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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 218 238
Rank change year-on-year -52 +20 +2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 355 294 351
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.21% 0.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.19% 9.27% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 223 270
10th Percentile £210 £243 £215
25th Percentile £366 £377 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £588
90th Percentile £619 £638 £632
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 1 18
10th Percentile £12.43 - £16.70
25th Percentile £26.35 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £33.86 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -30.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £73.50 - -
90th Percentile £74.00 - £55.50
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £25.80 £40.00
% change year-on-year +36.54% -35.51% +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 3,864 3,171 4,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 13.04% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,413 1,973 2,878
10th Percentile £259 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 118 389
10th Percentile £16.59 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £40.54 £29.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.68% -25.85% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.11 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.54% -8.57% +116.22%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -63 109 £463 -7.50% 31
South East -16 103 £513 -9.85% 51
North of England -70 55 £508 +19.41% 44
South West -25 35 £519 -15.61% 23
Midlands -44 35 £413 -8.33% 28
North West -48 32 £593 +39.41% 27
West Midlands -39 26 £425 +93.18% 21
Yorkshire -48 19 £447 -5.89% 14
East of England -23 14 £475 +4.68% 19
East Midlands -29 9 £275 -45.00% 7
North East -19 4 £200 -15.79% 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 32 (9.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.48%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.97%) IIS
4 4 (1.13%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.56%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 147 (41.41%) Azure
2 85 (23.94%) Entra ID
3 72 (20.28%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (13.52%) AWS
5 23 (6.48%) IaaS
6 21 (5.92%) PaaS
7 15 (4.23%) OneDrive
8 12 (3.38%) SaaS
9 8 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.25%) GCP
10 7 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (1.97%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.69%) Datadog
12 4 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.13%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.13%) Route 53
13 3 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.85%) Azure Stack
13 3 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 340 (95.77%) DNS
2 127 (35.77%) Firewall
3 78 (21.97%) TCP/IP
4 77 (21.69%) VPN
5 75 (21.13%) LAN
6 73 (20.56%) WAN
7 72 (20.28%) VLAN
8 43 (12.11%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (10.99%) BGP
9 39 (10.99%) Network Security
9 39 (10.99%) OSPF
10 37 (10.42%) BIG-IP
11 33 (9.30%) SAN
12 32 (9.01%) Kerberos
12 32 (9.01%) Wireless
13 25 (7.04%) Cisco ISE
13 25 (7.04%) VXLAN
14 24 (6.76%) Ethernet VPN
14 24 (6.76%) Junos
15 17 (4.79%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Power BI
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.35%) JIRA
2 6 (1.69%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.85%) Git
5 2 (0.56%) GitLab
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (7.32%) Finance
4 20 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.94%) Banking
6 10 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.97%) Legal
8 6 (1.69%) Military
8 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.41%) Law
10 4 (1.13%) Local Government
10 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.13%) Police
11 2 (0.56%) Advertising
11 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.28%) Back Office
12 1 (0.28%) Front Office
12 1 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (13.80%) Network Engineer
3 34 (9.58%) Architect
4 33 (9.30%) IT Support
4 33 (9.30%) Support Engineer
5 31 (8.73%) Analyst
6 29 (8.17%) Senior
7 28 (7.89%) IT Engineer
8 17 (4.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.23%) IT Analyst
9 15 (4.23%) Network Specialist
10 14 (3.94%) Firewall Specialist
11 12 (3.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (3.38%) Administrator
11 12 (3.38%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.38%) Support Analyst
12 11 (3.10%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.10%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.82%) Desktop Support
13 10 (2.82%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.30%) 802.1X
1 33 (9.30%) LDAP
2 21 (5.92%) SAML
3 16 (4.51%) OAuth
4 8 (2.25%) JSON
5 5 (1.41%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.13%) OpenID
7 3 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.85%) Redfish
7 3 (0.85%) REST
8 2 (0.56%) Middleware
8 2 (0.56%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.56%) Qt
8 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.56%) XMPP
9 1 (0.28%) .NET
9 1 (0.28%) CSS
9 1 (0.28%) LAMP
9 1 (0.28%) SOAP
9 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.62%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.99%) PKI
3 35 (9.86%) Clustering
4 31 (8.73%) Replication
5 26 (7.32%) Onboarding
6 15 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.10%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.54%) IoT
9 8 (2.25%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.41%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.41%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.41%) Smartphone
13 4 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.13%) Driving Licence
13 4 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
14 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 224 (63.10%) Windows
2 129 (36.34%) Windows Server
3 40 (11.27%) Windows 10
4 36 (10.14%) Linux
5 29 (8.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (4.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.94%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (3.10%) Android
8 11 (3.10%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.25%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.69%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.13%) Unix
12 3 (0.85%) VMS
13 2 (0.56%) CentOS
13 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.28%) Rocky
14 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (20.56%) High Availability
3 72 (20.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 64 (18.03%) ITIL
5 52 (14.65%) ITSM
6 47 (13.24%) Identity Access Management
7 42 (11.83%) Migration
8 40 (11.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 39 (10.99%) Load Balancing
10 35 (9.86%) Observability
11 28 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (7.61%) Task Automation
13 24 (6.76%) Root Cause Analysis
14 21 (5.92%) Change Management
14 21 (5.92%) DevOps
14 21 (5.92%) Service Management
15 20 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (5.63%) Incident Management
15 20 (5.63%) Network Segmentation
15 20 (5.63%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 88 (24.79%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.17%) Python
3 15 (4.23%) Bash
4 9 (2.54%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.97%) VBA
6 6 (1.69%) SQL
6 6 (1.69%) VBScript
7 5 (1.41%) Bicep
8 4 (1.13%) VB
9 2 (0.56%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) C#
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Java
10 1 (0.28%) Lisp
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (39.72%) Security Cleared
2 89 (25.07%) SC Cleared
3 49 (13.80%) Cisco Certification
4 40 (11.27%) DV Cleared
5 27 (7.61%) CCNP
6 21 (5.92%) Degree
7 18 (5.07%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (4.79%) CCNA
9 11 (3.10%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (2.82%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.97%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.97%) JNCIP
11 7 (1.97%) JNCIS
11 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.56%) CCIE
14 2 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.48%) SLA
2 17 (4.79%) GDPR
3 14 (3.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.25%) NIST
5 4 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.56%) QA
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.28%) RMADS
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 205 (57.75%) Active Directory
2 98 (27.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (15.21%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.76%) vSphere
5 23 (6.48%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (4.79%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.23%) BitLocker
9 14 (3.94%) Docker
10 10 (2.82%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.97%) VMware NSX
12 6 (1.69%) Firmware
13 5 (1.41%) NFS
13 5 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.85%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.85%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.56%) KVM
15 2 (0.56%) UAG
15 2 (0.56%) XenApp
15 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (14.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (12.39%) SCCM
3 36 (10.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 34 (9.58%) Ansible
5 30 (8.45%) FortiGate
6 28 (7.89%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (5.63%) Terraform
8 16 (4.51%) WSUS
9 15 (4.23%) Kubernetes
10 12 (3.38%) vCenter Server
11 9 (2.54%) vMotion
12 7 (1.97%) Nagios
12 7 (1.97%) Puppet
13 6 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.41%) HAProxy
15 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
16 3 (0.85%) SCOM
16 3 (0.85%) Stealthwatch
17 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 151 (42.54%) Microsoft
2 108 (30.42%) VMware
3 74 (20.85%) Cisco
4 60 (16.90%) ServiceNow
5 45 (12.68%) F5
6 37 (10.42%) SolarWinds
7 36 (10.14%) Citrix
8 34 (9.58%) Juniper
9 31 (8.73%) Infoblox
10 25 (7.04%) Splunk
11 22 (6.20%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (3.94%) NetApp
12 14 (3.94%) Okta
13 12 (3.38%) Dell
13 12 (3.38%) Fortinet
13 12 (3.38%) Palo Alto
13 12 (3.38%) Veeam
14 10 (2.82%) CheckPoint
14 10 (2.82%) HP
15 8 (2.25%) Dynatrace
182 DHCP jobs in England