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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 258 241
Rank change year-on-year -21 -17 +6
Contract jobs citing DHCP 446 297 333
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.06% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.26% 9.09% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 198 211
10th Percentile £220 £202 £225
25th Percentile £363 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £641 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 5
10th Percentile £26.00 £23.98 £25.86
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.67% -36.84% +55.74%
75th Percentile £73.36 £76.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £30.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +106.67% -21.05% +11.76%

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 4,348 3,269 3,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.61% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,091 2,253
10th Percentile £255 £216 £243
25th Percentile £400 £358 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 171 148
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £17.91
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.09 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.14
90th Percentile £95.60 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -4.41% -29.98% -14.04%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -59 147 £450 -4.00% 31
South East -32 95 £525 +17.45% 41
North of England -26 70 £500 +11.86% 36
South West -3 63 £600 +6.67% 34
Midlands -46 46 £425 +23.19% 22
North West -26 37 £505 +14.19% 20
West Midlands -54 33 £425 +23.19% 11
Yorkshire -23 24 £500 -9.09% 13
East of England -24 20 £475 +80.09% 11
East Midlands +1 13 £300 - 11
North East -31 9 £213 -13.79% 4
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 (14.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (14.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.79%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.57%) Confluence
5 5 (1.12%) Apache
5 5 (1.12%) IIS
5 5 (1.12%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.45%) Houdini
4 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.45%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
2 1 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 224 (50.22%) Azure
2 137 (30.72%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (22.87%) Entra ID
4 100 (22.42%) AWS
5 37 (8.30%) OneDrive
6 26 (5.83%) GCP
7 21 (4.71%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (3.81%) GitHub
9 16 (3.59%) IaaS
9 16 (3.59%) OpenShift
9 16 (3.59%) SaaS
10 14 (3.14%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.91%) PaaS
12 11 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.79%) Route 53
15 7 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.57%) Google Workspace
16 6 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 441 (98.88%) DNS
2 208 (46.64%) Firewall
3 196 (43.95%) TCP/IP
4 157 (35.20%) VPN
5 95 (21.30%) VLAN
6 70 (15.70%) WAN
7 69 (15.47%) Network Security
8 68 (15.25%) LAN
9 58 (13.00%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (12.11%) Wireless
11 36 (8.07%) BGP
12 35 (7.85%) SAN
13 32 (7.17%) OSPF
14 23 (5.16%) SSL
15 22 (4.93%) IPsec
16 20 (4.48%) SD-WAN
17 19 (4.26%) NAS
18 18 (4.04%) Cisco ASA
19 17 (3.81%) Cisco IOS
19 17 (3.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.90%) Db2
4 3 (0.67%) Big Data
4 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 30 (6.73%) JIRA
2 10 (2.24%) Git
3 9 (2.02%) GitLab
4 8 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.90%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.22%) JMeter
8 1 (0.22%) Locust
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Newman
8 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 55 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (11.21%) Finance
4 31 (6.95%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (3.14%) Banking
7 10 (2.24%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.24%) Police
8 9 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.02%) Legal
9 7 (1.57%) Front Office
9 7 (1.57%) Law
9 7 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.12%) Local Government
10 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.12%) Military
11 4 (0.90%) Automotive
11 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 118 (26.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 72 (16.14%) Senior
3 64 (14.35%) Network Engineer
4 55 (12.33%) Support Engineer
5 47 (10.54%) IT Support
6 37 (8.30%) IT Engineer
7 36 (8.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (7.17%) Architect
8 32 (7.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (6.28%) Senior Network Engineer
10 27 (6.05%) Analyst
11 23 (5.16%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (3.81%) Support Analyst
14 15 (3.36%) Active Directory Engineer
14 15 (3.36%) Administrator
15 14 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
15 14 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
16 13 (2.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 13 (2.91%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (20.63%) Terraform
2 19 (4.26%) 802.1X
2 19 (4.26%) ARM Templates
3 15 (3.36%) LDAP
4 7 (1.57%) JSON
5 6 (1.35%) SAML
6 5 (1.12%) OAuth
6 5 (1.12%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.90%) Middleware
7 4 (0.90%) YAML
8 3 (0.67%) .NET
8 3 (0.67%) REST
9 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.45%) eBPF
9 2 (0.45%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.45%) ODBC
9 2 (0.45%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.45%) Qt
9 2 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 80 (17.94%) Data Centre
2 70 (15.70%) PKI
3 48 (10.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (8.97%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.81%) Clustering
6 16 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.14%) Driving Licence
8 12 (2.69%) Replication
9 11 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 10 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (2.02%) ARM Cortex
11 9 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.12%) CMDB
14 5 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
14 5 (1.12%) Fat Client
14 5 (1.12%) Thin Client
15 4 (0.90%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 322 (72.20%) Windows
2 168 (37.67%) Windows Server
3 122 (27.35%) Linux
4 55 (12.33%) Windows 10
5 28 (6.28%) macOS
6 20 (4.48%) Apple iOS
7 17 (3.81%) Android
8 14 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (3.14%) Unix
9 12 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (1.79%) Ubuntu
12 8 (1.79%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.12%) CentOS
14 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.45%) SUSE
15 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.22%) Rocky
16 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (32.06%) ITIL
2 141 (31.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 114 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (20.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (16.14%) ITSM
6 65 (14.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 63 (14.13%) Migration
8 56 (12.56%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (12.33%) Service Management
9 55 (12.33%) Technical Leadership
10 54 (12.11%) Cybersecurity
11 53 (11.88%) High Availability
12 49 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (10.54%) Project Delivery
14 46 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (10.09%) DevOps
16 43 (9.64%) Customer Service
17 41 (9.19%) Change Management
17 41 (9.19%) Platform Engineering
18 40 (8.97%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 152 (34.08%) PowerShell
2 72 (16.14%) Python
3 66 (14.80%) Bash
4 20 (4.48%) Bicep
5 16 (3.59%) SQL
6 10 (2.24%) VBScript
7 7 (1.57%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.35%) VB
9 4 (0.90%) VBA
10 3 (0.67%) C++
10 3 (0.67%) Lisp
10 3 (0.67%) Perl
11 2 (0.45%) Java
11 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) C
12 1 (0.22%) Go
12 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 166 (37.22%) Security Cleared
2 91 (20.40%) SC Cleared
3 76 (17.04%) DV Cleared
4 53 (11.88%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (10.54%) CCNP
6 44 (9.87%) Degree
7 34 (7.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (5.61%) Azure Certification
8 25 (5.61%) CCNA
9 21 (4.71%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (2.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.69%) VCAP
12 11 (2.47%) A+ Certification
12 11 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (2.24%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.02%) CCIE
14 9 (2.02%) Server+ Certification
15 6 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.12%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.50%) SLA
2 11 (2.47%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) NIST
4 5 (1.12%) NCSC
5 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 289 (64.80%) Active Directory
2 163 (36.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (21.75%) Hyper-V
4 61 (13.68%) vSphere
5 39 (8.74%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (6.05%) Docker
7 25 (5.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 25 (5.61%) VMware NSX
8 19 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (2.47%) BitLocker
10 10 (2.24%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (2.02%) NFS
12 7 (1.57%) Firmware
12 7 (1.57%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (1.12%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.90%) VirtualBox
15 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.45%) XenApp
16 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 103 (23.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (18.39%) Ansible
3 72 (16.14%) SCCM
4 41 (9.19%) Kubernetes
5 25 (5.61%) vCenter Server
6 16 (3.59%) VxRail
7 15 (3.36%) FortiGate
8 14 (3.14%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.91%) WSUS
10 10 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (2.02%) SCOM
11 9 (2.02%) vMotion
12 8 (1.79%) Grafana
13 7 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (1.57%) Nagios
13 7 (1.57%) Packer
13 7 (1.57%) Prometheus
14 6 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (1.35%) Puppet
15 4 (0.90%) systemd
Vendors
1 261 (58.52%) Microsoft
2 193 (43.27%) VMware
3 94 (21.08%) Cisco
4 68 (15.25%) ServiceNow
5 33 (7.40%) Citrix
6 32 (7.17%) F5
7 30 (6.73%) Palo Alto
8 28 (6.28%) Infoblox
9 25 (5.61%) SolarWinds
10 22 (4.93%) CheckPoint
10 22 (4.93%) Fortinet
11 18 (4.04%) Google
12 16 (3.59%) CyberArk
12 16 (3.59%) Juniper
13 14 (3.14%) Meraki
14 12 (2.69%) HP
14 12 (2.69%) Red Hat
15 11 (2.47%) Remedy
15 11 (2.47%) Veeam
16 10 (2.24%) Aruba