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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 202 213
Rank change year-on-year -90 +11 +17
Contract jobs citing DHCP 275 350 405
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.27% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.21% 9.96% 7.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 224 282
10th Percentile £200 £213 £206
25th Percentile £295 £265 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £423 £457
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% -7.65% -3.18%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £651 £693 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £439 £450
% change year-on-year +14.03% -2.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 9
10th Percentile £25.15 £23.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.70 £23.47 £21.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.10 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +176.75% +0.37% +22.73%
75th Percentile £87.82 £35.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £89.63 £44.00 £42.30
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £23.90 £32.50
% change year-on-year +213.87% -26.48% +47.73%

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 3,349 3,515 5,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.65% 12.79% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,168 2,052 3,151
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 103 314
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.68
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.24 £24.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -38.04% +71.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.25 £75.97
UK median hourly rate £36.75 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +13.08% -42.47% +76.53%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 -37 89 £525 +10.53% 47
South East -17 66 £468 +9.36% 81
North of England -78 39 £321 -8.21% 48
Midlands -39 36 £413 +10.00% 30
South West -18 35 £575 +39.39% 28
West Midlands -32 34 £425 +10.39% 16
North West -46 20 £330 -28.65% 19
East of England -12 16 £225 -8.16% 30
Yorkshire -44 14 £225 -8.16% 26
North East -18 5 £247 +64.33% 4
East Midlands -30 2 £275 -20.86% 13
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 63 (22.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (21.09%) SharePoint
3 30 (10.91%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.18%) IIS
5 6 (2.18%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (2.18%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.45%) Apache
7 3 (1.09%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.73%) WordPress
9 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (13.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) Eikon
2 1 (0.36%) Eze OMS
2 1 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 112 (40.73%) Azure
2 93 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (20.73%) AWS
4 49 (17.82%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.45%) IaaS
6 14 (5.09%) GCP
7 10 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (3.64%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.64%) PaaS
8 9 (3.27%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.91%) SaaS
10 6 (2.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.82%) AWS Direct Connect
12 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.09%) Akamai
13 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 267 (97.09%) DNS
2 109 (39.64%) TCP/IP
3 85 (30.91%) VPN
4 81 (29.45%) Firewall
5 51 (18.55%) VLAN
6 46 (16.73%) WAN
7 45 (16.36%) LAN
8 24 (8.73%) Skype
9 23 (8.36%) Wireless
10 21 (7.64%) BGP
10 21 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (5.82%) SAN
12 14 (5.09%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.73%) OSPF
14 11 (4.00%) Network Security
14 11 (4.00%) VXLAN
15 10 (3.64%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (3.27%) VoIP
17 8 (2.91%) IPv4
17 8 (2.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.36%) MySQL
3 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.09%) GitLab
3 2 (0.73%) Git
4 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 99 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.91%) Finance
5 15 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.73%) Banking
7 8 (2.91%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Front Office
12 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.09%) Legal
12 3 (1.09%) Marketing
12 3 (1.09%) Military
13 2 (0.73%) Back Office
13 2 (0.73%) Local Government
13 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (23.27%) Support Engineer
2 45 (16.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (12.36%) Analyst
4 31 (11.27%) IT Support
5 26 (9.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (9.09%) Network Engineer
7 24 (8.73%) Senior
8 21 (7.64%) Architect
9 18 (6.55%) IT Engineer
10 15 (5.45%) IT Analyst
10 15 (5.45%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 12 (4.36%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Desktop Support
13 11 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.18%) LDAP
1 6 (2.18%) Middleware
2 4 (1.45%) YAML
3 3 (1.09%) .NET
3 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (1.09%) Bootstrap
3 3 (1.09%) Express.js
3 3 (1.09%) React
3 3 (1.09%) SOAP
3 3 (1.09%) WCF
3 3 (1.09%) Web Services
3 3 (1.09%) WPF
4 2 (0.73%) OAuth
4 2 (0.73%) REST
4 2 (0.73%) SAML
4 2 (0.73%) XMPP
5 1 (0.36%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.36%) OpenID
5 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.55%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.00%) PKI
3 15 (5.45%) Replication
4 11 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.18%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.45%) Clustering
10 4 (1.45%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.45%) iPhone
10 4 (1.45%) NHS
11 3 (1.09%) CMDB
11 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.09%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 193 (70.18%) Windows
2 101 (36.73%) Windows Server
3 43 (15.64%) Windows 10
4 42 (15.27%) Linux
5 23 (8.36%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (5.45%) Android
6 15 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (4.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (3.64%) Apple iOS
8 10 (3.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (3.27%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.55%) Windows 7
11 5 (1.82%) CentOS
11 5 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.45%) Unix
13 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.09%) VMS
13 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.36%) ITIL
2 82 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (12.73%) Service Management
5 33 (12.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (8.73%) ITSM
7 23 (8.36%) Customer Service
7 23 (8.36%) High Availability
8 22 (8.00%) Zero Trust
9 21 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (7.64%) Migration
9 21 (7.64%) Service Delivery
10 19 (6.91%) Change Management
11 18 (6.55%) Computer Science
11 18 (6.55%) Knowledge Transfer
12 17 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.82%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.82%) DevOps
14 15 (5.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 100 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.45%) Python
3 14 (5.09%) Bash
3 14 (5.09%) SQL
4 8 (2.91%) Bicep
5 7 (2.55%) Lisp
5 7 (2.55%) VBScript
6 6 (2.18%) VB
7 5 (1.82%) Perl
8 3 (1.09%) C#
8 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.73%) Java
Qualifications
1 92 (33.45%) Security Cleared
2 67 (24.36%) SC Cleared
3 38 (13.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 32 (11.64%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (10.91%) Degree
7 28 (10.18%) CCNP
8 23 (8.36%) Azure Certification
9 16 (5.82%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (4.36%) CCNA
11 11 (4.00%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.91%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.55%) MCP
13 7 (2.55%) MCSE
14 6 (2.18%) A+ Certification
14 6 (2.18%) CCIE
14 6 (2.18%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.82%) CISSP
15 5 (1.82%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.45%) GDPR
2 11 (4.00%) SLA
3 10 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.18%) NIST
5 5 (1.82%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 167 (60.73%) Active Directory
2 77 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (14.18%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.73%) Docker
4 13 (4.73%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (4.36%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (3.64%) vSphere
7 8 (2.91%) Terminal Services
7 8 (2.91%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.55%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.18%) Brightmail
9 6 (2.18%) ISA Server
10 5 (1.82%) Firmware
10 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.09%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.09%) KVM
13 2 (0.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (21.82%) SCCM
2 52 (18.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (9.82%) Ansible
3 27 (9.82%) Terraform
4 15 (5.45%) WSUS
5 11 (4.00%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.00%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (3.64%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (2.55%) SCOM
9 5 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.45%) Packer
10 4 (1.45%) Puppet
10 4 (1.45%) vMotion
11 3 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.09%) Nagios
12 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.73%) NetApp OnCommand
12 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 154 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 87 (31.64%) VMware
3 48 (17.45%) Cisco
4 37 (13.45%) ServiceNow
5 23 (8.36%) Citrix
6 19 (6.91%) SolarWinds
7 18 (6.55%) Palo Alto
8 14 (5.09%) Fortinet
9 12 (4.36%) F5
9 12 (4.36%) Veeam
10 11 (4.00%) Dell
11 9 (3.27%) CheckPoint
11 9 (3.27%) Remedy
12 8 (2.91%) Meraki
13 7 (2.55%) Apple
13 7 (2.55%) Ekahau
13 7 (2.55%) Juniper
14 6 (2.18%) Infoblox
14 6 (2.18%) Sophos
14 6 (2.18%) Zscaler