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 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
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 305 272
Rank change year-on-year -118 -33 +71
Contract jobs citing Dell 240 256 381
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.78% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.10% 1.65% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 132 239
10th Percentile £126 £150 £208
25th Percentile £300 £200 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% +35.14%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £608
90th Percentile £633 £625 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 45 26
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +14.95%
75th Percentile £20.09 £25.11 £27.61
90th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.50 £18.87 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.56% +7.83% -15.48%

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 21,832 15,531 18,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.23% 47.55% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,581 9,517 11,552
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,114 740 1,125
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.00
Median hourly rate £34.12 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.65% +0.60% -38.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £52.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £82.46 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.63 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.61% -6.41% -20.72%

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 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 12 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 12 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 -125 184 £475 +2.43% 37
UK excluding London -108 162 £475 +18.75% 30
London -70 45 £500 -1.19% 11
South East -74 39 £388 -18.42% 12
North of England -71 38 £519 +17.62% 7
Work from Home -53 34 £500 -5.66% 16
Yorkshire -35 26 £520 +10.64% 5
South West -43 22 £345 +122.58% 5
Scotland -13 21 £475 +5.56% 1
East of England -17 18 £613 +11.36% 2
Midlands -56 16 £450 +200.00% 1
West Midlands -69 12 £450 +200.00% 1
Wales -11 9 - -
North West -56 8 £275 -36.05% 2
East Midlands -17 4 £450 -
North East -34 4 £200 -68.00%

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 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) Confluence
3 2 (0.83%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.50%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.25%) Azure
2 24 (10.00%) Boomi
3 15 (6.25%) AWS
4 12 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.00%) OpenShift
5 8 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.08%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.67%) AtomSphere
8 4 (1.67%) Azure Stack
8 4 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.67%) GitHub
8 4 (1.67%) IaaS
8 4 (1.67%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.25%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.83%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Storage
10 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (32.50%) SAN
2 17 (7.08%) VSAN
3 15 (6.25%) DHCP
3 15 (6.25%) DNS
4 14 (5.83%) iSCSI
4 14 (5.83%) WAN
5 13 (5.42%) Firewall
5 13 (5.42%) LAN
6 10 (4.17%) Fibre Channel
6 10 (4.17%) NAS
7 9 (3.75%) Network Security
8 8 (3.33%) VLAN
9 7 (2.92%) VPN
10 5 (2.08%) FCoE
11 4 (1.67%) BGP
11 4 (1.67%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.67%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.25%) Multicast
12 3 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (4.58%) Git
2 9 (3.75%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.33%) JIRA
4 6 (2.50%) GitLab
4 6 (2.50%) Postman
5 1 (0.42%) Hudson
5 1 (0.42%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 62 (25.83%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.00%) Finance
4 17 (7.08%) Legal
5 11 (4.58%) Banking
6 9 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.08%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.83%) Law
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Billing
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) French Language
11 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (24.17%) Field Engineer
2 50 (20.83%) IT Engineer
3 48 (20.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 26 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (10.42%) IT Support
6 21 (8.75%) Storage Engineer
6 21 (8.75%) Support Engineer
7 17 (7.08%) Architect
8 16 (6.67%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.83%) Senior
10 13 (5.42%) Hardware Engineer
11 12 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (5.00%) Consultant
12 10 (4.17%) Computer Engineer
12 10 (4.17%) Field Hardware Engineer
12 10 (4.17%) Printer Engineer
13 9 (3.75%) Data Centre Engineer
14 7 (2.92%) Break Fix Engineer
14 7 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.25%) REST
2 14 (5.83%) Middleware
3 13 (5.42%) JSON
4 9 (3.75%) SOAP
5 7 (2.92%) BAPI
5 7 (2.92%) OAuth
5 7 (2.92%) OAuth2
5 7 (2.92%) XML
6 5 (2.08%) IDoc
6 5 (2.08%) Keycloak
6 5 (2.08%) OpenAPI
6 5 (2.08%) SAP ALE
6 5 (2.08%) Swagger
7 4 (1.67%) Redfish
8 3 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.25%) Web Services
9 2 (0.83%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.83%) JMS
9 2 (0.83%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.83%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (36.25%) Data Centre
2 48 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (10.83%) Enterprise Storage
4 18 (7.50%) Driving Licence
4 18 (7.50%) Replication
5 15 (6.25%) EMC VMAX
6 13 (5.42%) PKI
7 11 (4.58%) Virtual Team
8 7 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.08%) Clustering
10 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.25%) EMC VNX
11 3 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.83%) BYOD
12 2 (0.83%) HP Storage
12 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (30.00%) Windows
2 35 (14.58%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.25%) Linux
4 13 (5.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.92%) VMS
6 7 (2.92%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.08%) zOS
8 4 (1.67%) SUSE
9 3 (1.25%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.25%) Unix
9 3 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.83%) Android
10 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.42%) AIX
11 1 (0.42%) Debian
11 1 (0.42%) Solaris
11 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (30.83%) Customer Service
3 65 (27.08%) Break/Fix
4 32 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (13.33%) Migration
5 25 (10.42%) DevOps
6 22 (9.17%) ITSM
7 21 (8.75%) CI/CD
8 18 (7.50%) High Availability
9 17 (7.08%) Agile
10 15 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (5.83%) Change Management
11 14 (5.83%) Data Protection
11 14 (5.83%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (5.83%) Service Management
11 14 (5.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (5.00%) Storage Management
12 12 (5.00%) Validation
13 11 (4.58%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.42%) Python
2 21 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 11 (4.58%) Bash
4 6 (2.50%) SQL
5 5 (2.08%) JCL
6 3 (1.25%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.83%) ABAP
7 2 (0.83%) C
7 2 (0.83%) Groovy
7 2 (0.83%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.83%) REXX
8 1 (0.42%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.42%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.42%) Java
8 1 (0.42%) Korn
8 1 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 57 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 54 (22.50%) Cisco Certification
3 50 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (19.58%) A+ Certification
4 47 (19.58%) CCNA
4 47 (19.58%) MCSE
4 47 (19.58%) Network+ Certification
5 28 (11.67%) SC Cleared
6 26 (10.83%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.75%) Degree
8 7 (2.92%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.92%) CCNP
9 6 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.67%) HP ASE
11 3 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.25%) NCDA
11 3 (1.25%) NCIE
11 3 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.50%) SLA
2 9 (3.75%) PMO
3 6 (2.50%) QA
4 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) GRC
5 1 (0.42%) NCSC
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 51 (21.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (11.25%) vSphere
3 18 (7.50%) Active Directory
4 15 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 15 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.00%) SRDF
6 11 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (4.17%) Firmware
7 10 (4.17%) NFS
8 7 (2.92%) VMware NSX
9 5 (2.08%) Docker
9 5 (2.08%) Time Sharing Option
10 3 (1.25%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.83%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.83%) KVM
11 2 (0.83%) vCloud
12 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.42%) QEMU
12 1 (0.42%) Samba
12 1 (0.42%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 25 (10.42%) vCenter Server
2 21 (8.75%) Ansible
3 15 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.25%) VxRail
4 11 (4.58%) Avamar
4 11 (4.58%) SCOM
5 9 (3.75%) Prometheus
6 8 (3.33%) Dell DRAC
6 8 (3.33%) ServiceCenter
7 7 (2.92%) Terraform
8 6 (2.50%) EMC TimeFinder
8 6 (2.50%) NetBackup
8 6 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.67%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.67%) Puppet
9 4 (1.67%) SCCM
10 3 (1.25%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 69 (28.75%) VMware
2 52 (21.67%) HP
3 45 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 42 (17.50%) Cisco
5 18 (7.50%) IBM
6 17 (7.08%) Brocade
7 16 (6.67%) SAP
7 16 (6.67%) Thales
8 15 (6.25%) EMC
8 15 (6.25%) Pure Storage
8 15 (6.25%) Red Hat
9 14 (5.83%) ServiceNow
10 13 (5.42%) MuleSoft
11 12 (5.00%) NetApp
12 11 (4.58%) Broadcom
13 10 (4.17%) Apple
13 10 (4.17%) Canon
14 8 (3.33%) Veeam
15 7 (2.92%) Oracle
16 6 (2.50%) 3PAR