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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 207 255
Rank change year-on-year -66 +48 -14
Contract jobs citing DHCP 388 317 343
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.27% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.48% 9.88% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 225 263
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £402 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £575
90th Percentile £626 £642 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 17
10th Percentile £12.43 £28.00 £18.40
25th Percentile £26.00 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -16.56%
75th Percentile £58.03 £36.23 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £43.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -25.00% -16.56%

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 4,093 3,210 4,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.85% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,545 1,998 2,854
10th Percentile £250 £228 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 132 396
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.68
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.56 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.96 £39.66 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -12.72% +139.60%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £44.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.78% +7.23% +118.42%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -63 127 £450 -10.00% 39
South East -11 105 £515 -9.41% 60
North of England -69 60 £534 +16.63% 33
Midlands -41 40 £450 +12.50% 30
South West -31 36 £500 -18.70% 33
North West -46 34 £609 +36.55% 20
West Midlands -50 30 £444 +74.02% 20
Yorkshire -44 22 £447 -18.73% 10
East of England -27 16 £475 -9.52% 31
East Midlands -14 10 £450 -18.18% 10
North East -33 4 £350 +47.37% 6
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 33 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (7.47%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.80%) IIS
4 4 (1.03%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) nginx
5 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 162 (41.75%) Azure
2 88 (22.68%) Entra ID
3 73 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (16.24%) AWS
5 24 (6.19%) OneDrive
6 21 (5.41%) IaaS
7 18 (4.64%) PaaS
8 17 (4.38%) GCP
9 15 (3.87%) SaaS
10 10 (2.58%) Route 53
11 7 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.55%) Datadog
12 6 (1.55%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.03%) GitHub
14 4 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.03%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 377 (97.16%) DNS
2 141 (36.34%) Firewall
3 92 (23.71%) TCP/IP
4 82 (21.13%) LAN
4 82 (21.13%) VPN
5 80 (20.62%) WAN
6 72 (18.56%) VLAN
7 47 (12.11%) Network Security
8 46 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
9 40 (10.31%) Wireless
10 39 (10.05%) BGP
10 39 (10.05%) BIG-IP
11 38 (9.79%) OSPF
12 37 (9.54%) SAN
13 30 (7.73%) Kerberos
14 28 (7.22%) VXLAN
15 27 (6.96%) Cisco ISE
16 25 (6.44%) Ethernet VPN
16 25 (6.44%) Junos
17 22 (5.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.77%) Big Data
5 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) Db2
6 1 (0.26%) Power BI
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (6.19%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) Chocolatey
3 5 (1.29%) Git
4 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.77%) GitLab
6 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.26%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.26%) MSI
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (26.03%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (7.22%) Finance
4 23 (5.93%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.67%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.87%) Banking
7 8 (2.06%) Local Government
8 7 (1.80%) Legal
8 7 (1.80%) Military
9 6 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.29%) Police
11 4 (1.03%) Law
11 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.52%) Advertising
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
12 2 (0.52%) Retail
13 1 (0.26%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (20.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (14.18%) Network Engineer
3 43 (11.08%) Architect
4 40 (10.31%) Support Engineer
5 39 (10.05%) IT Support
6 33 (8.51%) Senior
7 31 (7.99%) IT Engineer
8 24 (6.19%) Analyst
9 21 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
10 15 (3.87%) Network Specialist
11 14 (3.61%) Firewall Specialist
12 13 (3.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (3.35%) Administrator
12 13 (3.35%) Senior Network Engineer
13 12 (3.09%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.84%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (2.84%) Infrastructure Support
14 11 (2.84%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.58%) Active Directory Engineer
15 10 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (10.57%) 802.1X
2 31 (7.99%) LDAP
3 20 (5.15%) SAML
4 15 (3.87%) OAuth
5 10 (2.58%) JSON
6 6 (1.55%) ARM Templates
7 4 (1.03%) OpenID
8 3 (0.77%) .NET
8 3 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.77%) Redfish
8 3 (0.77%) REST
8 3 (0.77%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.52%) Blazor
9 2 (0.52%) OpenGL
9 2 (0.52%) Qt
9 2 (0.52%) XMPP
10 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (19.85%) Data Centre
2 51 (13.14%) PKI
3 36 (9.28%) Clustering
4 29 (7.47%) Replication
5 28 (7.22%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.84%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.32%) IoT
10 6 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
12 4 (1.03%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.77%) Private Cloud
13 3 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 249 (64.18%) Windows
2 137 (35.31%) Windows Server
3 43 (11.08%) Linux
4 39 (10.05%) Windows 10
5 22 (5.67%) Mac OS
6 21 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (3.61%) Apple iOS
8 12 (3.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (2.06%) Android
11 7 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.55%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.29%) Unix
14 3 (0.77%) VMS
15 2 (0.52%) CentOS
15 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.26%) Rocky
16 1 (0.26%) SUSE
16 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (23.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 85 (21.91%) High Availability
4 71 (18.30%) ITIL
5 65 (16.75%) ITSM
6 50 (12.89%) Migration
7 48 (12.37%) Identity Access Management
8 46 (11.86%) Load Balancing
9 37 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (9.54%) Observability
9 37 (9.54%) Root Cause Analysis
10 34 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
11 28 (7.22%) Task Automation
12 27 (6.96%) Project Delivery
12 27 (6.96%) User Experience
13 26 (6.70%) Network Segmentation
14 24 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (6.19%) Incident Management
15 22 (5.67%) Patch Management
15 22 (5.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.54%) Python
3 20 (5.15%) Bash
4 11 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.32%) VBA
6 6 (1.55%) VBScript
7 5 (1.29%) SQL
8 4 (1.03%) VB
9 3 (0.77%) Lisp
10 2 (0.52%) Bicep
11 1 (0.26%) C
11 1 (0.26%) C++
11 1 (0.26%) Go
11 1 (0.26%) Perl
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 151 (38.92%) Security Cleared
2 88 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 58 (14.95%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (12.37%) DV Cleared
5 36 (9.28%) CCNP
6 33 (8.51%) Degree
7 26 (6.70%) CCNA
8 19 (4.90%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (3.87%) Server+ Certification
10 11 (2.84%) Azure Certification
11 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.80%) JNCIA
12 7 (1.80%) JNCIP
12 7 (1.80%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.55%) CCIE
14 5 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.03%) CCIE Security
15 4 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.67%) SLA
2 16 (4.12%) GDPR
3 13 (3.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 11 (2.84%) NIST
5 7 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) QA
7 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.77%) NCSC
8 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 219 (56.44%) Active Directory
2 107 (27.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (15.46%) Hyper-V
4 33 (8.51%) VMware ESXi
5 29 (7.47%) vSphere
6 24 (6.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 18 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (4.12%) BitLocker
9 13 (3.35%) Docker
10 11 (2.84%) Microsoft App-V
11 9 (2.32%) VMware NSX
12 8 (2.06%) Firmware
13 6 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (1.29%) NFS
15 4 (1.03%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
17 2 (0.52%) UAG
17 2 (0.52%) VirtualBox
17 2 (0.52%) XenApp
17 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (10.31%) Ansible
3 37 (9.54%) SCCM
4 33 (8.51%) FortiGate
5 32 (8.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 30 (7.73%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (6.19%) Terraform
8 17 (4.38%) vCenter Server
9 15 (3.87%) Kubernetes
10 14 (3.61%) WSUS
11 12 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (3.09%) vMotion
12 8 (2.06%) Puppet
13 7 (1.80%) Nagios
14 5 (1.29%) Prometheus
15 4 (1.03%) HAProxy
16 3 (0.77%) CA Single Sign-On
16 3 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
16 3 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.77%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 176 (45.36%) Microsoft
2 116 (29.90%) VMware
3 91 (23.45%) Cisco
4 70 (18.04%) ServiceNow
5 50 (12.89%) F5
6 43 (11.08%) Infoblox
7 41 (10.57%) SolarWinds
8 39 (10.05%) Citrix
9 35 (9.02%) Juniper
10 25 (6.44%) Splunk
11 22 (5.67%) Extreme Networks
12 21 (5.41%) Palo Alto
13 15 (3.87%) Fortinet
13 15 (3.87%) Google
14 13 (3.35%) HP
14 13 (3.35%) Okta
15 12 (3.09%) CheckPoint
15 12 (3.09%) Dell
16 10 (2.58%) NetApp
17 9 (2.32%) Veeam