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

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 207 218
Rank change year-on-year -70 +11 +18
Contract jobs citing DHCP 348 312 399
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.29% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.22% 9.78% 7.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 231 296
10th Percentile £204 £223 £203
25th Percentile £358 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £457
Median % change year-on-year - +9.29% -4.19%
75th Percentile £576 £600 £575
90th Percentile £634 £638 £644
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 21
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.03 £17.00
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.10 £25.80 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.47% -35.51% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.90 -
90th Percentile £78.25 £27.56 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.10 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.00% -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 3,776 3,189 5,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.85% 13.15% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 1,995 3,167
10th Percentile £213 £219 £205
25th Percentile £396 £374 £350
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 £498 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.05% +2.63% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 119 381
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.80 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.25 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% +7.69% +71.69%
75th Percentile £67.84 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.08 £68.63
UK median hourly rate £42.10 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +20.27% +7.69% +71.05%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -64 112 £475 -5.00% 38
South East -13 95 £520 -8.53% 53
North of England -75 58 £488 +21.88% 49
Midlands -41 37 £413 -9.09% 27
North West -60 32 £575 +39.39% 27
West Midlands -40 31 £438 +36.19% 16
South West -42 30 £575 -3.16% 20
Yorkshire -56 23 £447 +13.40% 16
East of England -24 21 £363 -30.95% 14
East Midlands -31 6 £275 -45.00% 11
North East -13 3 £200 +33.33% 8
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 47 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 16 (4.60%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.15%) Apache
4 4 (1.15%) IIS
5 2 (0.57%) WordPress
6 1 (0.29%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 151 (43.39%) Azure
2 88 (25.29%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (24.71%) Entra ID
4 49 (14.08%) AWS
5 26 (7.47%) IaaS
6 24 (6.90%) PaaS
7 19 (5.46%) SaaS
8 12 (3.45%) GCP
9 11 (3.16%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.01%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.72%) Datadog
13 5 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.15%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.15%) Route 53
15 3 (0.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 334 (95.98%) DNS
2 133 (38.22%) Firewall
3 87 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 86 (24.71%) VPN
5 79 (22.70%) LAN
6 77 (22.13%) WAN
7 68 (19.54%) VLAN
8 48 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (12.93%) BGP
10 40 (11.49%) OSPF
11 33 (9.48%) Network Security
12 32 (9.20%) BIG-IP
13 30 (8.62%) Kerberos
13 30 (8.62%) VXLAN
14 28 (8.05%) Cisco ISE
15 27 (7.76%) Wireless
16 22 (6.32%) Ethernet VPN
16 22 (6.32%) Junos
16 22 (6.32%) SAN
17 16 (4.60%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.29%) MySQL
3 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.31%) JIRA
2 6 (1.72%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.15%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.15%) Git
4 2 (0.57%) GitLab
5 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 92 (26.44%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (5.46%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.89%) Finance
6 16 (4.60%) Banking
7 10 (2.87%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.30%) Legal
9 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.72%) Military
9 6 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.15%) Local Government
10 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.57%) Advertising
12 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.57%) Law
12 2 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (15.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 44 (12.64%) Network Engineer
3 40 (11.49%) Support Engineer
4 38 (10.92%) Senior
5 37 (10.63%) Architect
6 35 (10.06%) IT Support
7 30 (8.62%) Analyst
7 30 (8.62%) IT Engineer
8 22 (6.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.31%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (4.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (3.74%) IT Analyst
12 12 (3.45%) Firewall Specialist
12 12 (3.45%) Network Specialist
12 12 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.16%) Network Architect
13 11 (3.16%) Wintel Analyst
14 10 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.20%) LDAP
2 31 (8.91%) 802.1X
3 20 (5.75%) SAML
4 15 (4.31%) OAuth
5 6 (1.72%) JSON
6 4 (1.15%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.15%) REST
7 3 (0.86%) Middleware
7 3 (0.86%) OpenID
7 3 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.86%) Redfish
8 2 (0.57%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.57%) Bootstrap
8 2 (0.57%) Express.js
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.57%) React
8 2 (0.57%) WCF
8 2 (0.57%) WPF
8 2 (0.57%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.66%) Data Centre
2 44 (12.64%) PKI
3 34 (9.77%) Replication
4 32 (9.20%) Clustering
5 16 (4.60%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.30%) IoT
9 7 (2.01%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (2.01%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.44%) iPhone
11 5 (1.44%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.44%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.44%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.15%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.15%) NHS
13 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 225 (64.66%) Windows
2 128 (36.78%) Windows Server
3 42 (12.07%) Windows 10
4 36 (10.34%) Linux
5 24 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (5.17%) Android
7 11 (3.16%) Apple iOS
7 11 (3.16%) Windows 7
7 11 (3.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (2.30%) Mac OS
8 8 (2.30%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.15%) VMS
10 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.57%) CentOS
11 2 (0.57%) Unix
12 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.29%) Solaris
12 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (19.83%) ITIL
3 63 (18.10%) High Availability
4 58 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (14.66%) ITSM
6 48 (13.79%) Load Balancing
7 46 (13.22%) Identity Access Management
8 43 (12.36%) Disaster Recovery
9 38 (10.92%) Migration
10 33 (9.48%) Observability
11 32 (9.20%) Service Management
12 27 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (7.47%) Task Automation
13 26 (7.47%) Zero Trust
14 23 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.61%) Root Cause Analysis
15 22 (6.32%) Change Management
15 22 (6.32%) DevOps
16 20 (5.75%) Agile
16 20 (5.75%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 126 (36.21%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.20%) Python
3 16 (4.60%) Bash
4 13 (3.74%) VBScript
5 9 (2.59%) SQL
5 9 (2.59%) VB
6 6 (1.72%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.44%) VBA
8 4 (1.15%) Bicep
8 4 (1.15%) Lisp
9 3 (0.86%) Perl
10 2 (0.57%) C#
10 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) Java
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (37.36%) Security Cleared
2 83 (23.85%) SC Cleared
3 46 (13.22%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (11.78%) DV Cleared
5 28 (8.05%) CCNP
6 20 (5.75%) Degree
7 15 (4.31%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.74%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (2.87%) CCNA
9 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.59%) JNCIP
11 8 (2.30%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.01%) JNCIA
12 7 (2.01%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.72%) CISSP
13 6 (1.72%) Server+ Certification
13 6 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.44%) CCIE
14 5 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.15%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.18%) GDPR
2 17 (4.89%) SLA
3 15 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (4.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (2.59%) NIST
6 7 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.29%) QA
9 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 209 (60.06%) Active Directory
2 83 (23.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (12.64%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.75%) vSphere
5 19 (5.46%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (5.17%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.31%) Docker
8 10 (2.87%) VMware NSX
9 9 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
10 8 (2.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (2.01%) Firmware
12 5 (1.44%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.86%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.86%) NFS
14 1 (0.29%) Ceph
14 1 (0.29%) iptables
14 1 (0.29%) KVM
14 1 (0.29%) Samba
14 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (15.80%) SCCM
3 42 (12.07%) Ansible
4 34 (9.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 33 (9.48%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (8.91%) FortiGate
7 28 (8.05%) Terraform
8 17 (4.89%) Kubernetes
9 11 (3.16%) vCenter Server
10 8 (2.30%) SCOM
10 8 (2.30%) vMotion
10 8 (2.30%) WSUS
11 7 (2.01%) Puppet
12 6 (1.72%) HAProxy
13 5 (1.44%) Nagios
14 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.86%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.86%) Stealthwatch
16 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
16 2 (0.57%) SELinux
Vendors
1 155 (44.54%) Microsoft
2 96 (27.59%) VMware
3 65 (18.68%) Cisco
4 49 (14.08%) ServiceNow
5 42 (12.07%) F5
6 37 (10.63%) SolarWinds
7 34 (9.77%) Juniper
8 30 (8.62%) Citrix
9 22 (6.32%) Splunk
10 21 (6.03%) Extreme Networks
10 21 (6.03%) Infoblox
11 18 (5.17%) Palo Alto
12 17 (4.89%) Fortinet
13 14 (4.02%) Okta
14 13 (3.74%) Dell
15 10 (2.87%) NetApp
15 10 (2.87%) Veeam
16 9 (2.59%) Google
17 7 (2.01%) Apple
17 7 (2.01%) HP
188 DHCP jobs in England