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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 193 232
Rank change year-on-year -71 +39 -3
Contract jobs citing DHCP 343 353 385
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.37% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.66% 10.40% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 236 273
10th Percentile £200 £223 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% +9.41% -11.46%
75th Percentile £575 £604 £588
90th Percentile £634 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £476 £450
% change year-on-year +3.99% +5.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 19
10th Percentile £12.43 - £16.80
25th Percentile £19.05 - £22.80
Median hourly rate £26.33 £23.59 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% -41.03% +3.90%
75th Percentile £57.43 - -
90th Percentile £79.20 - £41.75
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.59% -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 3,551 3,393 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.27% 13.14% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 1,996 3,138
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.99% -6.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 96 378
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.42
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.30 £20.87
Median hourly rate £31.44 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -31.58% +138.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £31.44 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -3.26% -31.58% +143.59%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -40 108 £500 - 50
South East -6 84 £500 +11.11% 64
North of England -86 52 £371 -7.19% 45
South West -26 48 £575 -2.13% 32
Midlands -42 37 £400 +3.90% 29
West Midlands -31 35 £400 +12.68% 21
North West -57 28 £538 +20.79% 22
East of England -15 20 £363 +47.96% 32
Yorkshire -48 20 £319 +30.10% 21
North East -19 4 £223 +48.83% 5
East Midlands -27 2 £275 -38.89% 8
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 61 (17.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 29 (8.45%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.75%) IIS
5 4 (1.17%) Apache
6 3 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.58%) Confluence
7 2 (0.58%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.29%) nginx
8 1 (0.29%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 34 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.04%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 152 (44.31%) Azure
2 97 (28.28%) Microsoft 365
3 78 (22.74%) Entra ID
4 63 (18.37%) AWS
5 19 (5.54%) IaaS
6 17 (4.96%) PaaS
7 14 (4.08%) GCP
8 13 (3.79%) SaaS
9 11 (3.21%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.33%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.17%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (0.87%) Datadog
14 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.87%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 329 (95.92%) DNS
2 110 (32.07%) TCP/IP
3 104 (30.32%) Firewall
4 94 (27.41%) VPN
5 68 (19.83%) LAN
6 65 (18.95%) VLAN
7 63 (18.37%) WAN
8 36 (10.50%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (10.20%) BGP
10 29 (8.45%) Kerberos
11 28 (8.16%) Skype
12 27 (7.87%) OSPF
13 24 (7.00%) Wireless
14 23 (6.71%) Cisco ISE
14 23 (6.71%) VXLAN
15 21 (6.12%) Network Security
16 18 (5.25%) BIG-IP
17 14 (4.08%) SAN
18 12 (3.50%) FTP
18 12 (3.50%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.29%) MySQL
3 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.62%) JIRA
2 4 (1.17%) Git
3 3 (0.87%) Chocolatey
3 3 (0.87%) GitLab
4 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 107 (31.20%) Social Skills
2 69 (20.12%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (7.29%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.54%) Finance
5 18 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.37%) Banking
7 8 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.33%) Legal
7 8 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.04%) Military
9 6 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.87%) Local Government
11 3 (0.87%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.87%) Marketing
11 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (16.62%) Support Engineer
2 50 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (11.37%) Analyst
4 38 (11.08%) IT Support
5 33 (9.62%) Network Engineer
6 30 (8.75%) Senior
7 29 (8.45%) Architect
8 25 (7.29%) 2nd Line Support
9 24 (7.00%) IT Engineer
10 17 (4.96%) IT Analyst
10 17 (4.96%) IT Support Engineer
11 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Engineer
11 15 (4.37%) Support Analyst
12 13 (3.79%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (3.79%) IT Support Analyst
13 12 (3.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 12 (3.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 12 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (3.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (3.21%) Wintel Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.04%) LDAP
2 19 (5.54%) 802.1X
3 15 (4.37%) OAuth
3 15 (4.37%) SAML
4 5 (1.46%) Middleware
5 3 (0.87%) .NET
5 3 (0.87%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.87%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.87%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (0.87%) Bootstrap
5 3 (0.87%) Express.js
5 3 (0.87%) JSON
5 3 (0.87%) React
5 3 (0.87%) REST
5 3 (0.87%) SOAP
5 3 (0.87%) WCF
5 3 (0.87%) Web Services
5 3 (0.87%) WPF
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.37%) Data Centre
2 36 (10.50%) PKI
3 34 (9.91%) Replication
4 18 (5.25%) Clustering
5 12 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (3.21%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.04%) IoT
9 6 (1.75%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.46%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.17%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.17%) iPhone
11 4 (1.17%) NHS
12 3 (0.87%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 226 (65.89%) Windows
2 123 (35.86%) Windows Server
3 47 (13.70%) Windows 10
4 43 (12.54%) Linux
5 28 (8.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.96%) Android
7 15 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (3.50%) Apple iOS
10 10 (2.92%) Windows 7
11 7 (2.04%) Mac OS
12 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.17%) Unix
14 3 (0.87%) CentOS
14 3 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.87%) VMS
14 3 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
16 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.15%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (25.95%) ITIL
3 53 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 49 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (13.41%) High Availability
6 44 (12.83%) Service Management
7 37 (10.79%) ITSM
7 37 (10.79%) Load Balancing
7 37 (10.79%) Migration
8 34 (9.91%) Identity Access Management
9 28 (8.16%) Zero Trust
10 26 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (7.58%) Customer Service
11 24 (7.00%) Change Management
11 24 (7.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (7.00%) Task Automation
12 22 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (5.83%) Observability
14 18 (5.25%) Cybersecurity
14 18 (5.25%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 136 (39.65%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.45%) Python
3 15 (4.37%) Bash
4 13 (3.79%) SQL
4 13 (3.79%) VBScript
5 10 (2.92%) VB
6 7 (2.04%) Lisp
7 5 (1.46%) Perl
8 4 (1.17%) Bicep
9 3 (0.87%) C#
9 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.58%) VBA
11 1 (0.29%) Go
11 1 (0.29%) Java
11 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 125 (36.44%) Security Cleared
2 90 (26.24%) SC Cleared
3 42 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 40 (11.66%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (9.04%) CCNP
7 29 (8.45%) Degree
8 24 (7.00%) Azure Certification
9 19 (5.54%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (4.08%) CCNA
11 12 (3.50%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.33%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (2.04%) MCSE
13 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (1.75%) CISSP
14 6 (1.75%) JNCIP
15 5 (1.46%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.46%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.00%) GDPR
2 17 (4.96%) SLA
3 15 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.75%) NIST
7 5 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.58%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.29%) QA
9 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 207 (60.35%) Active Directory
2 89 (25.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (12.83%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.25%) vSphere
5 17 (4.96%) Docker
6 14 (4.08%) BitLocker
6 14 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.04%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.46%) Firmware
10 5 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.17%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.87%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.87%) KVM
12 3 (0.87%) NFS
13 1 (0.29%) Brightmail
13 1 (0.29%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 64 (18.66%) SCCM
2 63 (18.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (11.08%) Ansible
4 35 (10.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 28 (8.16%) Terraform
6 27 (7.87%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (6.41%) FortiGate
8 16 (4.66%) Kubernetes
9 14 (4.08%) WSUS
10 10 (2.92%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.04%) SCOM
12 6 (1.75%) HAProxy
12 6 (1.75%) Puppet
12 6 (1.75%) vMotion
13 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Clustering
13 4 (1.17%) Nagios
14 3 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.87%) Stealthwatch
15 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 2 (0.58%) SELinux
Vendors
1 176 (51.31%) Microsoft
2 101 (29.45%) VMware
3 59 (17.20%) Cisco
4 45 (13.12%) ServiceNow
5 32 (9.33%) SolarWinds
6 29 (8.45%) F5
7 26 (7.58%) Citrix
8 21 (6.12%) Juniper
9 17 (4.96%) Splunk
10 16 (4.66%) Dell
10 16 (4.66%) Okta
11 15 (4.37%) Fortinet
11 15 (4.37%) Palo Alto
11 15 (4.37%) Veeam
12 13 (3.79%) Infoblox
13 11 (3.21%) Extreme Networks
14 9 (2.62%) Remedy
15 8 (2.33%) Meraki
16 7 (2.04%) Ekahau
16 7 (2.04%) Google