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 17 September 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
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 353 313
Rank change year-on-year -144 -40 +3
Contract jobs citing Dell 186 210 276
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.64% 0.72%
As % of the Vendors category 0.81% 1.35% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 115 178
10th Percentile £127 £138 £183
25th Percentile £241 £195 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £476
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £575 £496 £563
90th Percentile £635 £590 £628
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £375 £479
% change year-on-year +26.67% -21.63% +51.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 45 31
10th Percentile £16.22 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £19.08 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -21.96% +10.92%
75th Percentile £19.46 £25.15 £26.47
90th Percentile £25.16 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.69 £24.18
% change year-on-year +3.42% -22.70% +24.00%

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 22,879 15,566 16,911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.86% 47.26% 44.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,025 9,545 10,148
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £614 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,259 789 677
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.69 £14.26
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.30 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -16.17% -31.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £21.19 £30.00
% change year-on-year +23.36% -29.37% -27.71%

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 17 September 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
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 17 September 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 -154 147 £475 +9.20% 200
UK excluding London -121 123 £475 +26.67% 85
London -113 39 £525 +10.53% 126
Work from Home -42 38 £425 -4.92% 56
South East -66 36 £475 +19.50% 31
North of England -75 35 £523 +18.15% 19
Yorkshire -32 27 £525 +10.53% 5
South West -47 18 £149 -47.90% 7
Scotland -17 17 £145 +3.20% 14
Midlands -63 10 £375 +150.00% 5
West Midlands -56 9 £250 +66.67% 4
East of England -29 5 £511 +14.89% 8
North West -51 5 £200 -53.49% 13
Wales -11 3 - - 1
North East -42 3 £426 +9.81% 1
East Midlands -18 1 £500 +294.63% 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 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.61%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) IIS
3 1 (0.54%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.30%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.54%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.58%) Azure
2 26 (13.98%) Boomi
3 20 (10.75%) AWS
4 11 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (4.84%) OpenShift
7 7 (3.76%) Smartsheet
8 6 (3.23%) AtomSphere
9 5 (2.69%) GitHub
10 4 (2.15%) Azure Stack
10 4 (2.15%) IaaS
11 3 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.61%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.61%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.61%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.08%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.08%) OneDrive
12 2 (1.08%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 56 (30.11%) SAN
2 13 (6.99%) Firewall
3 12 (6.45%) NAS
4 10 (5.38%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (4.84%) Network Security
5 9 (4.84%) VLAN
6 8 (4.30%) VPN
7 7 (3.76%) BGP
7 7 (3.76%) DHCP
7 7 (3.76%) WAN
8 6 (3.23%) DNS
8 6 (3.23%) iSCSI
8 6 (3.23%) LAN
8 6 (3.23%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.23%) VSAN
9 5 (2.69%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (2.69%) VXLAN
10 4 (2.15%) OSPF
11 3 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Git
1 11 (5.91%) JIRA
2 7 (3.76%) Postman
3 6 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.61%) GitLab
5 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 52 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.90%) Finance
4 12 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (5.91%) Banking
6 3 (1.61%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.61%) Retail
7 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.08%) Law
8 1 (0.54%) Billing
8 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (17.74%) IT Engineer
2 31 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 31 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 27 (14.52%) Storage Engineer
4 24 (12.90%) Architect
5 18 (9.68%) Consultant
6 17 (9.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (8.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 12 (6.45%) IT Support
9 11 (5.91%) Integration Architect
9 11 (5.91%) Support Engineer
10 10 (5.38%) Analyst
10 10 (5.38%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
10 10 (5.38%) Senior
11 9 (4.84%) Network Engineer
12 7 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
13 6 (3.23%) Field Support Engineer
13 6 (3.23%) Integration Consultant
13 6 (3.23%) Storage Architect
13 6 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.68%) REST
2 16 (8.60%) Middleware
3 13 (6.99%) JSON
4 11 (5.91%) OAuth
4 11 (5.91%) OAuth2
5 10 (5.38%) BAPI
6 9 (4.84%) Terraform
7 8 (4.30%) OpenAPI
7 8 (4.30%) SAP ALE
7 8 (4.30%) Swagger
8 7 (3.76%) SOAP
9 6 (3.23%) IDoc
10 3 (1.61%) XML
11 2 (1.08%) Redfish
11 2 (1.08%) Restlet
11 2 (1.08%) YAML
12 1 (0.54%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
12 1 (0.54%) Keycloak
12 1 (0.54%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 69 (37.10%) Data Centre
2 29 (15.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (13.44%) Replication
4 23 (12.37%) Enterprise Storage
5 17 (9.14%) PKI
6 13 (6.99%) Driving Licence
7 9 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.23%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.69%) EMC VMAX
9 5 (2.69%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.15%) Clustering
10 4 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.15%) EMC VNX
10 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.15%) SCADA
11 3 (1.61%) Chip and PIN
11 3 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (1.61%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 58 (31.18%) Windows
2 39 (20.97%) Linux
3 29 (15.59%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.06%) VMS
5 7 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.23%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.23%) zOS
7 4 (2.15%) SUSE
8 3 (1.61%) AIX
8 3 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.61%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.61%) Solaris
8 3 (1.61%) Unix
9 2 (1.08%) Android
9 2 (1.08%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.08%) HPUX
9 2 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.54%) Debian
10 1 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (20.43%) Break/Fix
2 38 (20.43%) Customer Service
3 27 (14.52%) Disaster Recovery
4 26 (13.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (12.37%) ITSM
6 21 (11.29%) DevOps
6 21 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (10.75%) Agile
7 20 (10.75%) Change Management
7 20 (10.75%) Migration
8 17 (9.14%) High Availability
9 16 (8.60%) CI/CD
9 16 (8.60%) Data Protection
10 15 (8.06%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (7.53%) ITIL
11 14 (7.53%) Validation
12 13 (6.99%) Observability
13 12 (6.45%) Procure-to-Pay
14 11 (5.91%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.45%) Python
3 7 (3.76%) Bash
4 4 (2.15%) JCL
5 3 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.61%) SQL
6 2 (1.08%) REXX
6 2 (1.08%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.08%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.54%) ABAP
7 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.54%) Bicep
7 1 (0.54%) Groovy
7 1 (0.54%) Java
7 1 (0.54%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 50 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 36 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (16.67%) CCNA
4 30 (16.13%) MCSE
5 29 (15.59%) A+ Certification
5 29 (15.59%) Network+ Certification
6 23 (12.37%) SC Cleared
7 22 (11.83%) DV Cleared
8 10 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.76%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.76%) Degree
10 5 (2.69%) CCNP
11 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.61%) NCDA
12 3 (1.61%) NCIE
12 3 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.15%) QA
1 4 (2.15%) SLA
2 2 (1.08%) PMO
2 2 (1.08%) SEPA
3 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 55 (29.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (10.75%) vSphere
3 18 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (8.60%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (6.45%) Active Directory
5 12 (6.45%) Firmware
6 10 (5.38%) NFS
7 8 (4.30%) Hyper-V
8 4 (2.15%) Docker
8 4 (2.15%) SRDF
8 4 (2.15%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (2.15%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.08%) KVM
11 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.54%) QEMU
11 1 (0.54%) Samba
11 1 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 30 (16.13%) vCenter Server
2 21 (11.29%) Ansible
3 14 (7.53%) Avamar
3 14 (7.53%) SCOM
4 13 (6.99%) Kubernetes
5 12 (6.45%) Dell DRAC
6 10 (5.38%) VxRail
7 5 (2.69%) NetBackup
7 5 (2.69%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 5 (2.69%) vMotion
8 4 (2.15%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (1.61%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.61%) Grafana
9 3 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.61%) Nessus
9 3 (1.61%) SCCM
9 3 (1.61%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 73 (39.25%) VMware
2 39 (20.97%) Microsoft
3 35 (18.82%) Cisco
4 24 (12.90%) HP
5 19 (10.22%) NetApp
6 17 (9.14%) ServiceNow
7 15 (8.06%) Thales
8 13 (6.99%) SAP
9 12 (6.45%) IBM
9 12 (6.45%) MuleSoft
10 11 (5.91%) Brocade
10 11 (5.91%) Veeam
11 10 (5.38%) EMC
12 8 (4.30%) Pure Storage
12 8 (4.30%) Red Hat
13 7 (3.76%) Broadcom
14 6 (3.23%) Splunk
15 5 (2.69%) Fortinet
16 4 (2.15%) Hitachi
16 4 (2.15%) Oracle