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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 238 246
Rank change year-on-year -20 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing DHCP 446 301 324
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.09% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.39% 8.78% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 205 241
10th Percentile £220 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £484
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +5.37% +1.89%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £672 £625 £608
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £473
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.82% -0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 9
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.60 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.00 £23.10
Median hourly rate £63.48 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.60% -36.84% +41.79%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £72.60
UK median hourly rate £61.11 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.69% -36.84% +41.79%

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 4,294 3,427 4,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.40% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,130 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 165 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.87%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.07 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.38% -5.30% -3.24%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 -64 147 £450 -10.00% 69
South East -12 123 £518 -8.97% 57
North of England -48 65 £505 +7.45% 34
South West -1 51 £475 -18.28% 34
Midlands -45 46 £400 - 22
North West -24 38 £575 +28.64% 20
West Midlands -56 31 £406 +1.56% 16
Yorkshire -36 21 £500 -9.09% 10
East Midlands 0 15 £300 -47.83% 6
East of England -27 11 £475 -9.52% 26
North East -38 6 £213 -50.00% 5
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 50 (11.21%) SharePoint
2 48 (10.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.35%) IIS
3 6 (1.35%) nginx
4 5 (1.12%) Apache
4 5 (1.12%) Confluence
4 5 (1.12%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 17 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.45%) Houdini
4 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.45%) NUKE
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 195 (43.72%) Azure
2 113 (25.34%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (20.18%) Entra ID
4 88 (19.73%) AWS
5 39 (8.74%) OneDrive
6 22 (4.93%) GCP
7 21 (4.71%) IaaS
8 19 (4.26%) PaaS
9 18 (4.04%) SaaS
10 13 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (2.91%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (2.47%) GitHub
12 8 (1.79%) Route 53
13 7 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.57%) Datadog
13 7 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.35%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 442 (99.10%) DNS
2 207 (46.41%) Firewall
3 167 (37.44%) TCP/IP
4 133 (29.82%) VPN
5 96 (21.52%) VLAN
6 95 (21.30%) LAN
7 92 (20.63%) WAN
8 63 (14.13%) Network Security
9 58 (13.00%) Wi-Fi
10 52 (11.66%) BGP
11 51 (11.43%) OSPF
11 51 (11.43%) Wireless
12 42 (9.42%) SAN
13 37 (8.30%) BIG-IP
14 32 (7.17%) VXLAN
15 26 (5.83%) Cisco ISE
15 26 (5.83%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (5.61%) Junos
16 25 (5.61%) NAS
17 23 (5.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.90%) Db2
5 3 (0.67%) Big Data
6 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (7.40%) JIRA
2 8 (1.79%) Git
3 7 (1.57%) Chocolatey
4 6 (1.35%) GitLab
5 5 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
5 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.22%) MSI
7 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 56 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (9.87%) Finance
4 35 (7.85%) Public Sector
5 25 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (4.04%) Banking
7 9 (2.02%) Military
7 9 (2.02%) Police
7 9 (2.02%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.57%) Legal
9 7 (1.57%) Local Government
10 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.90%) Automotive
11 4 (0.90%) Law
12 3 (0.67%) Front Office
12 3 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 111 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (16.59%) Network Engineer
3 67 (15.02%) Senior
4 53 (11.88%) Support Engineer
5 44 (9.87%) IT Support
6 40 (8.97%) Architect
6 40 (8.97%) IT Engineer
7 30 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 29 (6.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (6.50%) Senior Network Engineer
9 25 (5.61%) Analyst
10 21 (4.71%) Platform Engineer
11 17 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
12 15 (3.36%) Administrator
12 15 (3.36%) Network Specialist
13 14 (3.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 14 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
13 14 (3.14%) Firewall Specialist
13 14 (3.14%) Support Analyst
13 14 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.97%) 802.1X
2 13 (2.91%) ARM Templates
3 10 (2.24%) LDAP
4 9 (2.02%) JSON
5 8 (1.79%) SAML
6 5 (1.12%) Software Packaging
7 4 (0.90%) Middleware
7 4 (0.90%) OpenID
7 4 (0.90%) YAML
8 3 (0.67%) .NET
8 3 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.67%) Redfish
8 3 (0.67%) REST
9 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.45%) Blazor
9 2 (0.45%) eBPF
9 2 (0.45%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.45%) OAuth
9 2 (0.45%) Qt
9 2 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 98 (21.97%) Data Centre
2 83 (18.61%) PKI
3 41 (9.19%) Onboarding
4 40 (8.97%) Clustering
5 37 (8.30%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.47%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.24%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.57%) Replication
11 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.12%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.12%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 311 (69.73%) Windows
2 146 (32.74%) Windows Server
3 97 (21.75%) Linux
4 56 (12.56%) Windows 10
5 25 (5.61%) Mac OS
6 14 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.69%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (2.47%) Unix
9 10 (2.24%) Android
9 10 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.79%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.35%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.67%) VMS
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.45%) CentOS
15 1 (0.22%) Rocky
15 1 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (29.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 129 (28.92%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (27.13%) ITIL
4 81 (18.16%) High Availability
4 81 (18.16%) ITSM
5 70 (15.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 55 (12.33%) Migration
7 48 (10.76%) Load Balancing
8 46 (10.31%) Root Cause Analysis
9 44 (9.87%) Observability
10 43 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (9.42%) Service Management
12 40 (8.97%) Identity Access Management
12 40 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
13 39 (8.74%) Disaster Recovery
14 38 (8.52%) DevOps
15 36 (8.07%) Incident Management
15 36 (8.07%) Project Delivery
16 35 (7.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 118 (26.46%) PowerShell
2 74 (16.59%) Python
3 58 (13.00%) Bash
4 12 (2.69%) SQL
5 11 (2.47%) Bicep
5 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.79%) VBScript
7 7 (1.57%) VBA
8 5 (1.12%) VB
9 3 (0.67%) Lisp
9 3 (0.67%) Perl
10 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 179 (40.13%) Security Cleared
2 89 (19.96%) SC Cleared
3 75 (16.82%) Cisco Certification
3 75 (16.82%) DV Cleared
4 50 (11.21%) CCNP
5 40 (8.97%) Degree
6 31 (6.95%) CCNA
7 26 (5.83%) Network+ Certification
8 23 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (4.48%) Azure Certification
10 15 (3.36%) Server+ Certification
11 11 (2.47%) JNCIP
11 11 (2.47%) JNCIS
11 11 (2.47%) VCAP
12 10 (2.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (2.02%) A+ Certification
13 9 (2.02%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.02%) CCIE
14 8 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (1.57%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.50%) SLA
2 14 (3.14%) NIST
3 7 (1.57%) QA
4 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.90%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 258 (57.85%) Active Directory
2 151 (33.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (21.08%) Hyper-V
4 48 (10.76%) vSphere
5 39 (8.74%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (5.83%) VMware NSX
7 25 (5.61%) Docker
7 25 (5.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
9 14 (3.14%) BitLocker
10 9 (2.02%) Firmware
10 9 (2.02%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (1.79%) NFS
12 6 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (1.35%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.90%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.45%) UAG
15 2 (0.45%) XenApp
15 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 79 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (16.59%) Terraform
3 72 (16.14%) Ansible
4 57 (12.78%) SCCM
5 39 (8.74%) Kubernetes
6 38 (8.52%) FortiGate
7 22 (4.93%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.59%) WSUS
9 15 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (3.36%) VxRail
10 12 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (2.24%) Nagios
11 10 (2.24%) vMotion
12 7 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
12 7 (1.57%) Packer
12 7 (1.57%) Prometheus
12 7 (1.57%) Puppet
13 6 (1.35%) SCOM
14 5 (1.12%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.90%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 218 (48.88%) Microsoft
2 179 (40.13%) VMware
3 111 (24.89%) Cisco
4 80 (17.94%) ServiceNow
5 51 (11.43%) F5
6 49 (10.99%) SolarWinds
7 43 (9.64%) Citrix
8 40 (8.97%) Infoblox
9 39 (8.74%) Juniper
10 27 (6.05%) Splunk
11 26 (5.83%) Palo Alto
12 22 (4.93%) Extreme Networks
13 17 (3.81%) CheckPoint
13 17 (3.81%) Fortinet
13 17 (3.81%) Google
14 16 (3.59%) HP
15 14 (3.14%) CyberArk
15 14 (3.14%) Zscaler
16 10 (2.24%) Meraki
16 10 (2.24%) Tenable