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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 53 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +14
Contract jobs citing DHCP 13 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.15% 2.23% 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 23.88% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 14
10th Percentile £120 £210 £313
25th Percentile £128 £213 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £355 £413
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% -13.94% +3.13%
75th Percentile £367 £385 £644
90th Percentile £400 £500 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £345 £405 £400
% change year-on-year -14.81% +1.25% +6.67%

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 121 67 199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 20.00% 9.32% 23.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 36 87
10th Percentile £225 £165 £212
25th Percentile £313 £213 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £383 £385
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% -0.65% -3.75%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £572
90th Percentile £575 £590 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £44.35 £25.13 £17.10
25th Percentile £44.88 £30.94 £62.50
Median hourly rate £47.00 £41.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -36.54% +225.00%
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.94 £67.50
90th Percentile £51.65 £56.38 £69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +46.67%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP 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 19 September 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 and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) DNS
2 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (23.08%) Wireless
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) LAN
5 2 (15.38%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
6 1 (7.69%) Internet
6 1 (7.69%) Network Security
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 4 (30.77%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (30.77%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) IT Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support
2 4 (30.77%) IT Support Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) SCCM Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (30.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) CRM
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Disk Encryption
2 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Application Packaging
4 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.69%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Network Management
4 1 (7.69%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Perl
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) MCP
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CCNA
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) MCDST
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MCSA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (15.38%) OpenView
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco
3 4 (30.77%) iManage
3 4 (30.77%) Mitel
4 1 (7.69%) Juniper
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) VMware