DHCP Contracts in the West Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 77 96 133
Rank change year-on-year +19 +37 -24
Contract jobs citing DHCP 36 42 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.87% 1.78% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.28% 11.80% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 28
10th Percentile £213 £313 £170
25th Percentile £299 £377 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £495 £300
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +65.00% -25.23%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £425
90th Percentile £775 - £497
England median daily rate £475 £495 £425
% change year-on-year -4.04% +16.47% +5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.00
Median hourly rate - - £20.26
75th Percentile - - £20.51
90th Percentile - - -
England 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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 388 356 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.15% 15.13% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 220 260
10th Percentile £200 £263 £165
25th Percentile £306 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £485 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +21.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £504
90th Percentile £690 £700 £619
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 17
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.93
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the West Midlands region 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
Worcestershire +16 9 £550 +4.76% 6
Solihull -9 6 £225 -51.61% 1
Coventry +12 5 £400 +33.33% 2
Warwickshire +9 5 £750 +76.47%
Birmingham -9 5 £275 -60.71% 6
Shropshire - 5 £300 - 6
Wednesbury - 1 £250 -
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (97.22%) DNS
2 14 (38.89%) LAN
3 13 (36.11%) TCP/IP
3 13 (36.11%) WAN
4 9 (25.00%) VPN
5 8 (22.22%) Firewall
6 7 (19.44%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (16.67%) VoIP
8 5 (13.89%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (13.89%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (13.89%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (13.89%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (13.89%) Internet
8 5 (13.89%) MPLS
8 5 (13.89%) PBX
8 5 (13.89%) SAN
8 5 (13.89%) SD-WAN
8 5 (13.89%) WLAN
9 4 (11.11%) Ethernet
10 3 (8.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Administrator
3 5 (13.89%) Architect
3 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (13.89%) Server Administrator
3 5 (13.89%) VMWare Administrator
4 4 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.33%) Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Network Support
5 3 (8.33%) Network Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Support
6 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Web Services
2 2 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.89%) PKI
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (66.67%) Windows
2 22 (61.11%) Windows Server
3 10 (27.78%) Linux
4 9 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (16.67%) Unix
6 5 (13.89%) Windows 10
6 5 (13.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (11.11%) CentOS
7 4 (11.11%) Ubuntu
8 3 (8.33%) Windows 7
9 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
4 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (16.67%) ITIL
5 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 6 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 5 (13.89%) Analytics
6 5 (13.89%) Data Analytics
6 5 (13.89%) Information Management
6 5 (13.89%) Load Balancing
6 5 (13.89%) Performance Management
6 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
6 5 (13.89%) Resource Management
6 5 (13.89%) Security Hardening
6 5 (13.89%) Server Patching
6 5 (13.89%) SOA
6 5 (13.89%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (13.89%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.22%) C#
1 8 (22.22%) Java
2 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (19.44%) DV Cleared
2 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) CCIE
3 5 (13.89%) CCIE Data Center
4 4 (11.11%) CCNA
4 4 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (2.78%) CCNP
5 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (41.67%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (36.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (27.78%) VMware NSX
5 5 (13.89%) VMware Server
5 5 (13.89%) vSphere
6 3 (8.33%) BitLocker
7 2 (5.56%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (44.44%) SCCM
2 14 (38.89%) vCenter Server
3 3 (8.33%) OpenView
4 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) VMware
2 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (22.22%) Cisco
4 5 (13.89%) CheckPoint
4 5 (13.89%) Infoblox
4 5 (13.89%) Palo Alto
4 5 (13.89%) Symantec
4 5 (13.89%) Veeam
4 5 (13.89%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.78%) Mitel