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 February 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 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 334 283
Rank change year-on-year -26 -51 +74
Contract jobs citing Dell 262 201 366
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.66% 0.82%
As % of the Vendors category 1.45% 1.41% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 108 251
10th Percentile £154 £145 £160
25th Percentile £190 £172 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £344 £415
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -17.17% -2.35%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £604
90th Percentile £585 £602 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £255 £433
% change year-on-year +56.86% -41.04% +11.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 26 9
10th Percentile £16.09 £18.36 £15.65
25th Percentile £17.33 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.48 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +20.90% -5.35%
75th Percentile £25.15 £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 18,129 14,207 19,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.59% 46.55% 43.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,623 8,576 12,120
10th Percentile £304 £280 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £521
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +0.24% -1.65%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 416 947
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.54 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.74% +11.45% -23.37%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £56.49
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +4.33% -16.13%

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 February 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 February 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 23 February 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 -31 223 £425 +21.43% 75
UK excluding London -40 164 £400 +56.86% 63
London -9 70 £447 +84.33% 21
North of England -41 41 £175 -58.82% 12
Midlands -36 37 £306 -23.44% 8
East of England -1 31 £445 -25.83% 7
Work from Home -7 29 £450 -12.24% 27
West Midlands -49 24 £313 -33.16% 8
South West -17 20 £700 +221.84% 12
Yorkshire -51 19 £350 -26.62% 5
South East -59 19 £465 +156.57% 23
East Midlands -14 15 £158 -10.00%
North West -33 14 £175 -58.82% 7
Scotland +8 11 £500 +257.14% 3
North East - 8 £175 -
Northern Ireland 0 4 £375 -
Wales -5 3 - - 1

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 (4.96%) Confluence
2 8 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.53%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.38%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 38 (14.50%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.76%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) assyst
3 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.38%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.61%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (15.65%) Azure
3 35 (13.36%) AWS
4 16 (6.11%) Boomi
5 12 (4.58%) Datadog
6 8 (3.05%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.29%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.29%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.53%) GCP
9 4 (1.53%) OCI
10 2 (0.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (0.76%) Apigee
10 2 (0.76%) PaaS
10 2 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.65%) Wireless
2 35 (13.36%) SAN
3 25 (9.54%) Firewall
4 22 (8.40%) VSAN
5 20 (7.63%) DHCP
5 20 (7.63%) DNS
6 19 (7.25%) VLAN
7 12 (4.58%) LAN
7 12 (4.58%) WAN
8 6 (2.29%) BGP
8 6 (2.29%) iSCSI
9 5 (1.91%) Fibre Channel
9 5 (1.91%) MPLS
9 5 (1.91%) NAS
9 5 (1.91%) OSPF
10 4 (1.53%) 4G
10 4 (1.53%) 5G
10 4 (1.53%) Network Security
10 4 (1.53%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (1.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.91%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.76%) DataStage
4 2 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.38%) MySQL
5 1 (0.38%) Redis
5 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.05%) JIRA
2 4 (1.53%) GitLab
3 3 (1.15%) Git
3 3 (1.15%) Postman
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 59 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.32%) Finance
3 35 (13.36%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (9.16%) Banking
5 24 (9.16%) Legal
5 24 (9.16%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.16%) Marketing
5 24 (9.16%) Telecoms
6 23 (8.78%) Electronics
7 15 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.82%) Retail
10 7 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.38%) Billing
13 1 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (17.18%) IT Support
2 33 (12.60%) Field Engineer
3 30 (11.45%) Desktop Support
4 27 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (10.31%) IT Engineer
5 24 (9.16%) 2nd Line Support
5 24 (9.16%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 23 (8.78%) Analyst
6 23 (8.78%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 17 (6.49%) Field Service Engineer
8 16 (6.11%) Architect
9 15 (5.73%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (5.34%) Administrator
11 13 (4.96%) Field Hardware Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Computer Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Consultant
12 12 (4.58%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (4.58%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.67%) Middleware
1 7 (2.67%) REST
2 5 (1.91%) SOAP
3 4 (1.53%) Keycloak
3 4 (1.53%) XML
4 3 (1.15%) Web Services
5 2 (0.76%) JSON
6 1 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.38%) IDoc
6 1 (0.38%) JDBC
6 1 (0.38%) JMS
6 1 (0.38%) Kafka
6 1 (0.38%) LDAP
6 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.38%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.38%) XSD
6 1 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 77 (29.39%) Data Centre
2 33 (12.60%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (5.34%) Enterprise Storage
5 12 (4.58%) Linux Command Line
5 12 (4.58%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.44%) Replication
7 7 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.29%) EMC VMAX
9 5 (1.91%) PKI
10 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.15%) EPoS
11 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.76%) CUDA
12 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.76%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.76%) HP Storage
12 2 (0.76%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (27.10%) Windows
2 46 (17.56%) Mac OS
3 41 (15.65%) Android
3 41 (15.65%) Linux
4 31 (11.83%) Windows Server
5 19 (7.25%) Windows 10
6 17 (6.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.67%) Ubuntu
9 6 (2.29%) Unix
10 4 (1.53%) VMS
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.38%) CentOS
12 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (22.14%) Customer Service
2 49 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (12.98%) Break/Fix
5 24 (9.16%) Migration
6 23 (8.78%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (8.78%) Digital Marketing
6 23 (8.78%) Programme Management
7 21 (8.02%) Agile
8 15 (5.73%) Service Management
9 14 (5.34%) ITIL
9 14 (5.34%) ITSM
10 13 (4.96%) Asset Management
11 12 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (4.58%) High Availability
11 12 (4.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (4.58%) Time Management
12 11 (4.20%) Ticket Management
13 10 (3.82%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (3.82%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.20%) PowerShell
2 9 (3.44%) Shell Script
3 8 (3.05%) Bash
3 8 (3.05%) Python
4 7 (2.67%) SQL
5 2 (0.76%) C
5 2 (0.76%) Java
5 2 (0.76%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.38%) ABAP
6 1 (0.38%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.38%) Groovy
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) Korn
6 1 (0.38%) Perl
6 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (37.40%) Security Cleared
2 79 (30.15%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (7.63%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (6.87%) A+ Certification
6 15 (5.73%) CCNA
6 15 (5.73%) MCSE
6 15 (5.73%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (4.20%) Degree
8 7 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.53%) OCP
9 4 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.15%) CCNP
11 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.76%) HP ASE
11 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.76%) VCAP
11 2 (0.76%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.92%) SLA
2 4 (1.53%) COBIT
2 4 (1.53%) NIST
3 3 (1.15%) PMO
4 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.76%) GDPR
4 2 (0.76%) QA
4 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (16.79%) vSphere
2 40 (15.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (10.69%) Active Directory
4 15 (5.73%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.96%) Docker
6 8 (3.05%) Hyper-V
7 6 (2.29%) Firmware
8 5 (1.91%) SRDF
8 5 (1.91%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.76%) Ceph
10 2 (0.76%) Lustre
10 2 (0.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.76%) vCloud
11 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.38%) GPFS
11 1 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (10.31%) VxRail
2 18 (6.87%) Terraform
3 13 (4.96%) Ansible
3 13 (4.96%) vRealize
4 12 (4.58%) ServiceCenter
4 12 (4.58%) vCenter Server
5 10 (3.82%) Kubernetes
6 8 (3.05%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.67%) Dell DRAC
7 7 (2.67%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (2.67%) SCCM
8 6 (2.29%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.91%) EMC VPLEX
9 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.53%) EMC TimeFinder
10 4 (1.53%) Grafana
10 4 (1.53%) SCOM
10 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.15%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.15%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 115 (43.89%) HP
2 72 (27.48%) Cisco
3 55 (20.99%) Apple
3 55 (20.99%) VMware
4 37 (14.12%) Microsoft
5 36 (13.74%) SAP
6 23 (8.78%) IBM
7 22 (8.40%) Red Hat
8 15 (5.73%) EMC
9 14 (5.34%) SolarWinds
10 12 (4.58%) AppDynamics
10 12 (4.58%) Canon
10 12 (4.58%) Commvault
11 11 (4.20%) ServiceNow
12 10 (3.82%) NVIDIA
12 10 (3.82%) Oracle
12 10 (3.82%) Veeam
13 9 (3.44%) Brocade
13 9 (3.44%) Isilon
14 7 (2.67%) F5