Hybrid/Remote Symmetrix Contract Job Trends

EMC Symmetrix
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Symmetrix in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Symmetrix over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 315 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Symmetrix 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.026% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.028% 0.083% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 -
UK median daily rate - £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.50 - -
Median hourly rate £61.00 - -
75th Percentile £61.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.00 - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Symmetrix 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,571 3,601 5,084
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.88% 30.98% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,237 2,292 3,513
10th Percentile £331 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £751
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 63 120
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.61 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.00 £48.03
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -20.88% -19.95%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.06 £75.00 £76.83
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -16.92% -22.94% +21.43%

Symmetrix
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Symmetrix and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Symmetrix job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Symmetrix
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symmetrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Symmetrix

Symmetrix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EMC VMAX
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) SRDF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp