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 21 May 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 292 257
Rank change year-on-year -89 -35 +94
Contract jobs citing Dell 265 252 382
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.87% 0.90%
As % of the Vendors category 1.34% 1.81% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 125 256
10th Percentile £126 £148 £216
25th Percentile £313 £173 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £429 £460
Median % change year-on-year +10.85% -6.85% +31.43%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £625
90th Percentile £625 £630 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £255 £500
% change year-on-year +76.47% -49.00% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 41 19
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £14.88
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.87 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year - +4.08% -12.44%
75th Percentile £20.09 £21.01 £44.40
90th Percentile £25.77 £24.66 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.69 £18.69 £15.00
% change year-on-year -5.35% +24.60% -27.55%

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 19,765 13,886 18,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.96% 47.71% 42.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,516 8,664 11,247
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.29% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.41% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 568 1,094
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +15.52% -47.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.40 £73.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.54 £22.72 £21.46
% change year-on-year +30.01% +5.86% -44.26%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -100 205 £475 +9.20% 37
UK excluding London -91 181 £450 +76.47% 29
London -62 47 £500 +5.26% 13
North of England -55 41 £500 +14.94% 8
Work from Home -47 37 £500 -7.24% 22
South East -68 36 £388 +76.14% 10
East of England -5 30 £613 +11.36% 2
Yorkshire -37 26 £510 +7.26% 6
South West -44 25 £515 +232.26% 1
Scotland -2 20 £425 -17.03% 3
Midlands -66 19 £450 +200.00% 3
West Midlands -67 14 £513 +241.67% 3
North West -40 12 £269 -36.76% 2
Wales -4 10 - -
East Midlands -24 7 £450 +157.14%
North East -23 3 - -
Northern Ireland -2 2 £375 +7.14% 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 (2.26%) Confluence
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.51%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.75%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.89%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.38%) assyst
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 40 (15.09%) Azure
2 20 (7.55%) Boomi
3 15 (5.66%) AWS
4 14 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.77%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.51%) Azure Stack
7 4 (1.51%) Datadog
7 4 (1.51%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.51%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.13%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.13%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.13%) IaaS
8 3 (1.13%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 2 (0.75%) Apigee
9 2 (0.75%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (30.19%) SAN
2 21 (7.92%) VSAN
3 18 (6.79%) DHCP
3 18 (6.79%) DNS
3 18 (6.79%) Firewall
4 16 (6.04%) LAN
4 16 (6.04%) WAN
5 14 (5.28%) iSCSI
5 14 (5.28%) VLAN
6 9 (3.40%) Fibre Channel
7 8 (3.02%) Network Security
8 7 (2.64%) NAS
9 6 (2.26%) VPN
10 5 (1.89%) FCoE
10 5 (1.89%) VXLAN
11 4 (1.51%) BGP
11 4 (1.51%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.51%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.13%) Multicast
12 3 (1.13%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.75%) DataStage
3 2 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.38%) MySQL
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (3.40%) JIRA
2 8 (3.02%) Git
3 6 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.26%) Postman
4 5 (1.89%) GitLab
5 1 (0.38%) Hudson
5 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.19%) Finance
4 25 (9.43%) Legal
5 14 (5.28%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (4.91%) Banking
7 9 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.51%) Retail
10 3 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.38%) French Language
12 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (25.66%) Field Engineer
2 57 (21.51%) IT Engineer
3 52 (19.62%) Field Service Engineer
4 31 (11.70%) IT Support
5 26 (9.81%) Support Engineer
6 25 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (6.79%) Field Support Engineer
7 18 (6.79%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (6.42%) Hardware Engineer
9 15 (5.66%) Computer Engineer
9 15 (5.66%) Field Hardware Engineer
9 15 (5.66%) Senior
10 14 (5.28%) Printer Engineer
11 13 (4.91%) Architect
11 13 (4.91%) Consultant
12 10 (3.77%) Analyst
12 10 (3.77%) Storage Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Administrator
13 9 (3.40%) Data Centre Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.91%) Middleware
2 12 (4.53%) REST
3 10 (3.77%) JSON
4 7 (2.64%) SOAP
4 7 (2.64%) XML
5 5 (1.89%) BAPI
6 4 (1.51%) IDoc
6 4 (1.51%) Keycloak
6 4 (1.51%) OAuth
6 4 (1.51%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.51%) OpenAPI
6 4 (1.51%) SAP ALE
6 4 (1.51%) Swagger
7 3 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (1.13%) Redfish
7 3 (1.13%) Web Services
8 2 (0.75%) SAP XI
9 1 (0.38%) XSD
9 1 (0.38%) XSLT
9 1 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (35.85%) Data Centre
2 51 (19.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 29 (10.94%) Driving Licence
4 20 (7.55%) Enterprise Storage
5 16 (6.04%) Replication
5 16 (6.04%) Virtual Team
6 12 (4.53%) EMC VMAX
7 7 (2.64%) PKI
8 6 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.89%) Clustering
10 4 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.51%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.13%) EPoS
11 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.75%) CUDA
12 2 (0.75%) Device Driver
12 2 (0.75%) HP Storage
12 2 (0.75%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 70 (26.42%) Windows
2 39 (14.72%) Linux
3 29 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (4.15%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.64%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.51%) Android
9 4 (1.51%) SUSE
9 4 (1.51%) Unix
9 4 (1.51%) VMS
9 4 (1.51%) zOS
10 3 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.38%) Debian
12 1 (0.38%) Solaris
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (33.58%) Customer Service
2 84 (31.70%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (24.53%) Break/Fix
4 32 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (11.32%) Migration
6 21 (7.92%) DevOps
7 19 (7.17%) Service Management
8 18 (6.79%) ITSM
9 17 (6.42%) Agile
9 17 (6.42%) High Availability
10 16 (6.04%) CI/CD
11 15 (5.66%) Validation
12 14 (5.28%) Data Protection
12 14 (5.28%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (4.91%) Observability
14 12 (4.53%) Time Management
15 11 (4.15%) Asset Management
15 11 (4.15%) Storage Management
16 10 (3.77%) Performance Tuning
16 10 (3.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.55%) Python
2 19 (7.17%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.40%) Bash
4 7 (2.64%) SQL
5 4 (1.51%) JCL
5 4 (1.51%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.75%) ABAP
6 2 (0.75%) C
6 2 (0.75%) Java
6 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.38%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.38%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.38%) Groovy
7 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.38%) Korn
7 1 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.38%) REXX
Qualifications
1 72 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 58 (21.89%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 52 (19.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 51 (19.25%) CCNA
5 51 (19.25%) MCSE
5 51 (19.25%) Network+ Certification
6 45 (16.98%) SC Cleared
7 21 (7.92%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.91%) Degree
9 7 (2.64%) CCNP
10 6 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.89%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.51%) HP ASE
13 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.75%) VCAP
14 2 (0.75%) VCDX
15 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.38%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.06%) SLA
2 9 (3.40%) PMO
3 6 (2.26%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.38%) GDPR
5 1 (0.38%) GRC
5 1 (0.38%) NCSC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST
5 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (15.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (13.96%) vSphere
3 20 (7.55%) Active Directory
3 20 (7.55%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (4.53%) Firmware
4 12 (4.53%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.77%) SRDF
6 8 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.02%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.64%) NFS
8 6 (2.26%) Docker
9 4 (1.51%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.75%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.75%) Ceph
10 2 (0.75%) Lustre
10 2 (0.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.75%) vCloud
11 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.38%) KVM
11 1 (0.38%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 21 (7.92%) vCenter Server
1 21 (7.92%) VxRail
2 17 (6.42%) Ansible
3 12 (4.53%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.53%) ServiceCenter
4 10 (3.77%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.64%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (2.26%) EMC TimeFinder
6 6 (2.26%) Terraform
7 5 (1.89%) Avamar
7 5 (1.89%) Grafana
7 5 (1.89%) SCCM
7 5 (1.89%) SCOM
7 5 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (1.51%) EMC VPLEX
8 4 (1.51%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.51%) NetBackup
8 4 (1.51%) Puppet
8 4 (1.51%) vRealize
Vendors
1 70 (26.42%) HP
2 59 (22.26%) VMware
3 43 (16.23%) Cisco
4 39 (14.72%) Microsoft
5 22 (8.30%) Red Hat
6 20 (7.55%) IBM
7 17 (6.42%) Apple
7 17 (6.42%) SAP
8 15 (5.66%) Brocade
8 15 (5.66%) Canon
8 15 (5.66%) ServiceNow
9 14 (5.28%) Pure Storage
10 13 (4.91%) EMC
11 11 (4.15%) Veeam
12 10 (3.77%) Broadcom
12 10 (3.77%) MuleSoft
12 10 (3.77%) NVIDIA
13 9 (3.40%) Thales
14 8 (3.02%) NetApp
15 6 (2.26%) Oracle