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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 195 227
Rank change year-on-year -74 +32 +3
Contract jobs citing DHCP 340 342 388
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.35% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.54% 10.18% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 236 280
10th Percentile £200 £223 £199
25th Percentile £350 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% +4.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £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 19
10th Percentile - - £16.80
25th Percentile £12.43 - £22.80
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 - £52.50
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 3,564 3,359 5,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.09% 13.27% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,301 2,016 3,210
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £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 £480 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 101 369
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +107.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +105.13%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -44 109 £500 - 42
South East -9 86 £525 +10.53% 59
North of England -90 54 £447 +8.30% 47
South West -30 43 £575 -2.13% 29
Midlands -44 35 £400 -4.19% 23
West Midlands -35 33 £400 +8.11% 17
North West -61 31 £575 +26.37% 24
East of England -19 19 £363 -5.84% 17
Yorkshire -58 19 £413 +68.37% 21
North East -16 4 £223 +48.83% 5
East Midlands -35 2 £275 -38.89% 6
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 56 (16.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (13.24%) SharePoint
3 27 (7.94%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.18%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
6 2 (0.59%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 150 (44.12%) Azure
2 97 (28.53%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (23.53%) Entra ID
4 56 (16.47%) AWS
5 22 (6.47%) IaaS
6 20 (5.88%) PaaS
7 15 (4.41%) SaaS
8 14 (4.12%) GCP
9 12 (3.53%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.35%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.47%) Datadog
13 4 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.18%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.88%) AWS Direct Connect
14 3 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 327 (96.18%) DNS
2 112 (32.94%) Firewall
3 100 (29.41%) TCP/IP
4 91 (26.76%) VPN
5 68 (20.00%) LAN
6 64 (18.82%) VLAN
6 64 (18.82%) WAN
7 40 (11.76%) BGP
7 40 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (9.41%) OSPF
9 29 (8.53%) Kerberos
10 27 (7.94%) Skype
10 27 (7.94%) VXLAN
11 26 (7.65%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (7.06%) Wireless
13 23 (6.76%) BIG-IP
14 21 (6.18%) Network Security
15 17 (5.00%) SAN
16 16 (4.71%) Ethernet VPN
16 16 (4.71%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
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 9 (2.65%) JIRA
2 5 (1.47%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.18%) Git
4 3 (0.88%) GitLab
5 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 105 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.47%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (5.00%) Finance
6 16 (4.71%) Banking
7 8 (2.35%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.35%) Legal
8 7 (2.06%) Military
8 7 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.06%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Advertising
12 2 (0.59%) Law
12 2 (0.59%) Local Government
12 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 43 (12.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (11.47%) IT Support
4 37 (10.88%) Network Engineer
5 36 (10.59%) Analyst
6 35 (10.29%) Senior
7 32 (9.41%) Architect
8 26 (7.65%) IT Engineer
9 22 (6.47%) 2nd Line Support
10 19 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (5.00%) IT Analyst
12 15 (4.41%) Microsoft Engineer
13 14 (4.12%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
15 12 (3.53%) 1st/2nd Line Support
15 12 (3.53%) Platform Engineer
16 11 (3.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 11 (3.24%) Network Architect
16 11 (3.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (3.24%) Wintel Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.12%) LDAP
2 23 (6.76%) 802.1X
3 15 (4.41%) OAuth
3 15 (4.41%) SAML
4 4 (1.18%) Middleware
5 3 (0.88%) .NET
5 3 (0.88%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.88%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (0.88%) Bootstrap
5 3 (0.88%) Express.js
5 3 (0.88%) JSON
5 3 (0.88%) React
5 3 (0.88%) REST
5 3 (0.88%) SOAP
5 3 (0.88%) WCF
5 3 (0.88%) Web Services
5 3 (0.88%) WPF
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.24%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.47%) PKI
3 33 (9.71%) Replication
4 22 (6.47%) Clustering
5 13 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.53%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.76%) IoT
9 5 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.47%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.18%) iPhone
11 3 (0.88%) CCTV
11 3 (0.88%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 220 (64.71%) Windows
2 120 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.94%) Windows 10
4 35 (10.29%) Linux
5 27 (7.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.00%) Android
7 13 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (3.53%) Apple iOS
8 12 (3.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.24%) Windows 7
10 7 (2.06%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.18%) Unix
13 3 (0.88%) CentOS
13 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.88%) VMS
13 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (23.24%) ITIL
3 50 (14.71%) High Availability
4 48 (14.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 45 (13.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 43 (12.65%) ITSM
7 42 (12.35%) Load Balancing
8 38 (11.18%) Identity Access Management
8 38 (11.18%) Service Management
9 36 (10.59%) Migration
10 27 (7.94%) Zero Trust
11 26 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (7.65%) Customer Service
12 25 (7.35%) Change Management
13 24 (7.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (7.06%) Observability
13 24 (7.06%) Task Automation
14 20 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (5.29%) Agile
15 18 (5.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 134 (39.41%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.53%) Python
3 15 (4.41%) Bash
4 13 (3.82%) VBScript
5 12 (3.53%) SQL
6 10 (2.94%) VB
7 7 (2.06%) Lisp
8 5 (1.47%) Perl
9 4 (1.18%) Bicep
10 3 (0.88%) C#
10 3 (0.88%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.59%) VBA
12 1 (0.29%) Go
12 1 (0.29%) Java
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 125 (36.76%) Security Cleared
2 87 (25.59%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.24%) Cisco Certification
4 42 (12.35%) DV Cleared
5 32 (9.41%) CCNP
6 28 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (7.65%) Degree
8 18 (5.29%) Azure Certification
9 17 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (4.12%) CCNA
11 9 (2.65%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.35%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.35%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (1.76%) CISSP
14 6 (1.76%) JNCIA
14 6 (1.76%) JNCIS
14 6 (1.76%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.06%) GDPR
2 17 (5.00%) SLA
3 15 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.76%) NIST
7 5 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) 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
1 207 (60.88%) Active Directory
2 83 (24.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (11.18%) Hyper-V
4 19 (5.59%) vSphere
5 17 (5.00%) Docker
6 15 (4.41%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (4.12%) BitLocker
8 10 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (2.65%) VMware NSX
10 7 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (1.47%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (1.18%) Firmware
12 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (1.18%) Terminal Services
12 4 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.88%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.88%) KVM
13 3 (0.88%) NFS
14 1 (0.29%) iptables
14 1 (0.29%) Samba
Systems Management
1 66 (19.41%) SCCM
2 65 (19.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (11.18%) Ansible
4 35 (10.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (8.24%) Single Sign-On
5 28 (8.24%) Terraform
6 26 (7.65%) FortiGate
7 16 (4.71%) Kubernetes
8 10 (2.94%) WSUS
9 8 (2.35%) SCOM
9 8 (2.35%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.76%) HAProxy
10 6 (1.76%) Puppet
11 5 (1.47%) Nagios
12 4 (1.18%) vMotion
13 3 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.88%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.59%) SELinux
Vendors
1 170 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (28.53%) VMware
3 64 (18.82%) Cisco
4 47 (13.82%) ServiceNow
5 34 (10.00%) F5
5 34 (10.00%) SolarWinds
6 27 (7.94%) Citrix
7 26 (7.65%) Juniper
8 20 (5.88%) Splunk
9 16 (4.71%) Okta
10 15 (4.41%) Extreme Networks
10 15 (4.41%) Palo Alto
11 14 (4.12%) Dell
11 14 (4.12%) Veeam
12 13 (3.82%) Fortinet
12 13 (3.82%) Infoblox
13 8 (2.35%) Remedy
14 7 (2.06%) Apple
14 7 (2.06%) Google
14 7 (2.06%) Zscaler