Dell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Dell products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dell over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Dell, Inc.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 362 466
Rank change year-on-year +111 +104 -96
Contract jobs citing Dell 394 388 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.67% 0.49%
As % of the Vendors category 2.15% 1.56% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 264 284
10th Percentile £208 £121 £167
25th Percentile £300 £199 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £344 £425
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -19.12% -
75th Percentile £625 £538 £586
90th Percentile £700 £638 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £275 £375
% change year-on-year +81.82% -26.67% -6.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 36
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.72 £19.06
25th Percentile £16.25 £18.56 £20.75
Median hourly rate £18.13 £20.71 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.44% -13.40% +36.63%
75th Percentile £44.40 £21.67 -
90th Percentile £71.25 £24.28 £46.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.25 £20.71 £21.43
% change year-on-year -21.52% -3.36% +42.83%

All Vendors
UK

Dell is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,339 24,882 34,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.65% 42.98% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,366 16,641 23,129
10th Percentile £263 £270 £294
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £635
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,115 687 882
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -43.53% +100.00% +2.70%

Dell
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Dell as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Daily rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Dell.

Hourly rate trend for Dell in the UK

Dell
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Dell over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Dell in the UK

Dell
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dell within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +112 351 £500 +42.86% 117
UK excluding London +67 234 £500 +81.82% 86
London +97 141 £413 -2.94% 32
Work from Home +107 106 £430 -4.44% 48
South East +35 77 £463 +54.17% 19
South West +61 68 £700 +27.27% 15
North of England +48 43 £430 +62.26% 18
Yorkshire +35 25 £415 +137.14% 5
Scotland +31 23 £317 +81.29% 5
North West +25 18 £513 +28.13% 13
Midlands +9 16 £400 +88.24% 14
West Midlands +11 12 £400 +60.00% 12
East of England +9 6 £275 +57.14% 14
Wales +16 5 £220 +57.14% 1
East Midlands +11 3 £750 +417.24% 2
Northern Ireland +1 1 £190 -50.97% 2

Dell
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (7.61%) Confluence
2 18 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.57%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.76%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.05%) Shopify
2 9 (2.28%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.51%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.69%) Azure
2 28 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (6.09%) GitHub
4 21 (5.33%) AWS
5 17 (4.31%) Boomi
5 17 (4.31%) Nutanix
6 15 (3.81%) PaaS
7 14 (3.55%) OCI
8 12 (3.05%) BigCommerce
8 12 (3.05%) Rubrik
9 11 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (2.79%) GCP
9 11 (2.79%) SaaS
10 10 (2.54%) SuccessFactors
11 9 (2.28%) IaaS
12 7 (1.78%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.52%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.52%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.51%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.80%) Firewall
2 75 (19.04%) SAN
3 48 (12.18%) DNS
4 44 (11.17%) DHCP
5 28 (7.11%) NAS
6 14 (3.55%) LAN
7 13 (3.30%) TCP/IP
8 12 (3.05%) Network Security
8 12 (3.05%) WAN
9 10 (2.54%) FTP
9 10 (2.54%) VSAN
10 9 (2.28%) VPN
11 8 (2.03%) Kerberos
11 8 (2.03%) VLAN
12 7 (1.78%) Internet
13 6 (1.52%) VoIP
13 6 (1.52%) Wireless
14 5 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
14 5 (1.27%) InfiniBand
14 5 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.28%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.78%) Hadoop
3 5 (1.27%) MySQL
4 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 53 (13.45%) Jenkins
2 51 (12.94%) JIRA
3 22 (5.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 22 (5.58%) Bitbucket
4 14 (3.55%) Git
5 8 (2.03%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.76%) Maven
7 2 (0.51%) GitLab
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 122 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.48%) Public Sector
3 49 (12.44%) Finance
4 37 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.09%) Marketing
6 20 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (4.57%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.55%) Retail
9 13 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 12 (3.05%) Banking
11 11 (2.79%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.54%) Electronics
13 6 (1.52%) Billing
14 5 (1.27%) Legal
15 4 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.76%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.51%) Local Government
18 1 (0.25%) French Language
18 1 (0.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 37 (9.39%) Architect
2 35 (8.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (8.38%) Storage Engineer
4 23 (5.84%) Consultant
4 23 (5.84%) Network Engineer
5 22 (5.58%) Developer
5 22 (5.58%) Storage Manager
6 20 (5.08%) Senior
7 17 (4.31%) Server Engineer
7 17 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (3.81%) Analyst
9 14 (3.55%) Support Engineer
10 13 (3.30%) VMware Engineer
11 12 (3.05%) Backup Engineer
11 12 (3.05%) Storage and Backup Engineer
12 11 (2.79%) Data Centre Engineer
12 11 (2.79%) Desktop Engineer
12 11 (2.79%) Field Engineer
12 11 (2.79%) Hardware Engineer
13 10 (2.54%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.58%) .NET
1 22 (5.58%) .NET Core
2 20 (5.08%) YAML
3 15 (3.81%) LDAP
4 12 (3.05%) VML
5 5 (1.27%) REST
6 4 (1.02%) CSS
6 4 (1.02%) Web Services
7 3 (0.76%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.76%) J2EE
7 3 (0.76%) jQuery
7 3 (0.76%) Sass
7 3 (0.76%) Spring
7 3 (0.76%) Spring MVC
7 3 (0.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (0.51%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.51%) Middleware
8 2 (0.51%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.25%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.25%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 93 (23.60%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.58%) Replication
3 19 (4.82%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
5 11 (2.79%) Clustering
5 11 (2.79%) PKI
6 8 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.78%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.52%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.52%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.27%) iPad
9 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.76%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.76%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.51%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (29.95%) Linux
2 99 (25.13%) Windows
3 53 (13.45%) Windows Server
4 30 (7.61%) Unix
4 30 (7.61%) Windows 10
5 25 (6.35%) zOS
6 21 (5.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (4.31%) Windows XP
9 16 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (4.06%) Solaris
10 8 (2.03%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.76%) AIX
11 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (15.74%) Agile
3 58 (14.72%) Migration
4 54 (13.71%) Storage Management
5 47 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 45 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 39 (9.90%) ITIL
7 39 (9.90%) Project Management
8 35 (8.88%) Problem Management
9 33 (8.38%) Deployment Automation
10 32 (8.12%) Break/Fix
11 31 (7.87%) Continuous Integration
11 31 (7.87%) Performance Tuning
12 29 (7.36%) Customer Service
12 29 (7.36%) Server Management
13 28 (7.11%) CI/CD
14 27 (6.85%) Task Automation
15 23 (5.84%) Configuration Management
15 23 (5.84%) Infrastructure Automation
16 22 (5.58%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 61 (15.48%) Python
2 59 (14.97%) PowerShell
3 24 (6.09%) JCL
4 20 (5.08%) REXX
5 9 (2.28%) Bash
6 8 (2.03%) SQL
7 7 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.27%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.02%) Java
10 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.25%) C
11 1 (0.25%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) Perl
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
11 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 149 (37.82%) Security Cleared
2 87 (22.08%) DV Cleared
3 66 (16.75%) SC Cleared
4 29 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (6.60%) CCNA
6 23 (5.84%) Degree
7 21 (5.33%) CCNP
7 21 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.79%) MCSE
9 9 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.03%) A+ Certification
10 8 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.27%) Dell Certification
12 4 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.76%) MCP
14 2 (0.51%) CCIE
14 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.51%) MCSA
14 2 (0.51%) RHCE
14 2 (0.51%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.31%) SLA
2 8 (2.03%) GDPR
2 8 (2.03%) PMO
2 8 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.02%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.25%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 76 (19.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 67 (17.01%) Active Directory
3 37 (9.39%) Hyper-V
4 34 (8.63%) VMware NSX
5 30 (7.61%) NFS
5 30 (7.61%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (6.85%) vSphere
7 24 (6.09%) Time Sharing Option
8 18 (4.57%) Firmware
9 17 (4.31%) Docker
10 9 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (1.78%) HDFS
12 3 (0.76%) KVM
12 3 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.76%) SRDF
13 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.51%) GPFS
13 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 69 (17.51%) Ansible
2 35 (8.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 30 (7.61%) vCenter Server
4 29 (7.36%) SCOM
5 27 (6.85%) SCCM
6 26 (6.60%) PowerCLI
6 26 (6.60%) VxRail
7 24 (6.09%) EMC NetWorker
7 24 (6.09%) Terraform
8 23 (5.84%) Kubernetes
9 19 (4.82%) NetBackup
10 18 (4.57%) WSUS
11 13 (3.30%) Dell DRAC
12 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (2.28%) Puppet
13 8 (2.03%) Netcool
13 8 (2.03%) Progress Chef
13 8 (2.03%) Tivoli
14 6 (1.52%) Avamar
14 6 (1.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 119 (30.20%) VMware
2 106 (26.90%) HP
3 97 (24.62%) Microsoft
4 72 (18.27%) Cisco
5 46 (11.68%) IBM
6 44 (11.17%) EMC
7 39 (9.90%) Palo Alto
8 35 (8.88%) SAP
9 31 (7.87%) Brocade
10 29 (7.36%) Broadcom
11 28 (7.11%) Oracle
12 23 (5.84%) CA
12 23 (5.84%) Isilon
12 23 (5.84%) Veeam
13 22 (5.58%) Atlassian
14 21 (5.33%) ServiceNow
15 20 (5.08%) Red Hat
16 18 (4.57%) 3PAR
17 16 (4.06%) Juniper
18 15 (3.81%) Symantec