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 8 April 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
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 303 244
Rank change year-on-year -62 -59 +120
Contract jobs citing Dell 276 237 423
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.81% 0.96%
As % of the Vendors category 1.40% 1.72% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 122 291
10th Percentile £153 £150 £181
25th Percentile £275 £180 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -2.97% +10.89%
75th Percentile £555 £548 £608
90th Percentile £625 £611 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £363 £462
% change year-on-year +24.14% -21.45% +42.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 31 12
10th Percentile £16.09 £18.20 £13.55
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.85 £21.01 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +0.05% +1.42%
75th Percentile £23.15 £24.42 £66.56
90th Percentile £25.77 £29.25 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £21.01 £17.50
% change year-on-year -15.80% +20.06% -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 19,716 13,778 18,727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.10% 47.15% 42.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,642 8,710 11,700
10th Percentile £313 £290 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% -0.03% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £617 £626
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 506 1,054
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.35 £12.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.19 £14.40
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -46.63%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.13 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.40 £80.34 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.21 £27.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.08% +26.16% -44.16%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -86 223 £450 +12.50% 68
UK excluding London -80 181 £450 +24.14% 55
London -61 61 £450 +12.50% 14
North of England -42 47 £350 -17.65% 10
Work from Home -27 34 £500 -6.37% 33
Midlands -52 32 £316 +110.67% 7
East of England -11 31 £613 +11.36% 11
Yorkshire -32 30 £500 +11.11% 4
West Midlands -61 24 £314 +109.50% 6
South West -39 23 £525 +57.89% 9
South East -76 22 £450 +110.28% 19
Scotland +3 16 £500 +11.11% 1
North West -35 11 £181 -57.35% 6
East Midlands -21 10 £450 +157.14% 1
Wales -6 9 - - 1
North East -14 6 £175 -72.00%
Northern Ireland -1 3 £375 -

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 9 (3.26%) Confluence
2 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 21 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.72%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.36%) assyst
4 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.94%) Azure
2 37 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.14%) AWS
4 14 (5.07%) Boomi
5 13 (4.71%) Datadog
5 13 (4.71%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.54%) Amazon S3
7 5 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.45%) Azure Stack
9 3 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.09%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (0.72%) Apigee
10 2 (0.72%) IaaS
11 1 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 60 (21.74%) SAN
2 30 (10.87%) VSAN
3 23 (8.33%) Wireless
4 19 (6.88%) DHCP
4 19 (6.88%) DNS
5 18 (6.52%) Firewall
6 15 (5.43%) LAN
6 15 (5.43%) WAN
7 14 (5.07%) iSCSI
8 13 (4.71%) VLAN
9 9 (3.26%) Fibre Channel
10 8 (2.90%) Network Security
11 6 (2.17%) NAS
12 5 (1.81%) FCoE
12 5 (1.81%) VPN
13 4 (1.45%) VXLAN
14 3 (1.09%) BGP
14 3 (1.09%) Ethernet VPN
14 3 (1.09%) InfiniBand
14 3 (1.09%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.81%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.72%) DataStage
3 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.36%) MySQL
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.45%) JIRA
3 3 (1.09%) Git
3 3 (1.09%) GitLab
3 3 (1.09%) Postman
4 1 (0.36%) Hudson
4 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
General
1 70 (25.36%) Social Skills
2 46 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (14.13%) Finance
4 25 (9.06%) Legal
5 22 (7.97%) Banking
5 22 (7.97%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.71%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.99%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.99%) Electronics
9 11 (3.99%) Marketing
10 7 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.45%) Retail
12 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.36%) Billing
13 1 (0.36%) French Language
Job Titles
1 54 (19.57%) Field Engineer
2 46 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 41 (14.86%) IT Support
4 35 (12.68%) Field Service Engineer
5 30 (10.87%) Support Engineer
6 27 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (6.88%) Analyst
9 18 (6.52%) Desktop Support
9 18 (6.52%) Field Support Engineer
10 17 (6.16%) Hardware Engineer
11 16 (5.80%) Senior
12 15 (5.43%) Computer Engineer
12 15 (5.43%) Field Hardware Engineer
13 14 (5.07%) Printer Engineer
14 13 (4.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
15 12 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
15 12 (4.35%) Architect
16 11 (3.99%) Administrator
16 11 (3.99%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.90%) Middleware
2 6 (2.17%) REST
3 5 (1.81%) SOAP
3 5 (1.81%) XML
4 4 (1.45%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.09%) JSON
5 3 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
5 3 (1.09%) Redfish
5 3 (1.09%) Web Services
6 1 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.36%) IDoc
6 1 (0.36%) JDBC
6 1 (0.36%) JMS
6 1 (0.36%) Kafka
6 1 (0.36%) LDAP
6 1 (0.36%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.36%) XSD
6 1 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 93 (33.70%) Data Centre
2 34 (12.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 32 (11.59%) Driving Licence
4 19 (6.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 17 (6.16%) Replication
6 15 (5.43%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (5.43%) Virtual Team
7 12 (4.35%) EMC VMAX
8 6 (2.17%) Clustering
9 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.45%) PKI
10 3 (1.09%) EPoS
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.72%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.72%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.72%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 75 (27.17%) Windows
2 53 (19.20%) Linux
3 29 (10.51%) Mac OS
3 29 (10.51%) Windows Server
4 25 (9.06%) Android
5 24 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (6.52%) Windows 10
7 12 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (2.90%) Unix
8 8 (2.90%) VMS
9 6 (2.17%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.45%) SUSE
11 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.09%) zOS
12 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.36%) CentOS
12 1 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (27.90%) Customer Service
2 71 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (18.84%) Break/Fix
4 37 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 36 (13.04%) Migration
6 19 (6.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (6.52%) Agile
7 18 (6.52%) Service Management
8 17 (6.16%) High Availability
9 15 (5.43%) ITSM
9 15 (5.43%) Validation
10 14 (5.07%) DevOps
11 13 (4.71%) Storage Management
12 12 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (4.35%) Time Management
13 11 (3.99%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (3.99%) Data Protection
13 11 (3.99%) Digital Marketing
13 11 (3.99%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (3.99%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.88%) Python
2 18 (6.52%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.35%) Bash
4 11 (3.99%) Shell Script
5 7 (2.54%) SQL
6 3 (1.09%) JCL
7 2 (0.72%) C
7 2 (0.72%) Java
7 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) ABAP
8 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.36%) Groovy
8 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.36%) Korn
8 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (32.97%) Security Cleared
2 66 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 40 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (13.04%) A+ Certification
4 36 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (12.32%) CCNA
5 34 (12.32%) MCSE
5 34 (12.32%) Network+ Certification
6 22 (7.97%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.35%) Degree
8 6 (2.17%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.17%) CCNP
9 5 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.45%) HP ASE
10 4 (1.45%) OCP
10 4 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.72%) VCAP
11 2 (0.72%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.06%) SLA
2 9 (3.26%) PMO
3 4 (1.45%) QA
4 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.72%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) GRC
5 1 (0.36%) NCSC
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
5 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (17.03%) vSphere
2 44 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.33%) Active Directory
4 20 (7.25%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.71%) Firmware
6 12 (4.35%) Hyper-V
7 10 (3.62%) SRDF
7 10 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.26%) Docker
9 7 (2.54%) VMware NSX
10 6 (2.17%) NFS
11 3 (1.09%) Time Sharing Option
12 2 (0.72%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.72%) Ceph
12 2 (0.72%) Lustre
12 2 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.72%) vCloud
13 1 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.36%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.36%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 30 (10.87%) VxRail
2 19 (6.88%) Ansible
3 15 (5.43%) vCenter Server
4 14 (5.07%) Terraform
5 13 (4.71%) Kubernetes
5 13 (4.71%) vRealize
6 12 (4.35%) ServiceCenter
7 9 (3.26%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
8 7 (2.54%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (2.54%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (2.54%) SCCM
9 6 (2.17%) EMC TimeFinder
10 5 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
10 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.45%) Grafana
11 4 (1.45%) NetBackup
11 4 (1.45%) Puppet
12 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 98 (35.51%) HP
2 71 (25.72%) Cisco
3 60 (21.74%) VMware
4 39 (14.13%) Apple
5 35 (12.68%) Microsoft
6 28 (10.14%) IBM
7 27 (9.78%) Red Hat
8 24 (8.70%) SAP
9 17 (6.16%) Pure Storage
10 16 (5.80%) EMC
11 15 (5.43%) Brocade
11 15 (5.43%) Canon
11 15 (5.43%) ServiceNow
11 15 (5.43%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.71%) Commvault
13 12 (4.35%) AppDynamics
14 10 (3.62%) NVIDIA
14 10 (3.62%) Veeam
15 9 (3.26%) Broadcom
16 7 (2.54%) NetApp