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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 226 265
Rank change year-on-year -39 +39 -11
Contract jobs citing DHCP 426 320 321
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.17% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 9.29% 7.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 216 243
10th Percentile £207 £250 £276
25th Percentile £363 £397 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £484
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +4.34% +1.89%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 12
10th Percentile £16.47 £28.60 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.66 £29.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £36.36 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.20% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% -

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 4,261 3,444 4,527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 12.59% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,609 2,139 2,737
10th Percentile £250 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 160 340
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.11 £17.67
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% -2.07% +0.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.03 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £46.88 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.06% +17.19% -16.52%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -58 136 £450 -10.00% 51
South East -11 120 £523 -8.09% 55
North of England -57 64 £500 +7.53% 40
South West -5 49 £450 -21.74% 33
Midlands -50 42 £413 +3.13% 20
North West -46 34 £608 +36.02% 22
West Midlands -62 29 £425 +16.44% 13
Yorkshire -38 25 £475 -13.64% 14
East Midlands -5 13 £300 -46.67% 7
East of England -32 11 £463 -11.90% 27
North East -34 5 £225 -10.00% 6
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 45 (10.56%) SharePoint
2 41 (9.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.41%) IIS
4 4 (0.94%) Confluence
4 4 (0.94%) nginx
5 3 (0.70%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.47%) Houdini
4 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.47%) NUKE
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 182 (42.72%) Azure
2 101 (23.71%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (21.13%) Entra ID
4 79 (18.54%) AWS
5 36 (8.45%) OneDrive
6 25 (5.87%) IaaS
7 22 (5.16%) PaaS
8 20 (4.69%) GCP
8 20 (4.69%) SaaS
9 12 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.88%) Datadog
12 8 (1.88%) Route 53
13 7 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.64%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.41%) GitHub
15 5 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 419 (98.36%) DNS
2 191 (44.84%) Firewall
3 151 (35.45%) TCP/IP
4 119 (27.93%) VPN
5 87 (20.42%) LAN
6 86 (20.19%) VLAN
7 83 (19.48%) WAN
8 61 (14.32%) Network Security
9 56 (13.15%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (11.50%) BGP
10 49 (11.50%) Wireless
11 48 (11.27%) OSPF
12 43 (10.09%) SAN
13 38 (8.92%) BIG-IP
14 31 (7.28%) VXLAN
15 26 (6.10%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (5.87%) Cisco ISE
16 25 (5.87%) Junos
16 25 (5.87%) NAS
16 25 (5.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.94%) Db2
4 3 (0.70%) Big Data
5 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Power BI
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (8.22%) JIRA
2 9 (2.11%) Git
3 8 (1.88%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.94%) GitLab
6 3 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.23%) MSI
7 1 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (9.15%) Finance
4 34 (7.98%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.23%) Banking
7 9 (2.11%) Military
7 9 (2.11%) Police
7 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.88%) Local Government
9 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.17%) Legal
11 4 (0.94%) Law
11 4 (0.94%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.70%) Automotive
12 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.70%) Retail
13 2 (0.47%) Publishing
14 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (24.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (16.43%) Network Engineer
3 59 (13.85%) Senior
4 50 (11.74%) Support Engineer
5 45 (10.56%) IT Support
6 42 (9.86%) IT Engineer
7 41 (9.62%) Architect
8 30 (7.04%) IT Support Engineer
9 27 (6.34%) Senior Network Engineer
10 25 (5.87%) Analyst
11 22 (5.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.76%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (3.52%) Administrator
13 15 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.52%) Network Specialist
14 14 (3.29%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (3.29%) Firewall Specialist
15 13 (3.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 13 (3.05%) Desktop Support
16 11 (2.58%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.86%) 802.1X
2 18 (4.23%) LDAP
3 13 (3.05%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.58%) JSON
5 8 (1.88%) SAML
6 4 (0.94%) Middleware
6 4 (0.94%) OpenID
6 4 (0.94%) REST
7 3 (0.70%) .NET
7 3 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.70%) Redfish
7 3 (0.70%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.47%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.47%) Blazor
8 2 (0.47%) eBPF
8 2 (0.47%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.47%) OAuth
8 2 (0.47%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (22.07%) Data Centre
2 76 (17.84%) PKI
3 40 (9.39%) Clustering
4 39 (9.15%) Onboarding
5 25 (5.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (3.52%) Replication
8 10 (2.35%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 9 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.88%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (1.88%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.41%) IoT
11 6 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.17%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.17%) iPhone
12 5 (1.17%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 278 (65.26%) Windows
2 131 (30.75%) Windows Server
3 74 (17.37%) Linux
4 44 (10.33%) Windows 10
5 26 (6.10%) Mac OS
6 17 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (3.05%) Apple iOS
8 12 (2.82%) Android
8 12 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (2.11%) Unix
12 5 (1.17%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.70%) VMS
13 3 (0.70%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.47%) CentOS
14 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.23%) Rocky
15 1 (0.23%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (28.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 120 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (24.41%) ITIL
3 74 (17.37%) High Availability
3 74 (17.37%) ITSM
4 54 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 54 (12.68%) Migration
5 45 (10.56%) Load Balancing
6 41 (9.62%) Observability
7 40 (9.39%) Root Cause Analysis
8 38 (8.92%) Identity Access Management
9 36 (8.45%) Project Delivery
10 35 (8.22%) Service Management
11 34 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (7.51%) User Experience
13 31 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (7.04%) DevOps
14 30 (7.04%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (6.81%) Technical Leadership
16 27 (6.34%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 102 (23.94%) PowerShell
2 57 (13.38%) Python
3 44 (10.33%) Bash
4 11 (2.58%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.11%) Bicep
5 9 (2.11%) VBA
6 7 (1.64%) SQL
7 3 (0.70%) Lisp
8 1 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.23%) C++
8 1 (0.23%) Go
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 168 (39.44%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.01%) SC Cleared
3 70 (16.43%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (16.43%) DV Cleared
4 48 (11.27%) CCNP
5 37 (8.69%) Degree
6 27 (6.34%) CCNA
7 24 (5.63%) Network+ Certification
8 18 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (3.52%) Azure Certification
9 15 (3.52%) Server+ Certification
10 10 (2.35%) JNCIP
10 10 (2.35%) JNCIS
11 9 (2.11%) CCIE
12 7 (1.64%) A+ Certification
12 7 (1.64%) JNCIA
13 6 (1.41%) VCAP
14 5 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.28%) SLA
2 14 (3.29%) NIST
3 6 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.17%) NCSC
4 5 (1.17%) QA
5 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.70%) GDPR
5 3 (0.70%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.47%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.23%) RMADS
System Software
1 249 (58.45%) Active Directory
2 126 (29.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (17.84%) Hyper-V
4 39 (9.15%) vSphere
5 37 (8.69%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (6.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (5.40%) Docker
8 20 (4.69%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (4.69%) VMware NSX
9 11 (2.58%) BitLocker
10 10 (2.35%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (2.11%) Firmware
12 8 (1.88%) NFS
13 6 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.94%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.47%) UAG
16 2 (0.47%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.47%) XenApp
16 2 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 71 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (14.08%) Ansible
3 54 (12.68%) Terraform
4 43 (10.09%) SCCM
5 35 (8.22%) FortiGate
6 29 (6.81%) Kubernetes
7 21 (4.93%) vCenter Server
8 17 (3.99%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (3.76%) WSUS
10 15 (3.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (2.58%) vMotion
13 9 (2.11%) VxRail
14 8 (1.88%) Puppet
15 7 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
15 7 (1.64%) Nagios
16 6 (1.41%) CA Single Sign-On
17 5 (1.17%) Packer
17 5 (1.17%) Prometheus
17 5 (1.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 198 (46.48%) Microsoft
2 145 (34.04%) VMware
3 107 (25.12%) Cisco
4 76 (17.84%) ServiceNow
5 52 (12.21%) F5
6 45 (10.56%) SolarWinds
7 42 (9.86%) Infoblox
8 41 (9.62%) Citrix
9 39 (9.15%) Juniper
10 27 (6.34%) Palo Alto
11 26 (6.10%) Splunk
12 22 (5.16%) Extreme Networks
13 18 (4.23%) Google
14 17 (3.99%) CheckPoint
14 17 (3.99%) Fortinet
15 15 (3.52%) HP
16 13 (3.05%) Zscaler
17 11 (2.58%) Tenable
17 11 (2.58%) Veeam
18 10 (2.35%) Remedy
204 DHCP jobs in England