EMC Contract Job Trends

EMC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies citing 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 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
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 506 460
Rank change year-on-year -88 -46 -17
Contract jobs citing EMC 102 67 102
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.44% 0.42% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 33 59
10th Percentile £143 £318 £345
25th Percentile £350 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £589 £530 £600
90th Percentile £638 £640 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £452 £531
% change year-on-year -22.61% -14.87% +18.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 20 6
10th Percentile £56.44 £42.68 £37.53
25th Percentile £56.74 £73.75 £51.56
Median hourly rate £63.00 £77.50 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +37.17% +8.74%
75th Percentile £68.13 £81.25 £67.94
90th Percentile £75.38 - £73.25
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 citing vendor products and services.

6 months to
27 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing vendor products and services 23,233 16,048 16,420
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 42.33% 47.65% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,948 9,956 9,646
10th Percentile £310 £280 £291
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £625
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £491 £500
% change year-on-year +1.83% -1.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,534 810 531
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.98 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.87 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -23.08% -23.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £38.67 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.98 £21.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.66% -27.50% -26.83%

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 27 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 for jobs citing EMC over the 6 months to 27 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 27 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -95 86 £525 +5.00% 184
UK excluding London -61 83 £350 -22.61% 178
East of England +1 28 £350 +629.17% 29
South East -55 25 £575 +13.30% 57
London -86 16 £603 +18.24% 22
Scotland -12 14 £270 -34.55% 8
Work from Home -69 14 £510 +45.57% 49
South West -39 8 £500 -16.67% 32
Yorkshire -39 5 £145 -56.39% 8
North of England -80 5 £145 -56.39% 30
West Midlands -37 3 £625 +25.00% 15
Midlands -38 3 £625 +25.00% 23

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
1NetApp22.5%23
2Cisco19.6%20
3VMware18.6%19
4Dell13.7%14
4IBM13.7%14
6Brocade9.8%10
7Isilon7.8%8
8Microsoft6.9%7
9Pure Storage5.9%6
10Hitachi4.9%5
10Red Hat4.9%5
10Veeam4.9%5
10Veritas4.9%5
14Altera3.9%4
14Commvault3.9%4
14Google3.9%4
14Intel3.9%4
14Xilinx3.9%4
193PAR2.9%3
19BT2.9%3