DHCP Contracts in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 236 237
Rank change year-on-year +14 +1 +46
Contract jobs citing DHCP 294 372 570
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.21% 1.00% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.25% 7.42% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 280 423
10th Percentile £243 £213 £207
25th Percentile £350 £350 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £603 £595 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £491
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.31% +15.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 12
10th Percentile £24.03 £16.80 £20.28
25th Percentile £24.69 £20.00 £33.25
Median hourly rate £25.80 £40.00 £41.13
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -2.74% +91.28%
75th Percentile £26.90 - £52.13
90th Percentile £27.56 £68.25 -
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £40.00 £41.13
% change year-on-year -41.03% -2.74% +82.78%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DHCP in England.

Daily rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DHCP in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 May 2025. 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 +26 110 £500 +11.11% 110
North of England +45 62 £385 +0.33% 83
South East -19 53 £575 +15.00% 107
North West +40 41 £425 +7.94% 44
South West +50 37 £615 +14.42% 52
Yorkshire +11 18 £394 +4.30% 34
Midlands -5 13 £450 +9.09% 53
East of England +33 9 £454 +6.76% 47
East Midlands +11 8 £500 +53.85% 20
West Midlands -13 5 £185 -64.76% 26
North East +1 3 £225 -63.27% 8
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (22.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (14.97%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.10%) Skype for Business
4 12 (4.08%) Confluence
5 10 (3.40%) IIS
6 9 (3.06%) Apache
7 3 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (1.02%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (1.02%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 43 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (34.01%) Azure
2 74 (25.17%) AWS
3 57 (19.39%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (15.31%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.50%) GCP
6 24 (8.16%) OpenShift
7 20 (6.80%) OneDrive
8 17 (5.78%) IaaS
9 14 (4.76%) PaaS
10 7 (2.38%) GitHub
11 6 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (2.04%) Nutanix
12 5 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.70%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.70%) SaaS
13 4 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.36%) Datadog
13 4 (1.36%) Route 53
14 3 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 278 (94.56%) DNS
2 91 (30.95%) Firewall
3 88 (29.93%) TCP/IP
4 74 (25.17%) VPN
5 51 (17.35%) WAN
6 49 (16.67%) VLAN
7 47 (15.99%) LAN
8 42 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (10.54%) Network Security
10 28 (9.52%) Wireless
11 27 (9.18%) SMTP
12 24 (8.16%) HTTP
13 21 (7.14%) VoIP
14 19 (6.46%) BGP
15 18 (6.12%) SAN
16 17 (5.78%) OSPF
17 14 (4.76%) SD-WAN
18 13 (4.42%) Skype
19 11 (3.74%) EIGRP
19 11 (3.74%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.06%) Big Data
3 9 (3.06%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.02%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.02%) InfluxDB
5 3 (1.02%) Looker
5 3 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.68%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.34%) Power BI
7 1 (0.34%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (4.42%) JIRA
2 9 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.72%) Git
3 8 (2.72%) GitLab
4 4 (1.36%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
5 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.34%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 59 (20.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.95%) Finance
3 38 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.76%) Banking
6 9 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.06%) Military
7 6 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.70%) Electronics
8 5 (1.70%) Marketing
8 5 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.36%) French Language
10 3 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.02%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) International Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Back Office
12 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (17.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (17.01%) Network Engineer
2 50 (17.01%) Support Engineer
3 21 (7.14%) Senior
4 18 (6.12%) Administrator
4 18 (6.12%) Analyst
5 16 (5.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 16 (5.44%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 15 (5.10%) Architect
6 15 (5.10%) Desktop Engineer
6 15 (5.10%) Infrastructure Support
6 15 (5.10%) Lead
7 14 (4.76%) Desktop Support
7 14 (4.76%) IT Engineer
8 13 (4.42%) IT Support
9 12 (4.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 12 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 12 (4.08%) Windows Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) LDAP
2 7 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.36%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.02%) Node.js
4 3 (1.02%) Yocto
5 2 (0.68%) .NET
5 2 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.68%) React
5 2 (0.68%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) Bazel
6 1 (0.34%) HTML
6 1 (0.34%) POSIX
6 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.59%) PKI
2 30 (10.20%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.10%) Clustering
4 9 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.72%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.04%) Replication
8 5 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.70%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.02%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.02%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.02%) Digital TV
10 3 (1.02%) IoT
10 3 (1.02%) STB
10 3 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 186 (63.27%) Windows
2 100 (34.01%) Windows Server
3 86 (29.25%) Linux
4 40 (13.61%) Windows 10
5 36 (12.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (5.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (4.08%) VMS
9 10 (3.40%) CentOS
10 9 (3.06%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (2.72%) Unix
12 7 (2.38%) Android
12 7 (2.38%) Apple iOS
12 7 (2.38%) Rocky
13 6 (2.04%) Mac OS
13 6 (2.04%) Windows 7
14 5 (1.70%) Ubuntu
15 3 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (1.02%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (20.75%) ITIL
3 50 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (16.67%) DevOps
5 31 (10.54%) Agile
6 30 (10.20%) Customer Service
7 28 (9.52%) High Availability
7 28 (9.52%) Service Management
8 26 (8.84%) Migration
9 25 (8.50%) Containerisation
9 25 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (8.50%) Patch Management
10 24 (8.16%) ITSM
11 22 (7.48%) Incident Management
12 20 (6.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (6.80%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (5.78%) Project Management
14 15 (5.10%) Mentoring
14 15 (5.10%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (4.76%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.83%) PowerShell
2 58 (19.73%) Python
3 24 (8.16%) Bash
4 20 (6.80%) Java
5 16 (5.44%) SQL
6 12 (4.08%) Perl
7 10 (3.40%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.06%) VBScript
9 7 (2.38%) C#
9 7 (2.38%) VB
10 6 (2.04%) C
11 5 (1.70%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.36%) C++
12 4 (1.36%) Go
13 2 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 90 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 52 (17.69%) SC Cleared
3 38 (12.93%) Degree
4 37 (12.59%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (12.59%) DV Cleared
5 25 (8.50%) CCNP
6 24 (8.16%) CCNA
7 11 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.04%) CCSA
10 5 (1.70%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.70%) CISSP
10 5 (1.70%) MCSE
11 4 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.36%) MCSA
12 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.68%) HP APS
13 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.10%) SLA
2 8 (2.72%) QA
3 5 (1.70%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.36%) GDPR
4 4 (1.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.68%) DICOM
5 2 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.68%) HL7
5 2 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 145 (49.32%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (15.99%) Hyper-V
4 34 (11.56%) Docker
5 28 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (5.10%) BitLocker
6 15 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (5.10%) vSphere
7 13 (4.42%) Microsoft App-V
8 11 (3.74%) NFS
9 10 (3.40%) Terminal Services
10 8 (2.72%) Samba
10 8 (2.72%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (2.04%) DFS Replication
11 6 (2.04%) Firmware
11 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (1.02%) Brightmail
12 3 (1.02%) ISA Server
12 3 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 46 (15.65%) Ansible
2 43 (14.63%) SCCM
3 37 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (10.88%) Kubernetes
4 32 (10.88%) Terraform
5 29 (9.86%) Puppet
6 27 (9.18%) WSUS
7 20 (6.80%) vCenter Server
8 14 (4.76%) vMotion
9 13 (4.42%) AppManager
10 12 (4.08%) Nagios
11 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (2.72%) yum
12 7 (2.38%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.70%) ZABBIX
14 4 (1.36%) Dell DRAC
14 4 (1.36%) NetApp OnCommand
14 4 (1.36%) NetBackup
14 4 (1.36%) OPNET
14 4 (1.36%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 125 (42.52%) Microsoft
2 110 (37.41%) VMware
3 62 (21.09%) Cisco
4 34 (11.56%) Red Hat
5 30 (10.20%) CheckPoint
6 23 (7.82%) HP
6 23 (7.82%) Infoblox
7 21 (7.14%) F5
8 19 (6.46%) Google
9 16 (5.44%) SolarWinds
10 15 (5.10%) Citrix
10 15 (5.10%) Palo Alto
11 13 (4.42%) Ivanti
12 12 (4.08%) Juniper
12 12 (4.08%) ServiceNow
13 11 (3.74%) Dell
13 11 (3.74%) Symantec
14 10 (3.40%) Aruba
14 10 (3.40%) Meraki
15 8 (2.72%) Splunk