Dell Contracts

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 8 June 2025, 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 268 362
Rank change year-on-year -21 +94 +90
Contract jobs citing Dell 247 390 369
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.90% 0.66%
As % of the Vendors category 1.77% 2.12% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 258 252
10th Percentile £150 £218 £130
25th Percentile £181 £300 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +31.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £538
90th Percentile £638 £700 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £500 £275
% change year-on-year -20.00% +81.82% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 22 18
10th Percentile £17.30 £12.13 £18.00
25th Percentile - £16.25 £19.61
Median hourly rate £18.51 £20.97 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% +1.26% -13.40%
75th Percentile £21.00 £24.18 £21.67
90th Percentile £24.66 £71.25 £25.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year +5.77% -15.48% +10.43%

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 13,985 18,388 24,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.69% 42.30% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 11,439 16,126
10th Percentile £278 £267 £267
25th Percentile £404 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £640
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 628 1,149 642
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.23 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £22.50 £42.33
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% -46.84% +96.87%
75th Percentile £55.06 £57.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.72 £21.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +5.66% -38.57% +79.49%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Daily rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Hourly rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Top 17 Contract 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 8 June 2025. 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 -23 198 £463 -7.50% 267
UK excluding London -5 171 £400 -20.00% 215
London -45 49 £488 +8.33% 78
South East +26 46 £500 +9.89% 67
South West +8 36 £155 -77.86% 30
Work from Home -25 33 £539 +26.08% 95
Midlands +19 27 £150 -62.50% 34
North of England +1 27 £425 +2.41% 50
West Midlands +26 24 £150 -62.50% 8
Scotland +6 20 £512 +16.95% 3
North West +7 15 £413 +3.13% 29
East of England +26 11 £550 +100.00% 22
Yorkshire -3 10 £475 +14.46% 16
Wales +2 6 £238 +7.95% 4
East Midlands +11 3 - - 25
Northern Ireland -11 3 £350 +89.19% 1
North East - 3 £625 - 6

Dell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.45%) Confluence
2 9 (3.64%) IIS
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.40%) Mule
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Magento
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Retail
2 2 (0.81%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.81%) Shopify
3 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.40%) UltiPro
3 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.55%) Azure
2 26 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.29%) Boomi
4 13 (5.26%) GitHub
5 12 (4.86%) AWS
6 8 (3.24%) IaaS
7 6 (2.43%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.02%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.02%) PaaS
9 4 (1.62%) OCI
9 4 (1.62%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.21%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.21%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.81%) Datadog
11 2 (0.81%) GCP
11 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.31%) SAN
2 22 (8.91%) DNS
3 19 (7.69%) Firewall
4 14 (5.67%) DHCP
5 13 (5.26%) VSAN
6 11 (4.45%) TCP/IP
7 9 (3.64%) NAS
8 8 (3.24%) NetScaler
8 8 (3.24%) VPN
9 7 (2.83%) LAN
10 6 (2.43%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (2.43%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (2.43%) SMTP
10 6 (2.43%) Wireless
11 5 (2.02%) Network Security
12 4 (1.62%) BGP
12 4 (1.62%) IPv6
12 4 (1.62%) OSPF
12 4 (1.62%) TACACS
12 4 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) Oracle Exadata
3 2 (0.81%) Power BI
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.40%) MS Access
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (6.07%) JIRA
2 6 (2.43%) GitLab
2 6 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.21%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) Postman
5 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.40%) Maven
5 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.40%) WebStorm
General
1 77 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.27%) Finance
3 24 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.86%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.45%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.05%) Banking
8 7 (2.83%) Legal
8 7 (2.83%) Marketing
9 6 (2.43%) Electronics
10 5 (2.02%) Law
11 4 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.62%) Retail
12 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.40%) Billing
14 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (17.41%) Support Engineer
2 35 (14.17%) Desktop Support
3 32 (12.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (12.55%) Desktop Engineer
5 29 (11.74%) IT Engineer
6 28 (11.34%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 17 (6.88%) Lead
8 16 (6.48%) Server Engineer
9 15 (6.07%) Storage Engineer
10 14 (5.67%) Architect
11 13 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
12 12 (4.86%) Data Centre Engineer
13 11 (4.45%) IT Support
14 10 (4.05%) Break Fix Engineer
14 10 (4.05%) Consultant
14 10 (4.05%) Field Engineer
14 10 (4.05%) Senior
15 9 (3.64%) Deployment Engineer
15 9 (3.64%) Hardware Engineer
15 9 (3.64%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.05%) Middleware
2 9 (3.64%) SOAP
3 8 (3.24%) REST
4 6 (2.43%) Web Services
5 5 (2.02%) XML
6 4 (1.62%) JSON
6 4 (1.62%) YAML
7 2 (0.81%) EDI
7 2 (0.81%) Kafka
7 2 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.81%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.81%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.40%) IDoc
8 1 (0.40%) JWT
8 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.40%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.40%) RAML
8 1 (0.40%) RESTful
8 1 (0.40%) Restlet
8 1 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 64 (25.91%) Driving Licence
2 45 (18.22%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.07%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.86%) Clustering
5 7 (2.83%) PKI
6 6 (2.43%) Replication
7 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.02%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.81%) CMDB
9 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.81%) Handset
9 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) EMC VMAX
10 1 (0.40%) HP Storage
10 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 88 (35.63%) Windows
2 43 (17.41%) Windows Server
3 34 (13.77%) Linux
4 28 (11.34%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.24%) Android
6 8 (3.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.83%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (2.02%) CentOS
10 4 (1.62%) AIX
10 4 (1.62%) Solaris
10 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.81%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.81%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.81%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.81%) zOS
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 36 (14.57%) Asset Management
4 35 (14.17%) Break/Fix
4 35 (14.17%) Ticket Management
5 24 (9.72%) Customer Experience
6 23 (9.31%) Mathematics
7 19 (7.69%) ITIL
8 17 (6.88%) CI/CD
8 17 (6.88%) Customer Service
9 16 (6.48%) Agile
10 14 (5.67%) Project Delivery
10 14 (5.67%) Project Management
11 13 (5.26%) High Availability
11 13 (5.26%) Problem Management
12 12 (4.86%) Time Management
13 11 (4.45%) DevOps
13 11 (4.45%) Service Management
14 10 (4.05%) Data Protection
14 10 (4.05%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.88%) Python
3 11 (4.45%) SQL
4 7 (2.83%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.81%) ABAP
5 2 (0.81%) Bash
5 2 (0.81%) JCL
5 2 (0.81%) Perl
5 2 (0.81%) REXX
6 1 (0.40%) C
6 1 (0.40%) C-shell
6 1 (0.40%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.40%) VB
6 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 111 (44.94%) Security Cleared
2 94 (38.06%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.96%) Dell Certification
4 21 (8.50%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.02%) Degree
6 5 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.62%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.62%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.62%) VCAP
8 3 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.81%) CCNA
9 2 (0.81%) CISSP
9 2 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.81%) PMP
9 2 (0.81%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.57%) SLA
2 10 (4.05%) QA
3 6 (2.43%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.81%) PMO
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.40%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (18.22%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.10%) VMware ESXi
3 19 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (7.29%) vSphere
5 10 (4.05%) VMware NSX
6 8 (3.24%) XenApp
7 6 (2.43%) XenDesktop
8 5 (2.02%) Hyper-V
8 5 (2.02%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.62%) Ceph
9 4 (1.62%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.81%) Firmware
10 2 (0.81%) NFS
10 2 (0.81%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.40%) Docker
11 1 (0.40%) Microcode
11 1 (0.40%) SRDF
11 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 19 (7.69%) Ansible
2 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Clustering
3 10 (4.05%) Terraform
3 10 (4.05%) VxRail
4 9 (3.64%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.24%) SCCM
6 7 (2.83%) NetBackup
6 7 (2.83%) WSUS
7 6 (2.43%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (2.43%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.62%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.62%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (1.62%) Oracle Flashback
8 4 (1.62%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.21%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (1.21%) EMC VPLEX
9 3 (1.21%) Nagios
9 3 (1.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 124 (50.20%) HP
2 79 (31.98%) Microsoft
3 58 (23.48%) VMware
4 33 (13.36%) Cisco
5 22 (8.91%) Red Hat
6 19 (7.69%) ServiceNow
7 17 (6.88%) IBM
8 16 (6.48%) Citrix
9 15 (6.07%) SAP
10 13 (5.26%) Wyse
11 11 (4.45%) MuleSoft
11 11 (4.45%) Oracle
12 10 (4.05%) SolarWinds
13 9 (3.64%) EMC
14 8 (3.24%) Salesforce
15 7 (2.83%) Brocade
16 6 (2.43%) Apple
16 6 (2.43%) Arista
16 6 (2.43%) Veritas
17 5 (2.02%) Veeam