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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 243 244
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing DHCP 455 298 321
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.07% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.49% 8.82% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 196 230
10th Percentile £213 £234 £260
25th Percentile £363 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.20% +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £624 £608
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 18 8
10th Percentile £26.26 £27.15 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £67.00 £30.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +123.33% -22.58% +13.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £76.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £66.88
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £30.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year +123.33% -22.58% +7.58%

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 4,339 3,378 4,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 2,100 2,422
10th Percentile £263 £242 £250
25th Percentile £400 £364 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 169 259
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -24.77% -
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.68 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.62%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -56 151 £450 -10.00% 146
South East -23 106 £519 -8.75% 80
North of England -25 72 £500 +9.65% 51
South West -2 55 £525 +16.67% 46
Midlands -31 53 £406 +1.56% 36
West Midlands -36 36 £413 +3.13% 20
North West -40 36 £520 +16.23% 32
Yorkshire -23 28 £500 -9.09% 11
East Midlands 0 17 £300 -47.83% 16
East of England -28 14 £475 +5.26% 36
North East -32 8 £200 -20.00% 9
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 (13.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (12.53%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.54%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.32%) IIS
5 5 (1.10%) Apache
5 5 (1.10%) Confluence
5 5 (1.10%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.44%) Houdini
4 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.44%) NUKE
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 211 (46.37%) Azure
2 127 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (21.54%) Entra ID
4 91 (20.00%) AWS
5 40 (8.79%) OneDrive
6 23 (5.05%) GCP
7 20 (4.40%) IaaS
8 17 (3.74%) PaaS
8 17 (3.74%) SaaS
9 16 (3.52%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (3.52%) OpenShift
10 15 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 13 (2.86%) GitHub
12 9 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.76%) Route 53
14 7 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (1.32%) Google Workspace
15 6 (1.32%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 451 (99.12%) DNS
2 206 (45.27%) Firewall
3 184 (40.44%) TCP/IP
4 144 (31.65%) VPN
5 97 (21.32%) VLAN
6 79 (17.36%) WAN
7 78 (17.14%) LAN
8 70 (15.38%) Network Security
9 60 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
10 54 (11.87%) Wireless
11 42 (9.23%) BGP
12 40 (8.79%) OSPF
12 40 (8.79%) SAN
13 23 (5.05%) NAS
14 22 (4.84%) BIG-IP
14 22 (4.84%) SD-WAN
15 21 (4.62%) SSL
16 18 (3.96%) Cisco IOS
17 17 (3.74%) VSAN
18 16 (3.52%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.88%) Db2
5 3 (0.66%) Big Data
6 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (7.25%) JIRA
2 8 (1.76%) Git
3 7 (1.54%) GitLab
4 6 (1.32%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.10%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (1.10%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.22%) MSI
7 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 147 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.77%) Finance
4 33 (7.25%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.93%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.52%) Banking
7 10 (2.20%) Police
8 9 (1.98%) Aerospace
8 9 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.76%) Legal
9 8 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.54%) Local Government
11 6 (1.32%) Law
11 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.10%) Front Office
12 5 (1.10%) Military
13 4 (0.88%) Automotive
13 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 118 (25.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 67 (14.73%) Senior
4 53 (11.65%) Support Engineer
5 44 (9.67%) IT Support
6 40 (8.79%) IT Engineer
7 38 (8.35%) Architect
8 33 (7.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (6.81%) IT Support Engineer
10 28 (6.15%) Analyst
11 27 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
12 24 (5.27%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (3.74%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (3.30%) Active Directory Engineer
16 15 (3.30%) Administrator
17 14 (3.08%) Desktop Support
18 13 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
18 13 (2.86%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (18.24%) Terraform
2 25 (5.49%) 802.1X
3 15 (3.30%) ARM Templates
4 14 (3.08%) LDAP
5 11 (2.42%) SAML
6 9 (1.98%) JSON
7 6 (1.32%) Software Packaging
8 5 (1.10%) OAuth
9 4 (0.88%) Middleware
9 4 (0.88%) OpenID
9 4 (0.88%) YAML
10 3 (0.66%) .NET
10 3 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.66%) Redfish
10 3 (0.66%) REST
11 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.44%) eBPF
11 2 (0.44%) ODBC
11 2 (0.44%) OpenGL
11 2 (0.44%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 88 (19.34%) Data Centre
2 76 (16.70%) PKI
3 42 (9.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (9.23%) Onboarding
4 27 (5.93%) Clustering
5 18 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.86%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.42%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.42%) Replication
9 9 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
10 8 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.32%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.10%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 321 (70.55%) Windows
2 163 (35.82%) Windows Server
3 112 (24.62%) Linux
4 62 (13.63%) Windows 10
5 28 (6.15%) Mac OS
6 17 (3.74%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.30%) Android
8 13 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (2.64%) Unix
9 12 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 10 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.76%) Ubuntu
12 8 (1.76%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.88%) CentOS
15 3 (0.66%) VMS
16 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.22%) Rocky
17 1 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (30.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (29.45%) ITIL
3 124 (27.25%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (17.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (17.36%) ITSM
5 67 (14.73%) High Availability
6 59 (12.97%) Migration
7 54 (11.87%) Root Cause Analysis
8 50 (10.99%) Technical Leadership
9 45 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (9.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 43 (9.45%) Service Management
11 42 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
12 41 (9.01%) DevOps
13 39 (8.57%) Customer Service
13 39 (8.57%) Incident Management
13 39 (8.57%) Project Delivery
14 38 (8.35%) Platform Engineering
14 38 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 37 (8.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 138 (30.33%) PowerShell
2 79 (17.36%) Python
3 62 (13.63%) Bash
4 16 (3.52%) SQL
5 13 (2.86%) Bicep
6 10 (2.20%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.98%) VBScript
8 7 (1.54%) VBA
9 6 (1.32%) VB
10 3 (0.66%) Lisp
10 3 (0.66%) Perl
11 2 (0.44%) C++
11 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) C
12 1 (0.22%) Go
12 1 (0.22%) Java
12 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 174 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 91 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 75 (16.48%) DV Cleared
4 62 (13.63%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (10.77%) CCNP
6 46 (10.11%) Degree
7 31 (6.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (5.93%) CCNA
9 26 (5.71%) Azure Certification
10 22 (4.84%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (2.64%) VCAP
12 11 (2.42%) A+ Certification
12 11 (2.42%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (2.20%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.98%) CCIE
15 7 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.10%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.81%) SLA
2 15 (3.30%) NIST
3 8 (1.76%) QA
4 7 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.10%) NCSC
6 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.66%) GDPR
7 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 277 (60.88%) Active Directory
2 163 (35.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (21.76%) Hyper-V
4 53 (11.65%) vSphere
5 41 (9.01%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (5.71%) Docker
6 26 (5.71%) VMware NSX
7 25 (5.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (3.30%) BitLocker
10 11 (2.42%) Firmware
11 9 (1.98%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (1.76%) NFS
13 7 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.88%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.66%) VirtualBox
17 2 (0.44%) UAG
17 2 (0.44%) XenApp
17 2 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 92 (20.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (17.58%) Ansible
3 64 (14.07%) SCCM
4 42 (9.23%) Kubernetes
5 25 (5.49%) vCenter Server
6 23 (5.05%) FortiGate
7 17 (3.74%) WSUS
8 16 (3.52%) VxRail
9 15 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (2.64%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (2.64%) vMotion
11 8 (1.76%) Nagios
11 8 (1.76%) Prometheus
11 8 (1.76%) Puppet
12 7 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
12 7 (1.54%) Packer
13 6 (1.32%) SCOM
14 5 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (1.10%) Grafana
15 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 245 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 190 (41.76%) VMware
3 101 (22.20%) Cisco
4 78 (17.14%) ServiceNow
5 44 (9.67%) Citrix
6 40 (8.79%) Infoblox
7 37 (8.13%) F5
8 31 (6.81%) SolarWinds
9 28 (6.15%) Palo Alto
10 22 (4.84%) CheckPoint
10 22 (4.84%) Juniper
11 21 (4.62%) Fortinet
12 17 (3.74%) Google
13 16 (3.52%) CyberArk
13 16 (3.52%) HP
14 13 (2.86%) Zscaler
15 12 (2.64%) Red Hat
16 11 (2.42%) Aruba
16 11 (2.42%) Meraki
16 11 (2.42%) Remedy
372 DHCP jobs in England