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 3 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
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 347 294
Rank change year-on-year -143 -53 +38
Contract jobs citing Dell 190 213 285
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.66% 0.74%
As % of the Vendors category 0.85% 1.39% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 110 188
10th Percentile £126 £140 £201
25th Percentile £213 £200 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £447 £474
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -5.60% +14.79%
75th Percentile £576 £525 £568
90th Percentile £638 £623 £637
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £365 £475
% change year-on-year +30.14% -23.16% +58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 42 29
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.51 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +18.41%
75th Percentile £19.59 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £23.39 - £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.51 £20.19
% change year-on-year +4.43% -8.30% +3.51%

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 22,429 15,339 16,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.83% 47.19% 44.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,832 9,388 10,318
10th Percentile £313 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,168 783 734
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.69 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.20 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -13.28% -31.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.75 £62.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.26 £28.00
% change year-on-year +31.70% -24.07% -29.29%

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 3 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 3 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 -160 147 £475 +5.56% 151
UK excluding London -107 125 £475 +30.14% 64
London -92 42 £525 +1.84% 96
Work from Home -33 38 £413 -12.88% 41
South East -60 37 £475 +20.25% 21
North of England -55 31 £525 +17.45% 19
Yorkshire -25 25 £525 +11.70% 6
South West -45 19 £123 -28.36% 8
Scotland -15 18 £276 +104.07% 10
Midlands -62 10 £375 +150.00% 5
West Midlands -52 9 £250 +66.67% 3
Wales -10 6 - -
East of England -25 5 £580 +7.41% 1
North West -55 5 £200 -54.15% 11
East Midlands -29 1 £500 +301.61% 2
North East -45 1 £200 -48.39% 2

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 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.58%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (4.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.16%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.05%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.58%) Azure
2 24 (12.63%) Boomi
3 20 (10.53%) AWS
4 12 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.74%) OpenShift
6 8 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (3.16%) AtomSphere
9 5 (2.63%) GitHub
9 5 (2.63%) Smartsheet
10 4 (2.11%) Azure Stack
10 4 (2.11%) IaaS
11 3 (1.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (1.58%) GCP
11 3 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.58%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.58%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.58%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.58%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.05%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 63 (33.16%) SAN
2 14 (7.37%) Firewall
3 12 (6.32%) NAS
4 10 (5.26%) Fibre Channel
4 10 (5.26%) VLAN
5 9 (4.74%) DHCP
5 9 (4.74%) DNS
5 9 (4.74%) VPN
6 8 (4.21%) Network Security
7 7 (3.68%) BGP
7 7 (3.68%) VSAN
7 7 (3.68%) WAN
8 6 (3.16%) iSCSI
8 6 (3.16%) LAN
9 5 (2.63%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (2.63%) VXLAN
10 4 (2.11%) OSPF
10 4 (2.11%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.58%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (4.74%) Git
1 9 (4.74%) JIRA
2 7 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.63%) Postman
4 3 (1.58%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
General
1 48 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.63%) Finance
4 11 (5.79%) Banking
5 9 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.58%) Legal
6 3 (1.58%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.05%) Law
8 1 (0.53%) Billing
8 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (20.53%) Field Engineer
1 39 (20.53%) IT Engineer
2 37 (19.47%) Field Service Engineer
3 27 (14.21%) Storage Engineer
4 21 (11.05%) Architect
5 18 (9.47%) Consultant
6 17 (8.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (7.37%) IT Support
9 13 (6.84%) Support Engineer
10 11 (5.79%) Senior
11 10 (5.26%) Analyst
11 10 (5.26%) Network Engineer
12 9 (4.74%) Integration Architect
12 9 (4.74%) IT Support Engineer
13 8 (4.21%) Field Support Engineer
13 8 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
14 6 (3.16%) Integration Consultant
14 6 (3.16%) Storage Architect
14 6 (3.16%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.42%) REST
2 14 (7.37%) Middleware
3 11 (5.79%) JSON
4 10 (5.26%) Terraform
5 9 (4.74%) OAuth
5 9 (4.74%) OAuth2
6 8 (4.21%) BAPI
7 7 (3.68%) SOAP
8 6 (3.16%) OpenAPI
8 6 (3.16%) SAP ALE
8 6 (3.16%) Swagger
9 4 (2.11%) IDoc
10 3 (1.58%) Redfish
10 3 (1.58%) XML
11 2 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (1.05%) Restlet
11 2 (1.05%) YAML
12 1 (0.53%) 802.1X
12 1 (0.53%) Keycloak
12 1 (0.53%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 77 (40.53%) Data Centre
2 35 (18.42%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (12.63%) Enterprise Storage
3 24 (12.63%) Replication
4 14 (7.37%) PKI
5 13 (6.84%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.63%) Clustering
7 5 (2.63%) EMC VMAX
7 5 (2.63%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.11%) EMC VNX
8 4 (2.11%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.58%) Chip and PIN
9 3 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.05%) Device Driver
10 2 (1.05%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 56 (29.47%) Windows
2 35 (18.42%) Linux
3 29 (15.26%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.42%) VMS
5 7 (3.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.16%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.16%) zOS
7 5 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.11%) SUSE
9 3 (1.58%) AIX
9 3 (1.58%) Data ONTAP
9 3 (1.58%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.58%) Solaris
10 2 (1.05%) Android
10 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.05%) HPUX
10 2 (1.05%) Unix
10 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.53%) Debian
11 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (24.74%) Break/Fix
3 43 (22.63%) Customer Service
4 26 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (12.11%) ITSM
6 21 (11.05%) Migration
7 19 (10.00%) Agile
7 19 (10.00%) Change Management
7 19 (10.00%) DevOps
8 17 (8.95%) High Availability
8 17 (8.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (7.89%) CI/CD
10 14 (7.37%) Data Protection
10 14 (7.37%) ITIL
10 14 (7.37%) Validation
11 13 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (6.84%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (6.32%) Observability
13 11 (5.79%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.37%) Python
3 8 (4.21%) Bash
4 5 (2.63%) JCL
5 3 (1.58%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.58%) SQL
6 2 (1.05%) REXX
6 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.53%) ABAP
7 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.53%) Bicep
7 1 (0.53%) Groovy
7 1 (0.53%) Java
7 1 (0.53%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 49 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 42 (22.11%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (22.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (19.47%) CCNA
4 36 (18.95%) MCSE
5 35 (18.42%) A+ Certification
5 35 (18.42%) Network+ Certification
6 23 (12.11%) DV Cleared
7 21 (11.05%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.21%) Degree
9 7 (3.68%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.63%) CCNP
11 4 (2.11%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.58%) NCDA
12 3 (1.58%) NCIE
12 3 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.11%) QA
1 4 (2.11%) SLA
2 2 (1.05%) PMO
2 2 (1.05%) SEPA
3 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (27.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (10.53%) vSphere
3 16 (8.42%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (8.42%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (7.37%) Active Directory
4 14 (7.37%) Firmware
5 10 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 10 (5.26%) NFS
6 5 (2.63%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (2.11%) Docker
7 4 (2.11%) SRDF
7 4 (2.11%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (1.05%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.05%) KVM
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.53%) QEMU
10 1 (0.53%) Samba
10 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 30 (15.79%) vCenter Server
2 21 (11.05%) Ansible
3 13 (6.84%) Avamar
3 13 (6.84%) Dell DRAC
3 13 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.84%) SCOM
4 7 (3.68%) VxRail
5 6 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 6 (3.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (3.16%) vMotion
6 5 (2.63%) NetBackup
7 4 (2.11%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.58%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (1.58%) Grafana
8 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.58%) SCCM
8 3 (1.58%) SnapMirror
9 2 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.05%) Puppet
Vendors
1 71 (37.37%) VMware
2 37 (19.47%) Microsoft
3 34 (17.89%) Cisco
4 28 (14.74%) HP
5 16 (8.42%) NetApp
5 16 (8.42%) ServiceNow
6 14 (7.37%) Thales
7 12 (6.32%) Brocade
8 11 (5.79%) SAP
8 11 (5.79%) Veeam
9 10 (5.26%) IBM
9 10 (5.26%) MuleSoft
10 9 (4.74%) Broadcom
11 8 (4.21%) Pure Storage
11 8 (4.21%) Red Hat
12 7 (3.68%) EMC
13 4 (2.11%) Citrix
13 4 (2.11%) Oracle
13 4 (2.11%) Splunk
14 3 (1.58%) Meraki