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 31 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 324 272
Rank change year-on-year -148 -52 +55
Contract jobs citing Dell 207 242 346
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.74% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 0.94% 1.56% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 121 225
10th Percentile £126 £145 £214
25th Percentile £294 £188 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile £575 £543 £608
90th Percentile £638 £613 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £398 £500
% change year-on-year +19.50% -20.50% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 45 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% +18.41%
75th Percentile £20.08 £25.15 £55.94
90th Percentile £24.63 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.67 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year -1.09% +16.55% -15.90%

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 21,941 15,481 17,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.32% 47.20% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,626 9,492 10,831
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £709 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +4.99% -4.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 777 890
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.60 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £34.94 £25.15 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.93% -8.55% -33.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.40
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £22.32 £25.30
% change year-on-year +52.32% -11.80% -26.67%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -155 159 £475 +5.56% 59
UK excluding London -97 146 £475 +19.50% 39
South East -66 39 £463 +16.35% 18
North of England -67 36 £519 +16.37% 8
Work from Home -44 32 £506 +12.50% 20
London -90 32 £525 - 23
Yorkshire -36 27 £520 +10.53% 1
South West -50 21 £123 -28.36% 3
Scotland -11 18 £450 -12.15% 1
Midlands -62 14 £450 +200.00% 6
West Midlands -67 12 £450 +200.00% 5
East of England -19 11 £650 +18.18% 4
Wales -11 8 - -
North West -63 8 £275 -37.14% 7
East Midlands -16 2 £475 - 1
North East -46 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 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.97%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.90%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.39%) Azure
2 23 (11.11%) Boomi
3 14 (6.76%) AWS
4 12 (5.80%) OpenShift
5 11 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.42%) AtomSphere
8 5 (2.42%) GitHub
8 5 (2.42%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.93%) Azure Stack
9 4 (1.93%) IaaS
9 4 (1.93%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.45%) iPaaS
10 3 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.97%) Datadog
11 2 (0.97%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 69 (33.33%) SAN
2 15 (7.25%) VSAN
3 14 (6.76%) iSCSI
4 12 (5.80%) Firewall
5 11 (5.31%) DHCP
5 11 (5.31%) DNS
6 10 (4.83%) Fibre Channel
7 9 (4.35%) WAN
8 8 (3.86%) LAN
8 8 (3.86%) NAS
8 8 (3.86%) Network Security
9 7 (3.38%) VLAN
9 7 (3.38%) VPN
10 5 (2.42%) FCoE
11 4 (1.93%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.93%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.45%) BGP
12 3 (1.45%) SNMP
12 3 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.97%) Connectrix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.48%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (4.35%) Git
1 9 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.90%) JIRA
3 5 (2.42%) Postman
4 3 (1.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) Hudson
5 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 50 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.19%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.21%) Finance
4 11 (5.31%) Legal
5 8 (3.86%) Banking
6 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.45%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.97%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.48%) Billing
10 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (24.15%) Field Engineer
2 45 (21.74%) IT Engineer
3 44 (21.26%) Field Service Engineer
4 25 (12.08%) Storage Engineer
5 23 (11.11%) IT Support
6 22 (10.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (10.14%) Support Engineer
8 18 (8.70%) Architect
9 16 (7.73%) Field Support Engineer
9 16 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (6.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (6.28%) Senior
12 12 (5.80%) Consultant
13 8 (3.86%) Analyst
13 8 (3.86%) Data Centre Engineer
13 8 (3.86%) Hardware Engineer
14 7 (3.38%) Integration Architect
14 7 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
15 6 (2.90%) Computer Engineer
15 6 (2.90%) Field Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.76%) REST
2 12 (5.80%) JSON
2 12 (5.80%) Middleware
3 8 (3.86%) SOAP
4 7 (3.38%) BAPI
4 7 (3.38%) OAuth
4 7 (3.38%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.42%) IDoc
5 5 (2.42%) OpenAPI
5 5 (2.42%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.42%) Swagger
5 5 (2.42%) XML
6 4 (1.93%) Redfish
7 3 (1.45%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.97%) JMS
8 2 (0.97%) SAP XI
8 2 (0.97%) YAML
9 1 (0.48%) JDBC
9 1 (0.48%) SAML
9 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (37.20%) Data Centre
2 43 (20.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (12.56%) Enterprise Storage
4 21 (10.14%) Replication
5 15 (7.25%) EMC VMAX
5 15 (7.25%) PKI
6 14 (6.76%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.38%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.42%) Clustering
9 4 (1.93%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.45%) EMC VNX
10 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.97%) Device Driver
11 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (28.99%) Windows
2 29 (14.01%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.56%) Linux
4 10 (4.83%) VMS
4 10 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.90%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.42%) zOS
8 4 (1.93%) SUSE
9 3 (1.45%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.45%) Unix
10 2 (0.97%) AIX
10 2 (0.97%) Android
10 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.97%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.97%) Solaris
10 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.48%) Debian
11 1 (0.48%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (28.02%) Customer Service
3 57 (27.54%) Break/Fix
4 31 (14.98%) Migration
5 28 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (11.59%) DevOps
7 22 (10.63%) ITSM
8 21 (10.14%) CI/CD
9 17 (8.21%) Agile
10 16 (7.73%) Change Management
11 14 (6.76%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (6.28%) Data Protection
12 13 (6.28%) High Availability
12 13 (6.28%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (5.80%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (5.80%) Observability
13 12 (5.80%) Storage Management
13 12 (5.80%) Validation
14 10 (4.83%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.59%) Python
2 20 (9.66%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.83%) Bash
4 5 (2.42%) JCL
4 5 (2.42%) SQL
5 3 (1.45%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.97%) ABAP
6 2 (0.97%) Groovy
6 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.97%) REXX
7 1 (0.48%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.48%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.48%) Bicep
7 1 (0.48%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) Korn
7 1 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 51 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 49 (23.67%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (20.29%) A+ Certification
4 42 (20.29%) CCNA
4 42 (20.29%) MCSE
4 42 (20.29%) Network+ Certification
5 24 (11.59%) DV Cleared
6 23 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.86%) Degree
8 7 (3.38%) CCNP
9 6 (2.90%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.93%) HP ASE
11 3 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.45%) NCDA
11 3 (1.45%) NCIE
11 3 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.97%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.31%) SLA
2 7 (3.38%) PMO
3 6 (2.90%) QA
4 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.48%) GRC
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (24.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (10.63%) vSphere
3 14 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.76%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (6.76%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (5.80%) SRDF
5 11 (5.31%) Firmware
5 11 (5.31%) Hyper-V
6 10 (4.83%) NFS
7 6 (2.90%) Docker
8 5 (2.42%) Time Sharing Option
8 5 (2.42%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.97%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.97%) KVM
11 1 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.48%) QEMU
11 1 (0.48%) Samba
11 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (13.04%) vCenter Server
2 20 (9.66%) Ansible
3 15 (7.25%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.28%) Avamar
4 13 (6.28%) SCOM
5 10 (4.83%) Dell DRAC
5 10 (4.83%) VxRail
6 8 (3.86%) Terraform
7 7 (3.38%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.90%) EMC TimeFinder
8 6 (2.90%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (2.42%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.93%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (1.93%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.93%) Puppet
10 4 (1.93%) SCCM
10 4 (1.93%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (1.45%) SnapMirror
11 3 (1.45%) vMotion
Vendors
1 64 (30.92%) VMware
2 42 (20.29%) HP
3 38 (18.36%) Cisco
3 38 (18.36%) Microsoft
4 17 (8.21%) Brocade
5 14 (6.76%) Pure Storage
5 14 (6.76%) SAP
5 14 (6.76%) Thales
6 13 (6.28%) EMC
6 13 (6.28%) IBM
6 13 (6.28%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.80%) Broadcom
7 12 (5.80%) MuleSoft
7 12 (5.80%) NetApp
7 12 (5.80%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.38%) Oracle
8 7 (3.38%) Veeam
9 6 (2.90%) Canon
10 5 (2.42%) Apple
10 5 (2.42%) Splunk