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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 232 260
Rank change year-on-year -36 +28 -3
Contract jobs citing DHCP 411 316 315
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 1.15% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.74% 9.23% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 214 242
10th Percentile £213 £250 £285
25th Percentile £363 £381 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £656 £624 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £468
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.95% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 9
10th Percentile £17.27 £28.60 £19.20
25th Percentile £26.66 £29.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £72.60
UK median hourly rate £40.10 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +33.68% -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 4,218 3,423 4,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.41% 12.45% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,566 2,130 2,651
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -0.45% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 163 306
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.26
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £18.09
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -10.89% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £48.75 £45.44
% change year-on-year -46.22% +7.28% -9.12%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -53 139 £450 -10.00% 58
South East -13 112 £505 -8.18% 63
North of England -61 60 £500 +5.82% 44
South West -7 48 £450 -21.74% 32
Midlands -57 39 £413 -2.94% 31
North West -51 32 £608 +30.75% 26
West Midlands -64 26 £431 +12.75% 20
Yorkshire -33 24 £488 -11.36% 15
East Midlands -5 13 £300 -46.67% 11
East of England -26 10 £475 -9.52% 29
North East -43 4 £363 +45.00% 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 46 (11.19%) SharePoint
2 40 (9.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.46%) IIS
4 5 (1.22%) Confluence
4 5 (1.22%) nginx
5 4 (0.97%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.49%) Houdini
4 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.49%) NUKE
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 174 (42.34%) Azure
2 99 (24.09%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (19.71%) AWS
4 78 (18.98%) Entra ID
5 37 (9.00%) OneDrive
6 22 (5.35%) IaaS
7 20 (4.87%) GCP
7 20 (4.87%) PaaS
8 18 (4.38%) SaaS
9 11 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
9 11 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.95%) Datadog
11 8 (1.95%) GitHub
11 8 (1.95%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.95%) Route 53
12 7 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 406 (98.78%) DNS
2 191 (46.47%) Firewall
3 150 (36.50%) TCP/IP
4 116 (28.22%) VPN
5 87 (21.17%) LAN
6 86 (20.92%) VLAN
7 83 (20.19%) WAN
8 58 (14.11%) Network Security
9 55 (13.38%) Wi-Fi
10 48 (11.68%) BGP
11 47 (11.44%) OSPF
11 47 (11.44%) Wireless
12 43 (10.46%) SAN
13 38 (9.25%) BIG-IP
14 31 (7.54%) VXLAN
15 26 (6.33%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (6.08%) Cisco ISE
16 25 (6.08%) Junos
16 25 (6.08%) NAS
17 22 (5.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.97%) Db2
4 3 (0.73%) Big Data
5 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (8.52%) JIRA
2 8 (1.95%) Chocolatey
3 7 (1.70%) Git
4 5 (1.22%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.97%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.97%) GitLab
6 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.24%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.24%) MSI
7 1 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 123 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (9.73%) Finance
4 34 (8.27%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.38%) Banking
7 10 (2.43%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.19%) Military
8 9 (2.19%) Police
9 8 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.95%) Local Government
10 7 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.22%) Legal
12 4 (0.97%) Law
13 3 (0.73%) Automotive
13 3 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.73%) Retail
14 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 105 (25.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 70 (17.03%) Network Engineer
3 63 (15.33%) Senior
4 51 (12.41%) Support Engineer
5 45 (10.95%) IT Support
6 42 (10.22%) IT Engineer
7 40 (9.73%) Architect
8 30 (7.30%) IT Support Engineer
9 28 (6.81%) Senior Network Engineer
10 24 (5.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (5.35%) Analyst
12 17 (4.14%) Platform Engineer
13 16 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (3.65%) Administrator
14 15 (3.65%) Network Specialist
15 14 (3.41%) Firewall Specialist
16 13 (3.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 13 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
17 11 (2.68%) Active Directory Engineer
17 11 (2.68%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (9.73%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.92%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.68%) JSON
4 10 (2.43%) LDAP
5 8 (1.95%) SAML
6 4 (0.97%) Middleware
6 4 (0.97%) OpenID
6 4 (0.97%) REST
7 3 (0.73%) .NET
7 3 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.73%) Redfish
7 3 (0.73%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.49%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.49%) Blazor
8 2 (0.49%) eBPF
8 2 (0.49%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.49%) OAuth
8 2 (0.49%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (23.11%) Data Centre
2 79 (19.22%) PKI
3 40 (9.73%) Clustering
4 38 (9.25%) Onboarding
5 28 (6.81%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (5.11%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.43%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.19%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.95%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.95%) Virtual Team
10 7 (1.70%) Replication
11 6 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.22%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.22%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.22%) iPhone
12 5 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.22%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 279 (67.88%) Windows
2 131 (31.87%) Windows Server
3 79 (19.22%) Linux
4 46 (11.19%) Windows 10
5 23 (5.60%) Mac OS
6 16 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.68%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (2.19%) Android
10 9 (2.19%) Unix
11 5 (1.22%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.73%) VMS
12 3 (0.73%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.49%) CentOS
14 1 (0.24%) Rocky
14 1 (0.24%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (29.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 121 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (25.30%) ITIL
4 75 (18.25%) High Availability
5 70 (17.03%) ITSM
6 57 (13.87%) Infrastructure as Code
7 47 (11.44%) Migration
8 45 (10.95%) Load Balancing
9 41 (9.98%) Observability
9 41 (9.98%) Root Cause Analysis
10 39 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (9.25%) Identity Access Management
12 35 (8.52%) Project Delivery
12 35 (8.52%) Service Management
13 33 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
13 33 (8.03%) User Experience
14 32 (7.79%) Technical Leadership
15 31 (7.54%) Disaster Recovery
16 30 (7.30%) DevOps
17 29 (7.06%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 98 (23.84%) PowerShell
2 62 (15.09%) Python
3 48 (11.68%) Bash
4 11 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.43%) Bicep
6 9 (2.19%) VBA
7 7 (1.70%) SQL
8 3 (0.73%) Lisp
9 1 (0.24%) C
9 1 (0.24%) C++
9 1 (0.24%) Go
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 164 (39.90%) Security Cleared
2 77 (18.73%) SC Cleared
3 71 (17.27%) DV Cleared
4 69 (16.79%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (11.44%) CCNP
6 36 (8.76%) Degree
7 27 (6.57%) CCNA
8 24 (5.84%) Network+ Certification
9 19 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (3.89%) Azure Certification
11 15 (3.65%) Server+ Certification
12 10 (2.43%) JNCIP
12 10 (2.43%) JNCIS
13 8 (1.95%) CCIE
13 8 (1.95%) VCAP
13 8 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 7 (1.70%) A+ Certification
14 7 (1.70%) AWS Certification
14 7 (1.70%) JNCIA
15 6 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.30%) SLA
2 14 (3.41%) NIST
3 6 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.22%) QA
5 4 (0.97%) NCSC
6 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.73%) GDPR
6 3 (0.73%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.49%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 239 (58.15%) Active Directory
2 129 (31.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 82 (19.95%) Hyper-V
4 42 (10.22%) vSphere
5 38 (9.25%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (5.84%) Docker
6 24 (5.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (5.60%) VMware NSX
8 20 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
9 10 (2.43%) BitLocker
9 10 (2.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 9 (2.19%) Firmware
11 8 (1.95%) NFS
12 6 (1.46%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.97%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.49%) UAG
15 2 (0.49%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.49%) XenApp
15 2 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 72 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 63 (15.33%) Ansible
3 59 (14.36%) Terraform
4 45 (10.95%) SCCM
5 35 (8.52%) FortiGate
6 32 (7.79%) Kubernetes
7 22 (5.35%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.89%) WSUS
9 15 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (2.92%) VxRail
11 11 (2.68%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (2.68%) vMotion
12 8 (1.95%) Puppet
13 7 (1.70%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (1.70%) Nagios
14 6 (1.46%) Packer
15 5 (1.22%) CA Single Sign-On
15 5 (1.22%) Prometheus
15 5 (1.22%) SCOM
16 4 (0.97%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 191 (46.47%) Microsoft
2 151 (36.74%) VMware
3 107 (26.03%) Cisco
4 74 (18.00%) ServiceNow
5 51 (12.41%) F5
6 44 (10.71%) SolarWinds
7 42 (10.22%) Infoblox
8 41 (9.98%) Citrix
9 38 (9.25%) Juniper
10 26 (6.33%) Palo Alto
10 26 (6.33%) Splunk
11 22 (5.35%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (3.89%) CheckPoint
12 16 (3.89%) Fortinet
12 16 (3.89%) Google
12 16 (3.89%) HP
13 14 (3.41%) Zscaler
14 11 (2.68%) Tenable
15 10 (2.43%) Dynatrace
15 10 (2.43%) Remedy