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 13 February 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
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 345 294
Rank change year-on-year -24 -51 +75
Contract jobs citing Dell 257 191 350
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.64% 0.62% 0.79%
As % of the Vendors category 1.43% 1.33% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 105 242
10th Percentile £154 £148 £161
25th Percentile £190 £173 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £405
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -13.58% -5.37%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £584
90th Percentile £575 £605 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £250 £413
% change year-on-year +57.50% -39.39% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 26 8
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.36 £15.35
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.27 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.09 £24.18 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +28.96% -9.44%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £22.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £35.00 £22.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.96% +38.17% -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 17,970 14,337 19,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.92% 46.30% 43.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,533 8,577 12,205
10th Percentile £300 £275 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -0.86% -1.41%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 876 416 921
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.99
25th Percentile £17.94 £20.84 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.91 £29.00 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +6.76% -14.87%
75th Percentile £56.69 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.17 £26.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -16.34% +1.92% -5.45%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -25 221 £425 +21.43% 85
UK excluding London -33 164 £394 +57.50% 72
London +1 69 £449 +51.39% 17
North of England -45 41 £175 -58.82% 13
Midlands -38 37 £305 -23.88% 11
East of England +7 30 £445 -25.83% 11
Work from Home -6 30 £450 -12.24% 28
West Midlands -41 24 £311 -33.42% 10
South West -9 23 £625 +79.21% 10
Yorkshire -59 19 £350 -26.62% 8
South East -67 18 £465 +156.57% 24
East Midlands -18 15 £158 -10.00% 1
North West -32 14 £175 -56.25% 5
Scotland +8 9 £500 +257.14% 5
North East - 8 £175 -
Northern Ireland -2 6 £375 -
Wales -5 2 - - 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 14 (5.45%) Confluence
2 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (15.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) assyst
3 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.39%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.79%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (16.34%) Azure
3 34 (13.23%) AWS
4 13 (5.06%) Boomi
5 12 (4.67%) Datadog
6 8 (3.11%) Amazon S3
7 6 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.95%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.56%) GCP
9 4 (1.56%) OCI
10 2 (0.78%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (0.78%) Apigee
10 2 (0.78%) PaaS
10 2 (0.78%) SaaS
10 2 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.95%) Wireless
2 34 (13.23%) SAN
3 25 (9.73%) Firewall
4 22 (8.56%) VSAN
5 21 (8.17%) DNS
6 20 (7.78%) DHCP
6 20 (7.78%) VLAN
7 10 (3.89%) LAN
7 10 (3.89%) WAN
8 6 (2.33%) BGP
8 6 (2.33%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.95%) iSCSI
9 5 (1.95%) MPLS
9 5 (1.95%) NAS
9 5 (1.95%) OSPF
10 4 (1.56%) 4G
10 4 (1.56%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (1.56%) IPsec
10 4 (1.56%) Network Security
10 4 (1.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.95%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) DataStage
2 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.39%) Redis
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.56%) Git
2 4 (1.56%) GitLab
3 3 (1.17%) Postman
4 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 55 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 48 (18.68%) Finance
3 37 (14.40%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.73%) Banking
5 24 (9.34%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.34%) Marketing
5 24 (9.34%) Telecoms
6 23 (8.95%) Electronics
7 20 (7.78%) Legal
8 15 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.89%) Retail
11 6 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.78%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.39%) Billing
14 1 (0.39%) French Language
Job Titles
1 41 (15.95%) IT Support
2 30 (11.67%) Desktop Support
3 28 (10.89%) Field Engineer
4 26 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (10.12%) IT Engineer
5 25 (9.73%) Analyst
6 24 (9.34%) 2nd Line Support
7 23 (8.95%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 23 (8.95%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 19 (7.39%) Support Engineer
9 15 (5.84%) Administrator
9 15 (5.84%) Architect
10 14 (5.45%) Consultant
10 14 (5.45%) Field Service Engineer
11 13 (5.06%) Hardware Engineer
11 13 (5.06%) Senior
12 12 (4.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 11 (4.28%) Field Hardware Engineer
13 11 (4.28%) Server Engineer
14 10 (3.89%) Computer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.11%) Middleware
2 7 (2.72%) REST
3 4 (1.56%) Keycloak
3 4 (1.56%) SOAP
3 4 (1.56%) XML
4 3 (1.17%) Web Services
5 2 (0.78%) JSON
6 1 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.39%) Kafka
6 1 (0.39%) LDAP
6 1 (0.39%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.39%) XSD
6 1 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 71 (27.63%) Data Centre
2 32 (12.45%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.06%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 12 (4.67%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (3.89%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.50%) Replication
7 7 (2.72%) PKI
8 5 (1.95%) EMC VMAX
8 5 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.56%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.17%) EPoS
10 3 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.78%) CUDA
11 2 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.78%) HP Storage
11 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.78%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.02%) Windows
2 46 (17.90%) Mac OS
3 45 (17.51%) Linux
4 41 (15.95%) Android
5 33 (12.84%) Windows Server
6 19 (7.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (7.39%) Windows 10
7 9 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.72%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.72%) Unix
9 4 (1.56%) VMS
9 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.39%) CentOS
10 1 (0.39%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (19.07%) Customer Service
2 45 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (10.89%) Break/Fix
5 23 (8.95%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (8.95%) Digital Marketing
5 23 (8.95%) Programme Management
6 22 (8.56%) Agile
7 21 (8.17%) Migration
8 14 (5.45%) Asset Management
8 14 (5.45%) ITSM
9 13 (5.06%) ITIL
9 13 (5.06%) Service Management
10 12 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (4.67%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (4.67%) Ticket Management
11 11 (4.28%) Capacity Planning
11 11 (4.28%) High Availability
11 11 (4.28%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.50%) PowerShell
1 9 (3.50%) Shell Script
2 8 (3.11%) Python
3 7 (2.72%) Bash
4 5 (1.95%) SQL
5 2 (0.78%) C
5 2 (0.78%) Java
5 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.39%) Groovy
6 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.39%) Perl
6 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (40.08%) Security Cleared
2 84 (32.68%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.17%) DV Cleared
4 18 (7.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (5.84%) A+ Certification
7 12 (4.67%) CCNA
7 12 (4.67%) MCSE
7 12 (4.67%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (4.28%) Degree
9 10 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.56%) OCP
10 4 (1.56%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.17%) CCNP
11 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.78%) HP ASE
12 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.56%) SLA
2 4 (1.56%) COBIT
2 4 (1.56%) NIST
3 3 (1.17%) PMO
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
4 2 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) NCSC
5 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (17.12%) vSphere
2 41 (15.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (11.28%) Active Directory
4 15 (5.84%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (4.67%) Docker
6 9 (3.50%) Hyper-V
7 8 (3.11%) Firmware
8 6 (2.33%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.56%) SRDF
9 4 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.78%) Ceph
10 2 (0.78%) Lustre
10 2 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.78%) vCloud
11 1 (0.39%) GPFS
11 1 (0.39%) NFS
11 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 27 (10.51%) VxRail
2 19 (7.39%) Terraform
3 14 (5.45%) Ansible
4 13 (5.06%) vCenter Server
4 13 (5.06%) vRealize
5 11 (4.28%) EMC NetWorker
5 11 (4.28%) ServiceCenter
6 9 (3.50%) Dell DRAC
6 9 (3.50%) Kubernetes
7 8 (3.11%) EMC VPLEX
8 7 (2.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (2.72%) SCCM
9 6 (2.33%) Prometheus
9 6 (2.33%) SCOM
10 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.56%) Grafana
11 4 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.17%) EMC TimeFinder
12 3 (1.17%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 111 (43.19%) HP
2 75 (29.18%) Cisco
3 62 (24.12%) VMware
4 55 (21.40%) Apple
5 38 (14.79%) Microsoft
6 33 (12.84%) SAP
7 23 (8.95%) Red Hat
8 20 (7.78%) IBM
9 18 (7.00%) EMC
10 16 (6.23%) SolarWinds
11 13 (5.06%) Isilon
12 12 (4.67%) AppDynamics
12 12 (4.67%) Commvault
12 12 (4.67%) Veeam
13 11 (4.28%) Brocade
13 11 (4.28%) ServiceNow
14 10 (3.89%) Canon
15 9 (3.50%) NVIDIA
16 8 (3.11%) NetApp
16 8 (3.11%) Oracle