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

 6 months to
28 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 215 229
Rank change year-on-year -60 +14 +17
Contract jobs citing DHCP 353 304 376
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.24% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.24% 9.51% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 232 283
10th Percentile £209 £243 £213
25th Percentile £381 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% -4.52%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £591
90th Percentile £617 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 19
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.03 £16.80
25th Percentile £25.98 £24.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.71 £25.80 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.21% -35.51% -2.74%
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.90 -
90th Percentile £76.85 £27.56 £68.25
UK median hourly rate £45.71 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +93.78% -41.03% -2.74%

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 3,821 3,197 5,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 13.07% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,395 1,989 3,017
10th Percentile £246 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £490
% change year-on-year +2.30% -0.26% -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 123 396
10th Percentile £16.11 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £36.65 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% -6.64% +107.95%
75th Percentile £65.94 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.24 £37.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.97% -1.32% +100.00%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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
South East -12 110 £515 -10.43% 41
London -64 109 £475 -5.00% 18
North of England -80 58 £475 +23.38% 40
Midlands -46 34 £438 -3.58% 16
North West -44 32 £575 +39.39% 14
South West -51 26 £540 -12.10% 28
West Midlands -41 25 £438 +36.19% 12
Yorkshire -57 22 £447 +13.46% 19
East of England -22 17 £363 -30.95% 15
East Midlands -35 9 £275 -45.00% 4
North East -18 4 £200 -11.11% 8
DHCP
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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 40 (11.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.55%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.27%) IIS
5 4 (1.13%) Apache
6 2 (0.57%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 19 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.85%) 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
Cloud Services
1 143 (40.51%) Azure
2 86 (24.36%) Entra ID
3 73 (20.68%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (11.90%) AWS
5 25 (7.08%) IaaS
6 23 (6.52%) PaaS
7 17 (4.82%) SaaS
8 9 (2.55%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.70%) Datadog
10 6 (1.70%) GCP
10 6 (1.70%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.13%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.13%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.13%) Route 53
12 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 338 (95.75%) DNS
2 132 (37.39%) Firewall
3 79 (22.38%) LAN
4 77 (21.81%) VPN
5 76 (21.53%) WAN
6 75 (21.25%) TCP/IP
7 67 (18.98%) VLAN
8 48 (13.60%) Wi-Fi
9 42 (11.90%) BGP
10 40 (11.33%) OSPF
11 38 (10.76%) Network Security
12 35 (9.92%) BIG-IP
13 31 (8.78%) Kerberos
14 28 (7.93%) Cisco ISE
14 28 (7.93%) Wireless
15 27 (7.65%) VXLAN
16 24 (6.80%) Ethernet VPN
16 24 (6.80%) Junos
17 22 (6.23%) SAN
18 17 (4.82%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
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 16 (4.53%) JIRA
2 6 (1.70%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.13%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.85%) Git
5 2 (0.57%) GitLab
6 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 83 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (5.67%) Finance
3 20 (5.67%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (4.25%) Banking
6 10 (2.83%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.98%) Military
8 6 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.70%) Legal
8 6 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.13%) Law
9 4 (1.13%) Local Government
9 4 (1.13%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.57%) Advertising
11 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.57%) Marketing
11 2 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 60 (17.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (14.45%) Network Engineer
3 36 (10.20%) Senior
4 32 (9.07%) Analyst
5 31 (8.78%) Architect
6 30 (8.50%) IT Support
7 27 (7.65%) IT Engineer
7 27 (7.65%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.53%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.25%) Network Specialist
10 14 (3.97%) Firewall Specialist
10 14 (3.97%) IT Analyst
10 14 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 12 (3.40%) Administrator
12 12 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.12%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (3.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.12%) Support Analyst
14 10 (2.83%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.35%) 802.1X
1 33 (9.35%) LDAP
2 21 (5.95%) SAML
3 16 (4.53%) OAuth
4 7 (1.98%) JSON
5 4 (1.13%) OpenID
5 4 (1.13%) REST
6 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.85%) Redfish
7 2 (0.57%) Middleware
7 2 (0.57%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.57%) XMPP
8 1 (0.28%) .NET
8 1 (0.28%) CSS
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) LAMP
8 1 (0.28%) SOAP
8 1 (0.28%) WCF
8 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.88%) Data Centre
2 47 (13.31%) PKI
3 36 (10.20%) Clustering
4 34 (9.63%) Replication
5 20 (5.67%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.83%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.55%) IoT
9 8 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.42%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.13%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.13%) iPhone
13 3 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.57%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 232 (65.72%) Windows
2 134 (37.96%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.18%) Windows 10
4 36 (10.20%) Linux
5 27 (7.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (4.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (4.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.97%) Android
8 11 (3.12%) Windows 7
9 9 (2.55%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.27%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.13%) Unix
11 4 (1.13%) VMS
12 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.28%) CentOS
13 1 (0.28%) Solaris
13 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.83%) High Availability
3 67 (18.98%) ITIL
4 66 (18.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 50 (14.16%) ITSM
6 45 (12.75%) Identity Access Management
7 42 (11.90%) Load Balancing
8 41 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
9 39 (11.05%) Migration
10 35 (9.92%) Observability
11 29 (8.22%) Service Management
12 26 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (7.08%) Task Automation
14 23 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
15 22 (6.23%) Change Management
15 22 (6.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (6.23%) DevOps
16 19 (5.38%) Customer Service
16 19 (5.38%) Zero Trust
17 18 (5.10%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 106 (30.03%) PowerShell
2 28 (7.93%) Python
3 14 (3.97%) Bash
4 12 (3.40%) VBScript
5 9 (2.55%) SQL
5 9 (2.55%) VB
6 7 (1.98%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.70%) VBA
8 3 (0.85%) Bicep
8 3 (0.85%) Lisp
9 2 (0.57%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) C#
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Java
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 139 (39.38%) Security Cleared
2 87 (24.65%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.75%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (11.61%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.52%) CCNP
6 18 (5.10%) Degree
7 13 (3.68%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.12%) CCNA
9 10 (2.83%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIP
11 7 (1.98%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.70%) Server+ Certification
13 5 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.13%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.95%) GDPR
2 19 (5.38%) SLA
3 14 (3.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.27%) NIST
6 7 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.85%) NCSC
8 2 (0.57%) QA
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 212 (60.06%) Active Directory
2 94 (26.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (14.16%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.80%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (6.23%) vSphere
6 18 (5.10%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.25%) Docker
8 13 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.27%) VMware NSX
11 7 (1.98%) Firmware
12 5 (1.42%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.85%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.85%) NFS
13 3 (0.85%) XenApp
14 2 (0.57%) UAG
14 2 (0.57%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.28%) KVM
15 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (15.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (14.45%) SCCM
3 36 (10.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 36 (10.20%) Ansible
4 31 (8.78%) FortiGate
4 31 (8.78%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (5.95%) Terraform
6 18 (5.10%) Kubernetes
7 15 (4.25%) WSUS
8 14 (3.97%) vCenter Server
9 9 (2.55%) vMotion
10 7 (1.98%) Puppet
10 7 (1.98%) SCOM
11 6 (1.70%) Nagios
12 5 (1.42%) Failover Clustering
12 5 (1.42%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.85%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
14 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 151 (42.78%) Microsoft
2 104 (29.46%) VMware
3 69 (19.55%) Cisco
4 54 (15.30%) ServiceNow
5 43 (12.18%) F5
6 37 (10.48%) SolarWinds
7 34 (9.63%) Citrix
7 34 (9.63%) Juniper
8 28 (7.93%) Infoblox
9 24 (6.80%) Splunk
10 22 (6.23%) Extreme Networks
11 15 (4.25%) Palo Alto
12 14 (3.97%) Okta
13 12 (3.40%) Dell
13 12 (3.40%) Fortinet
14 11 (3.12%) NetApp
14 11 (3.12%) Veeam
15 8 (2.27%) Google
15 8 (2.27%) HP
16 7 (1.98%) Apple
147 DHCP jobs in England