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

 6 months to
16 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 207 213
Rank change year-on-year -81 +6 +19
Contract jobs citing DHCP 282 342 407
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 1.27% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.48% 9.92% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 221 285
10th Percentile £200 £213 £201
25th Percentile £308 £265 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% -8.60% -2.11%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £16.90
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £18.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £26.06
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -7.13% +18.44%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 £33.75
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 £39.15
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.57% -27.42% +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 3,326 3,449 5,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.45% 12.80% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,155 2,011 3,140
10th Percentile £204 £220 £208
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 103 318
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £18.90 £20.52 £24.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -38.04% +132.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £71.00 £75.38
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £56.49
% change year-on-year -11.11% -40.25% +135.38%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -31 91 £525 +5.00% 40
South East -14 66 £460 +8.24% 67
North of England -73 40 £330 -5.71% 37
Midlands -38 37 £425 +16.44% 25
West Midlands -25 35 £438 +13.64% 13
South West -29 35 £575 +36.90% 24
North West -42 21 £518 +16.62% 17
East of England -12 19 £363 +47.96% 22
Yorkshire -47 14 £225 -6.25% 18
North East -20 5 £247 +64.33% 4
East Midlands -32 2 £275 -14.06% 11
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 (22.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (20.21%) SharePoint
3 32 (11.35%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.48%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.13%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.13%) IIS
5 6 (2.13%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (2.13%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.42%) Apache
7 3 (1.06%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.71%) WordPress
9 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 36 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 121 (42.91%) Azure
2 89 (31.56%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (21.63%) AWS
4 55 (19.50%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.32%) IaaS
6 14 (4.96%) GCP
7 11 (3.90%) PaaS
8 10 (3.55%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.84%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.84%) SaaS
10 6 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.77%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (1.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.06%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 274 (97.16%) DNS
2 102 (36.17%) TCP/IP
3 84 (29.79%) VPN
4 77 (27.30%) Firewall
5 52 (18.44%) VLAN
6 49 (17.38%) LAN
6 49 (17.38%) WAN
7 26 (9.22%) Skype
8 23 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (7.45%) BGP
10 19 (6.74%) Wireless
11 16 (5.67%) SAN
12 14 (4.96%) SD-WAN
13 13 (4.61%) Cisco ISE
13 13 (4.61%) OSPF
14 11 (3.90%) Network Security
14 11 (3.90%) VXLAN
15 9 (3.19%) FTP
15 9 (3.19%) Kerberos
15 9 (3.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.06%) GitLab
1 3 (1.06%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 98 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.03%) Finance
5 15 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.26%) Banking
7 8 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.13%) Legal
8 6 (2.13%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.06%) Marketing
10 3 (1.06%) Military
10 3 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Advertising
11 2 (0.71%) Law
11 2 (0.71%) Local Government
11 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (21.63%) Support Engineer
2 45 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (12.77%) Analyst
4 31 (10.99%) IT Support
5 26 (9.22%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (8.87%) Senior
7 24 (8.51%) Network Engineer
8 21 (7.45%) Architect
9 16 (5.67%) IT Engineer
10 15 (5.32%) IT Analyst
10 15 (5.32%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.61%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Engineer
12 12 (4.26%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 12 (4.26%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.26%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 11 (3.90%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (3.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.55%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.90%) LDAP
2 6 (2.13%) Middleware
2 6 (2.13%) OAuth
2 6 (2.13%) SAML
3 3 (1.06%) .NET
3 3 (1.06%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.06%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (1.06%) Bootstrap
3 3 (1.06%) Express.js
3 3 (1.06%) React
3 3 (1.06%) SOAP
3 3 (1.06%) WCF
3 3 (1.06%) Web Services
3 3 (1.06%) WPF
3 3 (1.06%) YAML
4 2 (0.71%) REST
4 2 (0.71%) XMPP
5 1 (0.35%) libvirt
5 1 (0.35%) OpenID
5 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.93%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.16%) PKI
3 19 (6.74%) Replication
4 11 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.13%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.77%) Clustering
8 5 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.42%) iPhone
9 4 (1.42%) NHS
10 3 (1.06%) CMDB
10 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.06%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 200 (70.92%) Windows
2 109 (38.65%) Windows Server
3 43 (15.25%) Linux
3 43 (15.25%) Windows 10
4 25 (8.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (5.32%) Android
5 15 (5.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (4.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.90%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (3.55%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.84%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.77%) CentOS
10 5 (1.77%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.42%) Unix
12 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.06%) VMS
12 3 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.35%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (30.14%) ITIL
2 78 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 36 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
5 33 (11.70%) Service Management
6 27 (9.57%) High Availability
7 23 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (8.16%) Customer Service
8 22 (7.80%) ITSM
8 22 (7.80%) Zero Trust
9 21 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (7.09%) Change Management
10 20 (7.09%) Migration
11 19 (6.74%) Load Balancing
12 18 (6.38%) Knowledge Transfer
12 18 (6.38%) Service Delivery
13 16 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (5.32%) DevOps
14 15 (5.32%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (5.32%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 107 (37.94%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.93%) Python
3 14 (4.96%) Bash
3 14 (4.96%) SQL
4 9 (3.19%) VBScript
5 8 (2.84%) VB
6 7 (2.48%) Bicep
6 7 (2.48%) Lisp
7 5 (1.77%) Perl
8 3 (1.06%) C#
8 3 (1.06%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 98 (34.75%) Security Cleared
2 72 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 36 (12.77%) DV Cleared
4 34 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (10.28%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (9.93%) CCNP
7 26 (9.22%) Degree
8 22 (7.80%) Azure Certification
9 17 (6.03%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (4.26%) CCNA
11 11 (3.90%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.84%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.48%) MCP
13 7 (2.48%) MCSE
14 6 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.77%) CCIE
15 5 (1.77%) CISSP
15 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
15 5 (1.77%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.32%) GDPR
2 12 (4.26%) SLA
3 11 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.13%) NIST
5 6 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
8 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 176 (62.41%) Active Directory
2 82 (29.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (13.83%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.96%) Docker
5 12 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (4.26%) vSphere
6 10 (3.55%) BitLocker
7 8 (2.84%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.48%) VMware NSX
9 6 (2.13%) Brightmail
9 6 (2.13%) ISA Server
10 5 (1.77%) Firmware
10 5 (1.77%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.06%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.06%) KVM
12 3 (1.06%) NFS
Systems Management
1 59 (20.92%) SCCM
2 56 (19.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (10.99%) Ansible
4 27 (9.57%) Terraform
5 15 (5.32%) WSUS
6 14 (4.96%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (4.26%) Kubernetes
8 11 (3.90%) FortiGate
9 10 (3.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (3.19%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.48%) SCOM
12 5 (1.77%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.77%) Puppet
12 5 (1.77%) vMotion
13 3 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (1.06%) Nagios
13 3 (1.06%) Packer
13 3 (1.06%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.71%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 153 (54.26%) Microsoft
2 91 (32.27%) VMware
3 46 (16.31%) Cisco
4 37 (13.12%) ServiceNow
5 26 (9.22%) Citrix
6 19 (6.74%) SolarWinds
7 14 (4.96%) Dell
7 14 (4.96%) Fortinet
8 13 (4.61%) Palo Alto
9 12 (4.26%) F5
9 12 (4.26%) Veeam
10 9 (3.19%) Infoblox
10 9 (3.19%) Remedy
11 8 (2.84%) Meraki
12 7 (2.48%) Apple
12 7 (2.48%) Ekahau
12 7 (2.48%) Juniper
12 7 (2.48%) Okta
13 6 (2.13%) Sophos
13 6 (2.13%) Zscaler
190 DHCP jobs in England