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 7 March 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
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 323 275
Rank change year-on-year -46 -48 +78
Contract jobs citing Dell 282 213 393
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.70% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.49% 1.49% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 112 266
10th Percentile £154 £147 £166
25th Percentile £200 £173 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £625
90th Percentile £615 £599 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £323 £455
% change year-on-year +34.88% -29.12% +22.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 30 9
10th Percentile £16.11 £18.48 £15.65
25th Percentile £16.97 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.38 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.87% +20.90% -3.40%
75th Percentile £24.44 £24.66 £22.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £35.00 £32.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.96% +38.17% -6.67%

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 18,869 14,335 19,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.18% 46.77% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,083 8,807 12,126
10th Percentile £306 £285 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -3.12%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 454 1,014
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.47 £21.24 £14.71
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £54.39
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.68 £27.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -17.53% +14.58% -26.15%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -52 236 £425 +23.64% 95
UK excluding London -41 181 £435 +34.88% 86
London -16 68 £447 +94.35% 21
North of England -44 50 £350 -17.65% 17
Midlands -49 35 £309 -22.75% 10
East of England +5 32 £563 -2.17% 12
Work from Home -24 32 £475 -2.56% 59
Yorkshire -44 27 £500 +4.82% 6
West Midlands -49 23 £314 -21.44% 8
South West -25 22 £700 +288.89% 13
South East -66 22 £465 +154.83% 25
North West -38 15 £175 -58.82% 10
East Midlands -18 14 £158 -10.00% 2
Scotland +8 13 £500 +100.00% 7
North East - 8 £175 - 1
Wales -1 5 - - 3
Northern Ireland 0 4 £375 - 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 13 (4.61%) Confluence
2 7 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.42%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.71%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 37 (13.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.71%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.35%) assyst
4 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.35%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 54 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (13.83%) Azure
3 34 (12.06%) AWS
4 16 (5.67%) Boomi
5 12 (4.26%) Datadog
6 8 (2.84%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.48%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.42%) GCP
9 4 (1.42%) OCI
10 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.71%) Apigee
11 2 (0.71%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.71%) PaaS
12 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (15.60%) SAN
2 40 (14.18%) Wireless
3 27 (9.57%) Firewall
4 25 (8.87%) VSAN
5 22 (7.80%) DHCP
5 22 (7.80%) DNS
6 18 (6.38%) VLAN
7 14 (4.96%) LAN
7 14 (4.96%) WAN
8 12 (4.26%) iSCSI
9 8 (2.84%) Fibre Channel
10 7 (2.48%) BGP
11 5 (1.77%) FCoE
11 5 (1.77%) MPLS
11 5 (1.77%) NAS
11 5 (1.77%) OSPF
12 4 (1.42%) 3GPP
12 4 (1.42%) IPsec
12 4 (1.42%) Network Security
12 4 (1.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.13%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.71%) DataStage
4 2 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.35%) MySQL
5 1 (0.35%) Redis
5 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (2.84%) JIRA
2 4 (1.42%) GitLab
2 4 (1.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.06%) Git
3 3 (1.06%) Postman
4 1 (0.35%) Hudson
4 1 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 63 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.15%) Finance
3 35 (12.41%) Public Sector
4 33 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.22%) Banking
5 26 (9.22%) Legal
6 24 (8.51%) Manufacturing
6 24 (8.51%) Marketing
6 24 (8.51%) Telecoms
7 23 (8.16%) Electronics
8 15 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.55%) Retail
11 7 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.42%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.35%) Billing
15 1 (0.35%) French Language
Job Titles
1 50 (17.73%) IT Support
2 39 (13.83%) Field Engineer
3 33 (11.70%) IT Engineer
4 30 (10.64%) Desktop Support
5 29 (10.28%) Support Engineer
6 28 (9.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (8.51%) 2nd Line Support
8 23 (8.16%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 23 (8.16%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
9 22 (7.80%) Analyst
9 22 (7.80%) Field Service Engineer
10 17 (6.03%) Architect
10 17 (6.03%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Field Support Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Hardware Engineer
11 15 (5.32%) Senior
12 13 (4.61%) Administrator
12 13 (4.61%) Computer Engineer
12 13 (4.61%) Field Hardware Engineer
13 12 (4.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.84%) Middleware
2 7 (2.48%) REST
3 6 (2.13%) SOAP
4 5 (1.77%) XML
5 4 (1.42%) Keycloak
6 3 (1.06%) JSON
6 3 (1.06%) Web Services
7 2 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.71%) Redfish
8 1 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.35%) IDoc
8 1 (0.35%) JDBC
8 1 (0.35%) JMS
8 1 (0.35%) Kafka
8 1 (0.35%) LDAP
8 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.35%) SAP XI
8 1 (0.35%) XSD
8 1 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 88 (31.21%) Data Centre
2 34 (12.06%) Driving Licence
3 20 (7.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (6.38%) Enterprise Storage
5 13 (4.61%) Virtual Team
6 12 (4.26%) EMC VMAX
6 12 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.90%) Replication
8 7 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.13%) PKI
10 4 (1.42%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.06%) EPoS
12 2 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.71%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.71%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.71%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 74 (26.24%) Windows
2 47 (16.67%) Linux
3 45 (15.96%) Mac OS
4 41 (14.54%) Android
5 30 (10.64%) Windows Server
6 20 (7.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (6.38%) Windows 10
8 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (2.84%) Unix
10 7 (2.48%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.42%) VMS
12 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.35%) CentOS
13 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (21.99%) Customer Service
2 55 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (14.89%) Break/Fix
4 41 (14.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (10.28%) Migration
6 23 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (8.16%) Digital Marketing
6 23 (8.16%) Programme Management
7 21 (7.45%) Agile
8 16 (5.67%) Service Management
9 15 (5.32%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (4.96%) Asset Management
10 14 (4.96%) DevOps
10 14 (4.96%) ITSM
11 13 (4.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.26%) High Availability
12 12 (4.26%) ITIL
13 11 (3.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (3.90%) Ticket Management
13 11 (3.90%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.67%) Python
2 12 (4.26%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.90%) Shell Script
4 10 (3.55%) Bash
5 8 (2.84%) SQL
6 2 (0.71%) C
6 2 (0.71%) Java
6 2 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.35%) ABAP
7 1 (0.35%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.35%) Groovy
7 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.35%) Korn
7 1 (0.35%) Perl
7 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 82 (29.08%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (8.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (7.80%) A+ Certification
6 21 (7.45%) DV Cleared
7 20 (7.09%) CCNA
7 20 (7.09%) MCSE
7 20 (7.09%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.90%) Degree
9 7 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.77%) CCNP
11 4 (1.42%) HP ASE
11 4 (1.42%) OCP
11 4 (1.42%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.71%) VCAP
13 2 (0.71%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.57%) SLA
2 7 (2.48%) PMO
3 4 (1.42%) COBIT
4 3 (1.06%) GDPR
5 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.71%) NCSC
5 2 (0.71%) NIST
5 2 (0.71%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.71%) QA
5 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (15.60%) vSphere
2 43 (15.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (9.57%) Active Directory
4 15 (5.32%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.96%) Docker
6 9 (3.19%) SRDF
7 8 (2.84%) Firmware
8 6 (2.13%) Hyper-V
8 6 (2.13%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.71%) Ceph
10 2 (0.71%) Lustre
10 2 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.71%) vCloud
11 1 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.35%) GPFS
11 1 (0.35%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (9.57%) VxRail
2 20 (7.09%) Ansible
3 18 (6.38%) Terraform
4 13 (4.61%) ServiceCenter
4 13 (4.61%) vRealize
5 12 (4.26%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.90%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.84%) Dell DRAC
7 8 (2.84%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (2.84%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.48%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (2.13%) EMC TimeFinder
9 6 (2.13%) SCCM
10 5 (1.77%) EMC VPLEX
11 4 (1.42%) Grafana
11 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.42%) Puppet
11 4 (1.42%) SCOM
11 4 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 122 (43.26%) HP
2 80 (28.37%) Cisco
3 60 (21.28%) VMware
4 55 (19.50%) Apple
5 36 (12.77%) SAP
6 35 (12.41%) Microsoft
7 24 (8.51%) IBM
8 23 (8.16%) Red Hat
9 19 (6.74%) EMC
10 14 (4.96%) SolarWinds
11 13 (4.61%) Canon
11 13 (4.61%) Commvault
11 13 (4.61%) ServiceNow
12 12 (4.26%) AppDynamics
13 11 (3.90%) Brocade
13 11 (3.90%) NVIDIA
13 11 (3.90%) Pure Storage
13 11 (3.90%) Veeam
14 10 (3.55%) Oracle
15 8 (2.84%) MuleSoft