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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 252 242
Rank change year-on-year -15 -10 +4
Contract jobs citing DHCP 455 302 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.08% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.46% 9.20% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 203 218
10th Percentile £225 £204 £237
25th Percentile £375 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £655
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £458
% change year-on-year +11.11% -1.64% -3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 17 5
10th Percentile £26.00 £27.46 £25.86
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.67% -36.84% +55.74%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £30.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +106.67% -21.05% +11.76%

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 4,348 3,282 3,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.75% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,563 2,076 2,243
10th Percentile £258 £224 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 169 173
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £23.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £37.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -34.61% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £92.51 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -22.94% -16.67% -9.72%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -55 154 £450 -4.00% 127
South East -29 95 £519 -1.19% 77
North of England -28 70 £500 +13.06% 61
South West +2 62 £560 +1.73% 48
Midlands -39 52 £425 +30.77% 50
West Midlands -41 38 £425 +30.77% 30
North West -27 35 £519 +18.64% 38
Yorkshire -22 25 £500 -9.09% 15
East of England -25 17 £494 +29.08% 27
East Midlands -2 14 £375 - 19
North East -31 10 £213 -14.40% 11
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 66 (14.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (13.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.76%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.54%) Confluence
5 5 (1.10%) Apache
5 5 (1.10%) IIS
5 5 (1.10%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.44%) Houdini
4 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.44%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 10 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 221 (48.57%) Azure
2 135 (29.67%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 100 (21.98%) AWS
5 39 (8.57%) OneDrive
6 26 (5.71%) GCP
7 17 (3.74%) IaaS
7 17 (3.74%) SaaS
8 16 (3.52%) OpenShift
9 15 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (3.30%) GitHub
10 14 (3.08%) PaaS
11 13 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.76%) Route 53
14 7 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (1.54%) Google Workspace
15 6 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 449 (98.68%) DNS
2 203 (44.62%) Firewall
3 190 (41.76%) TCP/IP
4 152 (33.41%) VPN
5 93 (20.44%) VLAN
6 72 (15.82%) Network Security
7 69 (15.16%) LAN
7 69 (15.16%) WAN
8 55 (12.09%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (11.65%) Wireless
10 38 (8.35%) SAN
11 37 (8.13%) BGP
12 33 (7.25%) OSPF
13 26 (5.71%) SSL
14 21 (4.62%) NAS
15 20 (4.40%) IPsec
16 19 (4.18%) SD-WAN
17 18 (3.96%) Cisco ASA
17 18 (3.96%) Cisco IOS
18 17 (3.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.88%) Db2
3 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.66%) Big Data
5 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (7.25%) JIRA
2 9 (1.98%) Git
2 9 (1.98%) GitLab
3 8 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.88%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.22%) JMeter
8 1 (0.22%) Locust
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Newman
8 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 156 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 58 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.77%) Finance
4 30 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.86%) Banking
7 10 (2.20%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.20%) Police
8 9 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.98%) Legal
9 8 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.54%) Front Office
10 7 (1.54%) Law
11 5 (1.10%) Local Government
11 5 (1.10%) Military
12 4 (0.88%) Automotive
12 4 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.66%) Retail
Job Titles
1 119 (26.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 68 (14.95%) Senior
3 67 (14.73%) Network Engineer
4 51 (11.21%) Support Engineer
5 44 (9.67%) IT Support
6 36 (7.91%) IT Engineer
7 34 (7.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 33 (7.25%) Architect
9 30 (6.59%) Analyst
10 29 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
11 28 (6.15%) Senior Network Engineer
12 22 (4.84%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (4.18%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (3.30%) Active Directory Engineer
17 14 (3.08%) Administrator
18 13 (2.86%) Desktop Support
19 12 (2.64%) Server Engineer
20 11 (2.42%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (18.68%) Terraform
2 20 (4.40%) 802.1X
3 15 (3.30%) LDAP
4 14 (3.08%) ARM Templates
5 10 (2.20%) SAML
6 7 (1.54%) JSON
7 5 (1.10%) OAuth
7 5 (1.10%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.88%) Middleware
8 4 (0.88%) REST
8 4 (0.88%) YAML
9 3 (0.66%) .NET
9 3 (0.66%) OpenID
10 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.44%) Blazor
10 2 (0.44%) eBPF
10 2 (0.44%) ModSecurity
10 2 (0.44%) Qt
10 2 (0.44%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 86 (18.90%) Data Centre
2 72 (15.82%) PKI
3 44 (9.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (8.79%) Onboarding
5 20 (4.40%) Clustering
6 15 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.86%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.42%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.42%) Replication
9 10 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.32%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
12 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.10%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.10%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.10%) Thin Client
13 4 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 326 (71.65%) Windows
2 169 (37.14%) Windows Server
3 120 (26.37%) Linux
4 56 (12.31%) Windows 10
5 30 (6.59%) Mac OS
6 18 (3.96%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.30%) Android
7 15 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (3.08%) Unix
9 12 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (1.76%) Ubuntu
11 8 (1.76%) Windows 7
12 5 (1.10%) CentOS
13 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.66%) VMS
15 2 (0.44%) SUSE
15 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (31.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 142 (31.21%) ITIL
3 122 (26.81%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (18.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 73 (16.04%) ITSM
6 66 (14.51%) Root Cause Analysis
7 65 (14.29%) Migration
8 60 (13.19%) High Availability
9 54 (11.87%) Disaster Recovery
9 54 (11.87%) Technical Leadership
10 48 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (10.55%) Service Management
11 47 (10.33%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (10.11%) Project Delivery
13 44 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 42 (9.23%) Change Management
15 41 (9.01%) Customer Service
16 39 (8.57%) DevOps
16 39 (8.57%) User Experience
17 38 (8.35%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (30.99%) PowerShell
2 73 (16.04%) Python
3 59 (12.97%) Bash
4 16 (3.52%) SQL
5 14 (3.08%) Bicep
6 10 (2.20%) VBScript
7 8 (1.76%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.32%) VB
9 5 (1.10%) VBA
10 3 (0.66%) C++
10 3 (0.66%) Lisp
10 3 (0.66%) Perl
11 2 (0.44%) C
11 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) Go
12 1 (0.22%) Java
12 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 91 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 75 (16.48%) DV Cleared
4 57 (12.53%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (10.77%) CCNP
6 44 (9.67%) Degree
7 34 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (5.71%) Azure Certification
8 26 (5.71%) CCNA
9 21 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 12 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.64%) VCAP
12 11 (2.42%) A+ Certification
12 11 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (2.20%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.20%) Server+ Certification
14 9 (1.98%) CCIE
15 7 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.10%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.59%) SLA
2 11 (2.42%) NIST
3 10 (2.20%) QA
4 5 (1.10%) NCSC
5 4 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 287 (63.08%) Active Directory
2 168 (36.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (22.42%) Hyper-V
4 59 (12.97%) vSphere
5 41 (9.01%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (5.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 25 (5.49%) VMware NSX
7 24 (5.27%) Docker
8 21 (4.62%) Virtual Machines
9 12 (2.64%) BitLocker
10 10 (2.20%) Virtual Servers
11 9 (1.98%) NFS
12 8 (1.76%) Firmware
13 6 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (1.32%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.88%) VirtualBox
15 3 (0.66%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.44%) XenApp
16 2 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 95 (20.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (16.92%) Ansible
3 65 (14.29%) SCCM
4 41 (9.01%) Kubernetes
5 25 (5.49%) vCenter Server
6 18 (3.96%) FortiGate
7 16 (3.52%) VxRail
7 16 (3.52%) WSUS
8 14 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (2.20%) vMotion
11 9 (1.98%) SCOM
12 8 (1.76%) Nagios
13 7 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (1.54%) Grafana
13 7 (1.54%) Packer
13 7 (1.54%) Prometheus
13 7 (1.54%) Puppet
14 6 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 259 (56.92%) Microsoft
2 197 (43.30%) VMware
3 99 (21.76%) Cisco
4 74 (16.26%) ServiceNow
5 38 (8.35%) Citrix
6 36 (7.91%) Infoblox
7 34 (7.47%) F5
8 31 (6.81%) Palo Alto
9 27 (5.93%) SolarWinds
10 22 (4.84%) CheckPoint
11 19 (4.18%) Fortinet
12 18 (3.96%) Google
13 17 (3.74%) Juniper
14 16 (3.52%) CyberArk
15 14 (3.08%) Meraki
16 13 (2.86%) Red Hat
17 12 (2.64%) HP
17 12 (2.64%) Zscaler
18 11 (2.42%) Remedy
19 10 (2.20%) Veeam