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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 40 53
Rank change year-on-year -26 +13 -4
Contract jobs citing DHCP 13 9 9
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.39% 1.70% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.66% 15.52% 6.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £253 £207 -
25th Percentile £281 £243 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £255 £350
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -27.14% -37.78%
75th Percentile £506 £400 £380
90th Percentile £525 - £551
West Midlands median daily rate £444 £255 £400
% change year-on-year +74.02% -36.25% -5.88%

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 122 58 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.05% 10.96% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 34 78
10th Percentile £185 £201 £222
25th Percentile £273 £372 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £505 £363
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +39.31% -19.44%
75th Percentile £548 £575 £488
90th Percentile £688 £662 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £442 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -7.05% +18.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £44.35 £13.85
25th Percentile £17.68 £44.88 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 £47.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.85% +108.89% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £50.38 £28.75
90th Percentile - £51.65 £72.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £58.00 £30.00 £19.95
% change year-on-year +93.33% +50.38% -10.98%

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 20 June 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 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Entra ID
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (30.77%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (30.77%) OneDrive
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
2 10 (76.92%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
4 2 (15.38%) Network Security
4 2 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (7.69%) BIG-IP
5 1 (7.69%) SAN
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) IT Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
3 2 (15.38%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Service Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) ITSM
2 4 (30.77%) High Availability
2 4 (30.77%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) API Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) F5
3 1 (7.69%) Infoblox
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) VMware