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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 219 236
Rank change year-on-year -63 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing DHCP 350 295 372
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.21% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 9.23% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 226 281
10th Percentile £212 £243 £213
25th Percentile £372 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +10.53% -4.52%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £599
90th Percentile £616 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £480 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -8.57% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 19
10th Percentile £12.43 - £16.80
25th Percentile £25.98 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.71 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% -30.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £74.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.85 - £68.25
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +106.53% -41.03% +3.90%

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 3,850 3,197 4,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 13.10% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,412 1,981 2,966
10th Percentile £250 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 125 395
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.26 £16.93
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.85% -8.57% +112.54%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -48 112 £475 -5.00% 37
South East -2 107 £513 -10.36% 60
North of England -72 50 £454 +17.79% 47
Midlands -50 34 £425 -5.56% 22
South West -42 28 £523 -15.04% 19
North West -56 27 £575 +35.29% 23
West Midlands -37 25 £438 +136.49% 19
Yorkshire -56 19 £447 +13.52% 21
East of England -27 16 £363 -20.11% 16
East Midlands -28 9 £275 -45.00% 3
North East -18 4 £200 -11.11% 4
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 37 (10.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.29%) IIS
4 4 (1.14%) Apache
4 4 (1.14%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.57%) WordPress
6 1 (0.29%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 146 (41.71%) Azure
2 87 (24.86%) Entra ID
3 72 (20.57%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (12.00%) AWS
5 24 (6.86%) IaaS
6 22 (6.29%) PaaS
7 16 (4.57%) SaaS
8 11 (3.14%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.57%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.71%) Datadog
13 5 (1.43%) GCP
14 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.14%) Route 53
15 3 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
15 3 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 335 (95.71%) DNS
2 131 (37.43%) Firewall
3 76 (21.71%) VPN
4 74 (21.14%) LAN
5 73 (20.86%) TCP/IP
6 71 (20.29%) WAN
7 63 (18.00%) VLAN
8 42 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (11.43%) BGP
10 39 (11.14%) OSPF
11 38 (10.86%) Network Security
12 36 (10.29%) BIG-IP
13 31 (8.86%) Kerberos
14 28 (8.00%) Wireless
15 26 (7.43%) Cisco ISE
15 26 (7.43%) VXLAN
16 24 (6.86%) Ethernet VPN
16 24 (6.86%) Junos
17 22 (6.29%) SAN
18 17 (4.86%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.29%) MySQL
3 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.57%) JIRA
2 6 (1.71%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.57%) Git
5 1 (0.29%) GitLab
General
1 79 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (6.29%) Finance
4 19 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.29%) Banking
6 10 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.00%) Legal
7 7 (2.00%) Military
8 6 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.43%) Law
10 4 (1.14%) Local Government
10 4 (1.14%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.86%) Police
12 2 (0.57%) Advertising
12 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (14.00%) Network Engineer
3 38 (10.86%) Senior
4 33 (9.43%) Analyst
5 30 (8.57%) IT Support
6 28 (8.00%) Architect
6 28 (8.00%) Support Engineer
7 27 (7.71%) IT Engineer
8 16 (4.57%) IT Analyst
8 16 (4.57%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.29%) Network Specialist
10 14 (4.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (4.00%) Firewall Specialist
10 14 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (3.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.14%) Administrator
12 11 (3.14%) Support Analyst
13 10 (2.86%) IT Support Analyst
13 10 (2.86%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.43%) 802.1X
2 32 (9.14%) LDAP
3 21 (6.00%) SAML
4 16 (4.57%) OAuth
5 8 (2.29%) JSON
6 4 (1.14%) OpenID
7 3 (0.86%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.86%) Redfish
7 3 (0.86%) REST
8 2 (0.57%) Middleware
8 2 (0.57%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.57%) Qt
8 2 (0.57%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.57%) XMPP
9 1 (0.29%) .NET
9 1 (0.29%) CSS
9 1 (0.29%) HTML
9 1 (0.29%) LAMP
9 1 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (14.57%) Data Centre
2 47 (13.43%) PKI
3 36 (10.29%) Clustering
4 34 (9.71%) Replication
5 24 (6.86%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.14%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.57%) IoT
9 8 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.43%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.43%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.43%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.14%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.86%) iPhone
13 3 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 230 (65.71%) Windows
2 135 (38.57%) Windows Server
3 39 (11.14%) Windows 10
4 35 (10.00%) Linux
5 29 (8.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (4.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.43%) Android
9 8 (2.29%) Apple iOS
9 8 (2.29%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.71%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.86%) Unix
11 3 (0.86%) VMS
12 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.29%) CentOS
13 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (20.29%) High Availability
3 69 (19.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (18.57%) ITIL
5 46 (13.14%) Identity Access Management
5 46 (13.14%) ITSM
6 42 (12.00%) Load Balancing
7 40 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 38 (10.86%) Migration
9 35 (10.00%) Observability
10 28 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (6.86%) Root Cause Analysis
11 24 (6.86%) Task Automation
12 23 (6.57%) Service Management
13 21 (6.00%) Agile
13 21 (6.00%) Change Management
13 21 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (6.00%) DevOps
14 18 (5.14%) Patch Management
14 18 (5.14%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 101 (28.86%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.29%) Python
3 15 (4.29%) Bash
4 9 (2.57%) SQL
5 8 (2.29%) JavaScript
6 7 (2.00%) VBA
6 7 (2.00%) VBScript
7 4 (1.14%) VB
8 3 (0.86%) Bicep
9 2 (0.57%) Lisp
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) C#
10 1 (0.29%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) Java
10 1 (0.29%) Perl
10 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 135 (38.57%) Security Cleared
2 86 (24.57%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.86%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (10.29%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.57%) CCNP
6 18 (5.14%) Degree
7 13 (3.71%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (3.43%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.43%) CCNA
9 10 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.00%) JNCIA
10 7 (2.00%) JNCIP
10 7 (2.00%) JNCIS
10 7 (2.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.71%) AWS Certification
11 6 (1.71%) Server+ Certification
12 5 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.57%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.71%) GDPR
1 20 (5.71%) SLA
2 14 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.29%) NIST
5 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.86%) NCSC
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.29%) QA
7 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 214 (61.14%) Active Directory
2 98 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (15.14%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.57%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (6.00%) vSphere
6 17 (4.86%) Docker
7 15 (4.29%) BitLocker
7 15 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (2.86%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (2.00%) Firmware
10 7 (2.00%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.43%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.86%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.86%) NFS
12 3 (0.86%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.86%) XenApp
13 2 (0.57%) UAG
13 2 (0.57%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.29%) Samba
Systems Management
1 56 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (14.29%) SCCM
3 37 (10.57%) Ansible
4 36 (10.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (8.86%) FortiGate
6 29 (8.29%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (6.29%) Terraform
8 17 (4.86%) Kubernetes
9 16 (4.57%) WSUS
10 13 (3.71%) vCenter Server
11 9 (2.57%) vMotion
12 7 (2.00%) Puppet
12 7 (2.00%) SCOM
13 6 (1.71%) Nagios
14 5 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
14 5 (1.43%) HAProxy
15 3 (0.86%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.86%) Stealthwatch
16 2 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
16 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 150 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 108 (30.86%) VMware
3 69 (19.71%) Cisco
4 49 (14.00%) ServiceNow
5 44 (12.57%) F5
6 37 (10.57%) SolarWinds
7 36 (10.29%) Citrix
8 34 (9.71%) Juniper
9 28 (8.00%) Infoblox
10 24 (6.86%) Splunk
11 22 (6.29%) Extreme Networks
12 15 (4.29%) Palo Alto
13 14 (4.00%) Okta
14 12 (3.43%) Dell
14 12 (3.43%) Fortinet
14 12 (3.43%) NetApp
14 12 (3.43%) Veeam
15 10 (2.86%) HP
16 8 (2.29%) CheckPoint
16 8 (2.29%) Dynatrace