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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 216 234
Rank change year-on-year -63 +18 +2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 354 296 372
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.21% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.16% 9.24% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 226 281
10th Percentile £210 £243 £213
25th Percentile £363 £352 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +10.53% -4.52%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £599
90th Percentile £615 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 19
10th Percentile £12.43 - £16.80
25th Percentile £25.98 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.71 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -30.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £74.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.85 - £68.25
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +106.53% -41.03% +3.90%

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 3,864 3,202 4,938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 13.14% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,420 1,984 2,985
10th Percentile £250 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +1.54% -2.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 125 398
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.26 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.85% -8.57% +111.92%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -62 111 £475 -5.00% 42
South East +2 107 £513 -9.85% 60
North of England -66 50 £454 +6.71% 44
Midlands -52 36 £413 -8.33% 23
South West -36 31 £520 -15.53% 21
West Midlands -39 27 £425 +129.73% 19
North West -51 27 £575 +35.29% 20
Yorkshire -49 19 £447 -0.67% 21
East of England -26 16 £363 -20.11% 17
East Midlands -30 9 £275 -45.00% 4
North East -14 4 £200 -15.79% 4
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 37 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.78%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.26%) IIS
4 4 (1.13%) Apache
4 4 (1.13%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.56%) 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
Cloud Services
1 148 (41.81%) Azure
2 89 (25.14%) Entra ID
3 73 (20.62%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (12.15%) AWS
5 24 (6.78%) IaaS
6 22 (6.21%) PaaS
7 16 (4.52%) SaaS
8 11 (3.11%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.54%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.69%) Datadog
13 5 (1.41%) GCP
14 4 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.13%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.13%) Route 53
15 3 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 339 (95.76%) DNS
2 133 (37.57%) Firewall
3 78 (22.03%) VPN
4 77 (21.75%) TCP/IP
5 74 (20.90%) LAN
6 71 (20.06%) WAN
7 64 (18.08%) VLAN
8 42 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (11.30%) BGP
10 39 (11.02%) OSPF
11 38 (10.73%) Network Security
12 36 (10.17%) BIG-IP
13 32 (9.04%) Kerberos
14 28 (7.91%) Wireless
15 26 (7.34%) Cisco ISE
15 26 (7.34%) VXLAN
16 24 (6.78%) Ethernet VPN
16 24 (6.78%) Junos
16 24 (6.78%) SAN
17 17 (4.80%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Power BI
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.80%) JIRA
2 6 (1.69%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 79 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (6.50%) Finance
4 20 (5.65%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (3.95%) Banking
7 10 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.98%) Legal
8 7 (1.98%) Military
9 6 (1.69%) Law
9 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.13%) Local Government
11 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.13%) Police
12 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.56%) Advertising
13 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (17.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (13.84%) Network Engineer
3 38 (10.73%) Senior
4 33 (9.32%) Analyst
5 31 (8.76%) IT Support
6 30 (8.47%) Support Engineer
7 28 (7.91%) Architect
7 28 (7.91%) IT Engineer
8 17 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (4.52%) IT Analyst
10 15 (4.24%) Network Specialist
11 14 (3.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (3.95%) Firewall Specialist
11 14 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.39%) Administrator
12 12 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Support Analyst
14 10 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support
14 10 (2.82%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.32%) 802.1X
1 33 (9.32%) LDAP
2 21 (5.93%) SAML
3 16 (4.52%) OAuth
4 8 (2.26%) JSON
5 4 (1.13%) OpenID
6 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.85%) Redfish
6 3 (0.85%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) Middleware
7 2 (0.56%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.56%) Qt
7 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.56%) XMPP
8 1 (0.28%) .NET
8 1 (0.28%) CSS
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) SOAP
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.41%) Data Centre
2 46 (12.99%) PKI
3 36 (10.17%) Clustering
4 34 (9.60%) Replication
5 24 (6.78%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.11%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.54%) IoT
9 8 (2.26%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.41%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.13%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.85%) iPhone
13 3 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 232 (65.54%) Windows
2 136 (38.42%) Windows Server
3 40 (11.30%) Windows 10
4 36 (10.17%) Linux
5 29 (8.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.39%) Android
9 8 (2.26%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.26%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.69%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.85%) Unix
12 3 (0.85%) VMS
13 2 (0.56%) CentOS
13 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.28%) Rocky
14 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.34%) High Availability
3 69 (19.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (18.36%) ITIL
5 48 (13.56%) ITSM
6 47 (13.28%) Identity Access Management
7 42 (11.86%) Load Balancing
8 40 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (10.73%) Migration
10 35 (9.89%) Observability
11 29 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (6.78%) Root Cause Analysis
12 24 (6.78%) Task Automation
13 23 (6.50%) Service Management
14 22 (6.21%) Change Management
15 21 (5.93%) Agile
15 21 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (5.93%) DevOps
16 19 (5.37%) Patch Management
17 18 (5.08%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 100 (28.25%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.47%) Python
3 16 (4.52%) Bash
4 9 (2.54%) SQL
5 8 (2.26%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.98%) VBA
6 7 (1.98%) VBScript
7 4 (1.13%) VB
8 3 (0.85%) Bicep
9 2 (0.56%) Lisp
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) C#
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Java
10 1 (0.28%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 137 (38.70%) Security Cleared
2 87 (24.58%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.71%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (10.45%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.50%) CCNP
6 18 (5.08%) Degree
7 13 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (3.39%) CCNA
9 11 (3.11%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIP
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.69%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.69%) Server+ Certification
12 6 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.93%) SLA
2 20 (5.65%) GDPR
3 14 (3.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.26%) NIST
6 7 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.85%) 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
1 218 (61.58%) Active Directory
2 100 (28.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (15.82%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.21%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (5.65%) vSphere
6 18 (5.08%) Docker
7 15 (4.24%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (2.82%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (1.98%) VMware NSX
11 6 (1.69%) Firmware
12 5 (1.41%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.13%) NFS
14 3 (0.85%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.85%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.85%) XenApp
15 2 (0.56%) KVM
15 2 (0.56%) UAG
15 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (14.12%) SCCM
3 38 (10.73%) Ansible
4 36 (10.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (8.76%) FortiGate
6 29 (8.19%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (6.50%) Terraform
8 18 (5.08%) Kubernetes
9 16 (4.52%) WSUS
10 12 (3.39%) vCenter Server
11 9 (2.54%) vMotion
12 7 (1.98%) Nagios
12 7 (1.98%) Puppet
13 6 (1.69%) SCOM
14 5 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.41%) HAProxy
15 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
16 3 (0.85%) Stealthwatch
17 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Clustering
17 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 151 (42.66%) Microsoft
2 110 (31.07%) VMware
3 69 (19.49%) Cisco
4 50 (14.12%) ServiceNow
5 44 (12.43%) F5
6 37 (10.45%) SolarWinds
7 36 (10.17%) Citrix
8 34 (9.60%) Juniper
9 28 (7.91%) Infoblox
10 25 (7.06%) Splunk
11 22 (6.21%) Extreme Networks
12 15 (4.24%) Palo Alto
13 14 (3.95%) Okta
14 12 (3.39%) Fortinet
14 12 (3.39%) NetApp
14 12 (3.39%) Veeam
15 11 (3.11%) Dell
16 10 (2.82%) HP
17 8 (2.26%) CheckPoint
17 8 (2.26%) Dynatrace
190 DHCP jobs in England