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 10 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
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 297 269
Rank change year-on-year -107 -28 +85
Contract jobs citing Dell 253 249 385
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.85% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.26% 1.78% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 128 253
10th Percentile £126 £150 £214
25th Percentile £381 £181 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -1.35% +25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £608
90th Percentile £636 £636 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +81.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 39 23
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £12.25
25th Percentile £16.17 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £18.51 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -22.23% +14.95%
75th Percentile £20.09 £21.01 £24.18
90th Percentile £25.77 £24.75 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.41 £18.51 £17.50
% change year-on-year -5.97% +5.77% -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 20,080 13,989 18,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.58% 47.63% 42.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,626 8,611 11,465
10th Percentile £313 £280 £269
25th Percentile £413 £404 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -2.72% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.06% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,022 624 1,139
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.34 £14.49
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +8.51% -45.35%
75th Percentile £59.56 £55.00 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.54 £69.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.94 £22.00
% change year-on-year +30.79% +4.26% -45.00%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -121 192 £500 +7.82% 51
UK excluding London -89 172 £475 +18.75% 33
London -78 45 £500 +2.56% 18
North of England -62 39 £520 +22.24% 6
South East -76 38 £419 -16.25% 14
Work from Home -37 37 £500 -7.24% 23
Yorkshire -39 26 £520 +9.47% 2
South West -33 25 £515 +232.26% 5
Scotland -9 23 £450 -12.15% 1
East of England -12 23 £613 +11.36% 3
Midlands -76 16 £475 +216.67% 4
West Midlands -65 11 £583 +288.33% 4
Wales -9 10 - -
North West -43 10 £350 -15.15% 3
East Midlands -25 7 £450 -
North East -23 3 - - 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 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.79%) Confluence
3 2 (0.79%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.98%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.79%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 38 (15.02%) Azure
2 20 (7.91%) Boomi
3 12 (4.74%) AWS
3 12 (4.74%) OpenShift
4 9 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.58%) Azure Stack
6 4 (1.58%) GitHub
6 4 (1.58%) Smartsheet
6 4 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.19%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.19%) IaaS
7 3 (1.19%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.79%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (0.79%) Azure Storage
8 2 (0.79%) Datadog
8 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.79%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (31.62%) SAN
2 18 (7.11%) DHCP
2 18 (7.11%) DNS
2 18 (7.11%) VSAN
3 17 (6.72%) Firewall
4 16 (6.32%) LAN
4 16 (6.32%) WAN
5 14 (5.53%) iSCSI
6 12 (4.74%) VLAN
7 10 (3.95%) Fibre Channel
8 9 (3.56%) NAS
9 8 (3.16%) Network Security
10 6 (2.37%) VPN
11 5 (1.98%) FCoE
12 4 (1.58%) BGP
12 4 (1.58%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (1.58%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.58%) VXLAN
13 3 (1.19%) Multicast
13 3 (1.19%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.40%) MySQL
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Git
1 8 (3.16%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.77%) JIRA
3 6 (2.37%) GitLab
3 6 (2.37%) Postman
4 1 (0.40%) Hudson
4 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
General
1 65 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 56 (22.13%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.28%) Finance
4 24 (9.49%) Legal
5 11 (4.35%) Banking
5 11 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.16%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.19%) Retail
9 2 (0.79%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Billing
10 1 (0.40%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.40%) French Language
10 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (25.30%) Field Engineer
2 54 (21.34%) IT Engineer
3 50 (19.76%) Field Service Engineer
4 27 (10.67%) IT Support
5 25 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (8.70%) Support Engineer
7 17 (6.72%) Architect
7 17 (6.72%) Storage Engineer
8 16 (6.32%) Field Support Engineer
8 16 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (5.93%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Computer Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Field Hardware Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Printer Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Senior
11 13 (5.14%) Consultant
12 9 (3.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (3.56%) Data Centre Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Server Engineer
13 8 (3.16%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.53%) Middleware
2 12 (4.74%) REST
3 11 (4.35%) JSON
4 7 (2.77%) SOAP
4 7 (2.77%) XML
5 6 (2.37%) BAPI
6 5 (1.98%) Keycloak
6 5 (1.98%) OAuth
6 5 (1.98%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.58%) IDoc
7 4 (1.58%) OpenAPI
7 4 (1.58%) Redfish
7 4 (1.58%) SAP ALE
7 4 (1.58%) Swagger
8 3 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.19%) Web Services
9 2 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.79%) SAP XI
9 2 (0.79%) YAML
10 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 95 (37.55%) Data Centre
2 50 (19.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (10.28%) Driving Licence
4 25 (9.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 17 (6.72%) Replication
6 15 (5.93%) EMC VMAX
6 15 (5.93%) Virtual Team
7 10 (3.95%) PKI
8 6 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.98%) Clustering
10 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.58%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.19%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.19%) EMC VNX
11 3 (1.19%) EPoS
11 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.79%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 71 (28.06%) Windows
2 34 (13.44%) Linux
3 33 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (5.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.77%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.37%) VMS
7 6 (2.37%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.98%) zOS
9 4 (1.58%) SUSE
10 3 (1.19%) Data ONTAP
10 3 (1.19%) Unix
10 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.79%) Android
11 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.79%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.40%) AIX
12 1 (0.40%) Debian
12 1 (0.40%) Solaris
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (32.41%) Customer Service
2 81 (32.02%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (24.90%) Break/Fix
4 32 (12.65%) Migration
5 30 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (8.70%) DevOps
7 18 (7.11%) ITSM
8 17 (6.72%) CI/CD
8 17 (6.72%) High Availability
8 17 (6.72%) Service Management
9 15 (5.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (5.53%) Agile
10 14 (5.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (5.14%) Data Protection
11 13 (5.14%) Observability
11 13 (5.14%) Performance Tuning
11 13 (5.14%) Storage Management
11 13 (5.14%) Validation
12 12 (4.74%) Change Management
12 12 (4.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.09%) Python
2 22 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.95%) Bash
4 5 (1.98%) JCL
4 5 (1.98%) SQL
5 3 (1.19%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.79%) ABAP
6 2 (0.79%) C
6 2 (0.79%) REXX
7 1 (0.40%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.40%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.40%) Groovy
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.40%) Korn
7 1 (0.40%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 66 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 57 (22.53%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (20.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (19.76%) A+ Certification
4 50 (19.76%) CCNA
4 50 (19.76%) MCSE
4 50 (19.76%) Network+ Certification
5 40 (15.81%) SC Cleared
6 21 (8.30%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.56%) Degree
8 7 (2.77%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.77%) CCNP
9 4 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.58%) HP ASE
9 4 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.19%) NCDA
10 3 (1.19%) NCIE
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.30%) SLA
2 9 (3.56%) PMO
3 6 (2.37%) QA
4 2 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (18.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (13.04%) vSphere
3 19 (7.51%) Active Directory
3 19 (7.51%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (5.53%) Hyper-V
5 12 (4.74%) SRDF
6 11 (4.35%) Firmware
7 10 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (3.56%) NFS
9 7 (2.77%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.98%) Docker
10 5 (1.98%) Time Sharing Option
11 3 (1.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.79%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.79%) KVM
12 2 (0.79%) vCloud
13 1 (0.40%) Ceph
13 1 (0.40%) Lustre
13 1 (0.40%) QEMU
13 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (9.49%) vCenter Server
2 20 (7.91%) Ansible
3 18 (7.11%) VxRail
4 14 (5.53%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.95%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.95%) ServiceCenter
6 8 (3.16%) Avamar
6 8 (3.16%) SCOM
7 7 (2.77%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (2.37%) EMC TimeFinder
8 6 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (2.37%) Terraform
8 6 (2.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.98%) Grafana
9 5 (1.98%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.58%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (1.58%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.19%) Puppet
11 3 (1.19%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 64 (25.30%) VMware
2 59 (23.32%) HP
3 42 (16.60%) Cisco
4 41 (16.21%) Microsoft
5 21 (8.30%) Red Hat
6 19 (7.51%) IBM
7 17 (6.72%) Brocade
7 17 (6.72%) SAP
8 15 (5.93%) EMC
8 15 (5.93%) Pure Storage
9 14 (5.53%) Canon
9 14 (5.53%) ServiceNow
10 13 (5.14%) Apple
10 13 (5.14%) Thales
11 11 (4.35%) Broadcom
11 11 (4.35%) MuleSoft
11 11 (4.35%) Veeam
12 10 (3.95%) NetApp
13 9 (3.56%) NVIDIA
14 6 (2.37%) 3PAR