Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 250 295
Rank change year-on-year +4 +45 +47
Contract jobs citing DHCP 412 664 825
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 1.12% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.46% 9.07% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 492 567
10th Percentile £213 £213 £198
25th Percentile £350 £348 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% +5.92%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £686 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 29
10th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £20.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £29.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +71.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.77 £48.48
90th Percentile £67.50 £52.13 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -8.57% +103.49% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,522 7,324 9,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,303 4,766 6,317
10th Percentile £205 £242 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 475 360
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
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 DHCP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 -2 372 £475 -4.04% 305
UK excluding London -5 271 £475 - 256
South East +41 128 £500 -3.85% 63
London +27 121 £450 -14.29% 62
Work from Home -14 105 £465 -10.58% 93
Midlands +10 44 £400 - 52
West Midlands +19 36 £400 -19.19% 32
North of England -29 34 £380 -22.05% 68
South West -11 32 £538 +13.16% 26
Scotland +42 25 £240 -47.28% 16
North West -14 17 £388 -8.93% 48
Yorkshire -7 15 £378 -28.10% 18
East Midlands -2 7 £325 -13.33% 20
East of England -29 6 £425 -19.05% 31
Wales +6 4 £725 +31.82% 5
North East +15 2 £613 +46.27% 3

DHCP
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 94 (22.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (6.07%) Confluence
3 19 (4.61%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.46%) IIS
5 4 (0.97%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.73%) Apache
7 2 (0.49%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 114 (27.67%) Azure
2 98 (23.79%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (15.53%) AWS
4 46 (11.17%) Entra ID
5 21 (5.10%) IaaS
6 20 (4.85%) Azure Storage
6 20 (4.85%) GCP
6 20 (4.85%) OCI
7 17 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (3.88%) PaaS
9 14 (3.40%) SaaS
10 13 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.43%) Nutanix
12 8 (1.94%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.94%) Rubrik
13 7 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 393 (95.39%) DNS
2 157 (38.11%) Firewall
3 102 (24.76%) TCP/IP
4 88 (21.36%) LAN
5 82 (19.90%) WAN
6 70 (16.99%) VPN
7 61 (14.81%) SAN
8 57 (13.83%) VLAN
9 42 (10.19%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (9.22%) Wireless
11 32 (7.77%) BGP
11 32 (7.77%) MPLS
12 27 (6.55%) OSPF
13 22 (5.34%) Cisco Nexus
14 21 (5.10%) Network Security
15 20 (4.85%) NAS
16 19 (4.61%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (4.13%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (4.13%) SNMP
18 13 (3.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.94%) MySQL
4 6 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.73%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.73%) Power BI
6 3 (0.73%) Redis
7 2 (0.49%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.24%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (7.28%) JIRA
2 16 (3.88%) Git
3 11 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.94%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.24%) Darcs
7 1 (0.24%) Gradle
7 1 (0.24%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.24%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.24%) MSI
7 1 (0.24%) Subversion
7 1 (0.24%) Travis CI
General
1 146 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (9.47%) Finance
4 25 (6.07%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.61%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.37%) Military
7 16 (3.88%) Banking
8 9 (2.18%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.46%) Mandarin Language
10 4 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.97%) Retail
11 3 (0.73%) French Language
11 3 (0.73%) Front Office
11 3 (0.73%) German Language
11 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.49%) Automotive
12 2 (0.49%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (0.49%) Portuguese Language
12 2 (0.49%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 96 (23.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (13.11%) Network Engineer
3 42 (10.19%) Senior
4 34 (8.25%) Support Engineer
5 33 (8.01%) Analyst
6 32 (7.77%) Architect
7 23 (5.58%) IT Support
8 20 (4.85%) IT Engineer
9 19 (4.61%) Support Specialist
10 18 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (4.13%) Active Directory Support
11 17 (4.13%) IT Analyst
11 17 (4.13%) Test Engineer
12 16 (3.88%) Wintel Engineer
13 15 (3.64%) Active Directory Specialist
13 15 (3.64%) Azure Specialist
13 15 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
13 15 (3.64%) Test and Integration Engineer
14 14 (3.40%) Server Engineer
15 12 (2.91%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.28%) LDAP
2 16 (3.88%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.46%) .NET
4 5 (1.21%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.21%) NETCONF
4 5 (1.21%) Node.js
4 5 (1.21%) Web Services
5 4 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.73%) Jinja
6 3 (0.73%) JSON
6 3 (0.73%) RESTful
6 3 (0.73%) XML
6 3 (0.73%) XMPP
6 3 (0.73%) YANG
7 2 (0.49%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.49%) ADSI
7 2 (0.49%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.49%) Kafka
7 2 (0.49%) React
8 1 (0.24%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 84 (20.39%) PKI
2 77 (18.69%) Data Centre
3 39 (9.47%) Clustering
4 24 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.40%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.91%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.67%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.18%) Replication
9 9 (2.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.46%) NHS
10 6 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.97%) CCTV
12 4 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.97%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.97%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 245 (59.47%) Windows
2 165 (40.05%) Windows Server
3 93 (22.57%) Linux
4 70 (16.99%) Windows 10
5 58 (14.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 57 (13.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (11.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 31 (7.52%) Windows 7
9 28 (6.80%) Unix
10 20 (4.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 18 (4.37%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (3.40%) Windows XP
13 13 (3.16%) Windows Server 2003
14 12 (2.91%) Ubuntu
15 9 (2.18%) Solaris
16 8 (1.94%) Oracle Linux
17 6 (1.46%) CentOS
18 4 (0.97%) Apple iOS
19 3 (0.73%) Android
19 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (26.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (20.63%) ITIL
3 69 (16.75%) Agile
4 68 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (13.59%) Migration
6 43 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 36 (8.74%) DevOps
8 33 (8.01%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (7.77%) Customer Service
9 32 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (7.77%) High Availability
9 32 (7.77%) Service Management
10 30 (7.28%) Project Management
10 30 (7.28%) RBAC
11 29 (7.04%) Computer Science
11 29 (7.04%) Release Management
12 28 (6.80%) Storage Management
13 27 (6.55%) Analytics
13 27 (6.55%) Server Management
14 25 (6.07%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 126 (30.58%) PowerShell
2 48 (11.65%) Python
3 33 (8.01%) SQL
4 29 (7.04%) C#
5 27 (6.55%) VBScript
6 19 (4.61%) Bash
6 19 (4.61%) Java
7 17 (4.13%) VB
8 16 (3.88%) Bicep
9 10 (2.43%) Perl
10 8 (1.94%) Go
11 6 (1.46%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.21%) C
13 3 (0.73%) C++
13 3 (0.73%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.73%) Ruby
13 3 (0.73%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 124 (30.10%) Security Cleared
2 89 (21.60%) Degree
3 83 (20.15%) SC Cleared
4 74 (17.96%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (16.50%) DV Cleared
6 55 (13.35%) CCNA
7 49 (11.89%) CCNP
8 42 (10.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (6.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (5.34%) MCSE
11 19 (4.61%) MCSA
12 17 (4.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 14 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (2.67%) A+ Certification
15 10 (2.43%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.94%) CCIE
16 8 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (1.70%) AWS Certification
18 5 (1.21%) CCIE Data Center
18 5 (1.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.16%) GDPR
2 10 (2.43%) SLA
3 8 (1.94%) NIST
3 8 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.97%) QA
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.73%) NCSC
6 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 257 (62.38%) Active Directory
2 136 (33.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (15.05%) VMware ESXi
4 59 (14.32%) Hyper-V
5 40 (9.71%) Virtual Machines
6 33 (8.01%) vSphere
7 27 (6.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (5.34%) Docker
9 21 (5.10%) XenApp
10 17 (4.13%) Virtual Servers
10 17 (4.13%) VMware NSX
11 15 (3.64%) VMware Workstation
12 11 (2.67%) Terminal Services
13 10 (2.43%) BitLocker
14 8 (1.94%) KVM
15 6 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
15 6 (1.46%) XenDesktop
16 5 (1.21%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 3 (0.73%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 103 (25.00%) SCCM
2 60 (14.56%) vCenter Server
3 49 (11.89%) WSUS
4 45 (10.92%) SCOM
5 39 (9.47%) Kubernetes
6 34 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 32 (7.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 29 (7.04%) Ansible
9 26 (6.31%) Terraform
10 22 (5.34%) EMC NetWorker
10 22 (5.34%) NetBackup
11 14 (3.40%) Microsoft Clustering
12 11 (2.67%) FortiGate
13 10 (2.43%) Nagios
14 8 (1.94%) Netcool
14 8 (1.94%) Tivoli
14 8 (1.94%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 7 (1.70%) Nessus
15 7 (1.70%) SolarWinds Orion
16 6 (1.46%) Puppet
Vendors
1 198 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 163 (39.56%) VMware
3 95 (23.06%) Cisco
4 45 (10.92%) Palo Alto
5 44 (10.68%) Citrix
5 44 (10.68%) Dell
6 33 (8.01%) Veeam
7 32 (7.77%) HP
8 29 (7.04%) Symantec
9 28 (6.80%) Oracle
10 24 (5.83%) EMC
11 23 (5.58%) Infoblox
11 23 (5.58%) SolarWinds
12 21 (5.10%) Juniper
13 20 (4.85%) CheckPoint
13 20 (4.85%) F5
14 15 (3.64%) Extreme Networks
14 15 (3.64%) Ivanti
14 15 (3.64%) Splunk
15 14 (3.40%) Meraki