VxBlock/Vblock Contracts

Dell EMC VxBlock and Vblock Systems (formerly VCE Vblock)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VxBlock/Vblock in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VxBlock/Vblock over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 584 681
Rank change year-on-year - +97 +177
Contract jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock 0 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.028% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.092% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £626 £285
25th Percentile - - £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £646 £386
Median % change year-on-year - +67.25% -28.47%
75th Percentile - £748 £446
90th Percentile - - £478
UK excluding London median daily rate - £646 £500
% change year-on-year - +29.20% -19.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -15.63% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £80.00

All Generic Skills
UK

VxBlock/Vblock falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,027 13,098 18,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.59% 30.28% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,828 8,311 12,879
10th Percentile £300 £281 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £678
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 511 906 560
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.02 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.72% +38.55% -3.63%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £27.70
% change year-on-year -16.67% +29.96% +28.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VxBlock/Vblock as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock.

Daily rate trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock.

Hourly rate trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK