EMC Contract Job Trends

EMC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of EMC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMC over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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 EMC.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 485 435
Rank change year-on-year -113 -50 +46
Contract jobs citing EMC 76 71 136
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.22% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.46% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 71
10th Percentile £343 £325 £350
25th Percentile £350 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £638 £530 £600
90th Percentile £668 £583 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £439 £472 £538
% change year-on-year -6.99% -12.19% +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 20 39
10th Percentile £50.88 £42.68 £52.25
25th Percentile £56.74 £54.06 £53.40
Median hourly rate £63.00 £77.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +35.14% +11.53%
75th Percentile £68.13 £81.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £74.13 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £77.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -18.71% +35.14% +9.24%

All Vendors
UK

EMC 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 22,410 15,468 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.74% 47.22% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,815 9,456 10,461
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,156 806 773
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.59 £13.22
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.13 £67.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.28 £26.08
% change year-on-year +31.58% -18.40% -34.48%

EMC
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EMC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

EMC job vacancy trend in the UK

EMC
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMC

EMC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMC over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for EMC in the UK

EMC
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMC

EMC
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing EMC over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for EMC in the UK

EMC
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMC within the UK over the 6 months to 27 August 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 -97 69 £528 +5.50% 195
UK excluding London -90 56 £439 -6.99% 182
East of England -8 21 £350 +713.95% 51
South East -53 17 £494 -1.99% 49
London -73 17 £625 +25.00% 34
Work from Home -62 7 £553 +58.00% 89
North of England -79 7 £519 +33.08% 34
Yorkshire -59 6 £519 +37.48% 7
Scotland -13 5 £288 -30.30% 17
West Midlands -46 4 £625 +25.00% 11
Midlands -50 4 £625 +25.00% 19
South West -42 2 - - 19
North West -45 1 £525 -4.55% 24

EMC
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 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Windchill
2 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.63%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.21%) Azure
2 4 (5.26%) GitHub
2 4 (5.26%) OpenShift
2 4 (5.26%) Rubrik
3 3 (3.95%) AWS
3 3 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.63%) Azure Storage
4 2 (2.63%) Datadog
5 1 (1.32%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.11%) SAN
2 10 (13.16%) NAS
3 7 (9.21%) Firewall
4 6 (7.89%) WAN
5 5 (6.58%) Ethernet
5 5 (6.58%) Fibre Channel
5 5 (6.58%) LAN
6 3 (3.95%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (3.95%) Network Security
7 2 (2.63%) DHCP
7 2 (2.63%) DNS
7 2 (2.63%) IP Telephony
7 2 (2.63%) MIMO
7 2 (2.63%) MPLS
7 2 (2.63%) SDH
7 2 (2.63%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (2.63%) VSAN
7 2 (2.63%) X.21
8 1 (1.32%) SMS
8 1 (1.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.32%) MySQL
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.32%) Git
4 1 (1.32%) GitLab
4 1 (1.32%) JIRA
4 1 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (1.32%) Subversion
General
1 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.37%) Aerospace
3 11 (14.47%) Manufacturing
4 10 (13.16%) Electronics
5 7 (9.21%) Finance
6 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Military
8 3 (3.95%) Law
8 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.63%) Banking
10 1 (1.32%) Aviation
10 1 (1.32%) Avionics
10 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (30.26%) EMC Engineer
2 17 (22.37%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Storage Engineer
3 11 (14.47%) Test Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) EMC Test Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Architect
6 6 (7.89%) Lead
6 6 (7.89%) Senior
7 5 (6.58%) Designer
7 5 (6.58%) Storage Architect
8 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Electrical Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Storage Specialist
10 2 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Engineering Specialist
10 2 (2.63%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) Terraform
2 2 (2.63%) Flash
2 2 (2.63%) Middleware
2 2 (2.63%) REST
3 1 (1.32%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.37%) Enterprise Storage
2 12 (15.79%) Replication
3 10 (13.16%) Data Centre
4 9 (11.84%) EMC VMAX
5 7 (9.21%) EMC VNX
6 5 (6.58%) FPGA
7 3 (3.95%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (3.95%) Celerra
7 3 (3.95%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (3.95%) EMC Centera
7 3 (3.95%) IBM XIV
7 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (3.95%) Symmetrix
7 3 (3.95%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (2.63%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.63%) Mainframe
8 2 (2.63%) PCIe
8 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Windows
2 13 (17.11%) Linux
3 5 (6.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.26%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.95%) VMS
6 2 (2.63%) CentOS
6 2 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.32%) AIX
7 1 (1.32%) Unix
7 1 (1.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.05%) Validation
2 14 (18.42%) Migration
3 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.16%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (9.21%) DevOps
7 7 (9.21%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (9.21%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (9.21%) Storage Management
8 6 (7.89%) Change Management
8 6 (7.89%) CI/CD
8 6 (7.89%) Containerisation
8 6 (7.89%) ITIL
8 6 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (7.89%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.89%) Schematic Capture
8 6 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (6.58%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) Python
2 7 (9.21%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.58%) Bash
4 3 (3.95%) Java
5 1 (1.32%) C
5 1 (1.32%) JCL
5 1 (1.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 18 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.47%) Degree
4 5 (6.58%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.26%) HNC
5 4 (5.26%) HND
6 3 (3.95%) NCDA
6 3 (3.95%) NCIE
6 3 (3.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.63%) CCNA
7 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.32%) CCNP
8 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.32%) MCSE
8 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) Def Stans
1 3 (3.95%) IEC 61508
2 2 (2.63%) DO-254
2 2 (2.63%) SLA
3 1 (1.32%) DO-160
3 1 (1.32%) GRC
3 1 (1.32%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 15 (19.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (14.47%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (9.21%) vSphere
4 6 (7.89%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 6 (7.89%) Firmware
5 5 (6.58%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
6 4 (5.26%) SRDF
7 3 (3.95%) NFS
8 2 (2.63%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.32%) Docker
9 1 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (1.32%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (1.32%) Samba
9 1 (1.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Ansible
1 8 (10.53%) EMC NetWorker
2 7 (9.21%) EMC VPLEX
2 7 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (9.21%) NetBackup
2 7 (9.21%) vCenter Server
3 6 (7.89%) Avamar
4 4 (5.26%) SnapMirror
5 3 (3.95%) Argo
5 3 (3.95%) Functional Safety
5 3 (3.95%) Prometheus
5 3 (3.95%) SnapVault
6 2 (2.63%) Grafana
6 2 (2.63%) PowerCLI
6 2 (2.63%) Puppet
7 1 (1.32%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.32%) MOM
7 1 (1.32%) Nagios
7 1 (1.32%) OpenNMS
7 1 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (25.00%) Cisco
2 18 (23.68%) NetApp
2 18 (23.68%) VMware
3 12 (15.79%) Brocade
4 9 (11.84%) Dell
4 9 (11.84%) Veeam
5 8 (10.53%) 3PAR
5 8 (10.53%) Pure Storage
6 6 (7.89%) Isilon
6 6 (7.89%) Microsoft
7 5 (6.58%) IBM
8 4 (5.26%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.95%) BT
9 3 (3.95%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.95%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.95%) Openreach
9 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.63%) Xilinx