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 23 September 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
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 356 315
Rank change year-on-year -142 -41 +9
Contract jobs citing Dell 187 201 263
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.61% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 0.82% 1.29% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 109 167
10th Percentile £128 £136 £193
25th Percentile £263 £200 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% +16.36%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £565
90th Percentile £638 £580 £629
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £375 £497
% change year-on-year +26.67% -24.47% +57.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 48 30
10th Percentile £16.22 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £19.08 £18.51 £13.93
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 £25.11 - £68.33
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 22,914 15,542 16,732
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.77% 47.53% 44.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,985 9,534 10,004
10th Percentile £311 £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 £616 £613 £625
90th Percentile £706 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,302 796 645
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.72 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.53 £17.59 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -20.16% -28.21%
75th Percentile £60.25 £43.38 £64.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £21.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +21.61% -29.42% -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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -130 149 £500 +17.65% 171
UK excluding London -113 123 £475 +26.67% 80
London -100 41 £525 +5.85% 104
Work from Home -48 39 £425 -4.92% 48
North of England -69 37 £525 +20.34% 15
South East -58 36 £475 +19.50% 30
Yorkshire -29 27 £525 +10.53% 3
South West -41 18 £175 -38.70% 3
Scotland -16 16 £145 -54.72% 16
Midlands -63 9 £375 +150.00% 5
West Midlands -43 8 £250 +33.33% 3
East of England -29 5 £511 +14.89% 10
North East -36 5 £553 +268.50% 2
North West -58 5 £200 -53.49% 10
Wales -10 3 - - 1
East Midlands -30 1 £500 +294.63% 2

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 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (6.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (5.35%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.07%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 44 (23.53%) Azure
2 28 (14.97%) Boomi
3 20 (10.70%) AWS
4 12 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.81%) OpenShift
6 9 (4.81%) Smartsheet
7 6 (3.21%) AtomSphere
8 5 (2.67%) GitHub
9 4 (2.14%) Azure Stack
10 3 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.60%) IaaS
10 3 (1.60%) iPaaS
10 3 (1.60%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.60%) Rubrik
11 2 (1.07%) Datadog
11 2 (1.07%) GCP
11 2 (1.07%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 54 (28.88%) SAN
2 15 (8.02%) Firewall
3 12 (6.42%) NAS
4 11 (5.88%) Network Security
5 10 (5.35%) Fibre Channel
6 9 (4.81%) VLAN
7 8 (4.28%) VPN
8 7 (3.74%) BGP
8 7 (3.74%) DHCP
8 7 (3.74%) DNS
9 6 (3.21%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.21%) VSAN
9 6 (3.21%) WAN
10 5 (2.67%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (2.67%) iSCSI
10 5 (2.67%) LAN
10 5 (2.67%) VXLAN
11 4 (2.14%) OSPF
12 3 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.07%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (6.95%) Git
1 13 (6.95%) JIRA
2 9 (4.81%) Postman
3 6 (3.21%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.60%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 57 (30.48%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.76%) Finance
4 13 (6.95%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (5.88%) Banking
6 5 (2.67%) Retail
7 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.07%) Law
9 1 (0.53%) Billing
9 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (16.58%) IT Engineer
2 28 (14.97%) Field Engineer
2 28 (14.97%) Field Service Engineer
2 28 (14.97%) Storage Engineer
3 26 (13.90%) Architect
4 18 (9.63%) Consultant
5 17 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (8.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 12 (6.42%) Integration Architect
7 12 (6.42%) IT Support
8 11 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
8 11 (5.88%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.35%) Analyst
10 9 (4.81%) Network Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Senior
11 7 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.21%) Field Support Engineer
12 6 (3.21%) Integration Consultant
12 6 (3.21%) Storage Architect
12 6 (3.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.70%) REST
2 18 (9.63%) Middleware
3 15 (8.02%) JSON
4 13 (6.95%) OAuth
4 13 (6.95%) OAuth2
5 12 (6.42%) BAPI
6 10 (5.35%) OpenAPI
6 10 (5.35%) SAP ALE
6 10 (5.35%) Swagger
7 9 (4.81%) Terraform
8 8 (4.28%) IDoc
9 7 (3.74%) SOAP
10 3 (1.60%) XML
11 2 (1.07%) Redfish
11 2 (1.07%) Restlet
11 2 (1.07%) YAML
12 1 (0.53%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.53%) Apache NiFi
12 1 (0.53%) Keycloak
12 1 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 65 (34.76%) Data Centre
2 26 (13.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (13.37%) Replication
4 22 (11.76%) Enterprise Storage
5 20 (10.70%) PKI
6 17 (9.09%) Driving Licence
7 11 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (4.81%) Operational Technology
9 7 (3.74%) SCADA
10 5 (2.67%) EMC VNX
10 5 (2.67%) Private Cloud
11 4 (2.14%) Clustering
11 4 (2.14%) EMC VMAX
11 4 (2.14%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.60%) Chip and PIN
12 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.60%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 61 (32.62%) Windows
2 41 (21.93%) Linux
3 30 (16.04%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.56%) VMS
5 6 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (3.21%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.67%) zOS
7 4 (2.14%) AIX
7 4 (2.14%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.14%) Solaris
7 4 (2.14%) SUSE
8 3 (1.60%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.60%) Unix
9 2 (1.07%) Android
9 2 (1.07%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.07%) HPUX
9 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.53%) Debian
10 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.79%) Customer Service
3 34 (18.18%) Break/Fix
4 28 (14.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 27 (14.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (12.30%) ITSM
8 22 (11.76%) DevOps
9 21 (11.23%) Agile
9 21 (11.23%) Change Management
10 18 (9.63%) Migration
11 17 (9.09%) CI/CD
11 17 (9.09%) Data Protection
11 17 (9.09%) High Availability
11 17 (9.09%) ITIL
11 17 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
12 15 (8.02%) Observability
13 14 (7.49%) Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (6.95%) Test Automation
14 13 (6.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.88%) Python
3 7 (3.74%) Bash
4 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.60%) JCL
4 3 (1.60%) SQL
5 2 (1.07%) REXX
5 2 (1.07%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.07%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.53%) ABAP
6 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.53%) Bicep
6 1 (0.53%) Groovy
6 1 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.53%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 56 (29.95%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (14.97%) CCNA
3 28 (14.97%) SC Cleared
4 27 (14.44%) MCSE
5 26 (13.90%) A+ Certification
5 26 (13.90%) Network+ Certification
6 21 (11.23%) DV Cleared
7 11 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.28%) Degree
9 7 (3.74%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.67%) CCNP
11 4 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.60%) NCDA
12 3 (1.60%) NCIE
12 3 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.14%) SLA
2 3 (1.60%) QA
3 2 (1.07%) SEPA
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.53%) NCSC
4 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (31.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (11.23%) VMware ESXi
3 20 (10.70%) vSphere
4 17 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (6.95%) Active Directory
6 12 (6.42%) Firmware
7 9 (4.81%) Hyper-V
7 9 (4.81%) NFS
8 6 (3.21%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (2.14%) Docker
9 4 (2.14%) SRDF
9 4 (2.14%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.60%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (1.60%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (1.07%) KVM
11 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.53%) Samba
12 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.53%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (16.04%) vCenter Server
2 20 (10.70%) Ansible
3 15 (8.02%) SCOM
4 14 (7.49%) Avamar
5 13 (6.95%) Kubernetes
5 13 (6.95%) VxRail
6 12 (6.42%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (3.21%) NetBackup
8 5 (2.67%) McAfee ePO
8 5 (2.67%) Nessus
8 5 (2.67%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.67%) vMotion
9 4 (2.14%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (2.14%) SCCM
9 4 (2.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (1.60%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (1.60%) Grafana
10 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (1.60%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 76 (40.64%) VMware
2 41 (21.93%) Microsoft
3 36 (19.25%) Cisco
4 24 (12.83%) HP
5 22 (11.76%) NetApp
6 19 (10.16%) ServiceNow
7 15 (8.02%) SAP
7 15 (8.02%) Thales
8 14 (7.49%) MuleSoft
9 13 (6.95%) EMC
10 12 (6.42%) Brocade
10 12 (6.42%) IBM
11 11 (5.88%) Veeam
12 8 (4.28%) Fortinet
12 8 (4.28%) Red Hat
12 8 (4.28%) Splunk
13 7 (3.74%) Pure Storage
14 6 (3.21%) Hitachi
14 6 (3.21%) Tenable
15 5 (2.67%) Broadcom