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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 49 50
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 11 9 9
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.19% 1.64% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.17% 11.39% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £239 £213 £356
25th Percentile £273 £243 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £328 £380
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% -13.82% -5.00%
75th Percentile £364 £400 £523
90th Percentile £541 - £608
West Midlands median daily rate £406 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +1.56% -23.81% +29.23%

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 120 79 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.99% 14.36% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 51 42
10th Percentile £190 £243 £263
25th Percentile £266 £300 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £582 £501 £547
90th Percentile £688 £575 £662
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £12.83 £44.35 £13.40
25th Percentile £14.87 £44.88 £13.63
Median hourly rate £18.23 £47.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.21% +235.71% -11.11%
75th Percentile £19.34 £50.38 £18.88
90th Percentile - £51.65 £21.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £47.00 £30.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year +56.67% +114.29% -48.15%

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 9 August 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 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
1 9 (81.82%) Entra ID
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (54.55%) OneDrive
3 4 (36.36%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) DNS
2 8 (72.73%) VPN
3 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (9.09%) BIG-IP
5 1 (9.09%) SAN
5 1 (9.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) IT Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) IT Support
4 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Service Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) ITSM
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Ticket Management
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Antivirus Management
5 1 (9.09%) API Integration
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Service Management
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
3 1 (9.09%) Ansible
3 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) F5
3 1 (9.09%) Infoblox
3 1 (9.09%) Veeam
3 1 (9.09%) VMware