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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 202 228
Rank change year-on-year -76 +26 +15
Contract jobs citing DHCP 337 328 390
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.33% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.26% 9.86% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 237 286
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £353 £330 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -5.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £647 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £450
% change year-on-year +1.63% +9.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 21
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile £12.43 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.33 £23.59 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% -41.03% +1.91%
75th Percentile £57.43 - -
90th Percentile £79.20 - £67.50
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.59% -41.03% +1.91%

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 3,641 3,327 5,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.00% 13.50% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,341 2,038 3,226
10th Percentile £205 £210 £205
25th Percentile £368 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £487 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.60% +5.26% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 113 377
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £14.26
25th Percentile £20.09 £21.46 £19.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £65.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% +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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -55 106 £488 -2.50% 36
South East -4 92 £525 -4.55% 59
North of England -80 55 £447 +15.97% 45
South West -30 40 £575 -2.13% 19
Midlands -47 33 £413 -8.33% 18
North West -53 32 £575 +43.75% 22
West Midlands -45 31 £425 +10.39% 9
East of England -16 19 £363 -32.56% 19
Yorkshire -60 19 £344 -1.08% 17
North East -18 4 £223 +48.83% 8
East Midlands -35 2 £275 -38.89% 9
DHCP
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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 53 (15.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (11.57%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.42%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.19%) Apache
4 4 (1.19%) IIS
5 2 (0.59%) Confluence
5 2 (0.59%) WordPress
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) Traefik
Applications
1 24 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.08%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.30%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 148 (43.92%) Azure
2 93 (27.60%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (24.04%) Entra ID
4 49 (14.54%) AWS
5 23 (6.82%) IaaS
6 21 (6.23%) PaaS
7 15 (4.45%) SaaS
8 14 (4.15%) GCP
9 12 (3.56%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.08%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.48%) Datadog
13 4 (1.19%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.89%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.89%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.89%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 324 (96.14%) DNS
2 117 (34.72%) Firewall
3 96 (28.49%) TCP/IP
4 88 (26.11%) VPN
5 73 (21.66%) LAN
6 69 (20.47%) WAN
7 61 (18.10%) VLAN
8 44 (13.06%) Wi-Fi
9 43 (12.76%) BGP
10 35 (10.39%) OSPF
11 31 (9.20%) VXLAN
12 29 (8.61%) Cisco ISE
12 29 (8.61%) Kerberos
13 27 (8.01%) BIG-IP
14 25 (7.42%) Skype
15 24 (7.12%) Wireless
16 23 (6.82%) Network Security
17 20 (5.93%) Ethernet VPN
17 20 (5.93%) Junos
18 18 (5.34%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.30%) MySQL
3 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Power BI
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.26%) JIRA
2 5 (1.48%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.19%) Git
4 3 (0.89%) GitLab
5 2 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 97 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.21%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.23%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (5.34%) Finance
6 16 (4.75%) Banking
7 8 (2.37%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.37%) Legal
8 7 (2.08%) Military
8 7 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.89%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.89%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.89%) Local Government
11 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Advertising
12 2 (0.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 52 (15.43%) Support Engineer
2 45 (13.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (11.57%) Network Engineer
4 38 (11.28%) Senior
5 35 (10.39%) IT Support
6 31 (9.20%) Analyst
7 29 (8.61%) Architect
8 27 (8.01%) IT Engineer
9 21 (6.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 17 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (4.45%) Microsoft Engineer
12 14 (4.15%) IT Analyst
12 14 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 12 (3.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.26%) Network Architect
14 11 (3.26%) Support Analyst
14 11 (3.26%) Wintel Analyst
15 10 (2.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 10 (2.97%) Firewall Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.20%) LDAP
2 29 (8.61%) 802.1X
3 16 (4.75%) SAML
4 15 (4.45%) OAuth
5 4 (1.19%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.89%) JSON
6 3 (0.89%) Middleware
6 3 (0.89%) REST
7 2 (0.59%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.59%) Bootstrap
7 2 (0.59%) Express.js
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.59%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (0.59%) React
7 2 (0.59%) Redfish
7 2 (0.59%) SOAP
7 2 (0.59%) WCF
7 2 (0.59%) Web Services
7 2 (0.59%) WPF
7 2 (0.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.54%) Data Centre
2 42 (12.46%) PKI
3 33 (9.79%) Replication
4 27 (8.01%) Clustering
5 14 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.78%) IoT
9 5 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.48%) iPhone
9 5 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.48%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.89%) CCTV
10 3 (0.89%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 220 (65.28%) Windows
2 122 (36.20%) Windows Server
3 40 (11.87%) Windows 10
4 34 (10.09%) Linux
5 24 (7.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.04%) Android
7 12 (3.56%) Apple iOS
7 12 (3.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.26%) Windows 7
8 11 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (2.37%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.78%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.19%) Unix
12 3 (0.89%) CentOS
12 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.89%) VMS
12 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (27.60%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (22.26%) ITIL
3 56 (16.62%) High Availability
4 50 (14.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 47 (13.95%) ITSM
6 46 (13.65%) Load Balancing
7 42 (12.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 42 (12.46%) Identity Access Management
8 36 (10.68%) Migration
9 35 (10.39%) Service Management
10 30 (8.90%) Observability
11 27 (8.01%) Zero Trust
12 26 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (7.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (7.12%) Customer Service
13 24 (7.12%) Task Automation
14 21 (6.23%) Root Cause Analysis
15 20 (5.93%) Change Management
16 19 (5.64%) DevOps
17 18 (5.34%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 135 (40.06%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.50%) Python
3 17 (5.04%) Bash
4 13 (3.86%) SQL
4 13 (3.86%) VBScript
5 10 (2.97%) VB
6 7 (2.08%) Lisp
7 5 (1.48%) Perl
8 4 (1.19%) Bicep
9 3 (0.89%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.59%) C#
10 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.59%) VBA
11 1 (0.30%) Go
11 1 (0.30%) Java
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (37.69%) Security Cleared
2 85 (25.22%) SC Cleared
3 47 (13.95%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (13.06%) DV Cleared
5 30 (8.90%) CCNP
6 21 (6.23%) Degree
7 20 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (5.04%) Azure Certification
9 15 (4.45%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (3.56%) CCNA
11 9 (2.67%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.37%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.08%) JNCIA
13 7 (2.08%) JNCIS
13 7 (2.08%) Server+ Certification
14 6 (1.78%) CISSP
14 6 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.48%) CCIE
16 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.42%) GDPR
2 16 (4.75%) SLA
3 15 (4.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.78%) NIST
7 5 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.30%) QA
9 1 (0.30%) RMADS
System Software
1 207 (61.42%) Active Directory
2 79 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (11.28%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.93%) vSphere
5 15 (4.45%) BitLocker
5 15 (4.45%) Docker
5 15 (4.45%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.67%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.78%) Firmware
8 6 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.19%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.89%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.89%) KVM
10 3 (0.89%) NFS
11 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.30%) Samba
12 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 64 (18.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 61 (18.10%) SCCM
3 41 (12.17%) Ansible
4 35 (10.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (9.20%) FortiGate
5 31 (9.20%) Terraform
6 29 (8.61%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (5.04%) Kubernetes
8 9 (2.67%) vCenter Server
9 8 (2.37%) SCOM
10 7 (2.08%) Puppet
10 7 (2.08%) WSUS
11 6 (1.78%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.48%) Nagios
12 5 (1.48%) vMotion
13 3 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.89%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.89%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 164 (48.66%) Microsoft
2 93 (27.60%) VMware
3 65 (19.29%) Cisco
4 49 (14.54%) ServiceNow
5 38 (11.28%) F5
6 37 (10.98%) SolarWinds
7 30 (8.90%) Juniper
8 27 (8.01%) Citrix
9 22 (6.53%) Splunk
10 19 (5.64%) Extreme Networks
11 16 (4.75%) Fortinet
11 16 (4.75%) Okta
11 16 (4.75%) Palo Alto
12 13 (3.86%) Infoblox
12 13 (3.86%) Veeam
13 11 (3.26%) Dell
14 8 (2.37%) Remedy
14 8 (2.37%) Zscaler
15 7 (2.08%) Apple
15 7 (2.08%) Ekahau
179 DHCP jobs in England