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 2 October 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 344 321
Rank change year-on-year -157 -23 +8
Contract jobs citing Dell 180 217 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.66% 0.67%
As % of the Vendors category 0.79% 1.38% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 119 158
10th Percentile £131 £139 £183
25th Percentile £263 £171 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £484
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.14% +17.27%
75th Percentile £574 £500 £565
90th Percentile £638 £575 £637
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £375 £497
% change year-on-year +26.67% -24.47% +52.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 54 28
10th Percentile £16.46 £17.30 £11.75
25th Percentile - £18.51 £14.79
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -21.34% +2.09%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £25.39 - £66.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £24.18
% change year-on-year +2.44% -21.96% +24.00%

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 22,868 15,778 16,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.65% 47.64% 44.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,862 9,705 10,012
10th Percentile £310 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £619 £613 £626
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,358 820 628
10th Percentile £13.97 £14.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.69 £15.70
Median hourly rate £25.28 £25.15 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -19.52% -26.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £41.11 £64.63
90th Percentile £77.73 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £21.30 £29.77
% change year-on-year +13.57% -28.45% -29.95%

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 2 October 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
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 2 October 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 -156 144 £488 +14.71% 149
UK excluding London -114 121 £475 +26.67% 76
London -109 39 £525 +8.58% 87
Work from Home -58 38 £425 -4.92% 39
South East -60 37 £475 +11.76% 25
North of England -67 36 £522 +22.82% 17
Yorkshire -19 25 £525 +10.53% 4
Scotland -22 18 £285 -43.00% 13
South West -41 15 £363 +111.99% 5
Midlands -69 8 £250 +58.73% 5
West Midlands -42 7 £238 +7.95% 3
East of England -24 6 £513 +15.17% 8
North West -60 6 £200 -52.94% 12
North East -41 5 £553 +240.15% 1
Wales -11 2 - - 3
East Midlands -28 1 £500 +273.13% 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 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.56%) IIS
3 1 (0.56%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (7.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (5.56%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.11%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.56%) Azure
2 30 (16.67%) Boomi
3 19 (10.56%) AWS
4 13 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.00%) Smartsheet
7 8 (4.44%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.89%) AtomSphere
9 6 (3.33%) Nutanix
10 5 (2.78%) GitHub
10 5 (2.78%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.67%) IaaS
11 3 (1.67%) iPaaS
11 3 (1.67%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.11%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.11%) Datadog
12 2 (1.11%) GCP
12 2 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.11%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 49 (27.22%) SAN
2 12 (6.67%) Firewall
3 10 (5.56%) NAS
4 8 (4.44%) Fibre Channel
4 8 (4.44%) Network Security
5 7 (3.89%) BGP
5 7 (3.89%) WAN
6 6 (3.33%) DHCP
6 6 (3.33%) DNS
6 6 (3.33%) LAN
6 6 (3.33%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.33%) VPN
7 5 (2.78%) VLAN
8 4 (2.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (2.22%) OSPF
8 4 (2.22%) VXLAN
8 4 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (1.67%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.11%) Connectrix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (7.78%) JIRA
2 13 (7.22%) Git
3 9 (5.00%) Postman
4 6 (3.33%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.67%) GitLab
6 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 53 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.78%) Finance
4 13 (7.22%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.44%) Banking
6 6 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.78%) Retail
8 3 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.11%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Billing
10 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (16.11%) Storage Engineer
2 28 (15.56%) Architect
3 27 (15.00%) IT Engineer
4 24 (13.33%) Field Engineer
4 24 (13.33%) Field Service Engineer
5 19 (10.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (10.00%) Consultant
7 16 (8.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 13 (7.22%) Integration Architect
9 11 (6.11%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
10 10 (5.56%) IT Support
10 10 (5.56%) Support Engineer
11 9 (5.00%) Analyst
11 9 (5.00%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.44%) Senior
13 7 (3.89%) Storage Architect
14 6 (3.33%) Integration Consultant
14 6 (3.33%) Support Analyst
15 5 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
15 5 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.67%) REST
2 18 (10.00%) Middleware
3 16 (8.89%) JSON
4 14 (7.78%) OAuth
4 14 (7.78%) OAuth2
5 12 (6.67%) BAPI
6 10 (5.56%) OpenAPI
6 10 (5.56%) SAP ALE
6 10 (5.56%) Swagger
7 8 (4.44%) IDoc
7 8 (4.44%) SOAP
7 8 (4.44%) Terraform
8 4 (2.22%) XML
9 2 (1.11%) Restlet
9 2 (1.11%) YAML
10 1 (0.56%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.56%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.56%) Keycloak
10 1 (0.56%) SAP XI
10 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (31.67%) Data Centre
2 21 (11.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (11.67%) Enterprise Storage
3 20 (11.11%) PKI
3 20 (11.11%) Replication
4 18 (10.00%) Driving Licence
5 11 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (5.00%) Operational Technology
7 7 (3.89%) SCADA
8 6 (3.33%) Private Cloud
9 5 (2.78%) EMC VNX
10 4 (2.22%) EMC VMAX
10 4 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.67%) Chip and PIN
11 3 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.67%) Mainframe
12 2 (1.11%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 59 (32.78%) Windows
2 36 (20.00%) Linux
3 31 (17.22%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.22%) VMS
5 6 (3.33%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.78%) zOS
7 4 (2.22%) AIX
7 4 (2.22%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.22%) Solaris
8 3 (1.67%) Data ONTAP
8 3 (1.67%) Unix
8 3 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.11%) Android
9 2 (1.11%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.11%) HPUX
9 2 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (18.33%) Customer Service
3 28 (15.56%) Break/Fix
3 28 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (14.44%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (12.22%) DevOps
5 22 (12.22%) ITSM
6 21 (11.67%) Agile
6 21 (11.67%) Change Management
7 17 (9.44%) CI/CD
7 17 (9.44%) ITIL
8 15 (8.33%) Data Protection
9 14 (7.78%) Observability
9 14 (7.78%) Performance Tuning
9 14 (7.78%) Procure-to-Pay
10 13 (7.22%) Test Automation
11 12 (6.67%) ERP
11 12 (6.67%) High Availability
11 12 (6.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.78%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.56%) Python
3 6 (3.33%) Bash
4 3 (1.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.67%) JCL
4 3 (1.67%) SQL
5 2 (1.11%) REXX
5 2 (1.11%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.56%) ABAP
6 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.56%) Bicep
6 1 (0.56%) Groovy
6 1 (0.56%) Java
6 1 (0.56%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 55 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 29 (16.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 28 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 24 (13.33%) CCNA
5 23 (12.78%) MCSE
6 22 (12.22%) A+ Certification
6 22 (12.22%) DV Cleared
6 22 (12.22%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (4.44%) Degree
9 4 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.22%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.22%) CCNP
10 3 (1.67%) CISSP
10 3 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.67%) NCDA
10 3 (1.67%) NCIE
10 3 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.22%) QA
1 4 (2.22%) SLA
2 2 (1.11%) SEPA
3 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.56%) NCSC
3 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (31.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 17 (9.44%) vSphere
4 14 (7.78%) Active Directory
5 13 (7.22%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (4.44%) Firmware
7 7 (3.89%) NFS
8 6 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (2.78%) Hyper-V
10 4 (2.22%) Docker
10 4 (2.22%) SRDF
11 3 (1.67%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (1.67%) Time Sharing Option
11 3 (1.67%) VMware NSX
12 2 (1.11%) KVM
12 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.56%) Samba
13 1 (0.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.56%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (14.44%) vCenter Server
2 18 (10.00%) Ansible
3 15 (8.33%) SCOM
4 14 (7.78%) Avamar
5 12 (6.67%) Kubernetes
6 11 (6.11%) Dell DRAC
7 9 (5.00%) VxRail
8 6 (3.33%) NetBackup
9 5 (2.78%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.78%) Nessus
9 5 (2.78%) SCCM
9 5 (2.78%) vMotion
10 4 (2.22%) Prometheus
10 4 (2.22%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 3 (1.67%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (1.67%) Grafana
11 3 (1.67%) SnapMirror
12 2 (1.11%) PowerCLI
12 2 (1.11%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 73 (40.56%) VMware
2 43 (23.89%) Microsoft
3 32 (17.78%) Cisco
4 26 (14.44%) HP
5 23 (12.78%) NetApp
6 17 (9.44%) ServiceNow
7 15 (8.33%) SAP
7 15 (8.33%) Thales
8 14 (7.78%) EMC
8 14 (7.78%) MuleSoft
9 13 (7.22%) Veeam
10 12 (6.67%) IBM
11 10 (5.56%) Brocade
12 8 (4.44%) Fortinet
12 8 (4.44%) Splunk
13 6 (3.33%) Hitachi
13 6 (3.33%) Tenable
14 5 (2.78%) Carbon Black
14 5 (2.78%) McAfee
14 5 (2.78%) Red Hat