DHCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 158 181
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 +48
Contract jobs citing DHCP 270 372 437
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.59% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.11% 10.63% 10.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 273 290
10th Percentile £203 £201 £185
25th Percentile £319 £315 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -
75th Percentile £608 £550 £475
90th Percentile £638 £688 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 21
10th Percentile £19.13 £32.89 £20.00
25th Percentile - £36.75 £20.51
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +103.49% +7.50%
75th Percentile £51.56 £52.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £65.63 - £46.71
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +3.90% +79.07% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,328 3,498 4,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.25% 14.91% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 2,201 2,615
10th Percentile £201 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 321 234
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.01
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +43 126 £500 -9.09% 55
Midlands +16 43 £400 - 52
West Midlands +15 35 £400 -19.19% 31
North of England -22 34 £380 -20.00% 69
South West -16 32 £538 +13.16% 21
Scotland +46 28 £239 -48.60% 13
North West -10 18 £394 -1.56% 49
Yorkshire -7 14 £375 -28.57% 17
East Midlands -1 7 £325 -13.33% 21
East of England -32 6 £425 -19.05% 29
Wales +9 3 £575 +4.55% 5
North East +12 2 £613 +118.75% 3
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 73 (27.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.93%) Confluence
3 9 (3.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.11%) IIS
5 2 (0.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (20.74%) Azure
2 53 (19.63%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 16 (5.93%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (5.93%) Azure Storage
5 15 (5.56%) OCI
6 10 (3.70%) AWS
7 9 (3.33%) IaaS
8 5 (1.85%) GCP
9 3 (1.11%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.11%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.37%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.37%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.37%) PaaS
11 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 259 (95.93%) DNS
2 92 (34.07%) Firewall
3 48 (17.78%) VPN
4 46 (17.04%) TCP/IP
5 45 (16.67%) SAN
6 43 (15.93%) LAN
6 43 (15.93%) WAN
7 29 (10.74%) VLAN
8 25 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (8.15%) Wireless
10 16 (5.93%) MPLS
11 14 (5.19%) Remote Desktop
12 10 (3.70%) VoIP
13 9 (3.33%) SMTP
14 8 (2.96%) Cisco ISE
15 7 (2.59%) Ethernet
15 7 (2.59%) NAS
15 7 (2.59%) Network Security
16 6 (2.22%) iSCSI
16 6 (2.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.48%) MySQL
3 4 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (5.93%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.37%) Git
3 1 (0.37%) MSI
3 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 116 (42.96%) Social Skills
2 30 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (6.30%) Military
4 16 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.19%) Finance
6 13 (4.81%) Banking
7 11 (4.07%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.33%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.48%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.11%) Front Office
11 3 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.74%) Automotive
12 2 (0.74%) French Language
12 2 (0.74%) Portuguese Language
12 2 (0.74%) Retail
12 2 (0.74%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.37%) Advertising
13 1 (0.37%) Back Office
13 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 22 (8.15%) Architect
3 22 (8.15%) Support Engineer
4 20 (7.41%) Analyst
5 19 (7.04%) Senior
5 19 (7.04%) Support Specialist
6 17 (6.30%) Test Engineer
7 16 (5.93%) Active Directory Support
8 15 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
8 15 (5.56%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 14 (5.19%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (5.19%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (5.19%) IT Analyst
9 14 (5.19%) IT Support
9 14 (5.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.19%) Server Engineer
10 13 (4.81%) IT Engineer
11 12 (4.44%) Storage Engineer
12 10 (3.70%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.93%) ARM Templates
2 8 (2.96%) LDAP
3 5 (1.85%) Web Services
4 4 (1.48%) .NET
5 3 (1.11%) XMPP
6 2 (0.74%) ADSI
7 1 (0.37%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.37%) Middleware
7 1 (0.37%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (23.33%) PKI
2 55 (20.37%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.04%) Clustering
4 18 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.07%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.33%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.48%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.48%) NHS
8 4 (1.48%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.74%) CMDB
10 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.74%) Replication
11 1 (0.37%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.37%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 184 (68.15%) Windows
2 125 (46.30%) Windows Server
3 70 (25.93%) Linux
4 62 (22.96%) Windows 10
5 53 (19.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 52 (19.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 44 (16.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 28 (10.37%) Windows 7
9 24 (8.89%) Unix
10 14 (5.19%) Windows XP
11 13 (4.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 12 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (4.44%) Windows Server 2003
13 11 (4.07%) Ubuntu
14 4 (1.48%) CentOS
15 3 (1.11%) Android
15 3 (1.11%) Apple iOS
15 3 (1.11%) VMS
16 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (32.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 71 (26.30%) ITIL
3 47 (17.41%) Agile
3 47 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (12.96%) Migration
5 26 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (9.26%) RBAC
7 24 (8.89%) Break/Fix
7 24 (8.89%) Customer Service
7 24 (8.89%) Release Management
7 24 (8.89%) Server Management
7 24 (8.89%) Service Management
8 23 (8.52%) Project Delivery
8 23 (8.52%) Project Management
9 21 (7.78%) Analytics
10 20 (7.41%) Storage Management
11 19 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (7.04%) DevOps
11 19 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (6.30%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (33.70%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.63%) C#
2 26 (9.63%) SQL
3 22 (8.15%) VBScript
4 16 (5.93%) Bicep
4 16 (5.93%) VB
5 11 (4.07%) Python
6 10 (3.70%) Java
7 8 (2.96%) Perl
8 5 (1.85%) Bash
9 3 (1.11%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.74%) C++
Qualifications
1 108 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 76 (28.15%) SC Cleared
3 70 (25.93%) Degree
4 64 (23.70%) DV Cleared
5 46 (17.04%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (14.44%) CCNA
7 29 (10.74%) CCNP
8 26 (9.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (9.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 20 (7.41%) MCSE
11 17 (6.30%) MCSA
12 16 (5.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (5.19%) A+ Certification
14 8 (2.96%) CCIE
14 8 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.85%) CCIE Data Center
15 5 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
17 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.59%) NIST
1 7 (2.59%) SLA
2 5 (1.85%) GDPR
3 4 (1.48%) QA
4 3 (1.11%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 186 (68.89%) Active Directory
2 112 (41.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (21.48%) VMware ESXi
4 46 (17.04%) Hyper-V
5 35 (12.96%) Virtual Machines
6 21 (7.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (7.41%) vSphere
7 20 (7.41%) XenApp
8 15 (5.56%) VMware NSX
8 15 (5.56%) VMware Workstation
9 14 (5.19%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (3.70%) Terminal Services
11 9 (3.33%) BitLocker
12 7 (2.59%) KVM
13 6 (2.22%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (2.22%) XenDesktop
14 5 (1.85%) VMware Server
15 4 (1.48%) Firmware
16 3 (1.11%) Docker
16 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 99 (36.67%) SCCM
2 57 (21.11%) vCenter Server
3 44 (16.30%) WSUS
4 33 (12.22%) SCOM
5 22 (8.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (8.15%) NetBackup
6 20 (7.41%) Kubernetes
6 20 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (5.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (4.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 9 (3.33%) Ansible
9 9 (3.33%) Nagios
10 7 (2.59%) FortiGate
11 6 (2.22%) vMotion
12 5 (1.85%) Nessus
12 5 (1.85%) OpenView
12 5 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (1.85%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.11%) AppManager
14 2 (0.74%) OPNET
Vendors
1 142 (52.59%) Microsoft
2 129 (47.78%) VMware
3 56 (20.74%) Cisco
4 30 (11.11%) Citrix
4 30 (11.11%) Veeam
5 28 (10.37%) Symantec
6 26 (9.63%) Palo Alto
7 22 (8.15%) Dell
8 19 (7.04%) HP
8 19 (7.04%) Oracle
9 16 (5.93%) EMC
9 16 (5.93%) Ivanti
10 15 (5.56%) Juniper
11 14 (5.19%) 3PAR
11 14 (5.19%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (4.44%) SolarWinds
13 11 (4.07%) Infoblox
14 10 (3.70%) CheckPoint
15 9 (3.33%) NetApp
16 8 (2.96%) Hitachi