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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 205 209
Rank change year-on-year -88 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing DHCP 288 344 410
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.28% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.62% 9.96% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 222 287
10th Percentile £200 £213 £202
25th Percentile £311 £268 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -8.60% -2.11%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £639 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +10.13% +0.89% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 11
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £19.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -10.37% +22.73%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 £34.88
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 £40.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.57% -27.42% +47.73%

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 3,340 3,455 5,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.45% 12.84% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,168 2,011 3,200
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -3.15%
75th Percentile £588 £601 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 106 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.93 £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +132.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +134.16%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -32 93 £525 +5.00% 39
South East -10 66 £460 +8.24% 69
North of England -86 42 £330 -5.71% 34
Midlands -30 39 £438 +19.86% 23
West Midlands -22 37 £444 +15.26% 12
South West -29 35 £575 +36.90% 27
North West -49 23 £518 +21.76% 15
East of England -13 19 £363 +47.96% 21
Yorkshire -46 14 £225 -6.25% 17
North East -17 5 £247 +64.33% 4
East Midlands -34 2 £275 -14.06% 11
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 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (19.79%) SharePoint
3 32 (11.11%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (2.08%) IIS
5 5 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.74%) Office Communications Server
5 5 (1.74%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.39%) Apache
7 3 (1.04%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.69%) WordPress
9 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 125 (43.40%) Azure
2 90 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (21.53%) AWS
4 58 (20.14%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.21%) IaaS
6 14 (4.86%) GCP
7 11 (3.82%) PaaS
8 10 (3.47%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.78%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.78%) SaaS
10 6 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.74%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.04%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 280 (97.22%) DNS
2 102 (35.42%) TCP/IP
3 86 (29.86%) VPN
4 79 (27.43%) Firewall
5 53 (18.40%) VLAN
6 50 (17.36%) LAN
6 50 (17.36%) WAN
7 27 (9.38%) Skype
8 24 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (7.29%) BGP
10 19 (6.60%) Wireless
11 15 (5.21%) SAN
12 14 (4.86%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.51%) Cisco ISE
13 13 (4.51%) OSPF
14 12 (4.17%) Network Security
15 11 (3.82%) Kerberos
15 11 (3.82%) VXLAN
16 9 (3.13%) FTP
16 9 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.04%) GitLab
1 3 (1.04%) JIRA
2 2 (0.69%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 99 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 60 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.03%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.90%) Finance
5 15 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.17%) Banking
7 8 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.08%) Legal
8 6 (2.08%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.04%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.04%) Marketing
10 3 (1.04%) Military
10 3 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Advertising
11 2 (0.69%) Law
11 2 (0.69%) Local Government
11 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 60 (20.83%) Support Engineer
2 45 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (12.85%) Analyst
4 32 (11.11%) IT Support
5 26 (9.03%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (9.03%) Network Engineer
6 25 (8.68%) Senior
7 23 (7.99%) Architect
8 16 (5.56%) IT Analyst
8 16 (5.56%) IT Engineer
8 16 (5.56%) Support Analyst
9 14 (4.86%) IT Support Analyst
10 13 (4.51%) Microsoft Engineer
11 12 (4.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 12 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support
11 12 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 11 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.47%) Wintel Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.51%) LDAP
2 8 (2.78%) OAuth
2 8 (2.78%) SAML
3 6 (2.08%) Middleware
4 3 (1.04%) .NET
4 3 (1.04%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.04%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (1.04%) Bootstrap
4 3 (1.04%) Express.js
4 3 (1.04%) React
4 3 (1.04%) SOAP
4 3 (1.04%) WCF
4 3 (1.04%) Web Services
4 3 (1.04%) WPF
4 3 (1.04%) YAML
5 2 (0.69%) REST
5 2 (0.69%) XMPP
6 1 (0.35%) LAMP
6 1 (0.35%) OpenID
6 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.72%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.99%) PKI
3 20 (6.94%) Replication
4 11 (3.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.13%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.08%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.74%) Clustering
8 5 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.39%) iPhone
9 4 (1.39%) NHS
10 3 (1.04%) CMDB
10 3 (1.04%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.04%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 206 (71.53%) Windows
2 115 (39.93%) Windows Server
3 44 (15.28%) Windows 10
4 43 (14.93%) Linux
5 27 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.21%) Android
8 13 (4.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (3.47%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.47%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (3.13%) Windows 7
11 5 (1.74%) CentOS
11 5 (1.74%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.39%) Unix
13 3 (1.04%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.04%) VMS
13 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.35%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (29.17%) ITIL
2 79 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery
5 34 (11.81%) Service Management
6 31 (10.76%) High Availability
7 24 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 23 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (7.99%) ITSM
9 22 (7.64%) Zero Trust
10 21 (7.29%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (7.29%) Load Balancing
11 20 (6.94%) Change Management
11 20 (6.94%) Migration
12 18 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
12 18 (6.25%) Service Delivery
13 17 (5.90%) Task Automation
14 16 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (5.21%) DevOps
15 15 (5.21%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 110 (38.19%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.72%) Python
3 14 (4.86%) Bash
3 14 (4.86%) SQL
4 10 (3.47%) VBScript
5 9 (3.13%) VB
6 7 (2.43%) Bicep
6 7 (2.43%) Lisp
7 5 (1.74%) Perl
8 3 (1.04%) C#
8 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 100 (34.72%) Security Cleared
2 75 (26.04%) SC Cleared
3 35 (12.15%) DV Cleared
4 34 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (10.07%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (9.72%) CCNP
7 27 (9.38%) Degree
8 22 (7.64%) Azure Certification
9 17 (5.90%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (4.17%) CCNA
11 11 (3.82%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.78%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.43%) MCP
13 7 (2.43%) MCSE
14 6 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.74%) CCIE
15 5 (1.74%) CISSP
15 5 (1.74%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.74%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.90%) GDPR
2 12 (4.17%) SLA
3 11 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.08%) NIST
7 5 (1.74%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.35%) NCSC
9 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 180 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 84 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (13.89%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.86%) Docker
5 13 (4.51%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (4.17%) vSphere
7 11 (3.82%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.78%) Terminal Services
8 8 (2.78%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.74%) Brightmail
9 5 (1.74%) Firmware
9 5 (1.74%) ISA Server
9 5 (1.74%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (1.04%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.04%) KVM
11 3 (1.04%) NFS
Systems Management
1 61 (21.18%) SCCM
2 58 (20.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (10.76%) Ansible
4 27 (9.38%) Terraform
5 17 (5.90%) Single Sign-On
6 15 (5.21%) WSUS
7 12 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (4.17%) Kubernetes
8 11 (3.82%) FortiGate
9 9 (3.13%) vCenter Server
10 8 (2.78%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (2.43%) SCOM
12 5 (1.74%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.74%) Puppet
12 5 (1.74%) vMotion
13 3 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (1.04%) Nagios
13 3 (1.04%) Packer
13 3 (1.04%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.69%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 157 (54.51%) Microsoft
2 93 (32.29%) VMware
3 46 (15.97%) Cisco
4 38 (13.19%) ServiceNow
5 26 (9.03%) Citrix
6 19 (6.60%) SolarWinds
7 14 (4.86%) Dell
7 14 (4.86%) Fortinet
8 13 (4.51%) F5
8 13 (4.51%) Palo Alto
9 12 (4.17%) Veeam
10 9 (3.13%) Infoblox
10 9 (3.13%) Okta
10 9 (3.13%) Remedy
11 8 (2.78%) Meraki
12 7 (2.43%) Apple
12 7 (2.43%) Ekahau
12 7 (2.43%) Juniper
13 6 (2.08%) Sophos
13 6 (2.08%) Zscaler
189 DHCP jobs in England