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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 226 261
Rank change year-on-year -42 +35 +1
Contract jobs citing DHCP 423 318 318
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 1.16% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.95% 9.21% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 215 243
10th Percentile £208 £250 £276
25th Percentile £363 £394 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £624 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.38% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 10
10th Percentile £16.47 £28.60 £19.60
25th Percentile £26.66 £29.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.36 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.20% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £60.94
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £71.93
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% -

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 4,252 3,453 4,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 12.62% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 2,150 2,724
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 161 332
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.80% +5.56% -10.00%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -69 138 £450 -10.00% 58
South East -7 118 £520 -8.53% 60
North of England -52 62 £500 +7.53% 48
South West -8 50 £475 -17.39% 45
Midlands -48 41 £406 +1.56% 22
North West -46 33 £608 +36.02% 29
West Midlands -64 28 £413 +13.01% 15
Yorkshire -34 24 £488 -11.36% 16
East Midlands -4 13 £300 -46.67% 7
East of England -26 11 £463 -11.90% 34
North East -31 5 £225 -10.00% 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 45 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 42 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.42%) IIS
4 4 (0.95%) Confluence
4 4 (0.95%) nginx
5 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.47%) Houdini
4 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.47%) NUKE
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 180 (42.55%) Azure
2 100 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (20.80%) Entra ID
4 79 (18.68%) AWS
5 36 (8.51%) OneDrive
6 25 (5.91%) IaaS
7 22 (5.20%) PaaS
8 20 (4.73%) GCP
8 20 (4.73%) SaaS
9 12 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.89%) Datadog
11 8 (1.89%) Route 53
12 7 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.65%) GitHub
12 7 (1.65%) OpenShift
13 5 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.18%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 416 (98.35%) DNS
2 189 (44.68%) Firewall
3 150 (35.46%) TCP/IP
4 118 (27.90%) VPN
5 87 (20.57%) LAN
6 86 (20.33%) VLAN
7 83 (19.62%) WAN
8 60 (14.18%) Network Security
9 56 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (11.58%) Wireless
11 48 (11.35%) BGP
12 47 (11.11%) OSPF
13 43 (10.17%) SAN
14 38 (8.98%) BIG-IP
15 31 (7.33%) VXLAN
16 26 (6.15%) Ethernet VPN
17 25 (5.91%) Cisco ISE
17 25 (5.91%) Junos
17 25 (5.91%) NAS
18 24 (5.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.95%) Db2
4 3 (0.71%) Big Data
5 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Power BI
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (8.51%) JIRA
2 9 (2.13%) Git
3 8 (1.89%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.95%) GitLab
6 3 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.24%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.24%) MSI
7 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 51 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (9.22%) Finance
4 34 (8.04%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.67%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.26%) Banking
7 9 (2.13%) Military
7 9 (2.13%) Police
7 9 (2.13%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.89%) Local Government
9 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.18%) Legal
11 4 (0.95%) Law
11 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.71%) Automotive
12 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.71%) Retail
13 2 (0.47%) Publishing
14 1 (0.24%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 103 (24.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (16.31%) Network Engineer
3 59 (13.95%) Senior
4 51 (12.06%) Support Engineer
5 45 (10.64%) IT Support
6 42 (9.93%) IT Engineer
7 41 (9.69%) Architect
8 30 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 27 (6.38%) Senior Network Engineer
10 25 (5.91%) Analyst
11 22 (5.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.78%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (3.55%) Administrator
13 15 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.55%) Network Specialist
14 14 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (3.31%) Firewall Specialist
15 13 (3.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 12 (2.84%) Desktop Support
17 11 (2.60%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.93%) 802.1X
2 16 (3.78%) LDAP
3 13 (3.07%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.60%) JSON
5 8 (1.89%) SAML
6 4 (0.95%) Middleware
6 4 (0.95%) OpenID
6 4 (0.95%) REST
7 3 (0.71%) .NET
7 3 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.71%) Redfish
7 3 (0.71%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.47%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.47%) Blazor
8 2 (0.47%) eBPF
8 2 (0.47%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.47%) OAuth
8 2 (0.47%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 77 (18.20%) PKI
3 40 (9.46%) Clustering
4 39 (9.22%) Onboarding
5 26 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (3.07%) Replication
8 10 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.13%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.89%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.42%) IoT
11 6 (1.42%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.18%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.18%) iPhone
12 5 (1.18%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 278 (65.72%) Windows
2 130 (30.73%) Windows Server
3 75 (17.73%) Linux
4 45 (10.64%) Windows 10
5 26 (6.15%) Mac OS
6 16 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (3.07%) Apple iOS
8 12 (2.84%) Android
9 11 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (2.13%) Unix
12 5 (1.18%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.71%) VMS
14 2 (0.47%) CentOS
14 2 (0.47%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.24%) Rocky
15 1 (0.24%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (28.37%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 105 (24.82%) ITIL
4 74 (17.49%) High Availability
4 74 (17.49%) ITSM
5 54 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 53 (12.53%) Migration
7 44 (10.40%) Load Balancing
8 41 (9.69%) Observability
9 39 (9.22%) Root Cause Analysis
10 38 (8.98%) Identity Access Management
11 35 (8.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (8.27%) Project Delivery
11 35 (8.27%) Service Management
12 32 (7.57%) User Experience
13 31 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (7.09%) DevOps
14 30 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
15 28 (6.62%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (23.88%) PowerShell
2 58 (13.71%) Python
3 45 (10.64%) Bash
4 11 (2.60%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.13%) Bicep
5 9 (2.13%) VBA
6 7 (1.65%) SQL
7 3 (0.71%) Lisp
8 1 (0.24%) C
8 1 (0.24%) C++
8 1 (0.24%) Go
8 1 (0.24%) Perl
8 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (39.48%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 70 (16.55%) DV Cleared
4 69 (16.31%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (11.11%) CCNP
6 36 (8.51%) Degree
7 27 (6.38%) CCNA
8 24 (5.67%) Network+ Certification
9 18 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (3.55%) Azure Certification
10 15 (3.55%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (2.36%) JNCIP
11 10 (2.36%) JNCIS
12 8 (1.89%) CCIE
13 7 (1.65%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.65%) JNCIA
13 7 (1.65%) VCAP
14 6 (1.42%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.33%) SLA
2 14 (3.31%) NIST
3 6 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.18%) QA
5 4 (0.95%) NCSC
6 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.71%) GDPR
6 3 (0.71%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 248 (58.63%) Active Directory
2 126 (29.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (18.20%) Hyper-V
4 39 (9.22%) vSphere
5 37 (8.75%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (5.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 22 (5.20%) Docker
8 21 (4.96%) VMware NSX
9 20 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
10 11 (2.60%) BitLocker
11 10 (2.36%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (2.13%) Firmware
13 8 (1.89%) NFS
14 6 (1.42%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.95%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
17 2 (0.47%) UAG
17 2 (0.47%) VirtualBox
17 2 (0.47%) XenApp
17 2 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 71 (16.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 61 (14.42%) Ansible
3 56 (13.24%) Terraform
4 44 (10.40%) SCCM
5 35 (8.27%) FortiGate
6 29 (6.86%) Kubernetes
7 21 (4.96%) vCenter Server
8 17 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (3.78%) WSUS
10 12 (2.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (2.60%) vMotion
12 10 (2.36%) VxRail
13 8 (1.89%) Puppet
14 7 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (1.65%) Nagios
15 6 (1.42%) CA Single Sign-On
16 5 (1.18%) Packer
16 5 (1.18%) Prometheus
16 5 (1.18%) SCOM
Vendors
1 197 (46.57%) Microsoft
2 146 (34.52%) VMware
3 106 (25.06%) Cisco
4 77 (18.20%) ServiceNow
5 51 (12.06%) F5
6 45 (10.64%) SolarWinds
7 42 (9.93%) Infoblox
8 41 (9.69%) Citrix
9 38 (8.98%) Juniper
10 26 (6.15%) Palo Alto
10 26 (6.15%) Splunk
11 22 (5.20%) Extreme Networks
12 18 (4.26%) Google
13 16 (3.78%) CheckPoint
13 16 (3.78%) Fortinet
14 15 (3.55%) HP
15 13 (3.07%) Zscaler
16 11 (2.60%) Tenable
17 10 (2.36%) Dynatrace
17 10 (2.36%) Remedy