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 28 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
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 315 268
Rank change year-on-year -37 -47 +99
Contract jobs citing Dell 276 211 374
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.69% 0.84%
As % of the Vendors category 1.49% 1.48% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 109 255
10th Percentile £154 £146 £162
25th Percentile £190 £173 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.14% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £616
90th Percentile £594 £600 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £260 £450
% change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 31 9
10th Percentile £16.09 - £15.65
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +20.90% -4.76%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £22.00
90th Percentile £25.77 £35.00 £32.40
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 18,550 14,255 19,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.54% 46.58% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,906 8,669 12,082
10th Percentile £305 £284 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.90%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 433 960
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +11.81% -25.27%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.73
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £27.24 £25.75
% change year-on-year -16.92% +5.78% -17.14%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -39 231 £425 +28.30% 67
UK excluding London -62 174 £425 +63.46% 54
London -9 71 £449 +84.95% 21
North of England -46 46 £269 -36.76% 12
Midlands -43 36 £308 -23.00% 7
Work from Home -14 32 £450 -7.69% 18
East of England +4 31 £445 -25.83% 6
West Midlands -46 24 £313 -21.88% 6
Yorkshire -52 23 £500 +4.82% 7
South West -26 21 £700 +252.20% 7
South East -67 21 £465 +154.83% 19
North West -37 15 £175 -58.82% 5
East Midlands -10 14 £158 -10.00% 1
Scotland +7 13 £500 +100.00% 4
North East - 8 £175 -
Northern Ireland -3 4 £375 -
Wales -6 4 - - 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 13 (4.71%) Confluence
2 8 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.45%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.36%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 38 (13.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.54%) MS Visio
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 55 (19.93%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (15.58%) Azure
3 35 (12.68%) AWS
4 17 (6.16%) Boomi
5 12 (4.35%) Datadog
6 8 (2.90%) Amazon S3
7 7 (2.54%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.54%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.45%) GCP
9 4 (1.45%) OCI
10 3 (1.09%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.72%) Apigee
11 2 (0.72%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.72%) PaaS
12 1 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.86%) SAN
1 41 (14.86%) Wireless
2 26 (9.42%) Firewall
3 25 (9.06%) VSAN
4 21 (7.61%) DHCP
4 21 (7.61%) DNS
5 19 (6.88%) VLAN
6 13 (4.71%) LAN
6 13 (4.71%) WAN
7 11 (3.99%) iSCSI
8 8 (2.90%) Fibre Channel
9 7 (2.54%) BGP
10 6 (2.17%) NAS
11 5 (1.81%) FCoE
11 5 (1.81%) MPLS
11 5 (1.81%) OSPF
12 4 (1.45%) 4G
12 4 (1.45%) IPsec
12 4 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (1.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.81%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.72%) DataStage
4 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.36%) MySQL
5 1 (0.36%) Redis
5 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (2.90%) JIRA
2 4 (1.45%) GitLab
3 3 (1.09%) Git
3 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.09%) Postman
4 1 (0.36%) Hudson
4 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
General
1 61 (22.10%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.84%) Finance
3 35 (12.68%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.42%) Banking
5 26 (9.42%) Legal
6 24 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 24 (8.70%) Marketing
6 24 (8.70%) Telecoms
7 23 (8.33%) Electronics
8 15 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (5.07%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.62%) Retail
11 7 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.36%) Billing
15 1 (0.36%) French Language
Job Titles
1 48 (17.39%) IT Support
2 36 (13.04%) Field Engineer
3 30 (10.87%) Desktop Support
3 30 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (10.87%) IT Engineer
4 27 (9.78%) Support Engineer
5 24 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (8.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 23 (8.33%) Analyst
6 23 (8.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 19 (6.88%) Field Service Engineer
8 17 (6.16%) Architect
9 15 (5.43%) Hardware Engineer
9 15 (5.43%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (4.71%) Administrator
10 13 (4.71%) Computer Engineer
10 13 (4.71%) Field Hardware Engineer
10 13 (4.71%) Senior
11 12 (4.35%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (4.35%) Printer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.90%) Middleware
1 8 (2.90%) REST
2 6 (2.17%) SOAP
3 5 (1.81%) XML
4 4 (1.45%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.09%) JSON
5 3 (1.09%) Web Services
6 1 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
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%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.36%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.36%) XSD
6 1 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 82 (29.71%) Data Centre
2 34 (12.32%) Driving Licence
3 17 (6.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (5.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 13 (4.71%) Virtual Team
6 12 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.99%) EMC VMAX
7 11 (3.99%) Replication
8 7 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.17%) PKI
10 4 (1.45%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.09%) EPoS
11 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.72%) CUDA
12 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.72%) HP Storage
12 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 77 (27.90%) Windows
2 46 (16.67%) Mac OS
3 45 (16.30%) Linux
4 41 (14.86%) Android
5 33 (11.96%) Windows Server
6 19 (6.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (6.88%) Windows 10
7 11 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (2.90%) Unix
9 7 (2.54%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.45%) VMS
11 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
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 7
12 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.10%) Customer Service
2 52 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (13.04%) Break/Fix
5 28 (10.14%) Migration
6 23 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
6 23 (8.33%) Programme Management
7 21 (7.61%) Agile
8 16 (5.80%) Service Management
9 15 (5.43%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (5.07%) ITIL
10 14 (5.07%) ITSM
11 13 (4.71%) Asset Management
12 12 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.35%) DevOps
12 12 (4.35%) High Availability
12 12 (4.35%) Time Management
13 11 (3.99%) Technical Leadership
13 11 (3.99%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.35%) PowerShell
1 12 (4.35%) Python
2 11 (3.99%) Shell Script
3 8 (2.90%) Bash
3 8 (2.90%) SQL
4 2 (0.72%) C
4 2 (0.72%) Java
4 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.36%) ABAP
5 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.36%) Groovy
5 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.36%) Korn
5 1 (0.36%) Perl
5 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (35.87%) Security Cleared
2 80 (28.99%) SC Cleared
3 24 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (7.25%) A+ Certification
5 20 (7.25%) DV Cleared
6 17 (6.16%) CCNA
6 17 (6.16%) MCSE
6 17 (6.16%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (3.99%) Degree
8 7 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.81%) CCNP
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%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.72%) VCAP
11 2 (0.72%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.42%) SLA
2 5 (1.81%) NIST
2 5 (1.81%) PMO
3 4 (1.45%) COBIT
4 3 (1.09%) GDPR
5 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.72%) NCSC
5 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.72%) QA
5 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (16.30%) vSphere
2 43 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.23%) Active Directory
4 15 (5.43%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.07%) Docker
6 9 (3.26%) Hyper-V
6 9 (3.26%) SRDF
7 6 (2.17%) Firmware
7 6 (2.17%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.72%) Ceph
9 2 (0.72%) Lustre
9 2 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.72%) vCloud
10 1 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.36%) GPFS
10 1 (0.36%) NFS
Systems Management
1 28 (10.14%) VxRail
2 19 (6.88%) Terraform
3 16 (5.80%) Ansible
4 13 (4.71%) vRealize
5 12 (4.35%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (4.35%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.99%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.90%) EMC NetWorker
8 7 (2.54%) Dell DRAC
8 7 (2.54%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (2.54%) SCCM
9 6 (2.17%) EMC TimeFinder
9 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (2.17%) Prometheus
10 5 (1.81%) EMC VPLEX
11 4 (1.45%) Grafana
11 4 (1.45%) SCOM
11 4 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
12 3 (1.09%) Puppet
Vendors
1 119 (43.12%) HP
2 76 (27.54%) Cisco
3 59 (21.38%) VMware
4 55 (19.93%) Apple
5 38 (13.77%) Microsoft
6 37 (13.41%) SAP
7 23 (8.33%) IBM
7 23 (8.33%) Red Hat
8 18 (6.52%) EMC
9 14 (5.07%) SolarWinds
10 13 (4.71%) Canon
10 13 (4.71%) Commvault
11 12 (4.35%) AppDynamics
12 11 (3.99%) Brocade
12 11 (3.99%) NVIDIA
12 11 (3.99%) ServiceNow
12 11 (3.99%) Veeam
13 10 (3.62%) Isilon
13 10 (3.62%) Oracle
13 10 (3.62%) Pure Storage