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 27 June 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
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 296 266
Rank change year-on-year -130 -30 +79
Contract jobs citing Dell 238 255 385
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.84% 0.89%
As % of the Vendors category 1.14% 1.77% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 127 245
10th Percentile £126 £150 £211
25th Percentile £350 £188 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £574 £555 £625
90th Percentile £635 £627 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -14.00% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 42 23
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -20.71% +14.95%
75th Percentile £20.09 £24.66 £26.47
90th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.81 £18.87 £17.50
% change year-on-year -10.92% +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 20,842 14,394 18,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.88% 47.47% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,028 8,832 11,508
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.28% -4.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,074 674 1,153
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.30 £14.72
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.40 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +33.82% +5.05% -42.64%
75th Percentile £61.88 £53.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £23.36
% change year-on-year +41.30% -1.53% -37.71%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -154 178 £488 +4.84% 40
UK excluding London -116 160 £475 +10.47% 33
London -88 42 £500 - 11
Work from Home -61 36 £500 -2.91% 16
South East -65 36 £388 -22.50% 16
North of England -66 35 £520 +17.73% 5
Yorkshire -27 25 £520 +10.64% 1
Scotland -2 23 £450 -12.15%
South West -46 23 £345 +122.58% 4
East of England -18 20 £613 +11.36% 2
Midlands -73 15 £450 +200.00% 4
West Midlands -72 11 £513 +241.67% 4
Wales -10 9 - -
North West -61 6 £438 +1.74% 3
East Midlands -15 4 £450 -
North East -35 4 £200 -68.00% 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 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.10%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 40 (16.81%) Azure
2 20 (8.40%) Boomi
3 14 (5.88%) AWS
4 12 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.04%) OpenShift
5 6 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.68%) Azure Stack
6 4 (1.68%) GitHub
6 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.68%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.26%) IaaS
7 3 (1.26%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Storage
8 2 (0.84%) GCP
8 2 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 78 (32.77%) SAN
2 18 (7.56%) DHCP
2 18 (7.56%) DNS
3 17 (7.14%) VSAN
4 16 (6.72%) LAN
4 16 (6.72%) WAN
5 15 (6.30%) Firewall
6 14 (5.88%) iSCSI
7 10 (4.20%) Fibre Channel
7 10 (4.20%) NAS
7 10 (4.20%) VLAN
8 8 (3.36%) Network Security
9 7 (2.94%) VPN
10 5 (2.10%) FCoE
11 4 (1.68%) BGP
11 4 (1.68%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.68%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.68%) VXLAN
12 3 (1.26%) Multicast
12 3 (1.26%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.36%) Git
1 8 (3.36%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.94%) JIRA
3 6 (2.52%) GitLab
4 5 (2.10%) Postman
5 1 (0.42%) Hudson
5 1 (0.42%) SoapUI
General
1 61 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 53 (22.27%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (10.08%) Finance
4 21 (8.82%) Legal
5 11 (4.62%) Banking
6 9 (3.78%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.52%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.26%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Law
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 59 (24.79%) Field Engineer
2 50 (21.01%) IT Engineer
3 48 (20.17%) Field Service Engineer
4 26 (10.92%) IT Support
5 24 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (8.82%) Support Engineer
7 17 (7.14%) Storage Engineer
8 16 (6.72%) Architect
8 16 (6.72%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.72%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (5.88%) Senior
10 12 (5.04%) Hardware Engineer
11 11 (4.62%) Computer Engineer
11 11 (4.62%) Consultant
11 11 (4.62%) Field Hardware Engineer
11 11 (4.62%) Printer Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.78%) Data Centre Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) Server Engineer
14 7 (2.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.46%) Middleware
1 13 (5.46%) REST
2 12 (5.04%) JSON
3 8 (3.36%) SOAP
4 7 (2.94%) XML
5 6 (2.52%) BAPI
6 5 (2.10%) Keycloak
6 5 (2.10%) OAuth
6 5 (2.10%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.68%) IDoc
7 4 (1.68%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.68%) Redfish
7 4 (1.68%) SAP ALE
7 4 (1.68%) Swagger
8 3 (1.26%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.26%) Web Services
9 2 (0.84%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.84%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.84%) YAML
10 1 (0.42%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (37.39%) Data Centre
2 48 (20.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (10.50%) Enterprise Storage
4 20 (8.40%) Driving Licence
5 17 (7.14%) Replication
6 15 (6.30%) EMC VMAX
7 12 (5.04%) Virtual Team
8 10 (4.20%) PKI
9 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.10%) Clustering
11 4 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.68%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.26%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.26%) EMC VNX
12 3 (1.26%) EPoS
12 3 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.84%) Device Driver
13 2 (0.84%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (29.41%) Windows
2 34 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 29 (12.18%) Linux
4 15 (6.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (5.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.94%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.52%) VMS
8 5 (2.10%) zOS
9 4 (1.68%) SUSE
9 4 (1.68%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.26%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (1.26%) Unix
10 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.84%) Android
11 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.42%) AIX
12 1 (0.42%) Debian
12 1 (0.42%) Solaris
12 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (32.35%) Customer Service
2 75 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (26.05%) Break/Fix
4 32 (13.45%) Migration
5 29 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (9.24%) DevOps
7 19 (7.98%) ITSM
8 18 (7.56%) CI/CD
9 17 (7.14%) High Availability
10 15 (6.30%) Agile
10 15 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (6.30%) Service Management
11 14 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (5.46%) Data Protection
12 13 (5.46%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (5.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (5.04%) Storage Management
13 12 (5.04%) Validation
14 11 (4.62%) Change Management
14 11 (4.62%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.08%) Python
2 23 (9.66%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.20%) Bash
4 5 (2.10%) JCL
4 5 (2.10%) SQL
5 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.84%) ABAP
6 2 (0.84%) C
6 2 (0.84%) Groovy
6 2 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.84%) REXX
7 1 (0.42%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.42%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.42%) Korn
7 1 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 56 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 54 (22.69%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (19.75%) A+ Certification
4 47 (19.75%) CCNA
4 47 (19.75%) MCSE
4 47 (19.75%) Network+ Certification
5 30 (12.61%) SC Cleared
6 21 (8.82%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.78%) Degree
8 7 (2.94%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.94%) CCNP
9 4 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.68%) HP ASE
10 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.26%) NCDA
10 3 (1.26%) NCIE
10 3 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.98%) SLA
2 9 (3.78%) PMO
3 6 (2.52%) QA
4 2 (0.84%) 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 47 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (12.61%) vSphere
3 20 (8.40%) Active Directory
4 16 (6.72%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (6.30%) Hyper-V
6 12 (5.04%) SRDF
7 10 (4.20%) Firmware
7 10 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.78%) NFS
9 6 (2.52%) VMware NSX
10 5 (2.10%) Time Sharing Option
11 4 (1.68%) Docker
12 3 (1.26%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.84%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.84%) KVM
13 2 (0.84%) vCloud
14 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.42%) QEMU
14 1 (0.42%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (9.24%) vCenter Server
2 20 (8.40%) Ansible
3 16 (6.72%) VxRail
4 13 (5.46%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.78%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.78%) ServiceCenter
6 8 (3.36%) Avamar
6 8 (3.36%) SCOM
7 7 (2.94%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.52%) EMC TimeFinder
8 6 (2.52%) NetBackup
8 6 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.52%) Terraform
8 6 (2.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 4 (1.68%) EMC VPLEX
9 4 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.68%) Grafana
9 4 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.68%) SCCM
10 3 (1.26%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 65 (27.31%) VMware
2 54 (22.69%) HP
3 43 (18.07%) Cisco
4 40 (16.81%) Microsoft
5 19 (7.98%) IBM
6 18 (7.56%) Red Hat
7 17 (7.14%) Brocade
8 15 (6.30%) EMC
8 15 (6.30%) Pure Storage
8 15 (6.30%) SAP
9 13 (5.46%) ServiceNow
9 13 (5.46%) Thales
10 12 (5.04%) MuleSoft
11 11 (4.62%) Apple
11 11 (4.62%) Broadcom
11 11 (4.62%) Canon
11 11 (4.62%) NetApp
12 10 (4.20%) Veeam
13 6 (2.52%) 3PAR
13 6 (2.52%) Oracle