Dell Contracts

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 30 April 2025, 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 263 364
Rank change year-on-year -31 +101 +108
Contract jobs citing Dell 248 397 395
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.91% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 1.79% 2.15% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 275 275
10th Percentile £150 £216 £125
25th Percentile £173 £300 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +15.00% -4.48%
75th Percentile £564 £625 £550
90th Percentile £629 £700 £645
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £500 £300
% change year-on-year -48.00% +66.67% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 15 20
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.35 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.25 £18.56
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% +6.25% -13.40%
75th Percentile £24.18 £68.13 £21.67
90th Percentile £24.66 £71.25 £24.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £17.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year +7.83% -15.48% +8.80%

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 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Daily rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Hourly rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Top 17 Contract 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 30 April 2025. 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 -50 203 £425 -15.00% 123
UK excluding London +13 174 £260 -48.00% 92
South East +27 56 £214 -57.20% 24
London -53 51 £469 +17.19% 37
South West +10 34 £155 -77.86% 21
Work from Home -27 32 £540 +25.58% 68
North of England +3 26 £425 -1.16% 23
Midlands +32 24 £150 -62.50% 15
West Midlands +25 21 £150 -62.50% 12
Scotland +8 21 £450 +41.84% 3
North West -1 14 £425 -12.82% 9
East of England +39 11 £550 +100.00% 5
Yorkshire 0 10 £450 +8.43% 9
Wales +5 5 £200 -9.09% 1
East Midlands +10 3 £175 -76.67% 3
North East - 3 £625 - 6
Northern Ireland -7 2 - - 1

Dell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.03%) Confluence
2 9 (3.63%) IIS
3 2 (0.81%) IBM Notes
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Mule
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Magento
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (0.81%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.81%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) UltiPro
3 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.48%) Azure
2 22 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.05%) Boomi
4 11 (4.44%) GitHub
5 8 (3.23%) AWS
5 8 (3.23%) IaaS
6 7 (2.82%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.02%) PaaS
8 4 (1.61%) OCI
9 3 (1.21%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.81%) Datadog
10 2 (0.81%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.81%) Oracle CX
10 2 (0.81%) SaaS
10 2 (0.81%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.85%) DNS
1 17 (6.85%) SAN
2 16 (6.45%) Firewall
3 11 (4.44%) DHCP
4 10 (4.03%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.03%) VSAN
5 8 (3.23%) NAS
5 8 (3.23%) NetScaler
6 7 (2.82%) LAN
6 7 (2.82%) VPN
7 6 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (2.42%) SMTP
7 6 (2.42%) Wireless
8 5 (2.02%) Network Security
9 4 (1.61%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.21%) DMZ
10 3 (1.21%) WAN
11 2 (0.81%) OSPF
11 2 (0.81%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.61%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (0.81%) Power BI
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.40%) MS Access
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (5.24%) JIRA
2 6 (2.42%) GitLab
3 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.81%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) Maven
5 1 (0.40%) Postman
General
1 73 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.77%) Finance
3 29 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.47%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.84%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.44%) Banking
6 11 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.63%) Electronics
8 8 (3.23%) Marketing
9 7 (2.82%) Legal
10 5 (2.02%) Law
11 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.61%) Retail
12 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.81%) Military
14 1 (0.40%) Billing
14 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (18.55%) Support Engineer
2 37 (14.92%) Desktop Support
3 33 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
5 28 (11.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 27 (10.89%) IT Engineer
7 23 (9.27%) Server Engineer
8 18 (7.26%) Lead
9 15 (6.05%) Data Centre Engineer
10 14 (5.65%) Break Fix Engineer
10 14 (5.65%) Storage Engineer
11 13 (5.24%) IT Support
11 13 (5.24%) Windows Engineer
12 12 (4.84%) Field Engineer
13 11 (4.44%) Architect
14 9 (3.63%) Hardware Engineer
14 9 (3.63%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
14 9 (3.63%) Senior
15 8 (3.23%) Consultant
15 8 (3.23%) Server Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.82%) Middleware
2 6 (2.42%) REST
2 6 (2.42%) SOAP
2 6 (2.42%) Web Services
3 4 (1.61%) XML
3 4 (1.61%) YAML
4 3 (1.21%) JSON
5 2 (0.81%) EDI
5 2 (0.81%) Kafka
5 2 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (0.81%) SAP PI
5 2 (0.81%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.40%) .NET
6 1 (0.40%) IDoc
6 1 (0.40%) OAuth
6 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.40%) RAML
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) SAML
6 1 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 60 (24.19%) Driving Licence
2 58 (23.39%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.84%) Clustering
5 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (2.82%) PKI
6 6 (2.42%) Replication
7 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.21%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.81%) Blackberry
10 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.81%) CMDB
10 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.40%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (33.87%) Windows
2 39 (15.73%) Windows Server
3 31 (12.50%) Linux
4 26 (10.48%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.23%) Android
7 7 (2.82%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (2.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.61%) AIX
9 4 (1.61%) CentOS
9 4 (1.61%) Solaris
10 3 (1.21%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.21%) Unix
10 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.81%) zOS
12 1 (0.40%) Rocky
12 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (18.95%) Break/Fix
2 44 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (17.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (11.69%) Asset Management
4 29 (11.69%) Ticket Management
5 27 (10.89%) Customer Service
6 24 (9.68%) Customer Experience
7 23 (9.27%) Mathematics
8 17 (6.85%) ITIL
9 16 (6.45%) Agile
9 16 (6.45%) Time Management
10 14 (5.65%) CI/CD
11 13 (5.24%) Project Delivery
11 13 (5.24%) Project Management
12 12 (4.84%) High Availability
13 10 (4.03%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (4.03%) Data Protection
13 10 (4.03%) DevOps
13 10 (4.03%) Problem Management
13 10 (4.03%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.31%) PowerShell
2 16 (6.45%) Python
3 8 (3.23%) SQL
4 7 (2.82%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.81%) ABAP
5 2 (0.81%) Bash
5 2 (0.81%) JCL
5 2 (0.81%) Perl
5 2 (0.81%) REXX
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) C-shell
6 1 (0.40%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.40%) VB
6 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 105 (42.34%) Security Cleared
2 90 (36.29%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.11%) Dell Certification
4 20 (8.06%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.03%) Degree
6 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.42%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.61%) VCAP
10 3 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CCNP
11 2 (0.81%) CISSP
11 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.81%) PMP
11 2 (0.81%) RHCE
11 2 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.15%) SLA
2 14 (5.65%) QA
3 6 (2.42%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.81%) PMO
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (17.34%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (6.05%) vSphere
5 10 (4.03%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.42%) XenApp
6 6 (2.42%) XenDesktop
7 5 (2.02%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.61%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.61%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.81%) Ceph
9 2 (0.81%) Firmware
9 2 (0.81%) NFS
9 2 (0.81%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.40%) Docker
10 1 (0.40%) Microcode
10 1 (0.40%) SRDF
10 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (7.26%) Ansible
2 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Clustering
3 10 (4.03%) SCCM
3 10 (4.03%) Terraform
4 9 (3.63%) VxRail
5 8 (3.23%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.82%) NetBackup
6 7 (2.82%) WSUS
7 6 (2.42%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (2.42%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.61%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.61%) Oracle Flashback
8 4 (1.61%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.21%) HP Data Protector
9 3 (1.21%) Nagios
9 3 (1.21%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.81%) vRealize
Vendors
1 134 (54.03%) HP
2 80 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 52 (20.97%) VMware
4 30 (12.10%) IBM
5 28 (11.29%) Cisco
6 19 (7.66%) Red Hat
7 17 (6.85%) SAP
7 17 (6.85%) ServiceNow
8 13 (5.24%) Citrix
9 11 (4.44%) Oracle
10 10 (4.03%) Apple
11 9 (3.63%) EMC
11 9 (3.63%) MuleSoft
11 9 (3.63%) Wyse
12 8 (3.23%) SolarWinds
13 6 (2.42%) Arista
13 6 (2.42%) Veritas
14 5 (2.02%) Brocade
14 5 (2.02%) Commvault
14 5 (2.02%) Salesforce