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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 221 247
Rank change year-on-year -49 +26 0
Contract jobs citing DHCP 387 291 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.19% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.57% 9.21% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 212 269
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 17
10th Percentile £12.43 £28.60 £18.40
25th Percentile £26.00 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -2.74%
75th Percentile £44.06 £37.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £49.45 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -2.74%

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 4,045 3,158 4,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.50% 12.91% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,509 1,978 2,892
10th Percentile £263 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £498
% change year-on-year +3.09% -2.51% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £30.77 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -1.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.95 £72.54
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +10.00% +113.73%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -52 121 £450 -10.00% 44
South East -6 108 £520 -8.53% 60
North of England -70 60 £526 +13.18% 43
Midlands -52 41 £450 +12.50% 30
South West -22 38 £510 -17.07% 34
North West -46 35 £608 +39.77% 31
West Midlands -47 32 £450 +76.47% 21
Yorkshire -44 21 £447 -18.73% 10
East of England -20 17 £485 -7.62% 27
East Midlands -26 9 £275 -45.00% 9
North East -26 4 £200 -15.79% 3
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 35 (9.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (7.75%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.81%) IIS
4 4 (1.03%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) nginx
5 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 163 (42.12%) Azure
2 88 (22.74%) Entra ID
3 78 (20.16%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (15.25%) AWS
5 24 (6.20%) IaaS
6 22 (5.68%) OneDrive
7 20 (5.17%) PaaS
8 14 (3.62%) GCP
9 12 (3.10%) SaaS
10 9 (2.33%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.55%) Datadog
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.03%) GitHub
14 4 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.03%) Route 53
15 3 (0.78%) Google Workspace
15 3 (0.78%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 373 (96.38%) DNS
2 135 (34.88%) Firewall
3 84 (21.71%) TCP/IP
4 81 (20.93%) VPN
5 79 (20.41%) LAN
6 77 (19.90%) WAN
7 72 (18.60%) VLAN
8 44 (11.37%) Network Security
9 43 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (10.34%) BIG-IP
10 40 (10.34%) Wireless
11 37 (9.56%) BGP
11 37 (9.56%) OSPF
12 36 (9.30%) SAN
13 29 (7.49%) Kerberos
14 28 (7.24%) VXLAN
15 27 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
16 25 (6.46%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (6.46%) Junos
17 21 (5.43%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.52%) Big Data
4 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.26%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (5.94%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.03%) Git
4 3 (0.78%) GitLab
5 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 44 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (7.49%) Finance
4 21 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.13%) Banking
5 16 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (1.81%) Legal
6 7 (1.81%) Local Government
6 7 (1.81%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.29%) Law
8 5 (1.29%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.29%) Military
8 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.29%) Police
9 2 (0.52%) Advertising
9 2 (0.52%) Publishing
9 2 (0.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (21.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (13.44%) Network Engineer
3 39 (10.08%) Architect
4 38 (9.82%) IT Support
4 38 (9.82%) Support Engineer
5 35 (9.04%) Senior
6 29 (7.49%) IT Engineer
7 28 (7.24%) Analyst
8 19 (4.91%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (4.13%) Administrator
10 15 (3.88%) Network Specialist
11 14 (3.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 14 (3.62%) Firewall Specialist
12 13 (3.36%) IT Analyst
12 13 (3.36%) Senior Network Engineer
13 12 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (2.84%) Support Analyst
14 11 (2.84%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.58%) Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.58%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.82%) 802.1X
2 30 (7.75%) LDAP
3 20 (5.17%) SAML
4 15 (3.88%) OAuth
5 10 (2.58%) JSON
6 5 (1.29%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.03%) OpenID
8 3 (0.78%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.78%) Redfish
8 3 (0.78%) REST
8 3 (0.78%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.52%) .NET
9 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.52%) Blazor
9 2 (0.52%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.52%) Qt
9 2 (0.52%) XMPP
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (19.64%) Data Centre
2 48 (12.40%) PKI
3 35 (9.04%) Clustering
4 29 (7.49%) Replication
5 28 (7.24%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.84%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.33%) IoT
10 7 (1.81%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.29%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.29%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.78%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 252 (65.12%) Windows
2 144 (37.21%) Windows Server
3 44 (11.37%) Linux
4 39 (10.08%) Windows 10
5 28 (7.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (5.68%) Mac OS
7 15 (3.88%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (2.58%) Android
9 7 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.55%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.03%) Unix
12 3 (0.78%) VMS
13 2 (0.52%) CentOS
13 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.26%) Rocky
14 1 (0.26%) SUSE
14 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (24.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 92 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
3 79 (20.41%) High Availability
4 74 (19.12%) ITIL
5 66 (17.05%) ITSM
6 50 (12.92%) Migration
7 47 (12.14%) Identity Access Management
8 43 (11.11%) Load Balancing
9 40 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
10 35 (9.04%) Observability
11 32 (8.27%) Root Cause Analysis
12 31 (8.01%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (7.24%) Task Automation
14 25 (6.46%) Network Segmentation
15 24 (6.20%) DevOps
15 24 (6.20%) Incident Management
15 24 (6.20%) Project Delivery
15 24 (6.20%) User Experience
16 22 (5.68%) Customer Service
16 22 (5.68%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (23.77%) PowerShell
2 30 (7.75%) Python
3 15 (3.88%) Bash
4 11 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.33%) VBA
6 6 (1.55%) VBScript
7 5 (1.29%) SQL
8 4 (1.03%) VB
9 3 (0.78%) Bicep
9 3 (0.78%) Lisp
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 148 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 87 (22.48%) SC Cleared
3 55 (14.21%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (12.14%) DV Cleared
5 33 (8.53%) CCNP
6 32 (8.27%) Degree
7 24 (6.20%) CCNA
8 19 (4.91%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (3.88%) Server+ Certification
10 11 (2.84%) Azure Certification
10 11 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.81%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.81%) JNCIP
11 7 (1.81%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.29%) CCIE
13 5 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.78%) CCIE Security
16 2 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.46%) SLA
2 16 (4.13%) GDPR
3 13 (3.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.84%) NIST
5 7 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) QA
7 3 (0.78%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 229 (59.17%) Active Directory
2 113 (29.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (16.28%) Hyper-V
4 33 (8.53%) vSphere
5 32 (8.27%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (6.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (4.91%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (4.13%) BitLocker
9 15 (3.88%) Docker
10 11 (2.84%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (2.58%) VMware NSX
12 7 (1.81%) Firmware
13 6 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (1.29%) Terminal Services
15 4 (1.03%) NFS
16 3 (0.78%) DFS Replication
16 3 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
17 2 (0.52%) UAG
17 2 (0.52%) XenApp
17 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (10.59%) SCCM
3 38 (9.82%) Ansible
4 34 (8.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (7.75%) FortiGate
5 30 (7.75%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (4.65%) Terraform
7 17 (4.39%) Kubernetes
8 15 (3.88%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.10%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (3.10%) vMotion
9 12 (3.10%) WSUS
10 8 (2.07%) Puppet
11 6 (1.55%) Nagios
12 4 (1.03%) HAProxy
12 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.78%) SCOM
13 3 (0.78%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 176 (45.48%) Microsoft
2 122 (31.52%) VMware
3 85 (21.96%) Cisco
4 73 (18.86%) ServiceNow
5 51 (13.18%) F5
6 39 (10.08%) SolarWinds
7 38 (9.82%) Citrix
8 35 (9.04%) Infoblox
9 34 (8.79%) Juniper
10 25 (6.46%) Splunk
11 22 (5.68%) Extreme Networks
12 19 (4.91%) Palo Alto
13 14 (3.62%) Fortinet
14 13 (3.36%) NetApp
14 13 (3.36%) Okta
15 12 (3.10%) CheckPoint
15 12 (3.10%) Dell
15 12 (3.10%) HP
15 12 (3.10%) Veeam
16 10 (2.58%) Google