DHCP Contract Job Trends in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 221 256
Rank change year-on-year -51 +35 -15
Contract jobs citing DHCP 382 292 344
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.22% 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.54% 9.37% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 208 271
10th Percentile £212 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £581
90th Percentile £625 £638 £613
UK median daily rate £488 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 6 16
10th Percentile £12.43 £28.50 £18.00
25th Percentile £26.06 £29.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -2.74%
75th Percentile £65.01 £40.19 £42.19
90th Percentile £74.00 £51.00 £68.13
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -2.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,005 3,115 4,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 12.99% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,477 1,953 2,876
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 122 386
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +134.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £82.03 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £28.96 £41.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -29.79% +3.13% +118.16%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in England

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DHCP

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DHCP

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the England region over the 6 months to 4 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -57 115 £450 -10.00% 53
South East -9 107 £520 -5.45% 65
North of England -67 62 £526 +16.96% 46
Midlands -47 40 £444 +4.41% 31
North West -32 37 £602 +41.53% 30
South West -33 37 £513 -16.67% 41
West Midlands -46 31 £450 +45.16% 20
Yorkshire -52 21 £447 -18.73% 13
East of England -25 17 £485 -9.77% 23
East Midlands -24 9 £275 -45.00% 11
North East -26 4 £200 -15.79% 5
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 33 (8.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (7.07%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.83%) IIS
4 4 (1.05%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) nginx
5 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 159 (41.62%) Azure
2 89 (23.30%) Entra ID
3 76 (19.90%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (14.92%) AWS
5 22 (5.76%) IaaS
6 20 (5.24%) PaaS
7 19 (4.97%) OneDrive
8 13 (3.40%) SaaS
9 10 (2.62%) GCP
10 7 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.57%) Datadog
12 4 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.05%) Route 53
13 3 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.79%) Azure Stack
13 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 368 (96.34%) DNS
2 137 (35.86%) Firewall
3 85 (22.25%) VPN
4 84 (21.99%) TCP/IP
5 81 (21.20%) LAN
6 79 (20.68%) WAN
7 76 (19.90%) VLAN
8 46 (12.04%) Network Security
9 42 (10.99%) Wi-Fi
10 41 (10.73%) BGP
10 41 (10.73%) OSPF
11 40 (10.47%) BIG-IP
11 40 (10.47%) Wireless
12 37 (9.69%) SAN
13 31 (8.12%) Kerberos
14 28 (7.33%) VXLAN
15 27 (7.07%) Cisco ISE
16 25 (6.54%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (6.54%) Junos
17 21 (5.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.26%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.76%) JIRA
2 6 (1.57%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.05%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.05%) Git
4 2 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 92 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.33%) Finance
4 21 (5.50%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.19%) Banking
7 8 (2.09%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.83%) Legal
9 5 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.31%) Law
9 5 (1.31%) Local Government
9 5 (1.31%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.31%) Military
9 5 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.31%) Police
10 2 (0.52%) Advertising
10 2 (0.52%) Publishing
11 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.26%) Electronics
11 1 (0.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 76 (19.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (13.87%) Network Engineer
3 39 (10.21%) Architect
4 35 (9.16%) IT Support
4 35 (9.16%) Senior
4 35 (9.16%) Support Engineer
5 30 (7.85%) Analyst
6 28 (7.33%) IT Engineer
7 18 (4.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (3.93%) Administrator
8 15 (3.93%) Network Specialist
9 14 (3.66%) Firewall Specialist
9 14 (3.66%) IT Analyst
10 13 (3.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (3.40%) Senior Network Engineer
11 12 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.14%) Support Analyst
12 11 (2.88%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (2.88%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.62%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.95%) 802.1X
2 32 (8.38%) LDAP
3 21 (5.50%) SAML
4 16 (4.19%) OAuth
5 10 (2.62%) JSON
6 5 (1.31%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.05%) OpenID
8 3 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.79%) Redfish
8 3 (0.79%) REST
8 3 (0.79%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.52%) .NET
9 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.52%) Blazor
9 2 (0.52%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.52%) Qt
9 2 (0.52%) XMPP
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.32%) Data Centre
2 46 (12.04%) PKI
3 35 (9.16%) Clustering
4 31 (8.12%) Replication
5 28 (7.33%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.88%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.36%) IoT
9 8 (2.09%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.31%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.05%) Smartphone
13 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 244 (63.87%) Windows
2 139 (36.39%) Windows Server
3 42 (10.99%) Linux
4 39 (10.21%) Windows 10
5 29 (7.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (4.71%) Mac OS
7 16 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (3.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (3.40%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.62%) Android
11 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.57%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.79%) Unix
13 3 (0.79%) VMS
14 2 (0.52%) CentOS
14 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.26%) Rocky
15 1 (0.26%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (21.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 79 (20.68%) High Availability
4 71 (18.59%) ITIL
5 62 (16.23%) ITSM
6 47 (12.30%) Identity Access Management
7 46 (12.04%) Migration
8 42 (10.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (10.99%) Load Balancing
9 34 (8.90%) Observability
10 30 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (7.59%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (7.07%) Task Automation
13 24 (6.28%) Incident Management
13 24 (6.28%) Network Segmentation
14 22 (5.76%) DevOps
14 22 (5.76%) Service Management
15 21 (5.50%) Agile
15 21 (5.50%) Project Delivery
16 20 (5.24%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 90 (23.56%) PowerShell
2 31 (8.12%) Python
3 15 (3.93%) Bash
4 11 (2.88%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.36%) VBA
6 6 (1.57%) VBScript
7 5 (1.31%) SQL
8 4 (1.05%) Bicep
8 4 (1.05%) VB
9 3 (0.79%) Lisp
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 151 (39.53%) Security Cleared
2 92 (24.08%) SC Cleared
3 56 (14.66%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (12.30%) DV Cleared
5 34 (8.90%) CCNP
6 27 (7.07%) Degree
7 22 (5.76%) CCNA
8 21 (5.50%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (3.93%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (2.62%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.83%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.83%) JNCIP
11 7 (1.83%) JNCIS
11 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.05%) CCIE
15 3 (0.79%) CCIE Security
15 3 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.54%) SLA
2 17 (4.45%) GDPR
3 14 (3.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.88%) NIST
5 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.05%) QA
7 3 (0.79%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 225 (58.90%) Active Directory
2 109 (28.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (15.71%) Hyper-V
4 30 (7.85%) vSphere
5 27 (7.07%) VMware ESXi
6 22 (5.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (3.93%) BitLocker
9 14 (3.66%) Docker
10 10 (2.62%) Microsoft App-V
10 10 (2.62%) VMware NSX
11 7 (1.83%) Firmware
12 6 (1.57%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (1.05%) NFS
14 3 (0.79%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.79%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.52%) UAG
15 2 (0.52%) XenApp
15 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 55 (14.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (10.73%) SCCM
3 36 (9.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 36 (9.42%) Ansible
4 31 (8.12%) FortiGate
5 30 (7.85%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (4.71%) Terraform
7 15 (3.93%) Kubernetes
8 13 (3.40%) vCenter Server
8 13 (3.40%) WSUS
9 10 (2.62%) vMotion
10 9 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.83%) Nagios
11 7 (1.83%) Puppet
12 5 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (1.05%) HAProxy
13 4 (1.05%) Prometheus
14 3 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
14 3 (0.79%) SCOM
14 3 (0.79%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 167 (43.72%) Microsoft
2 118 (30.89%) VMware
3 87 (22.77%) Cisco
4 70 (18.32%) ServiceNow
5 51 (13.35%) F5
6 41 (10.73%) SolarWinds
7 36 (9.42%) Citrix
8 35 (9.16%) Juniper
9 34 (8.90%) Infoblox
10 25 (6.54%) Splunk
11 22 (5.76%) Extreme Networks
12 17 (4.45%) Palo Alto
13 15 (3.93%) Fortinet
14 14 (3.66%) NetApp
14 14 (3.66%) Okta
15 12 (3.14%) CheckPoint
15 12 (3.14%) Dell
15 12 (3.14%) Veeam
16 10 (2.62%) HP
17 8 (2.09%) Aruba