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 23 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 EMC.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 600 499 458
Rank change year-on-year -101 -41 -19
Contract jobs citing EMC 100 68 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.43% 0.43% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 34 61
10th Percentile £143 £319 -
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.78%
75th Percentile £588 £530 £600
90th Percentile £638 £635 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £452 £531
% change year-on-year -22.61% -14.87% +19.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 20 7
10th Percentile £56.14 £42.68 £23.80
25th Percentile £56.74 £73.75 £37.53
Median hourly rate £63.00 £77.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +40.91% +5.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £81.25 £64.63
90th Percentile £74.00 - £72.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.00 £77.50 £65.75
% change year-on-year -18.71% +17.87% +8.56%

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.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 23,237 15,974 16,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.12% 47.67% 44.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,979 9,911 9,799
10th Percentile £310 £278 £290
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £625
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,517 806 552
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.92 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.81 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.19 £24.56 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.51% -24.43% -25.86%
75th Percentile £57.00 £37.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.85 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £21.46 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.18% -28.47% -28.83%

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 23 October 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 23 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for EMC in the UK

EMC Top 12 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 23 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 -84 84 £522 +4.40% 436
UK excluding London -57 81 £350 -22.61% 396
East of England -6 28 £350 +629.17% 66
South East -50 23 £575 +13.30% 108
London -95 16 £603 +20.60% 45
Scotland -14 14 £270 -34.55% 42
Work from Home -67 14 £510 +45.57% 134
South West -30 8 £500 -16.67% 60
Yorkshire -46 5 £145 -56.39% 13
North of England -77 5 £145 -56.39% 58
Midlands -38 3 £625 +25.00% 55
West Midlands -43 3 £625 +25.00% 37

EMC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Vendors

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1NetApp22.0%22
2Cisco20.0%20
3VMware19.0%19
4Dell14.0%14
4IBM14.0%14
6Brocade9.0%9
7Isilon8.0%8
8Microsoft7.0%7
9Pure Storage6.0%6
10Hitachi5.0%5
10Red Hat5.0%5
10Veeam5.0%5
13Altera4.0%4
13Commvault4.0%4
13Google4.0%4
13Intel4.0%4
13Veritas4.0%4
13Xilinx4.0%4
193PAR3.0%3
19BT3.0%3