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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 209 226
Rank change year-on-year -68 +17 -2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 359 308 391
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.26% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 9.57% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 233 293
10th Percentile £208 £237 £204
25th Percentile £363 £350 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% -4.62%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £626 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.00% +7.53% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 21
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.03 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.43 £24.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.71 £25.80 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.21% -35.51% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.90 -
90th Percentile £77.55 £27.56 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £45.71 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +93.78% -41.03% -

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 3,772 3,220 5,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.59% 13.18% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,381 2,012 3,091
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £364 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £497 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +1.98% - -5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 123 398
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.32 £17.69
Median hourly rate £45.00 £36.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.80% -8.39% +111.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.81 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -68 111 £475 -5.00% 21
South East -7 104 £518 -9.49% 45
North of England -74 59 £475 +23.38% 48
Midlands -46 40 £438 -3.58% 21
West Midlands -32 32 £438 +36.19% 11
North West -46 31 £575 +39.39% 17
South West -47 28 £572 -4.69% 20
Yorkshire -46 25 £436 +10.67% 23
East of England -16 20 £363 -30.95% 14
East Midlands -32 8 £275 -45.00% 10
North East -18 3 £200 -11.11% 9
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 44 (12.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.69%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.34%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.67%) IIS
5 4 (1.11%) Apache
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 151 (42.06%) Azure
2 90 (25.07%) Entra ID
3 83 (23.12%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (13.65%) AWS
5 26 (7.24%) IaaS
6 24 (6.69%) PaaS
7 19 (5.29%) SaaS
8 11 (3.06%) GCP
9 9 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.51%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.95%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.67%) Datadog
12 5 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.11%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.11%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 344 (95.82%) DNS
2 136 (37.88%) Firewall
3 84 (23.40%) VPN
4 83 (23.12%) LAN
5 81 (22.56%) TCP/IP
6 80 (22.28%) WAN
7 72 (20.06%) VLAN
8 49 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
9 46 (12.81%) BGP
10 42 (11.70%) OSPF
11 35 (9.75%) Network Security
12 33 (9.19%) BIG-IP
13 31 (8.64%) VXLAN
13 31 (8.64%) Wireless
14 30 (8.36%) Kerberos
15 29 (8.08%) Cisco ISE
16 23 (6.41%) Ethernet VPN
16 23 (6.41%) Junos
17 22 (6.13%) SAN
18 17 (4.74%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.18%) JIRA
2 6 (1.67%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.11%) Git
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 91 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (5.57%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.74%) Finance
6 15 (4.18%) Banking
7 10 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.95%) Legal
8 7 (1.95%) Military
9 6 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.11%) Local Government
10 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.56%) Advertising
12 2 (0.56%) Law
12 2 (0.56%) Marketing
12 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (16.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (13.65%) Network Engineer
3 38 (10.58%) Senior
4 36 (10.03%) IT Support
4 36 (10.03%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.47%) Architect
6 32 (8.91%) IT Engineer
7 31 (8.64%) Analyst
8 22 (6.13%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (3.90%) IT Analyst
10 14 (3.90%) Network Specialist
11 13 (3.62%) Firewall Specialist
12 12 (3.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Support Analyst
14 10 (2.79%) Administrator
14 10 (2.79%) Wintel Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.91%) 802.1X
1 32 (8.91%) LDAP
2 21 (5.85%) SAML
3 16 (4.46%) OAuth
4 6 (1.67%) JSON
5 5 (1.39%) REST
6 4 (1.11%) OpenID
7 3 (0.84%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.84%) Middleware
7 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.84%) Redfish
8 2 (0.56%) .NET
8 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.56%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.56%) Express.js
8 2 (0.56%) SOAP
8 2 (0.56%) WCF
8 2 (0.56%) Web Services
8 2 (0.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (15.32%) Data Centre
2 46 (12.81%) PKI
3 35 (9.75%) Clustering
4 34 (9.47%) Replication
5 19 (5.29%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.51%) IoT
8 9 (2.51%) Virtual Team
9 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) iPhone
11 5 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.11%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.84%) CCTV
13 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 238 (66.30%) Windows
2 137 (38.16%) Windows Server
3 45 (12.53%) Windows 10
4 38 (10.58%) Linux
5 26 (7.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.74%) Android
7 14 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (3.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.06%) Apple iOS
9 11 (3.06%) Windows 7
10 8 (2.23%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.39%) VMS
12 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.11%) Unix
13 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.28%) CentOS
14 1 (0.28%) Solaris
14 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (18.94%) High Availability
2 68 (18.94%) ITIL
3 66 (18.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (14.48%) ITSM
5 46 (12.81%) Load Balancing
6 45 (12.53%) Identity Access Management
7 43 (11.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (11.42%) Migration
9 35 (9.75%) Observability
10 31 (8.64%) Service Management
11 29 (8.08%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (6.96%) Task Automation
12 25 (6.96%) Zero Trust
13 23 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
14 22 (6.13%) Change Management
14 22 (6.13%) DevOps
15 20 (5.57%) Customer Service
16 19 (5.29%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 117 (32.59%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.36%) Python
3 14 (3.90%) Bash
4 13 (3.62%) VBScript
5 9 (2.51%) VB
6 8 (2.23%) SQL
7 6 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.39%) VBA
9 4 (1.11%) Lisp
10 3 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.56%) C#
11 2 (0.56%) Perl
11 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.28%) C
12 1 (0.28%) Go
12 1 (0.28%) Java
12 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 135 (37.60%) Security Cleared
2 83 (23.12%) SC Cleared
3 47 (13.09%) Cisco Certification
4 43 (11.98%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.24%) CCNP
6 21 (5.85%) Degree
7 13 (3.62%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.62%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.06%) CCNA
9 9 (2.51%) JNCIP
10 8 (2.23%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.95%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.95%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.67%) Server+ Certification
13 5 (1.39%) CCIE
13 5 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.11%) CCIE Security
14 4 (1.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.96%) GDPR
2 16 (4.46%) SLA
3 14 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (2.79%) NIST
5 7 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.28%) QA
8 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 215 (59.89%) Active Directory
2 94 (26.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (13.37%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (6.13%) vSphere
6 18 (5.01%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.18%) Docker
8 12 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (3.06%) VMware NSX
10 9 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (2.23%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (1.95%) Firmware
13 5 (1.39%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.84%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.84%) NFS
14 3 (0.84%) XenApp
15 2 (0.56%) UAG
15 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.28%) Ceph
16 1 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 61 (16.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (15.60%) SCCM
3 40 (11.14%) Ansible
4 36 (10.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (8.64%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (8.36%) FortiGate
7 28 (7.80%) Terraform
8 17 (4.74%) Kubernetes
9 14 (3.90%) vCenter Server
10 13 (3.62%) WSUS
11 8 (2.23%) SCOM
11 8 (2.23%) vMotion
12 7 (1.95%) Puppet
13 6 (1.67%) Nagios
14 5 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.39%) HAProxy
15 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
16 3 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
17 2 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
17 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 157 (43.73%) Microsoft
2 106 (29.53%) VMware
3 71 (19.78%) Cisco
4 51 (14.21%) ServiceNow
5 45 (12.53%) F5
6 39 (10.86%) SolarWinds
7 34 (9.47%) Citrix
7 34 (9.47%) Juniper
8 24 (6.69%) Infoblox
9 23 (6.41%) Splunk
10 21 (5.85%) Extreme Networks
11 17 (4.74%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.90%) Fortinet
12 14 (3.90%) Okta
13 12 (3.34%) Dell
14 11 (3.06%) NetApp
14 11 (3.06%) Veeam
15 10 (2.79%) Google
16 7 (1.95%) Apple
16 7 (1.95%) HP