DHCP Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 50 60
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -10
Contract jobs citing DHCP 12 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.29% 0.78% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 10.00% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 3
10th Percentile £250 £204 -
25th Percentile £281 £237 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £293 £200
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% +46.25% -71.43%
75th Percentile £478 £347 £275
90th Percentile £525 £379 £320
West Midlands median daily rate £438 £220 £400
% change year-on-year +98.86% -45.00% -19.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

DHCP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 132 40 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.22% 7.81% 18.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 24 81
10th Percentile £208 £167 £200
25th Percentile £300 £391 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +40.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £541 £595 £488
90th Percentile £616 £697 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £420 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -11.58% +18.75% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £16.68 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.68 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £19.95
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.00%
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - £72.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £58.00 £16.26 £19.95
% change year-on-year +256.70% -18.50% +19.10%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DHCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

DHCP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing DHCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing DHCP

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in Birmingham

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing DHCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing DHCP

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) DNS
2 10 (83.33%) VPN
3 4 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (8.33%) BIG-IP
5 1 (8.33%) SAN
5 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) IT Support
3 2 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) High Availability
2 4 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) API Integration
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Management
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) Infoblox
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam
3 1 (8.33%) VMware