DHCP Contracts in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DHCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DHCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 246 280
Rank change year-on-year +17 +34 +50
Contract jobs citing DHCP 376 576 698
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.14% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.52% 9.33% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 426 482
10th Percentile £213 £208 £195
25th Percentile £350 £325 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +17.06% +6.25%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £538
90th Percentile £650 £688 £609
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 23
10th Percentile £16.80 £20.28 £20.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £33.25 £20.63
Median hourly rate £40.00 £41.13 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +91.28% +7.50%
75th Percentile - £52.13 £46.33
90th Percentile £68.25 - £48.56
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £41.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.74% +82.78% +12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DHCP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +41 128 £500 -3.15% 59
London +28 124 £450 -17.05% 60
Midlands +2 40 £413 +3.13% 56
North of England -28 35 £384 -21.28% 67
South West -12 34 £538 +13.16% 19
West Midlands +22 32 £525 - 37
North West -18 18 £394 -7.46% 47
Yorkshire -10 15 £378 -28.10% 18
East Midlands -8 7 £325 -13.33% 19
East of England -20 6 £425 -20.93% 29
North East +16 2 £613 +46.27% 3
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 90 (23.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.91%) Confluence
3 20 (5.32%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.06%) Apache
4 4 (1.06%) IIS
4 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.80%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 103 (27.39%) Azure
2 99 (26.33%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (15.96%) AWS
4 37 (9.84%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.32%) GCP
6 19 (5.05%) Azure Storage
6 19 (5.05%) OCI
7 17 (4.52%) IaaS
7 17 (4.52%) PaaS
8 16 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (3.99%) SaaS
10 10 (2.66%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.66%) Nutanix
11 8 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.13%) OneDrive
11 8 (2.13%) Rubrik
12 7 (1.86%) Mimecast
12 7 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 357 (94.95%) DNS
2 145 (38.56%) Firewall
3 100 (26.60%) TCP/IP
4 87 (23.14%) LAN
5 81 (21.54%) WAN
6 57 (15.16%) SAN
7 54 (14.36%) VPN
8 53 (14.10%) VLAN
9 41 (10.90%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (10.11%) Wireless
11 33 (8.78%) BGP
12 29 (7.71%) MPLS
13 28 (7.45%) OSPF
14 22 (5.85%) NAS
15 21 (5.59%) Cisco Nexus
16 19 (5.05%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (4.26%) Network Security
17 16 (4.26%) SNMP
18 13 (3.46%) HTTP
18 13 (3.46%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (2.39%) MySQL
4 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.06%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.06%) Redis
7 3 (0.80%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.27%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.27%) Power BI
9 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (7.98%) JIRA
2 15 (3.99%) Git
3 10 (2.66%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.13%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.27%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.27%) Darcs
7 1 (0.27%) Gradle
7 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.27%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.27%) MSI
7 1 (0.27%) Subversion
7 1 (0.27%) Travis CI
General
1 132 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 38 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (8.78%) Finance
4 23 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 20 (5.32%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.79%) Military
7 9 (2.39%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.39%) Banking
8 8 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
9 3 (0.80%) French Language
9 3 (0.80%) Front Office
9 3 (0.80%) German Language
9 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.80%) Retail
10 2 (0.53%) Automotive
10 2 (0.53%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.53%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (23.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (13.56%) Network Engineer
3 41 (10.90%) Senior
4 33 (8.78%) Support Engineer
5 31 (8.24%) Architect
6 29 (7.71%) Analyst
7 23 (6.12%) IT Support
8 22 (5.85%) IT Engineer
9 19 (5.05%) Support Specialist
10 17 (4.52%) IT Analyst
10 17 (4.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (4.52%) Test Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (3.99%) Active Directory Specialist
12 15 (3.99%) Azure Specialist
12 15 (3.99%) Integration Engineer
12 15 (3.99%) Test and Integration Engineer
13 14 (3.72%) Wintel Engineer
14 12 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
15 11 (2.93%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.91%) LDAP
2 15 (3.99%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.86%) .NET
4 5 (1.33%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.33%) Node.js
4 5 (1.33%) Web Services
5 4 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.06%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.80%) Kafka
6 3 (0.80%) XMPP
7 2 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.53%) ADSI
7 2 (0.53%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.53%) Jinja
7 2 (0.53%) JSON
7 2 (0.53%) React
7 2 (0.53%) RESTful
7 2 (0.53%) XML
7 2 (0.53%) YANG
8 1 (0.27%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 75 (19.95%) Data Centre
2 71 (18.88%) PKI
3 31 (8.24%) Clustering
4 22 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.72%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.46%) Private Cloud
7 12 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.66%) Replication
9 9 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 8 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.86%) NHS
12 6 (1.60%) CCTV
13 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.06%) Fat Client
13 4 (1.06%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.06%) Thin Client
14 3 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 225 (59.84%) Windows
2 154 (40.96%) Windows Server
3 80 (21.28%) Linux
4 62 (16.49%) Windows 10
5 56 (14.89%) Windows Server 2012
6 51 (13.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 44 (11.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (7.45%) Unix
9 26 (6.91%) Windows 7
10 18 (4.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 17 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 13 (3.46%) Windows XP
13 9 (2.39%) Solaris
14 8 (2.13%) Oracle Linux
14 8 (2.13%) Ubuntu
14 8 (2.13%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.80%) Android
16 3 (0.80%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.53%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (26.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 79 (21.01%) ITIL
3 64 (17.02%) Agile
4 60 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (14.63%) Migration
6 41 (10.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (8.78%) DevOps
7 33 (8.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 32 (8.51%) Service Management
9 29 (7.71%) RBAC
10 28 (7.45%) Release Management
10 28 (7.45%) Server Management
11 27 (7.18%) Customer Service
11 27 (7.18%) Storage Management
12 25 (6.65%) Analytics
12 25 (6.65%) Computer Science
13 24 (6.38%) High Availability
14 23 (6.12%) Change Management
14 23 (6.12%) Performance Tuning
14 23 (6.12%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (29.52%) PowerShell
2 42 (11.17%) Python
3 34 (9.04%) SQL
4 28 (7.45%) C#
5 26 (6.91%) VBScript
6 19 (5.05%) Java
7 16 (4.26%) VB
8 15 (3.99%) Bash
8 15 (3.99%) Bicep
9 9 (2.39%) Go
10 6 (1.60%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.33%) C
12 4 (1.06%) Perl
12 4 (1.06%) Ruby
13 3 (0.80%) C++
13 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.80%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 103 (27.39%) Security Cleared
2 85 (22.61%) Degree
3 71 (18.88%) SC Cleared
4 69 (18.35%) Cisco Certification
5 58 (15.43%) DV Cleared
6 50 (13.30%) CCNA
7 47 (12.50%) CCNP
8 41 (10.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (6.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (5.85%) MCSE
11 19 (5.05%) MCSA
12 16 (4.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (2.93%) Azure Certification
14 10 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (2.13%) AWS Certification
15 8 (2.13%) CCIE
15 8 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
17 5 (1.33%) A+ Certification
17 5 (1.33%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.46%) GDPR
2 10 (2.66%) SLA
3 8 (2.13%) NIST
3 8 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.06%) QA
5 3 (0.80%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.53%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 232 (61.70%) Active Directory
2 129 (34.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (13.30%) Hyper-V
3 50 (13.30%) VMware ESXi
4 37 (9.84%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (6.91%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (6.65%) vSphere
7 21 (5.59%) Docker
7 21 (5.59%) XenApp
8 17 (4.52%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (4.26%) VMware Workstation
10 13 (3.46%) VMware NSX
11 8 (2.13%) KVM
12 6 (1.60%) Terminal Services
12 6 (1.60%) XenDesktop
13 5 (1.33%) BitLocker
13 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.53%) NFS
14 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.27%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 92 (24.47%) SCCM
2 47 (12.50%) vCenter Server
3 46 (12.23%) WSUS
4 40 (10.64%) SCOM
5 36 (9.57%) Kubernetes
6 33 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 31 (8.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 29 (7.71%) Ansible
9 24 (6.38%) Terraform
10 21 (5.59%) EMC NetWorker
10 21 (5.59%) NetBackup
11 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Clustering
12 10 (2.66%) FortiGate
12 10 (2.66%) Nagios
13 8 (2.13%) Netcool
13 8 (2.13%) Tivoli
13 8 (2.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (1.86%) Nessus
14 7 (1.86%) SolarWinds Orion
15 6 (1.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 178 (47.34%) Microsoft
2 149 (39.63%) VMware
3 85 (22.61%) Cisco
4 43 (11.44%) Palo Alto
5 40 (10.64%) Dell
6 38 (10.11%) Citrix
7 34 (9.04%) Veeam
8 28 (7.45%) HP
9 27 (7.18%) Oracle
10 26 (6.91%) SolarWinds
10 26 (6.91%) Symantec
11 23 (6.12%) EMC
12 21 (5.59%) F5
13 20 (5.32%) CheckPoint
13 20 (5.32%) Juniper
14 19 (5.05%) Infoblox
15 16 (4.26%) Splunk
16 15 (3.99%) Ivanti
17 14 (3.72%) Google
17 14 (3.72%) ServiceNow