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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 50 61
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing DHCP 16 19 8
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.23% 2.65% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 25.33% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 7
10th Percentile £119 £209 £265
25th Percentile £128 £213 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £290 £400
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -27.50% -12.57%
75th Percentile £268 £382 £475
90th Percentile £294 £426 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £383 £385 £375
% change year-on-year -0.65% +2.67% -

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 155 75 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 21.62% 10.45% 23.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 39 88
10th Percentile £209 £164 £234
25th Percentile £263 £203 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £355 £385
Median % change year-on-year +14.37% -7.79% -9.41%
75th Percentile £488 £580 £500
90th Percentile £556 £619 £683
West Midlands median daily rate £406 £454 £425
% change year-on-year -10.52% +6.76% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% -
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +13.40%

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 2 December 2025.

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 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) DNS
2 9 (56.25%) Wireless
3 7 (43.75%) BGP
3 7 (43.75%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (43.75%) Cisco Wireless
3 7 (43.75%) NX-OS
3 7 (43.75%) VXLAN
4 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
4 6 (37.50%) VPN
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (12.50%) LAN
5 2 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 7 (43.75%) Banking
1 7 (43.75%) Investment Banking
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Network Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) RF Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Wireless Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Wireless Network Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (31.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) IT Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) IT Support
3 5 (31.25%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Network Support
4 2 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (31.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) User Experience
2 6 (37.50%) Change Management
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 5 (31.25%) CRM
3 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 5 (31.25%) Disk Encryption
3 5 (31.25%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (31.25%) Problem Management
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) ITSM
4 1 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Lisp
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
3 5 (31.25%) MCDST
3 5 (31.25%) MCP
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (12.50%) CCNA
5 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) FortiGate
2 6 (37.50%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (12.50%) OpenView
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Ekahau
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) Remedy
2 7 (43.75%) ServiceNow
3 5 (31.25%) iManage
3 5 (31.25%) Mitel