The first table below looks at the demand for DHCP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Rank 105 95 85
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -10
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 18 10 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.978% 0.612% 0.790%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.714% 3.165% 5.069%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 11
Average salary £37,000 £26,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.30% -16.12%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £34,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+10.29% +6.25%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 316 217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 17.12% 19.34% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 267 268 194
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
DHCP
West Midlands

DHCP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing DHCP across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham DHCP Jobs Demand Trend

DHCP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DHCP across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham DHCP Salary Trend

DHCP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DHCP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Birmingham DHCP Salary Histogram

DHCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing DHCP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited DHCP.

1 49 (100.00%) DNS
2 43 (87.76%) Windows
3 40 (81.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 39 (79.59%) Active Directory
5 36 (73.47%) Windows Server 2003
6 30 (61.22%) Firewall
7 29 (59.18%) Cisco
8 23 (46.94%) VPN
8 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
9 19 (38.78%) NetApp
10 17 (34.69%) Banking
10 17 (34.69%) IIS
11 16 (32.65%) MS Exchange
11 16 (32.65%) HP
11 16 (32.65%) VMware
11 16 (32.65%) VMware Infrastructure
12 15 (30.61%) Time Management
12 15 (30.61%) Back Office
12 15 (30.61%) IP Telephony
13 14 (28.57%) SAN
14 13 (26.53%) SQL
15 12 (24.49%) Finance
16 11 (22.45%) Linux
17 10 (20.41%) VLAN
17 10 (20.41%) vSphere
18 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 9 (18.37%) MS Excel
18 9 (18.37%) TCP/IP
19 8 (16.33%) IBM
19 8 (16.33%) SharePoint

DHCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing DHCP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited DHCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.082%) CSS
1 2 (4.082%) HTML
2 1 (2.041%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.041%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (34.69%) IIS
2 16 (32.65%) MS Exchange
3 8 (16.33%) SharePoint
4 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (6.122%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (4.082%) Lync
7 2 (4.082%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (4.082%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.082%) MS Office
3 1 (2.041%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.041%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (100.00%) DNS
2 30 (61.22%) Firewall
3 23 (46.94%) VPN
4 15 (30.61%) IP Telephony
5 14 (28.57%) SAN
6 10 (20.41%) VLAN
7 9 (18.37%) TCP/IP
8 8 (16.33%) iSCSI
8 8 (16.33%) Fibre Channel
9 7 (14.29%) LAN
9 7 (14.29%) WAN
10 6 (12.24%) Wireless
11 5 (10.20%) MPLS
12 4 (8.163%) OSPF
13 3 (6.122%) SSL
14 2 (4.082%) Network Security
14 2 (4.082%) FWSM
14 2 (4.082%) HSRP
14 2 (4.082%) WLAN
14 2 (4.082%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.041%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (34.69%) Banking
2 15 (30.61%) Back Office
3 12 (24.49%) Finance
4 2 (4.082%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (4.082%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.041%) Legal
5 1 (2.041%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Network Engineer
2 4 (8.163%) Analyst
3 3 (6.122%) Consultant
3 3 (6.122%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (4.082%) Server Engineer
4 2 (4.082%) Network Support
4 2 (4.082%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.082%) Python Developer
4 2 (4.082%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.082%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.082%) Support Analyst
4 2 (4.082%) Developer
4 2 (4.082%) Architect
4 2 (4.082%) Network Analyst
4 2 (4.082%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.082%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.082%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.041%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (2.041%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (2.041%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) iPad
1 2 (4.082%) Computer Science
1 2 (4.082%) Device Driver
1 2 (4.082%) Clustering
2 1 (2.041%) iPhone
2 1 (2.041%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 43 (87.76%) Windows
2 40 (81.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 36 (73.47%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (22.45%) Linux
5 8 (16.33%) Solaris
6 4 (8.163%) Windows 7
6 4 (8.163%) UNIX
7 3 (6.122%) Windows XP
8 2 (4.082%) Windows 2000
9 1 (2.041%) Ubuntu
9 1 (2.041%) Windows Vista
9 1 (2.041%) Mac OS X
9 1 (2.041%) Windows 8
9 1 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.041%) Windows Phone
9 1 (2.041%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Time Management
2 7 (14.29%) ITIL
3 6 (12.24%) Service Delivery
4 3 (6.122%) Load Balancing
4 3 (6.122%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.082%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (4.082%) ITIL V3
5 2 (4.082%) Business Transformation
5 2 (4.082%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.082%) Fund Management
5 2 (4.082%) Wealth Management
5 2 (4.082%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.082%) Incident Management
5 2 (4.082%) Migration
5 2 (4.082%) Network Design
5 2 (4.082%) Project Management
5 2 (4.082%) Change Management
5 2 (4.082%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.041%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (2.041%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) SQL
2 4 (8.163%) C
3 2 (4.082%) Python
3 2 (4.082%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.082%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) MCITP
2 4 (8.163%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (8.163%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (8.163%) CCNP
2 4 (8.163%) MCSE
3 3 (6.122%) MCSA
3 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.082%) VCP4
4 2 (4.082%) HP ASE
4 2 (4.082%) HP MASE
4 2 (4.082%) VCP5
4 2 (4.082%) CCNA
4 2 (4.082%) CCDP
4 2 (4.082%) Check Point Certification
4 2 (4.082%) Degree
4 2 (4.082%) CCSE
4 2 (4.082%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.082%) CCSA
5 1 (2.041%) MCP
5 1 (2.041%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.041%) QA
System Software
1 39 (79.59%) Active Directory
2 16 (32.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (20.41%) vSphere
4 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (12.24%) ISA Server
6 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
7 2 (4.082%) XenApp
7 2 (4.082%) XenDesktop
7 2 (4.082%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (4.082%) Squid
7 2 (4.082%) Samba
7 2 (4.082%) VMware ESX
8 1 (2.041%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) WSUS
2 4 (8.163%) SCOM
3 3 (6.122%) SCCM
4 2 (4.082%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (4.082%) MOM
4 2 (4.082%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 29 (59.18%) Cisco
2 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
3 19 (38.78%) NetApp
4 16 (32.65%) HP
4 16 (32.65%) VMware
5 8 (16.33%) IBM
5 8 (16.33%) DataCore
6 6 (12.24%) CheckPoint
7 5 (10.20%) Citrix
8 2 (4.082%) Aruba
8 2 (4.082%) ProCurve
8 2 (4.082%) Symantec
8 2 (4.082%) EMC
8 2 (4.082%) CommVault
8 2 (4.082%) Nokia
8 2 (4.082%) Veritas
8 2 (4.082%) Huawei
8 2 (4.082%) Brocade
8 2 (4.082%) 3Com
9 1 (2.041%) Apple