24.07 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.23 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year -3.42% +16.55% -22.71%

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 21,831 15,499 17,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.30% 47.33% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,562 9,484 10,956
10th Percentile £313 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £710 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,092 777 916
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.67 £13.28
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.08 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.11 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.60% -6.85% -35.41%
75th Percentile £65.33 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.00 £22.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +52.36% -10.74% -28.06%

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 28 July 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 28 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

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 28 July 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 -141 163 £475 +5.56% 55
UK excluding London -101 150 £475 +18.75% 37
South East -71 39 £463 +16.35% 14
North of England -67 38 £519 +16.63% 11
Work from Home -56 33 £500 +11.48% 18
London -90 32 £525 - 20
Yorkshire -23 29 £520 +10.64% 4
South West -44 20 £123 -24.85% 3
Scotland -17 18 £450 -12.15% 1
Midlands -60 15 £450 +200.00% 5
East of England -18 13 £613 +11.36% 4
West Midlands -58 12 £450 +200.00% 5
Wales -10 8 - -
North West -57 8 £275 -36.96% 7
East Midlands -15 3 £450 -
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 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.94%) Confluence
3 2 (0.94%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.83%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.45%) Azure
2 25 (11.79%) Boomi
3 15 (7.08%) AWS
4 12 (5.66%) OpenShift
5 11 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.36%) AtomSphere
8 5 (2.36%) GitHub
8 5 (2.36%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.89%) Azure Stack
9 4 (1.89%) IaaS
9 4 (1.89%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.42%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.94%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (32.55%) SAN
2 15 (7.08%) VSAN
3 14 (6.60%) iSCSI
4 12 (5.66%) Firewall
5 11 (5.19%) DHCP
5 11 (5.19%) DNS
6 10 (4.72%) Fibre Channel
7 9 (4.25%) WAN
8 8 (3.77%) LAN
8 8 (3.77%) NAS
8 8 (3.77%) Network Security
8 8 (3.77%) VLAN
9 7 (3.30%) VPN
10 5 (2.36%) FCoE
11 4 (1.89%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.89%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.42%) BGP
12 3 (1.42%) SNMP
12 3 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (4.72%) Git
1 10 (4.72%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.83%) JIRA
3 5 (2.36%) Postman
4 3 (1.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.47%) Hudson
5 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 53 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.96%) Finance
4 11 (5.19%) Legal
5 8 (3.77%) Banking
6 7 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.94%) Law
9 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.47%) Billing
10 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (23.11%) Field Engineer
2 44 (20.75%) IT Engineer
3 43 (20.28%) Field Service Engineer
4 24 (11.32%) IT Support
4 24 (11.32%) Storage Engineer
5 22 (10.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (9.91%) Support Engineer
7 18 (8.49%) Architect
8 16 (7.55%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (6.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 13 (6.13%) Consultant
9 13 (6.13%) Senior
10 8 (3.77%) Analyst
10 8 (3.77%) Data Centre Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (3.30%) Integration Architect
11 7 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
12 6 (2.83%) Field Hardware Engineer
12 6 (2.83%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.08%) REST
2 13 (6.13%) JSON
2 13 (6.13%) Middleware
3 9 (4.25%) SOAP
4 7 (3.30%) BAPI
4 7 (3.30%) OAuth
4 7 (3.30%) OAuth2
5 6 (2.83%) XML
6 5 (2.36%) IDoc
6 5 (2.36%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.36%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.36%) Swagger
7 4 (1.89%) Redfish
8 3 (1.42%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.42%) Web Services
9 2 (0.94%) JMS
9 2 (0.94%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.94%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.94%) YAML
10 1 (0.47%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 78 (36.79%) Data Centre
2 43 (20.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (11.79%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (9.91%) Replication
5 15 (7.08%) EMC VMAX
6 14 (6.60%) PKI
7 13 (6.13%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.30%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.36%) Clustering
10 4 (1.89%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.42%) EMC VNX
11 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.94%) Device Driver
12 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (28.30%) Windows
2 28 (13.21%) Windows Server
3 25 (11.79%) Linux
4 10 (4.72%) VMS
5 9 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.83%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.36%) zOS
8 4 (1.89%) SUSE
9 3 (1.42%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.42%) Unix
10 2 (0.94%) AIX
10 2 (0.94%) Android
10 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.94%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.94%) Solaris
10 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.47%) Debian
11 1 (0.47%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (29.25%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (27.83%) Customer Service
3 57 (26.89%) Break/Fix
4 31 (14.62%) Migration
5 28 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (11.79%) DevOps
7 22 (10.38%) CI/CD
8 21 (9.91%) ITSM
9 18 (8.49%) Agile
10 15 (7.08%) Change Management
11 14 (6.60%) High Availability
11 14 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (6.13%) Data Protection
12 13 (6.13%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (5.66%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (5.66%) Observability
13 12 (5.66%) Storage Management
13 12 (5.66%) Validation
14 10 (4.72%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.32%) Python
2 20 (9.43%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.72%) Bash
4 6 (2.83%) SQL
5 5 (2.36%) JCL
6 3 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.94%) ABAP
7 2 (0.94%) Groovy
7 2 (0.94%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.94%) REXX
8 1 (0.47%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.47%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.47%) Bicep
8 1 (0.47%) Java
8 1 (0.47%) Korn
8 1 (0.47%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 51 (24.06%) Security Cleared
2 49 (23.11%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (21.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (19.81%) A+ Certification
4 42 (19.81%) CCNA
4 42 (19.81%) MCSE
4 42 (19.81%) Network+ Certification
5 24 (11.32%) DV Cleared
5 24 (11.32%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.25%) Degree
7 7 (3.30%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.30%) CCNP
8 6 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.89%) HP ASE
10 3 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.42%) NCDA
10 3 (1.42%) NCIE
10 3 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.13%) SLA
2 9 (4.25%) PMO
3 6 (2.83%) QA
4 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) GRC
5 1 (0.47%) NCSC
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
System Software
1 48 (22.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (10.85%) vSphere
3 14 (6.60%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (5.66%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.66%) SRDF
5 10 (4.72%) Firmware
5 10 (4.72%) NFS
6 6 (2.83%) Docker
7 5 (2.36%) Time Sharing Option
7 5 (2.36%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.42%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.94%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.94%) KVM
10 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.47%) QEMU
10 1 (0.47%) Samba
10 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (12.26%) vCenter Server
2 20 (9.43%) Ansible
3 15 (7.08%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.66%) Avamar
4 12 (5.66%) SCOM
4 12 (5.66%) VxRail
5 8 (3.77%) Dell DRAC
5 8 (3.77%) Terraform
6 7 (3.30%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.83%) EMC TimeFinder
7 6 (2.83%) ServiceCenter
7 6 (2.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (2.36%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.89%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.89%) Puppet
9 4 (1.89%) SCCM
10 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (29.72%) VMware
2 42 (19.81%) HP
3 40 (18.87%) Microsoft
4 37 (17.45%) Cisco
5 17 (8.02%) Brocade
6 14 (6.60%) Pure Storage
6 14 (6.60%) SAP
6 14 (6.60%) Thales
7 13 (6.13%) EMC
7 13 (6.13%) IBM
7 13 (6.13%) MuleSoft
7 13 (6.13%) ServiceNow
8 12 (5.66%) Broadcom
8 12 (5.66%) NetApp
8 12 (5.66%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.77%) Veeam
10 7 (3.30%) Apple
10 7 (3.30%) Oracle
11 6 (2.83%) Canon
12 5 (2.36%) Splunk