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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 191 221
Rank change year-on-year -72 +30 +9
Contract jobs citing DHCP 313 348 412
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.32% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.25% 10.27% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 223 288
10th Percentile £200 £213 £190
25th Percentile £314 £270 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.22% -2.11%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £602
90th Percentile £638 £710 £650
UK median daily rate £519 £458 £465
% change year-on-year +13.44% -1.61% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £24.34
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -39.50% +32.23%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 -
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 £43.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.57% -41.03% +32.23%

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 3,382 3,389 5,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.39% 12.89% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,191 1,942 3,245
10th Percentile £204 £220 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.04% -6.22%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 368
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £16.18
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £22.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -32.55% +138.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.80
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -14.29% -32.55% +150.60%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -32 100 £538 +7.50% 40
South East -21 73 £520 +22.35% 59
North of England -74 49 £330 -5.71% 36
South West -27 40 £575 -1.08% 28
Midlands -51 35 £400 +6.67% 25
West Midlands -24 33 £413 +7.14% 13
North West -51 26 £535 +25.88% 12
East of England -7 21 £363 +47.96% 23
Yorkshire -38 17 £225 -3.23% 21
North East -20 6 £223 +48.83% 7
East Midlands -32 2 £275 -20.86% 12
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 64 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (17.89%) SharePoint
3 32 (10.22%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.92%) IIS
5 5 (1.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.28%) Apache
6 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (1.28%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (1.28%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.96%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.64%) WordPress
9 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (12.14%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.32%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 143 (45.69%) Azure
2 92 (29.39%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (24.28%) Entra ID
4 62 (19.81%) AWS
5 17 (5.43%) IaaS
6 14 (4.47%) GCP
7 13 (4.15%) PaaS
8 11 (3.51%) Nutanix
9 10 (3.19%) SaaS
10 8 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.56%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.60%) AWS Direct Connect
12 5 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.96%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 302 (96.49%) DNS
2 106 (33.87%) TCP/IP
3 87 (27.80%) VPN
4 84 (26.84%) Firewall
5 56 (17.89%) VLAN
6 50 (15.97%) LAN
7 49 (15.65%) WAN
8 28 (8.95%) Skype
9 27 (8.63%) Kerberos
10 26 (8.31%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (7.03%) BGP
12 20 (6.39%) Wireless
13 15 (4.79%) Network Security
13 15 (4.79%) SAN
14 14 (4.47%) OSPF
15 13 (4.15%) Cisco ISE
15 13 (4.15%) SD-WAN
16 11 (3.51%) VXLAN
17 9 (2.88%) FTP
17 9 (2.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.60%) JIRA
2 4 (1.28%) Git
3 3 (0.96%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 100 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 63 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (7.99%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.39%) Finance
5 18 (5.75%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.83%) Banking
7 8 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.92%) Legal
8 6 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.96%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Marketing
11 3 (0.96%) Military
11 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Back Office
12 2 (0.64%) Front Office
12 2 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 57 (18.21%) Support Engineer
2 46 (14.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (12.14%) Analyst
4 32 (10.22%) IT Support
5 26 (8.31%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (8.31%) Network Engineer
6 25 (7.99%) Architect
7 24 (7.67%) Senior
8 17 (5.43%) IT Analyst
9 16 (5.11%) IT Engineer
9 16 (5.11%) Support Analyst
10 15 (4.79%) Microsoft Engineer
11 14 (4.47%) IT Support Analyst
12 13 (4.15%) Infrastructure Support
13 12 (3.83%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 12 (3.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 12 (3.83%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
14 11 (3.51%) Desktop Support
14 11 (3.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.27%) LDAP
2 15 (4.79%) OAuth
2 15 (4.79%) SAML
3 6 (1.92%) Middleware
4 4 (1.28%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.96%) .NET
5 3 (0.96%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.96%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (0.96%) Bootstrap
5 3 (0.96%) Express.js
5 3 (0.96%) React
5 3 (0.96%) SOAP
5 3 (0.96%) WCF
5 3 (0.96%) Web Services
5 3 (0.96%) WPF
5 3 (0.96%) YAML
6 2 (0.64%) REST
6 2 (0.64%) XMPP
7 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.18%) Replication
2 29 (9.27%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.35%) PKI
4 11 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.92%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.60%) Clustering
8 5 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.28%) IoT
9 4 (1.28%) iPhone
9 4 (1.28%) NHS
9 4 (1.28%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.28%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.96%) CMDB
10 3 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 213 (68.05%) Windows
2 121 (38.66%) Windows Server
3 47 (15.02%) Windows 10
4 45 (14.38%) Linux
5 28 (8.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (5.11%) Android
8 14 (4.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.51%) Windows 7
10 10 (3.19%) Apple iOS
11 9 (2.88%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.60%) CentOS
12 5 (1.60%) Mac OS
12 5 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.28%) Unix
14 3 (0.96%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.96%) VMS
14 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (27.16%) ITIL
2 83 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (14.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (11.82%) High Availability
6 36 (11.50%) Service Management
7 30 (9.58%) Migration
8 26 (8.31%) ITSM
8 26 (8.31%) Zero Trust
9 25 (7.99%) Customer Service
10 24 (7.67%) Infrastructure as Code
10 24 (7.67%) Load Balancing
10 24 (7.67%) Task Automation
11 23 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (7.03%) Change Management
12 22 (7.03%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (6.39%) Root Cause Analysis
14 19 (6.07%) DevOps
15 18 (5.75%) Knowledge Transfer
15 18 (5.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 133 (42.49%) PowerShell
2 28 (8.95%) Python
3 14 (4.47%) Bash
3 14 (4.47%) SQL
4 12 (3.83%) VBScript
5 10 (3.19%) VB
6 7 (2.24%) Bicep
6 7 (2.24%) Lisp
7 5 (1.60%) Perl
8 3 (0.96%) C#
8 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 113 (36.10%) Security Cleared
2 88 (28.12%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.50%) DV Cleared
4 34 (10.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (9.58%) Degree
6 28 (8.95%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (8.63%) CCNP
8 23 (7.35%) Azure Certification
9 17 (5.43%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (3.51%) CCNA
10 11 (3.51%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (2.56%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (2.24%) MCP
12 7 (2.24%) MCSE
13 6 (1.92%) CISSP
14 5 (1.60%) CCIE
14 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.60%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.67%) GDPR
2 15 (4.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 13 (4.15%) SLA
4 11 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.92%) NIST
7 5 (1.60%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.64%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.64%) NCSC
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.32%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.32%) QA
9 1 (0.32%) RMADS
System Software
1 199 (63.58%) Active Directory
2 85 (27.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (12.78%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.79%) Docker
5 14 (4.47%) vSphere
6 13 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.83%) BitLocker
8 11 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.56%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.60%) Firmware
10 5 (1.60%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.28%) Brightmail
11 4 (1.28%) ISA Server
11 4 (1.28%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.96%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.96%) KVM
12 3 (0.96%) NFS
Systems Management
1 64 (20.45%) SCCM
2 58 (18.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (10.86%) Ansible
4 31 (9.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 29 (9.27%) Terraform
6 26 (8.31%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (4.47%) WSUS
8 13 (4.15%) Kubernetes
9 10 (3.19%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.88%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (2.24%) SCOM
12 5 (1.60%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.60%) Puppet
12 5 (1.60%) vMotion
13 3 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.96%) Nagios
13 3 (0.96%) Packer
13 3 (0.96%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 177 (56.55%) Microsoft
2 95 (30.35%) VMware
3 46 (14.70%) Cisco
4 41 (13.10%) ServiceNow
5 26 (8.31%) Citrix
6 18 (5.75%) SolarWinds
7 16 (5.11%) Okta
8 15 (4.79%) Fortinet
9 14 (4.47%) Dell
9 14 (4.47%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.47%) Veeam
10 13 (4.15%) F5
11 9 (2.88%) Infoblox
11 9 (2.88%) Remedy
12 8 (2.56%) Juniper
12 8 (2.56%) Meraki
13 7 (2.24%) Apple
13 7 (2.24%) Ekahau
14 6 (1.92%) CheckPoint
14 6 (1.92%) Zscaler