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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 216 230
Rank change year-on-year -37 +14 +13
Contract jobs citing DHCP 324 358 415
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 1.15% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.35% 9.44% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 223 285
10th Percentile £200 £223 £190
25th Percentile £313 £300 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £660 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £465 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +8.14% -9.47% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 10
10th Percentile £24.76 £23.35 £23.46
25th Percentile £29.00 £25.19 £27.31
Median hourly rate £35.73 £38.75 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% +16.54% +51.14%
75th Percentile £83.75 £49.69 £45.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £57.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.73 £30.00 £36.02
% change year-on-year +19.08% -16.71% +63.73%

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 3,467 3,794 5,615
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.38% 12.22% 14.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,223 2,216 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £237 £210
25th Percentile £361 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 131 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £18.52
25th Percentile £20.82 £26.25 £23.07
Median hourly rate £34.00 £49.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -30.61% -13.26% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.21
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -18.18% +27.91%

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 2025. 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 -16 116 £463 -1.80% 128
South East -9 62 £461 +2.44% 130
Midlands -22 52 £400 +6.67% 40
West Midlands -12 51 £400 +4.58% 22
North of England -63 41 £500 +25.00% 31
South West -13 29 £600 +45.45% 42
East of England -8 26 £225 +0.56% 40
North West -41 20 £500 -6.98% 19
Yorkshire -30 17 £525 +97.18% 11
North East -16 4 £247 +64.33% 1
East Midlands -34 1 - - 18
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 63 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (17.90%) SharePoint
3 34 (10.49%) Skype for Business
4 11 (3.40%) Exchange Server 2010
5 10 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (3.09%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (3.09%) Office Communications Server
5 10 (3.09%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (2.47%) OpenStack
7 7 (2.16%) Confluence
8 5 (1.54%) IIS
9 3 (0.93%) Apache
10 2 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (16.36%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Eikon
1 1 (0.31%) Eze OMS
1 1 (0.31%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 102 (31.48%) Azure
2 90 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (20.06%) AWS
4 42 (12.96%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.32%) IaaS
6 12 (3.70%) GCP
7 11 (3.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (3.09%) SaaS
9 9 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.78%) AWS Direct Connect
9 9 (2.78%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.78%) PaaS
10 8 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.85%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
12 6 (1.85%) Nutanix
12 6 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 321 (99.07%) DNS
2 118 (36.42%) TCP/IP
3 113 (34.88%) Firewall
4 96 (29.63%) VPN
5 70 (21.60%) VLAN
6 65 (20.06%) WAN
7 64 (19.75%) LAN
8 49 (15.12%) Wireless
9 30 (9.26%) BGP
10 27 (8.33%) SD-WAN
11 25 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (7.41%) SAN
12 24 (7.41%) Skype
13 22 (6.79%) OSPF
14 21 (6.48%) Network Security
14 21 (6.48%) WLAN
15 19 (5.86%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (4.94%) Cisco Wireless
17 14 (4.32%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (4.01%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.62%) MySQL
3 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (3.40%) JIRA
2 3 (0.93%) Git
2 3 (0.93%) GitLab
3 1 (0.31%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) Postman
3 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 110 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.64%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.10%) Finance
5 14 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.32%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.01%) Banking
7 8 (2.47%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.54%) Local Government
11 4 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.23%) Legal
12 2 (0.62%) Front Office
12 2 (0.62%) Marketing
12 2 (0.62%) Military
13 1 (0.31%) French Language
Job Titles
1 77 (23.77%) Support Engineer
2 44 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 42 (12.96%) Analyst
4 40 (12.35%) Network Engineer
5 28 (8.64%) Senior
6 27 (8.33%) IT Support
7 25 (7.72%) Architect
8 20 (6.17%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (6.17%) IT Engineer
9 19 (5.86%) Support Analyst
10 16 (4.94%) Administrator
11 14 (4.32%) Consultant
11 14 (4.32%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (4.01%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Engineer
13 12 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (3.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.09%) Exchange Engineer
15 10 (3.09%) Network Analyst
15 10 (3.09%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.54%) YAML
2 4 (1.23%) Middleware
3 3 (0.93%) LDAP
4 2 (0.62%) .NET
4 2 (0.62%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.62%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (0.62%) Bootstrap
4 2 (0.62%) Express.js
4 2 (0.62%) JSON
4 2 (0.62%) React
4 2 (0.62%) REST
4 2 (0.62%) SAML
4 2 (0.62%) SOAP
4 2 (0.62%) WCF
4 2 (0.62%) Web Services
4 2 (0.62%) WPF
5 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.31%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.31%) Jinja
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.73%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.10%) PKI
3 22 (6.79%) Replication
4 12 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (2.78%) iPhone
5 9 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.47%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.47%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.85%) CMDB
9 5 (1.54%) iPad
9 5 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.23%) NHS
11 3 (0.93%) Hedge funds
12 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 202 (62.35%) Windows
2 84 (25.93%) Windows Server
3 54 (16.67%) Linux
4 45 (13.89%) Windows 10
5 17 (5.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.94%) Android
6 16 (4.94%) Mac OS
7 14 (4.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (3.70%) Windows 7
9 10 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.78%) Apple iOS
10 9 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (2.47%) CentOS
12 6 (1.85%) Ubuntu
12 6 (1.85%) Unix
13 3 (0.93%) VMS
14 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.31%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (30.56%) ITIL
2 70 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 40 (12.35%) Service Management
5 35 (10.80%) High Availability
6 31 (9.57%) Computer Science
7 29 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (8.95%) ITSM
8 27 (8.33%) Migration
9 24 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (6.48%) Change Management
10 21 (6.48%) Service Delivery
11 20 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.17%) Customer Service
11 20 (6.17%) Load Balancing
12 19 (5.86%) Knowledge Transfer
13 18 (5.56%) CI/CD
13 18 (5.56%) Zero Trust
14 17 (5.25%) DevOps
14 17 (5.25%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 97 (29.94%) PowerShell
2 27 (8.33%) Python
3 20 (6.17%) SQL
4 17 (5.25%) Bash
5 8 (2.47%) VBScript
6 7 (2.16%) Lisp
7 6 (1.85%) VB
8 5 (1.54%) Bicep
9 4 (1.23%) Perl
10 2 (0.62%) C#
10 2 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Go
11 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 90 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 70 (21.60%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (19.14%) SC Cleared
4 50 (15.43%) CCNP
5 43 (13.27%) Degree
6 38 (11.73%) CCNA
7 36 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (10.19%) DV Cleared
9 20 (6.17%) Azure Certification
10 14 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (3.70%) CCIE
11 12 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (3.40%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (2.78%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (2.47%) MCP
15 7 (2.16%) CCSA
15 7 (2.16%) MCSE
16 6 (1.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.63%) SLA
2 14 (4.32%) GDPR
3 10 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.16%) NIST
6 5 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.62%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.31%) QA
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 167 (51.54%) Active Directory
2 71 (21.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.35%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.63%) Docker
5 12 (3.70%) vSphere
6 10 (3.09%) Brightmail
6 10 (3.09%) ISA Server
6 10 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.78%) Firmware
7 9 (2.78%) VMware NSX
8 8 (2.47%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.85%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.54%) BitLocker
10 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.23%) NFS
12 3 (0.93%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.93%) XenApp
13 2 (0.62%) KVM
Systems Management
1 53 (16.36%) SCCM
2 36 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (9.26%) Terraform
4 29 (8.95%) Ansible
5 14 (4.32%) WSUS
6 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
7 11 (3.40%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.78%) vCenter Server
9 8 (2.47%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.85%) OpenView
11 5 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (1.54%) SCOM
12 4 (1.23%) CA Spectrum
12 4 (1.23%) Packer
13 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.93%) Puppet
13 3 (0.93%) SELinux
13 3 (0.93%) Tivoli
14 2 (0.62%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 167 (51.54%) Microsoft
2 88 (27.16%) VMware
3 82 (25.31%) Cisco
4 36 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 28 (8.64%) Citrix
6 23 (7.10%) SolarWinds
7 21 (6.48%) F5
8 19 (5.86%) CheckPoint
8 19 (5.86%) Meraki
8 19 (5.86%) Palo Alto
9 18 (5.56%) Fortinet
10 17 (5.25%) Dell
11 15 (4.63%) Remedy
12 14 (4.32%) Veeam
13 10 (3.09%) Juniper
13 10 (3.09%) Red Hat
14 8 (2.47%) Infoblox
14 8 (2.47%) Zscaler
15 7 (2.16%) Ekahau
15 7 (2.16%) Peregrine