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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 210 217
Rank change year-on-year -77 +7 +29
Contract jobs citing DHCP 293 358 403
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 1.25% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.56% 9.75% 7.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 226 274
10th Percentile £200 £213 £206
25th Percentile £308 £268 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £421 £464
Median % change year-on-year +18.69% -9.16% -1.59%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £606
90th Percentile £639 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 11
10th Percentile £25.15 £23.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.47 £22.80
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.10 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +176.75% -16.62% +47.73%
75th Percentile £89.63 £35.00 £40.50
90th Percentile - £44.00 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £23.90 £33.25
% change year-on-year +213.87% -28.14% +51.14%

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 3,423 3,671 5,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.77% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,152 3,213
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £360 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 110 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £18.64
25th Percentile £20.34 £20.93 £23.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +27.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.22
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -8.57% -37.99% +37.57%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025. 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 -25 99 £500 +5.04% 50
South East -30 68 £475 +5.56% 109
Midlands -35 41 £400 +6.67% 50
West Midlands -18 39 £400 +3.90% 27
North of England -83 39 £415 +18.57% 83
South West -18 33 £575 +39.39% 41
East of England -17 19 £225 -8.16% 41
North West -57 19 £518 +11.89% 42
Yorkshire -39 15 £225 -8.16% 37
North East -13 5 £247 +64.33% 8
East Midlands -29 2 £275 -26.67% 21
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 64 (21.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (20.14%) SharePoint
3 31 (10.58%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.73%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (2.39%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (2.39%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (2.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (2.39%) Office Communications Server
5 7 (2.39%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (2.05%) IIS
7 4 (1.37%) Apache
8 3 (1.02%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.68%) Confluence
9 2 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (13.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.39%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.34%) Eikon
2 1 (0.34%) Eze OMS
2 1 (0.34%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 119 (40.61%) Azure
2 94 (32.08%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (23.21%) AWS
4 53 (18.09%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.48%) IaaS
6 16 (5.46%) GCP
7 14 (4.78%) PaaS
8 11 (3.75%) SaaS
8 11 (3.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (3.41%) Nutanix
10 9 (3.07%) AWS Direct Connect
10 9 (3.07%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.37%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.37%) AWS CloudTrail
13 4 (1.37%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 286 (97.61%) DNS
2 114 (38.91%) TCP/IP
3 95 (32.42%) Firewall
4 92 (31.40%) VPN
5 58 (19.80%) VLAN
6 53 (18.09%) WAN
7 51 (17.41%) LAN
8 30 (10.24%) Wireless
9 27 (9.22%) BGP
10 24 (8.19%) Skype
11 23 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (7.17%) SD-WAN
13 19 (6.48%) OSPF
14 18 (6.14%) Network Security
14 18 (6.14%) SAN
15 14 (4.78%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (4.44%) WLAN
17 12 (4.10%) Cisco Wireless
18 11 (3.75%) VXLAN
19 10 (3.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.68%) MySQL
3 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (1.02%) GitLab
3 2 (0.68%) Git
4 1 (0.34%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.34%) Postman
4 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 104 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.90%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.17%) Finance
5 16 (5.46%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.44%) Banking
7 8 (2.73%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.02%) Front Office
12 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.02%) Legal
12 3 (1.02%) Marketing
12 3 (1.02%) Military
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 66 (22.53%) Support Engineer
2 47 (16.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (11.95%) Analyst
4 31 (10.58%) Network Engineer
5 28 (9.56%) IT Support
5 28 (9.56%) Senior
6 25 (8.53%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (7.51%) Architect
8 19 (6.48%) IT Engineer
9 16 (5.46%) Administrator
10 15 (5.12%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.44%) Microsoft Engineer
12 12 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.10%) IT Analyst
12 12 (4.10%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (4.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 11 (3.75%) Desktop Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) Desktop Support
13 11 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.05%) LDAP
1 6 (2.05%) Middleware
2 4 (1.37%) YAML
3 3 (1.02%) .NET
3 3 (1.02%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.02%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (1.02%) Bootstrap
3 3 (1.02%) Express.js
3 3 (1.02%) React
3 3 (1.02%) SAML
3 3 (1.02%) SOAP
3 3 (1.02%) WCF
3 3 (1.02%) Web Services
3 3 (1.02%) WPF
4 2 (0.68%) OAuth
4 2 (0.68%) REST
5 1 (0.34%) LAMP
5 1 (0.34%) libvirt
5 1 (0.34%) OpenID
5 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.58%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.19%) PKI
3 18 (6.14%) Replication
4 11 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.73%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.05%) iPhone
8 5 (1.71%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 5 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.37%) Clustering
9 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.37%) NHS
10 3 (1.02%) CMDB
10 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.02%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.02%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 200 (68.26%) Windows
2 101 (34.47%) Windows Server
3 49 (16.72%) Linux
4 44 (15.02%) Windows 10
5 23 (7.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.46%) Android
6 16 (5.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (4.10%) Mac OS
9 11 (3.75%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (3.41%) Apple iOS
11 9 (3.07%) Windows 7
12 8 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (2.05%) CentOS
14 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
14 5 (1.71%) Unix
15 3 (1.02%) VMS
15 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
16 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.40%) ITIL
2 81 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (11.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 35 (11.95%) Service Management
5 26 (8.87%) High Availability
6 24 (8.19%) ITSM
7 23 (7.85%) Zero Trust
8 21 (7.17%) Change Management
8 21 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (7.17%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (7.17%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (6.83%) Computer Science
9 20 (6.83%) Migration
9 20 (6.83%) Service Delivery
10 19 (6.48%) Customer Service
11 18 (6.14%) Knowledge Transfer
12 17 (5.80%) DevOps
13 16 (5.46%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.46%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 106 (36.18%) PowerShell
2 27 (9.22%) Python
3 18 (6.14%) SQL
4 15 (5.12%) Bash
5 8 (2.73%) Bicep
6 7 (2.39%) Lisp
6 7 (2.39%) VBScript
7 6 (2.05%) VB
8 5 (1.71%) Perl
9 3 (1.02%) C#
9 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.68%) Java
Qualifications
1 96 (32.76%) Security Cleared
2 68 (23.21%) SC Cleared
3 42 (14.33%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (12.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (12.63%) CCNP
6 34 (11.60%) DV Cleared
7 32 (10.92%) Degree
8 23 (7.85%) Azure Certification
9 16 (5.46%) CCNA
9 16 (5.46%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (3.75%) Server+ Certification
11 9 (3.07%) AWS Certification
11 9 (3.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.39%) CCIE
12 7 (2.39%) CCSA
12 7 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (2.39%) MCP
12 7 (2.39%) MCSE
13 6 (2.05%) A+ Certification
13 6 (2.05%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.12%) GDPR
2 12 (4.10%) SLA
3 11 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.39%) NIST
6 5 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.34%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 175 (59.73%) Active Directory
2 77 (26.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (13.31%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.44%) Docker
4 13 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (3.41%) vSphere
6 9 (3.07%) Firmware
6 9 (3.07%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.73%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.39%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.39%) Brightmail
8 7 (2.39%) ISA Server
9 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (1.02%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.02%) KVM
11 3 (1.02%) NFS
Systems Management
1 60 (20.48%) SCCM
2 51 (17.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (10.24%) Terraform
4 28 (9.56%) Ansible
5 16 (5.46%) WSUS
6 12 (4.10%) FortiGate
7 11 (3.75%) Kubernetes
7 11 (3.75%) vCenter Server
8 10 (3.41%) Microsoft Clustering
8 10 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (3.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (2.39%) SCOM
11 4 (1.37%) CA Spectrum
11 4 (1.37%) Packer
11 4 (1.37%) Puppet
11 4 (1.37%) vMotion
12 3 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (1.02%) Nagios
13 2 (0.68%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.68%) SELinux
Vendors
1 161 (54.95%) Microsoft
2 89 (30.38%) VMware
3 56 (19.11%) Cisco
4 38 (12.97%) ServiceNow
5 26 (8.87%) Citrix
6 23 (7.85%) SolarWinds
7 21 (7.17%) Palo Alto
8 17 (5.80%) F5
9 15 (5.12%) CheckPoint
9 15 (5.12%) Fortinet
10 14 (4.78%) Juniper
10 14 (4.78%) Meraki
10 14 (4.78%) Veeam
11 11 (3.75%) Dell
12 10 (3.41%) Remedy
13 8 (2.73%) Zscaler
14 7 (2.39%) Ekahau
14 7 (2.39%) Infoblox
14 7 (2.39%) Red Hat
15 6 (2.05%) Splunk