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 12 August 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
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 322 269
Rank change year-on-year -143 -53 +70
Contract jobs citing Dell 208 234 338
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.71% 0.87%
As % of the Vendors category 0.94% 1.50% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 116 225
10th Percentile £126 £143 £220
25th Percentile £350 £200 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -10.30% +29.03%
75th Percentile £588 £541 £608
90th Percentile £638 £606 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +15.15% -17.50% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 44 27
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +9.17%
75th Percentile £20.06 £25.15 £46.88
90th Percentile £25.77 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.67 £18.87 £15.60
% change year-on-year -1.09% +21.00% -20.03%

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 22,198 15,572 17,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.59% 47.24% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,745 9,526 10,606
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £606 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,146 796 841
10th Percentile £14.85 £14.48 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.27 £17.24 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -15.52% -27.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.43 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.96 £21.30 £28.00
% change year-on-year +50.06% -23.93% -18.84%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -135 162 £488 +8.33% 155
UK excluding London -113 143 £475 +15.15% 68
South East -64 42 £475 +18.75% 32
London -84 38 £525 - 95
North of England -72 35 £519 +16.37% 10
Work from Home -48 34 £513 +13.89% 54
Yorkshire -29 26 £520 +10.53% 2
South West -48 20 £123 -28.36% 10
Scotland -7 18 £450 -21.67% 4
Midlands -63 13 £475 +216.67% 7
West Midlands -50 11 £413 +175.00% 3
Wales -6 8 - - 1
East of England -21 8 £650 +18.18% 5
North West -58 8 £275 -37.14% 7
East Midlands -15 2 £475 +254.48% 4
North East -45 1 £200 -48.39% 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 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.44%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.88%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.48%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.79%) Azure
2 25 (12.02%) Boomi
3 16 (7.69%) AWS
4 11 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.29%) OpenShift
5 8 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.37%) AtomSphere
6 7 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.40%) GitHub
7 5 (2.40%) IaaS
7 5 (2.40%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.92%) Azure Stack
8 4 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.44%) GCP
9 3 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.44%) iPaaS
9 3 (1.44%) Rubrik
9 3 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.96%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 66 (31.73%) SAN
2 13 (6.25%) Firewall
3 11 (5.29%) iSCSI
3 11 (5.29%) VSAN
4 10 (4.81%) DHCP
4 10 (4.81%) DNS
5 9 (4.33%) Network Security
5 9 (4.33%) VPN
6 8 (3.85%) NAS
6 8 (3.85%) WAN
7 7 (3.37%) Fibre Channel
7 7 (3.37%) LAN
8 6 (2.88%) VLAN
9 5 (2.40%) BGP
9 5 (2.40%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (2.40%) VXLAN
10 3 (1.44%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.44%) FCoE
10 3 (1.44%) SNMP
10 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.48%) MySQL
3 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (4.33%) Git
1 9 (4.33%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.37%) JIRA
3 5 (2.40%) Postman
4 3 (1.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) Hudson
5 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 52 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.60%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.62%) Finance
4 9 (4.33%) Legal
5 8 (3.85%) Banking
6 6 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.96%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.48%) Billing
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (23.08%) Field Engineer
2 46 (22.12%) IT Engineer
3 43 (20.67%) Field Service Engineer
4 26 (12.50%) Storage Engineer
5 22 (10.58%) IT Support
5 22 (10.58%) Support Engineer
6 21 (10.10%) Architect
6 21 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) Consultant
8 15 (7.21%) Field Support Engineer
9 13 (6.25%) Senior
10 8 (3.85%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Analyst
11 7 (3.37%) Data Centre Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (3.37%) Integration Architect
11 7 (3.37%) Integration Consultant
11 7 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.73%) REST
2 12 (5.77%) JSON
2 12 (5.77%) Middleware
3 8 (3.85%) SOAP
4 7 (3.37%) BAPI
4 7 (3.37%) OAuth
4 7 (3.37%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.40%) IDoc
5 5 (2.40%) OpenAPI
5 5 (2.40%) SAP ALE
5 5 (2.40%) Swagger
5 5 (2.40%) XML
6 4 (1.92%) Redfish
7 3 (1.44%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.96%) JMS
8 2 (0.96%) SAP XI
8 2 (0.96%) YAML
9 1 (0.48%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.48%) SAML
9 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 42 (20.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (12.02%) Enterprise Storage
4 20 (9.62%) Replication
5 15 (7.21%) PKI
6 14 (6.73%) Driving Licence
7 12 (5.77%) EMC VMAX
8 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.88%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.40%) Clustering
11 4 (1.92%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.92%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.44%) EMC VNX
12 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.96%) BYOD
13 2 (0.96%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 61 (29.33%) Windows
2 30 (14.42%) Linux
2 30 (14.42%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.29%) VMS
4 10 (4.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (4.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.88%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.40%) zOS
8 4 (1.92%) SUSE
9 3 (1.44%) AIX
9 3 (1.44%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.44%) Solaris
9 3 (1.44%) Unix
10 2 (0.96%) Android
10 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.96%) HPUX
10 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.48%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (26.92%) Break/Fix
2 56 (26.92%) Customer Service
3 28 (13.46%) Migration
4 27 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (11.54%) DevOps
6 23 (11.06%) ITSM
7 21 (10.10%) CI/CD
8 19 (9.13%) Agile
9 17 (8.17%) Change Management
10 16 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.21%) Data Protection
12 14 (6.73%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (6.25%) High Availability
13 13 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
14 12 (5.77%) Observability
14 12 (5.77%) Validation
15 11 (5.29%) Storage Management
16 10 (4.81%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.10%) Python
2 20 (9.62%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.81%) Bash
4 5 (2.40%) JCL
4 5 (2.40%) SQL
5 4 (1.92%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.96%) ABAP
6 2 (0.96%) Groovy
6 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.96%) 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 53 (25.48%) Security Cleared
2 49 (23.56%) Cisco Certification
3 46 (22.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 42 (20.19%) CCNA
4 42 (20.19%) MCSE
5 41 (19.71%) A+ Certification
5 41 (19.71%) Network+ Certification
6 24 (11.54%) DV Cleared
7 23 (11.06%) SC Cleared
8 10 (4.81%) Degree
9 7 (3.37%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.88%) CCNP
11 3 (1.44%) CISSP
11 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.44%) MCSA
11 3 (1.44%) NCDA
11 3 (1.44%) NCIE
11 3 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.81%) SLA
2 6 (2.88%) PMO
2 6 (2.88%) QA
3 2 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.96%) NCSC
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) GRC
4 1 (0.48%) NIST
4 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
System Software
1 50 (24.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (9.62%) vSphere
3 14 (6.73%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.73%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (6.73%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (5.29%) Firmware
4 11 (5.29%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.81%) NFS
6 9 (4.33%) SRDF
7 6 (2.88%) Docker
8 5 (2.40%) Time Sharing Option
8 5 (2.40%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.44%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.96%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.96%) 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 (12.98%) vCenter Server
2 22 (10.58%) Ansible
3 15 (7.21%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.25%) Avamar
4 13 (6.25%) SCOM
5 11 (5.29%) Dell DRAC
6 9 (4.33%) Terraform
7 8 (3.85%) VxRail
8 7 (3.37%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.88%) NetBackup
9 6 (2.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (1.92%) Puppet
10 4 (1.92%) SCCM
11 3 (1.44%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (1.44%) Grafana
11 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.44%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.44%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 64 (30.77%) VMware
2 40 (19.23%) HP
3 38 (18.27%) Microsoft
4 35 (16.83%) Cisco
5 14 (6.73%) Brocade
5 14 (6.73%) NetApp
5 14 (6.73%) SAP
5 14 (6.73%) ServiceNow
5 14 (6.73%) Thales
6 13 (6.25%) Broadcom
6 13 (6.25%) IBM
7 12 (5.77%) MuleSoft
7 12 (5.77%) Pure Storage
8 11 (5.29%) EMC
8 11 (5.29%) Red Hat
9 8 (3.85%) Veeam
10 7 (3.37%) Oracle
11 5 (2.40%) Canon
11 5 (2.40%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.40%) Splunk