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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 194 210
Rank change year-on-year -75 +16 +23
Contract jobs citing DHCP 307 350 418
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 1.31% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 10.23% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 223 293
10th Percentile £200 £213 £192
25th Percentile £314 £270 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £600
90th Percentile £638 £710 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +10.33% +2.22% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 16
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £23.57
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -34.59% +22.31%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 £40.00
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 £44.38
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.57% -41.03% +32.23%

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 3,378 3,420 5,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.39% 12.79% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,188 1,970 3,240
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £353 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.04% -6.22%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 356
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £17.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £23.07
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -33.96% +140.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -33.96% +155.98%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 24 January 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 -25 101 £538 +7.50% 36
South East -16 69 £488 +14.71% 65
North of England -83 47 £371 +6.07% 38
South West -31 38 £575 -1.08% 29
Midlands -43 36 £413 +10.00% 25
West Midlands -38 34 £425 +10.39% 13
North West -53 25 £535 +25.88% 14
East of England -9 21 £363 +47.96% 23
Yorkshire -52 17 £225 -6.25% 20
North East -19 5 £247 +64.33% 8
East Midlands -33 2 £275 -20.86% 12
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 63 (20.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (18.24%) SharePoint
3 32 (10.42%) Skype for Business
4 6 (1.95%) IIS
5 5 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (1.30%) Apache
6 4 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (1.30%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (1.30%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.98%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.65%) WordPress
9 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (12.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 138 (44.95%) Azure
2 92 (29.97%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (22.80%) Entra ID
4 62 (20.20%) AWS
5 15 (4.89%) IaaS
6 14 (4.56%) GCP
7 11 (3.58%) Nutanix
7 11 (3.58%) PaaS
8 8 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (2.61%) OneDrive
8 8 (2.61%) SaaS
9 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.63%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.98%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 296 (96.42%) DNS
2 106 (34.53%) TCP/IP
3 88 (28.66%) VPN
4 86 (28.01%) Firewall
5 56 (18.24%) VLAN
6 51 (16.61%) LAN
6 51 (16.61%) WAN
7 28 (9.12%) Skype
8 26 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (7.49%) Kerberos
10 22 (7.17%) BGP
10 22 (7.17%) Wireless
11 16 (5.21%) Network Security
12 15 (4.89%) SAN
13 14 (4.56%) OSPF
13 14 (4.56%) SD-WAN
14 13 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (3.58%) VXLAN
16 9 (2.93%) FTP
16 9 (2.93%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.33%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.98%) GitLab
1 3 (0.98%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 101 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 63 (20.52%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.14%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.51%) Finance
5 16 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.91%) Banking
7 8 (2.61%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.95%) Legal
8 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.98%) Marketing
11 3 (0.98%) Military
11 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Back Office
12 2 (0.65%) Front Office
12 2 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 57 (18.57%) Support Engineer
2 46 (14.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (12.05%) Analyst
4 32 (10.42%) IT Support
5 26 (8.47%) 2nd Line Support
5 26 (8.47%) Network Engineer
6 25 (8.14%) Senior
7 24 (7.82%) Architect
8 16 (5.21%) IT Analyst
8 16 (5.21%) IT Engineer
8 16 (5.21%) Support Analyst
9 14 (4.56%) IT Support Analyst
10 13 (4.23%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (4.23%) Microsoft Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 12 (3.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 12 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.58%) Desktop Support
12 11 (3.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.14%) LDAP
2 15 (4.89%) OAuth
2 15 (4.89%) SAML
3 6 (1.95%) Middleware
4 4 (1.30%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.98%) .NET
5 3 (0.98%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.98%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (0.98%) Bootstrap
5 3 (0.98%) Express.js
5 3 (0.98%) React
5 3 (0.98%) SOAP
5 3 (0.98%) WCF
5 3 (0.98%) Web Services
5 3 (0.98%) WPF
5 3 (0.98%) YAML
6 2 (0.65%) REST
6 2 (0.65%) XMPP
7 1 (0.33%) libvirt
7 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.10%) Replication
2 29 (9.45%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.49%) PKI
4 11 (3.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.95%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.63%) Clustering
8 5 (1.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.30%) IoT
9 4 (1.30%) iPhone
9 4 (1.30%) NHS
9 4 (1.30%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.98%) CMDB
10 3 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 214 (69.71%) Windows
2 121 (39.41%) Windows Server
3 47 (15.31%) Windows 10
4 43 (14.01%) Linux
5 28 (9.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (4.89%) Android
8 14 (4.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (3.58%) Windows 7
10 10 (3.26%) Apple iOS
11 9 (2.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.63%) CentOS
12 5 (1.63%) Mac OS
12 5 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.30%) Unix
14 3 (0.98%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.98%) VMS
14 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (27.36%) ITIL
2 81 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (14.98%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (12.38%) High Availability
6 35 (11.40%) Service Management
7 26 (8.47%) Migration
7 26 (8.47%) Zero Trust
8 25 (8.14%) Customer Service
9 24 (7.82%) ITSM
9 24 (7.82%) Load Balancing
9 24 (7.82%) Task Automation
10 23 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (7.17%) Infrastructure as Code
12 21 (6.84%) Change Management
12 21 (6.84%) Identity Access Management
13 18 (5.86%) Knowledge Transfer
13 18 (5.86%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (5.86%) Service Delivery
14 17 (5.54%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 127 (41.37%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.12%) Python
3 14 (4.56%) Bash
3 14 (4.56%) SQL
4 12 (3.91%) VBScript
5 10 (3.26%) VB
6 7 (2.28%) Bicep
6 7 (2.28%) Lisp
7 5 (1.63%) Perl
8 3 (0.98%) C#
8 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 108 (35.18%) Security Cleared
2 84 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.40%) DV Cleared
4 34 (11.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (9.77%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (9.45%) CCNP
6 29 (9.45%) Degree
7 22 (7.17%) Azure Certification
8 17 (5.54%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.91%) CCNA
10 11 (3.58%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (2.61%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.28%) MCP
12 7 (2.28%) MCSE
13 6 (1.95%) CCIE
13 6 (1.95%) CISSP
13 6 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.63%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.63%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.82%) GDPR
2 15 (4.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (3.91%) SLA
4 11 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.95%) NIST
7 5 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.65%) NCSC
9 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.33%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.33%) QA
9 1 (0.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 191 (62.21%) Active Directory
2 85 (27.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (13.03%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.89%) Docker
5 14 (4.56%) vSphere
6 13 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.91%) BitLocker
8 11 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (2.61%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.63%) Firmware
10 5 (1.63%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.30%) Brightmail
11 4 (1.30%) ISA Server
11 4 (1.30%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.98%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.98%) KVM
12 3 (0.98%) NFS
Systems Management
1 64 (20.85%) SCCM
2 58 (18.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (10.42%) Ansible
4 27 (8.79%) Terraform
5 25 (8.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 24 (7.82%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (4.56%) WSUS
8 13 (4.23%) Kubernetes
9 11 (3.58%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.93%) vCenter Server
11 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Clustering
11 7 (2.28%) SCOM
12 5 (1.63%) HAProxy
12 5 (1.63%) Puppet
12 5 (1.63%) vMotion
13 3 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.98%) Nagios
13 3 (0.98%) Packer
13 3 (0.98%) Stealthwatch
14 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 170 (55.37%) Microsoft
2 95 (30.94%) VMware
3 47 (15.31%) Cisco
4 40 (13.03%) ServiceNow
5 26 (8.47%) Citrix
6 19 (6.19%) SolarWinds
7 16 (5.21%) Fortinet
7 16 (5.21%) Okta
8 14 (4.56%) Dell
8 14 (4.56%) F5
8 14 (4.56%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.56%) Veeam
9 9 (2.93%) Infoblox
9 9 (2.93%) Remedy
10 8 (2.61%) Juniper
10 8 (2.61%) Meraki
11 7 (2.28%) Apple
11 7 (2.28%) Ekahau
12 6 (1.95%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.95%) Zscaler
192 DHCP jobs in England