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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 207 219
Rank change year-on-year -78 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing DHCP 357 307 396
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.26% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.34% 9.62% 7.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 231 295
10th Percentile £207 £235 £203
25th Percentile £363 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% -4.62%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £575
90th Percentile £630 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.00% +7.53% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 21
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.03 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.71 £25.80 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.56% -35.51% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.90 -
90th Percentile £77.90 £27.56 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +81.03% -41.03% -

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 3,824 3,190 5,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.78% 13.10% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,422 2,006 3,157
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £480
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 120 390
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.64 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £38.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.13% +1.32% +100.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.05 £68.77
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +16.94% - +97.37%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -60 114 £475 -5.00% 38
South East -7 100 £515 -9.41% 53
North of England -76 58 £488 +21.88% 49
Midlands -37 39 £413 -9.09% 27
West Midlands -33 32 £425 +32.30% 16
North West -42 32 £575 +39.39% 27
South West -37 31 £575 -5.15% 20
Yorkshire -50 23 £447 +13.40% 16
East of England -24 20 £363 -30.95% 14
East Midlands -33 7 £275 -45.00% 11
North East -15 3 £200 +6.67% 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 47 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.20%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.12%) Apache
4 4 (1.12%) IIS
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 153 (42.86%) Azure
2 89 (24.93%) Entra ID
3 87 (24.37%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (13.73%) AWS
5 26 (7.28%) IaaS
6 24 (6.72%) PaaS
7 19 (5.32%) SaaS
8 11 (3.08%) GCP
8 11 (3.08%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.24%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.68%) Datadog
12 5 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 5 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.12%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.12%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 343 (96.08%) DNS
2 134 (37.54%) Firewall
3 88 (24.65%) VPN
4 86 (24.09%) TCP/IP
5 80 (22.41%) LAN
6 78 (21.85%) WAN
7 70 (19.61%) VLAN
8 48 (13.45%) Wi-Fi
9 45 (12.61%) BGP
10 40 (11.20%) OSPF
11 33 (9.24%) Network Security
12 32 (8.96%) BIG-IP
13 30 (8.40%) Kerberos
13 30 (8.40%) VXLAN
14 28 (7.84%) Cisco ISE
14 28 (7.84%) Wireless
15 24 (6.72%) SAN
16 22 (6.16%) Ethernet VPN
16 22 (6.16%) Junos
17 17 (4.76%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.20%) JIRA
2 6 (1.68%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.12%) Git
4 2 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 94 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (5.60%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.76%) Finance
6 16 (4.48%) Banking
7 10 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.24%) Legal
9 7 (1.96%) Military
10 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.12%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.12%) Local Government
11 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.56%) Advertising
13 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.56%) Law
13 2 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 57 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 45 (12.61%) Network Engineer
3 39 (10.92%) Senior
3 39 (10.92%) Support Engineer
4 36 (10.08%) Architect
4 36 (10.08%) IT Support
5 31 (8.68%) Analyst
5 31 (8.68%) IT Engineer
6 22 (6.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (4.20%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (3.92%) IT Analyst
9 13 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.36%) Firewall Specialist
10 12 (3.36%) Network Specialist
11 11 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.08%) Support Analyst
12 10 (2.80%) Infrastructure Architect
12 10 (2.80%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.96%) LDAP
2 31 (8.68%) 802.1X
3 20 (5.60%) SAML
4 15 (4.20%) OAuth
5 6 (1.68%) JSON
6 4 (1.12%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.12%) REST
7 3 (0.84%) Middleware
7 3 (0.84%) OpenID
7 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.84%) Redfish
8 2 (0.56%) .NET
8 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.56%) Express.js
8 2 (0.56%) SOAP
8 2 (0.56%) WCF
8 2 (0.56%) Web Services
8 2 (0.56%) WPF
8 2 (0.56%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (15.13%) Data Centre
2 44 (12.32%) PKI
3 34 (9.52%) Replication
4 32 (8.96%) Clustering
5 18 (5.04%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.24%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (2.24%) IoT
8 8 (2.24%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.40%) iPhone
11 5 (1.40%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.12%) NHS
13 3 (0.84%) CMDB
13 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 233 (65.27%) Windows
2 133 (37.25%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.32%) Windows 10
4 40 (11.20%) Linux
5 24 (6.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (5.04%) Android
7 12 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (3.08%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.08%) Windows 7
8 11 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (2.24%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.24%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.40%) VMS
11 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.56%) CentOS
12 2 (0.56%) Unix
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.28%) Solaris
13 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.61%) ITIL
3 67 (18.77%) High Availability
4 63 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (14.57%) ITSM
6 48 (13.45%) Load Balancing
7 46 (12.89%) Identity Access Management
8 43 (12.04%) Disaster Recovery
9 40 (11.20%) Migration
10 33 (9.24%) Observability
10 33 (9.24%) Service Management
11 27 (7.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (7.28%) Task Automation
13 25 (7.00%) Zero Trust
14 24 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.44%) Change Management
15 23 (6.44%) Root Cause Analysis
16 22 (6.16%) DevOps
17 20 (5.60%) Agile
17 20 (5.60%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 124 (34.73%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.96%) Python
3 16 (4.48%) Bash
4 13 (3.64%) VBScript
5 9 (2.52%) SQL
5 9 (2.52%) VB
6 6 (1.68%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.40%) VBA
8 4 (1.12%) Bicep
8 4 (1.12%) Lisp
9 3 (0.84%) Perl
10 2 (0.56%) C#
10 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.28%) C
11 1 (0.28%) Go
11 1 (0.28%) Java
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (37.54%) Security Cleared
2 84 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.89%) Cisco Certification
4 43 (12.04%) DV Cleared
5 27 (7.56%) CCNP
6 20 (5.60%) Degree
7 14 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.64%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (3.08%) CCNA
10 9 (2.52%) JNCIP
10 9 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.24%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.96%) JNCIA
12 7 (1.96%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.68%) Server+ Certification
13 6 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.40%) CISSP
14 5 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.12%) CCIE
16 3 (0.84%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.00%) GDPR
2 16 (4.48%) SLA
3 14 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (2.52%) NIST
5 7 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) QA
8 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 215 (60.22%) Active Directory
2 90 (25.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (13.45%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (5.88%) vSphere
6 18 (5.04%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.20%) Docker
8 12 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (2.80%) VMware NSX
10 9 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (2.24%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (1.96%) Firmware
13 5 (1.40%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.84%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.84%) NFS
15 1 (0.28%) Ceph
15 1 (0.28%) iptables
15 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.28%) UAG
15 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 61 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (15.41%) SCCM
3 42 (11.76%) Ansible
4 35 (9.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 32 (8.96%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (8.68%) FortiGate
7 28 (7.84%) Terraform
8 17 (4.76%) Kubernetes
9 12 (3.36%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.80%) WSUS
11 8 (2.24%) SCOM
11 8 (2.24%) vMotion
12 7 (1.96%) Puppet
13 6 (1.68%) HAProxy
13 6 (1.68%) Nagios
14 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.84%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
16 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
16 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 158 (44.26%) Microsoft
2 103 (28.85%) VMware
3 68 (19.05%) Cisco
4 51 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 42 (11.76%) F5
6 38 (10.64%) SolarWinds
7 34 (9.52%) Juniper
8 31 (8.68%) Citrix
9 23 (6.44%) Infoblox
10 22 (6.16%) Splunk
11 21 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
12 17 (4.76%) Palo Alto
13 16 (4.48%) Fortinet
14 14 (3.92%) Okta
15 13 (3.64%) Dell
16 11 (3.08%) NetApp
16 11 (3.08%) Veeam
17 9 (2.52%) Google
18 7 (1.96%) Apple
18 7 (1.96%) HP