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 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
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 323 269
Rank change year-on-year -117 -54 +72
Contract jobs citing Dell 221 248 362
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.76% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.01% 1.60% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 127 231
10th Percentile £126 £148 £210
25th Percentile £350 £200 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £608
90th Percentile £638 £624 £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 26 44 27
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £11.90
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +11.95%
75th Percentile £20.08 £25.15 £46.88
90th Percentile £22.93 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.69 £18.87 £16.85
% change year-on-year -11.58% +12.02% -19.72%

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 21,778 15,500 17,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.30% 47.45% 43.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,534 9,482 11,204
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.72% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 764 967
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.75 £13.13
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year +39.17% -3.38% -36.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +51.07% -10.00% -22.24%

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 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 23 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 23 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 -145 169 £475 +2.70% 58
UK excluding London -103 154 £475 +18.75% 42
South East -75 39 £463 +8.82% 17
North of England -64 38 £519 +17.62% 9
London -86 36 £525 -2.33% 20
Work from Home -60 33 £500 +5.26% 24
Yorkshire -32 28 £520 +10.64% 4
Scotland -5 20 £475 +5.56% 1
South West -46 20 £123 -24.85% 4
Midlands -63 16 £450 +200.00% 4
East of England -22 14 £613 +11.36% 6
West Midlands -66 12 £450 +200.00% 4
Wales -13 8 - -
North West -54 8 £275 -36.78% 5
East Midlands -14 4 £450 -
North East -40 2 £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 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.71%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 38 (17.19%) Azure
2 25 (11.31%) Boomi
3 15 (6.79%) AWS
4 12 (5.43%) OpenShift
5 11 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.26%) AtomSphere
8 5 (2.26%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.81%) Azure Stack
9 4 (1.81%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.81%) GitHub
9 4 (1.81%) IaaS
9 4 (1.81%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.81%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.36%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.90%) GCP
11 2 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (33.03%) SAN
2 15 (6.79%) VSAN
3 14 (6.33%) iSCSI
4 13 (5.88%) DHCP
4 13 (5.88%) DNS
4 13 (5.88%) Firewall
5 12 (5.43%) WAN
6 11 (4.98%) LAN
7 10 (4.52%) Fibre Channel
8 9 (4.07%) NAS
8 9 (4.07%) Network Security
9 8 (3.62%) VLAN
10 7 (3.17%) VPN
11 5 (2.26%) FCoE
12 4 (1.81%) BGP
12 4 (1.81%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (1.81%) VXLAN
13 3 (1.36%) SNMP
13 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
13 3 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Git
2 9 (4.07%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.17%) JIRA
4 6 (2.71%) Postman
5 4 (1.81%) GitLab
6 1 (0.45%) Hudson
6 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 56 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.95%) Finance
4 13 (5.88%) Legal
5 8 (3.62%) Banking
6 7 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.36%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.90%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.45%) Billing
10 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (23.98%) Field Engineer
2 46 (20.81%) IT Engineer
3 45 (20.36%) Field Service Engineer
4 24 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (10.86%) IT Support
5 23 (10.41%) Storage Engineer
6 21 (9.50%) Support Engineer
7 18 (8.14%) Architect
8 16 (7.24%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (7.24%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (6.33%) Senior
10 13 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (5.88%) Consultant
11 10 (4.52%) Hardware Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Analyst
12 8 (3.62%) Computer Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Data Centre Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Field Hardware Engineer
12 8 (3.62%) Printer Engineer
13 7 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.79%) REST
2 14 (6.33%) Middleware
3 13 (5.88%) JSON
4 9 (4.07%) SOAP
5 7 (3.17%) BAPI
5 7 (3.17%) OAuth
5 7 (3.17%) OAuth2
5 7 (3.17%) XML
6 5 (2.26%) IDoc
6 5 (2.26%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.26%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.26%) Swagger
7 4 (1.81%) Redfish
8 3 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.36%) Web Services
9 2 (0.90%) JMS
9 2 (0.90%) Keycloak
9 2 (0.90%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.90%) YAML
10 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (37.10%) Data Centre
2 45 (20.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (11.31%) Enterprise Storage
4 20 (9.05%) Replication
5 16 (7.24%) Driving Licence
6 15 (6.79%) EMC VMAX
7 14 (6.33%) PKI
8 9 (4.07%) Virtual Team
9 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.26%) Clustering
11 4 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.36%) EMC VNX
12 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.90%) BYOD
13 2 (0.90%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.90%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.90%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (29.41%) Windows
2 31 (14.03%) Windows Server
3 26 (11.76%) Linux
4 11 (4.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (4.07%) VMS
6 6 (2.71%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.26%) zOS
8 4 (1.81%) SUSE
9 3 (1.36%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.36%) Unix
9 3 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.90%) AIX
10 2 (0.90%) Android
10 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.90%) Solaris
10 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.45%) Debian
11 1 (0.45%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (28.96%) Customer Service
3 59 (26.70%) Break/Fix
4 31 (14.03%) Migration
5 30 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (10.86%) DevOps
7 21 (9.50%) CI/CD
7 21 (9.50%) ITSM
8 18 (8.14%) Agile
9 15 (6.79%) Change Management
10 14 (6.33%) Data Protection
10 14 (6.33%) High Availability
10 14 (6.33%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (5.43%) Storage Management
12 12 (5.43%) Validation
13 11 (4.98%) Observability
13 11 (4.98%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.86%) Python
2 19 (8.60%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.52%) Bash
4 6 (2.71%) SQL
5 5 (2.26%) JCL
6 3 (1.36%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.90%) ABAP
7 2 (0.90%) Groovy
7 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.90%) REXX
8 1 (0.45%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.45%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.45%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.45%) Java
8 1 (0.45%) Korn
8 1 (0.45%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 52 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 51 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 47 (21.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (19.91%) A+ Certification
4 44 (19.91%) CCNA
4 44 (19.91%) MCSE
4 44 (19.91%) Network+ Certification
5 25 (11.31%) SC Cleared
6 24 (10.86%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.07%) Degree
8 7 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 7 (3.17%) CCNP
9 6 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.81%) HP ASE
11 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.36%) NCDA
11 3 (1.36%) NCIE
11 3 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.88%) SLA
2 9 (4.07%) PMO
3 6 (2.71%) QA
4 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) GDPR
5 1 (0.45%) GRC
5 1 (0.45%) NCSC
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (22.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (11.31%) vSphere
3 16 (7.24%) Active Directory
4 15 (6.79%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (5.43%) Hyper-V
6 12 (5.43%) SRDF
7 10 (4.52%) Firmware
7 10 (4.52%) NFS
8 5 (2.26%) Docker
8 5 (2.26%) Time Sharing Option
8 5 (2.26%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.90%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.90%) KVM
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.45%) QEMU
11 1 (0.45%) Samba
11 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (11.76%) vCenter Server
2 21 (9.50%) Ansible
3 14 (6.33%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.43%) Avamar
4 12 (5.43%) SCOM
4 12 (5.43%) VxRail
5 8 (3.62%) Dell DRAC
5 8 (3.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (3.17%) Terraform
7 6 (2.71%) EMC TimeFinder
7 6 (2.71%) ServiceCenter
7 6 (2.71%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (2.26%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (1.81%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.81%) Puppet
9 4 (1.81%) SCCM
10 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (1.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 65 (29.41%) VMware
2 44 (19.91%) HP
3 40 (18.10%) Microsoft
4 39 (17.65%) Cisco
5 17 (7.69%) Brocade
6 15 (6.79%) SAP
7 14 (6.33%) EMC
7 14 (6.33%) IBM
7 14 (6.33%) Pure Storage
7 14 (6.33%) Thales
8 13 (5.88%) MuleSoft
8 13 (5.88%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.88%) ServiceNow
9 12 (5.43%) Broadcom
9 12 (5.43%) NetApp
10 8 (3.62%) Canon
10 8 (3.62%) Veeam
11 7 (3.17%) Apple
11 7 (3.17%) Oracle
12 5 (2.26%) SolarWinds