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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 193 213
Rank change year-on-year -81 +20 +24
Contract jobs citing DHCP 322 349 408
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.31% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.39% 10.13% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 224 285
10th Percentile £204 £213 £190
25th Percentile £315 £273 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.22% -2.11%
75th Percentile £588 £596 £600
90th Percentile £638 £709 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £463 £465
% change year-on-year +9.73% -0.53% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £24.34
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -39.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 -
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 £43.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.57% -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 3,429 3,446 5,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.43% 12.95% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,230 1,979 3,207
10th Percentile £204 £220 £205
25th Percentile £355 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £16.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £22.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +140.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.89
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
% change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +149.47%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -32 102 £534 +6.75% 47
South East -16 77 £520 +22.35% 69
North of England -79 48 £330 -5.71% 39
South West -24 42 £575 -1.08% 31
Midlands -51 37 £400 +6.67% 29
West Midlands -23 35 £400 +3.90% 14
North West -46 25 £538 +26.47% 14
East of England -5 21 £363 +47.96% 32
Yorkshire -45 17 £225 -3.23% 21
North East -20 6 £223 +48.83% 8
East Midlands -34 2 £275 -20.86% 15
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 65 (20.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 32 (9.94%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.86%) IIS
5 5 (1.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.24%) Apache
6 4 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (1.24%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (1.24%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.93%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.62%) WordPress
9 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (11.80%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 148 (45.96%) Azure
2 94 (29.19%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (25.16%) Entra ID
4 61 (18.94%) AWS
5 18 (5.59%) IaaS
6 14 (4.35%) GCP
7 13 (4.04%) PaaS
8 11 (3.42%) Nutanix
9 10 (3.11%) SaaS
10 9 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (2.48%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.24%) AWS Direct Connect
13 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (1.24%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.93%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 309 (95.96%) DNS
2 107 (33.23%) TCP/IP
3 89 (27.64%) VPN
4 86 (26.71%) Firewall
5 56 (17.39%) VLAN
6 51 (15.84%) LAN
7 50 (15.53%) WAN
8 29 (9.01%) Kerberos
9 28 (8.70%) Skype
9 28 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (6.83%) BGP
10 22 (6.83%) Wireless
11 18 (5.59%) Network Security
12 15 (4.66%) SAN
13 14 (4.35%) OSPF
14 13 (4.04%) Cisco ISE
14 13 (4.04%) SD-WAN
15 12 (3.73%) FTP
16 11 (3.42%) VXLAN
17 9 (2.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.31%) MySQL
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.31%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.55%) JIRA
2 4 (1.24%) Git
3 3 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 101 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.21%) Finance
5 18 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.73%) Banking
7 8 (2.48%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.86%) Legal
8 6 (1.86%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.93%) Marketing
11 3 (0.93%) Military
11 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Back Office
12 2 (0.62%) Electronics
12 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 57 (17.70%) Support Engineer
2 48 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (11.80%) Analyst
4 31 (9.63%) IT Support
5 26 (8.07%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (8.07%) Network Engineer
6 25 (7.76%) Architect
7 23 (7.14%) Senior
8 16 (4.97%) IT Analyst
8 16 (4.97%) IT Engineer
9 15 (4.66%) Microsoft Engineer
9 15 (4.66%) Support Analyst
10 13 (4.04%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (4.04%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (3.73%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 12 (3.73%) Desktop Support
11 12 (3.73%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 12 (3.73%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.63%) LDAP
2 15 (4.66%) OAuth
2 15 (4.66%) SAML
3 6 (1.86%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.86%) Middleware
4 3 (0.93%) .NET
4 3 (0.93%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.93%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (0.93%) Bootstrap
4 3 (0.93%) Express.js
4 3 (0.93%) React
4 3 (0.93%) SOAP
4 3 (0.93%) WCF
4 3 (0.93%) Web Services
4 3 (0.93%) WPF
4 3 (0.93%) YAML
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.62%) REST
5 2 (0.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.49%) Replication
2 30 (9.32%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.14%) PKI
4 11 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.86%) IoT
7 6 (1.86%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.55%) Clustering
8 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.24%) iPhone
9 4 (1.24%) NHS
9 4 (1.24%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.93%) CMDB
10 3 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 218 (67.70%) Windows
2 125 (38.82%) Windows Server
3 47 (14.60%) Windows 10
4 45 (13.98%) Linux
5 29 (9.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.28%) Android
6 17 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.42%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.42%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.80%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (2.17%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.55%) CentOS
11 5 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.24%) Unix
13 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.93%) VMS
13 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.31%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (27.02%) ITIL
2 84 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (11.80%) Service Management
6 36 (11.18%) High Availability
7 33 (10.25%) Migration
8 28 (8.70%) ITSM
8 28 (8.70%) Zero Trust
9 25 (7.76%) Customer Service
10 24 (7.45%) Load Balancing
10 24 (7.45%) Task Automation
11 23 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (6.83%) Change Management
12 22 (6.83%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (6.21%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (5.59%) DevOps
14 18 (5.59%) Knowledge Transfer
14 18 (5.59%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 136 (42.24%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.70%) Python
3 14 (4.35%) Bash
3 14 (4.35%) SQL
4 12 (3.73%) VBScript
5 10 (3.11%) VB
6 7 (2.17%) Bicep
6 7 (2.17%) Lisp
7 5 (1.55%) Perl
8 3 (0.93%) C#
8 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 115 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 90 (27.95%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.18%) DV Cleared
4 34 (10.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (9.32%) Degree
6 28 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (8.39%) CCNP
8 23 (7.14%) Azure Certification
9 17 (5.28%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (3.42%) CCNA
10 11 (3.42%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (2.48%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (2.17%) MCP
12 7 (2.17%) MCSE
13 6 (1.86%) CISSP
14 5 (1.55%) CCIE
14 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.55%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.45%) GDPR
2 15 (4.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 14 (4.35%) SLA
4 11 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.86%) NIST
7 5 (1.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.62%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.31%) QA
9 1 (0.31%) RMADS
System Software
1 206 (63.98%) Active Directory
2 87 (27.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.42%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.66%) Docker
4 15 (4.66%) vSphere
5 13 (4.04%) BitLocker
5 13 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.48%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.55%) Firmware
9 5 (1.55%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.24%) Brightmail
10 4 (1.24%) ISA Server
10 4 (1.24%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.93%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.93%) KVM
11 3 (0.93%) NFS
Systems Management
1 64 (19.88%) SCCM
2 60 (18.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (10.56%) Ansible
4 33 (10.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (8.70%) Terraform
6 26 (8.07%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (4.35%) WSUS
8 13 (4.04%) Kubernetes
9 10 (3.11%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.80%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (2.17%) SCOM
12 5 (1.55%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.55%) Puppet
12 5 (1.55%) vMotion
13 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.93%) Nagios
13 3 (0.93%) Packer
13 3 (0.93%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 181 (56.21%) Microsoft
2 97 (30.12%) VMware
3 45 (13.98%) Cisco
4 43 (13.35%) ServiceNow
5 27 (8.39%) Citrix
6 19 (5.90%) SolarWinds
7 16 (4.97%) Okta
8 15 (4.66%) Dell
8 15 (4.66%) Fortinet
9 14 (4.35%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.35%) Veeam
10 13 (4.04%) F5
11 9 (2.80%) Infoblox
11 9 (2.80%) Remedy
12 8 (2.48%) Apple
12 8 (2.48%) Juniper
12 8 (2.48%) Meraki
13 7 (2.17%) Ekahau
14 6 (1.86%) Google
14 6 (1.86%) Zscaler