DHCP Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for DHCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DHCP over the 3 months to 22 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) UK / England
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	245	189	205
Rank change year-on-year	-56	+16
Contract jobs citing DHCP	420	695	609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.98%	1.40%	1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	7.14%	8.82%	8.08%
Number of daily rates quoted	263	422	349
Median daily rate	£325	£315	£320
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.17%	-1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£160	£200	£175
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£450	£475	£470
UK excluding London median daily rate	£315	£310	£300
% change year-on-year	+1.61%	+3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	34	56	47
Median hourly rate	£17.50	£28.00	£21.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-37.50%	+30.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.65	£18.25	£10.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£38.75	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£28.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	-37.50%	+33.33%

DHCP is in the communications and computer networking skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills.

Contract Communications & Computer Network Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications and computer networking skills	5883	7880	7535
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	13.67%	15.91%	14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	3497	4892	4304
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£363
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£220	£245	£220
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£550	£550	£510
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£365	£347
% change year-on-year	+2.73%	+5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted	357	351	431
Median hourly rate	£24.86	£28.00	£22.92
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.21%	+22.19%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.50	£13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£47.83	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.50	£32.50	£26.00
% change year-on-year	-15.38%	+25.00%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing DHCP as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Communications & Networking category.

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing DHCP in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing DHCP in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing DHCP in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for DHCP in England

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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 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-4	146	£325	-13.33%	76
South East	-11	82	£330	-5.71%	40
North West	+19	47	£350	-9.61%	21
South West	-14	34	£325	-	10
East of England	+3	31	£206	-34.52%	21
West Midlands	+26	24	£388	+14.81%	19
Yorkshire	+9	21	£325	-27.77%	17
East Midlands	-7	20	£285	-28.75%	4
North East	-26	15	£198	-24.40%	4
DHCP UK

DHCP
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing DHCP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for DHCP.

1	727 (92.14%)	DNS
2	542 (68.69%)	Windows
3	499 (63.24%)	Active Directory
4	306 (38.78%)	Microsoft
5	295 (37.39%)	Windows Server
6	292 (37.01%)	VMware
7	259 (32.83%)	Cisco
8	237 (30.04%)	TCP/IP
9	220 (27.88%)	Firewall
10	215 (27.25%)	LAN
11	198 (25.10%)	Windows Server 2008
12	194 (24.59%)	VMware Infrastructure
13	187 (23.70%)	WAN
14	182 (23.07%)	Windows Server 2012
15	165 (20.91%)	Security Cleared

16	161 (20.41%)	ITIL
17	148 (18.76%)	VPN
18	146 (18.50%)	Office 365
19	144 (18.25%)	Citrix
20	137 (17.36%)	Linux
21	134 (16.98%)	SQL Server
22	133 (16.86%)	MS Exchange
23	128 (16.22%)	SCCM
24	124 (15.72%)	Windows Server 2003
25	119 (15.08%)	Cisco Certification
25	119 (15.08%)	Hyper-V
26	116 (14.70%)	PowerShell
27	114 (14.45%)	Windows 7
28	108 (13.69%)	SC Cleared
29	106 (13.43%)	SQL

DHCP
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	133 (16.86%)	MS Exchange
2	97 (12.29%)	IIS
3	72 (9.13%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	70 (8.87%)	SharePoint
5	68 (8.62%)	Exchange Server 2013
6	43 (5.45%)	Skype for Business
7	35 (4.44%)	Apache
7	35 (4.44%)	Tomcat
8	27 (3.42%)	SharePoint 2013
9	20 (2.53%)	Exchange Server 2007
9	20 (2.53%)	SharePoint 2010
10	17 (2.15%)	Jetty
10	17 (2.15%)	Mongrel
10	17 (2.15%)	nginx
10	17 (2.15%)	WebSphere
11	13 (1.65%)	JBoss
12	12 (1.52%)	OpenStack
13	9 (1.14%)	Exchange Server 2003
13	9 (1.14%)	Office Communications Server
14	6 (0.76%)	IBM Notes

Applications
1	106 (13.43%)	Microsoft Office
2	14 (1.77%)	Microsoft Excel
3	9 (1.14%)	MS Visio
4	4 (0.51%)	Acrobat
4	4 (0.51%)	Adobe Creative Suite
4	4 (0.51%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	3 (0.38%)	AutoCAD
5	3 (0.38%)	InfoPath
6	2 (0.25%)	3ds Max
6	2 (0.25%)	CINEMA 4D
6	2 (0.25%)	Photoshop
6	2 (0.25%)	SketchUp
6	2 (0.25%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	11 (1.39%)	Dynamics CRM
2	5 (0.63%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	3 (0.38%)	Dynamics AX
4	2 (0.25%)	Teamcenter
5	1 (0.13%)	Remedy ITSM

Cloud Services
1	146 (18.50%)	Office 365
2	72 (9.13%)	Amazon AWS
3	68 (8.62%)	Microsoft Azure
4	18 (2.28%)	Google Cloud Platform
5	17 (2.15%)	Amazon EC2
5	17 (2.15%)	Google App Engine
5	17 (2.15%)	IaaS
6	11 (1.39%)	SaaS
7	10 (1.27%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	8 (1.01%)	Azure Active Directory
9	6 (0.76%)	Mimecast
9	6 (0.76%)	PaaS
9	6 (0.76%)	Virtual Private Cloud
10	4 (0.51%)	OpenShift
11	3 (0.38%)	OneDrive
12	2 (0.25%)	AWS OpsWorks
12	2 (0.25%)	Cloud Computing
13	1 (0.13%)	Amazon S3
13	1 (0.13%)	Boomi
13	1 (0.13%)	Route 53

Communications & Networking
1	727 (92.14%)	DNS
2	237 (30.04%)	TCP/IP
3	220 (27.88%)	Firewall
4	215 (27.25%)	LAN
5	187 (23.70%)	WAN
6	148 (18.76%)	VPN
7	89 (11.28%)	SAN
8	88 (11.15%)	Wireless
9	72 (9.13%)	MPLS
10	68 (8.62%)	VLAN
11	60 (7.60%)	Network Security
12	56 (7.10%)	VoIP
13	53 (6.72%)	Internet
14	51 (6.46%)	IPsec
15	48 (6.08%)	Cisco IOS
16	47 (5.96%)	Cisco ASA
16	47 (5.96%)	SSL
17	43 (5.45%)	OSPF
18	41 (5.20%)	Cisco Nexus
19	40 (5.07%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	134 (16.98%)	SQL Server
2	29 (3.68%)	SQL Server 2012
3	19 (2.41%)	SQL Server 2008
4	17 (2.15%)	Relational Database
5	13 (1.65%)	MS Access
5	13 (1.65%)	RDBMS
6	11 (1.39%)	SQL Server 2014
7	9 (1.14%)	MySQL
8	5 (0.63%)	PostgreSQL
8	5 (0.63%)	SQL Server 2005
8	5 (0.63%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	4 (0.51%)	Azure SQL Database
10	3 (0.38%)	MongoDB
11	2 (0.25%)	Business Intelligence Development Studio
11	2 (0.25%)	NoSQL
12	1 (0.13%)	Oracle Reports
12	1 (0.13%)	Redis

Development Applications
1	34 (4.31%)	Jenkins
2	16 (2.03%)	Travis CI
3	15 (1.90%)	Git (software)
4	11 (1.39%)	VSS/SourceSafe
5	6 (0.76%)	Visual Studio
6	5 (0.63%)	JIRA
7	4 (0.51%)	Artifactory
7	4 (0.51%)	Octopus Deploy
8	3 (0.38%)	ClearCase
8	3 (0.38%)	ClearQuest
8	3 (0.38%)	Team Foundation Server
9	2 (0.25%)	Rational DOORS
9	2 (0.25%)	Toad
9	2 (0.25%)	Vagrant
10	1 (0.13%)	AdminStudio
10	1 (0.13%)	Eclipse
10	1 (0.13%)	MSI
10	1 (0.13%)	Subversion

General
1	75 (9.51%)	Finance
2	31 (3.93%)	Banking
3	30 (3.80%)	Telecoms
4	25 (3.17%)	Manufacturing
5	21 (2.66%)	Back Office
6	15 (1.90%)	Retail
7	6 (0.76%)	Billing
8	5 (0.63%)	Investment Banking
8	5 (0.63%)	Spanish Language
9	4 (0.51%)	Japanese Language
9	4 (0.51%)	Law
9	4 (0.51%)	Marketing
10	3 (0.38%)	Electronics
10	3 (0.38%)	Financial Institution
10	3 (0.38%)	Publishing
11	2 (0.25%)	Advertising
11	2 (0.25%)	Automotive
11	2 (0.25%)	Front Office
11	2 (0.25%)	Legal
11	2 (0.25%)	Military

Job Titles
1	121 (15.34%)	Analyst
2	82 (10.39%)	Support Engineer
3	75 (9.51%)	Infrastructure Engineer
4	70 (8.87%)	Network Engineer
5	54 (6.84%)	Consultant
6	53 (6.72%)	Architect
7	45 (5.70%)	Desktop Support
8	44 (5.58%)	3rd Line Engineer
9	39 (4.94%)	2nd Line Support
10	38 (4.82%)	Support Analyst
11	37 (4.69%)	3rd Line Support
12	33 (4.18%)	Windows Engineer
13	32 (4.06%)	IT Support
14	29 (3.68%)	Server Engineer
15	25 (3.17%)	Administrator
15	25 (3.17%)	DevOps Engineer
15	25 (3.17%)	Service Analyst
15	25 (3.17%)	Service Desk Analyst
16	24 (3.04%)	Infrastructure Analyst
17	23 (2.92%)	Cisco Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	30 (3.80%)	.NET
2	26 (3.30%)	802.1X
3	16 (2.03%)	J2EE
3	16 (2.03%)	Servlets
4	11 (1.39%)	Web Services
5	9 (1.14%)	HTML
6	6 (0.76%)	.NET Framework
7	5 (0.63%)	ADSI
7	5 (0.63%)	jQuery
7	5 (0.63%)	XML
8	4 (0.51%)	Middleware
9	3 (0.38%)	Elastic Stack
9	3 (0.38%)	LAMP
10	2 (0.25%)	JSON
10	2 (0.25%)	LAPP Stack
10	2 (0.25%)	RFC 2544
10	2 (0.25%)	SAML
10	2 (0.25%)	WAP
10	2 (0.25%)	Windows SharePoint Services
10	2 (0.25%)	XMPP

Miscellaneous
1	90 (11.41%)	Data Centre
2	56 (7.10%)	Clustering
3	51 (6.46%)	Analytical Skills
4	41 (5.20%)	PKI
5	32 (4.06%)	Management Information System
6	23 (2.92%)	Replication
6	23 (2.92%)	Video Conferencing
7	18 (2.28%)	Fat Client
7	18 (2.28%)	Thin Client
8	17 (2.15%)	Enterprise Software
9	15 (1.90%)	Computer Science
10	14 (1.77%)	EPoS
11	13 (1.65%)	NHS
12	12 (1.52%)	Linux Command Line
12	12 (1.52%)	Public Cloud
12	12 (1.52%)	Virtual Team
13	11 (1.39%)	Blackberry
13	11 (1.39%)	Enterprise Storage
14	10 (1.27%)	Private Cloud
15	9 (1.14%)	CMDB

Operating Systems
1	542 (68.69%)	Windows
2	295 (37.39%)	Windows Server
3	198 (25.10%)	Windows Server 2008
4	182 (23.07%)	Windows Server 2012
5	137 (17.36%)	Linux
6	124 (15.72%)	Windows Server 2003
7	114 (14.45%)	Windows 7
8	92 (11.66%)	Windows 10
9	72 (9.13%)	Unix
10	49 (6.21%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	34 (4.31%)	Windows 8
12	33 (4.18%)	Solaris
13	32 (4.06%)	CentOS
14	30 (3.80%)	Windows XP
15	26 (3.30%)	Android
16	19 (2.41%)	Apple iOS
17	18 (2.28%)	Mac OS X
18	11 (1.39%)	Data ONTAP
19	9 (1.14%)	SUSE
20	8 (1.01%)	Mac OS

Processes & Methodologies
1	161 (20.41%)	ITIL
2	91 (11.53%)	Migration
3	72 (9.13%)	DevOps
4	69 (8.75%)	Configuration Management
5	57 (7.22%)	Change Management
6	47 (5.96%)	Load Balancing
7	40 (5.07%)	Incident Management
8	39 (4.94%)	Problem Management
9	35 (4.44%)	Disaster Recovery
10	34 (4.31%)	High Availability
11	33 (4.18%)	Mobile Device Management
11	33 (4.18%)	Project Management
12	31 (3.93%)	Network Management
12	31 (3.93%)	Open Source
13	30 (3.80%)	Continuous Integration
14	28 (3.55%)	Virtual Environments
15	26 (3.30%)	Agile Software Development
15	26 (3.30%)	Network Design
16	24 (3.04%)	Capacity Planning
17	19 (2.41%)	Network Monitoring

Programming Languages
1	116 (14.70%)	PowerShell
2	106 (13.43%)	SQL
3	34 (4.31%)	Perl
3	34 (4.31%)	Python
4	33 (4.18%)	Java
5	25 (3.17%)	Bash Shell
6	18 (2.28%)	C
7	17 (2.15%)	VBScript
8	13 (1.65%)	VB
9	12 (1.52%)	Korn
10	11 (1.39%)	Shell Script
11	8 (1.01%)	PHP
12	6 (0.76%)	C#
12	6 (0.76%)	JavaScript
12	6 (0.76%)	Ruby
13	5 (0.63%)	Delphi
13	5 (0.63%)	VB.NET
14	4 (0.51%)	C++
15	1 (0.13%)	Bourne shell

Qualifications
1	165 (20.91%)	Security Cleared
2	119 (15.08%)	Cisco Certification
3	108 (13.69%)	SC Cleared
4	84 (10.65%)	Microsoft Certification
5	72 (9.13%)	CCNP
6	70 (8.87%)	CCNA
7	48 (6.08%)	Degree
8	43 (5.45%)	MCSE
9	29 (3.68%)	DV Cleared
10	28 (3.55%)	CCIE
11	26 (3.30%)	MCSA
12	23 (2.92%)	MCITP
13	20 (2.53%)	MCP
14	18 (2.28%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15	12 (1.52%)	CISSP
15	12 (1.52%)	DBS Check
16	10 (1.27%)	JNCIA
16	10 (1.27%)	MCTS
17	9 (1.14%)	JNCIP
18	8 (1.01%)	JNCIS

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	42 (5.32%)	SLA
2	11 (1.39%)	PCI DSS
3	9 (1.14%)	QA
4	8 (1.01%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	7 (0.89%)	PMO
6	6 (0.76%)	ISO/IEC 27001
7	3 (0.38%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.13%)	Cyber Essentials

System Software
1	499 (63.24%)	Active Directory
2	194 (24.59%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	119 (15.08%)	Hyper-V
4	54 (6.84%)	XenApp
5	42 (5.32%)	VMware ESXi
6	34 (4.31%)	vSphere
7	22 (2.79%)	Microsoft App-V
8	19 (2.41%)	Xen
9	18 (2.28%)	XenDesktop
10	15 (1.90%)	Virtual Machines
11	14 (1.77%)	ISA Server
11	14 (1.77%)	NFS
12	13 (1.65%)	Virtual Servers
13	12 (1.52%)	UAG
14	11 (1.39%)	BitLocker
15	9 (1.14%)	Firmware
15	9 (1.14%)	Virtual Desktop
16	8 (1.01%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
16	8 (1.01%)	Terminal Services
16	8 (1.01%)	vCloud

Systems Management
1	128 (16.22%)	SCCM
2	58 (7.35%)	Puppet
3	47 (5.96%)	WSUS
4	45 (5.70%)	NetBackup
5	38 (4.82%)	SCOM
6	37 (4.69%)	Ansible
7	29 (3.68%)	Opscode Chef
8	26 (3.30%)	Nagios
9	22 (2.79%)	Cisco Prime
10	16 (2.03%)	Microsoft Intune
10	16 (2.03%)	Norton AntiVirus
10	16 (2.03%)	SCOrch
11	15 (1.90%)	AirWatch
12	14 (1.77%)	vCenter Server
13	13 (1.65%)	Backup Exec
13	13 (1.65%)	Forefront Identity Manager
14	11 (1.39%)	OpenView Configuration Management
15	9 (1.14%)	HP SiteScope
15	9 (1.14%)	Salt
15	9 (1.14%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection

Vendors
1	306 (38.78%)	Microsoft
2	292 (37.01%)	VMware
3	259 (32.83%)	Cisco
4	144 (18.25%)	Citrix
5	104 (13.18%)	HP
6	66 (8.37%)	CheckPoint
6	66 (8.37%)	Dell
7	59 (7.48%)	Red Hat
8	55 (6.97%)	Oracle
9	51 (6.46%)	Juniper
10	48 (6.08%)	F5
11	42 (5.32%)	NetApp
12	39 (4.94%)	Apple
13	37 (4.69%)	IBM
14	33 (4.18%)	Infoblox
15	31 (3.93%)	Symantec
16	30 (3.80%)	EMC
17	28 (3.55%)	Veeam
18	27 (3.42%)	SolarWinds
19	23 (2.92%)	Google