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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 204 211
Rank change year-on-year -82 +7 +24
Contract jobs citing DHCP 275 337 403
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.24% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.27% 9.73% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 214 281
10th Percentile £200 £213 £206
25th Percentile £300 £265 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £423 £465
Median % change year-on-year +23.37% -9.13% -1.33%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £649 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +14.44% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 10
10th Percentile £25.15 £23.25 £16.90
25th Percentile £25.70 £23.47 £18.06
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.10 £26.06
Median % change year-on-year +176.75% +4.00% +18.44%
75th Percentile £87.82 £35.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £89.63 £44.00 £39.15
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £23.90 £32.50
% change year-on-year +213.87% -26.48% +47.73%

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 3,327 3,462 5,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.60% 12.78% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,145 2,018 3,112
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +0.50% -2.93%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 102 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.30 £24.06
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -38.04% +125.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £76.75 £73.50 £75.71
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.46% -42.47% +125.96%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -32 88 £525 +10.29% 38
South East -11 67 £475 +11.76% 77
North of England -75 39 £321 -8.21% 46
Midlands -35 36 £413 +13.01% 30
South West -21 35 £575 +39.39% 32
West Midlands -24 34 £425 +10.39% 15
North West -55 20 £330 -28.65% 22
East of England -22 16 £225 -8.16% 25
Yorkshire -42 14 £225 -8.16% 23
North East -18 5 £247 +64.33% 3
East Midlands -28 2 £275 -14.06% 15
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 (22.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (21.09%) SharePoint
3 30 (10.91%) Skype for Business
4 7 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.18%) Exchange Server 2013
5 6 (2.18%) IIS
5 6 (2.18%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (2.18%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.45%) Apache
7 3 (1.09%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.73%) WordPress
9 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.36%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 113 (41.09%) Azure
2 92 (33.45%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (20.73%) AWS
4 51 (18.55%) Entra ID
5 15 (5.45%) IaaS
6 14 (5.09%) GCP
7 10 (3.64%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.64%) PaaS
8 9 (3.27%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.27%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.91%) SaaS
10 6 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.82%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.09%) Akamai
13 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.09%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 267 (97.09%) DNS
2 108 (39.27%) TCP/IP
3 83 (30.18%) VPN
4 80 (29.09%) Firewall
5 50 (18.18%) VLAN
6 45 (16.36%) LAN
6 45 (16.36%) WAN
7 24 (8.73%) Skype
8 23 (8.36%) Wireless
9 21 (7.64%) BGP
9 21 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (5.82%) SAN
11 14 (5.09%) SD-WAN
12 13 (4.73%) OSPF
13 11 (4.00%) Network Security
13 11 (4.00%) VXLAN
14 10 (3.64%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (3.27%) VoIP
16 8 (2.91%) IPv4
16 8 (2.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.36%) MySQL
3 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 3 (1.09%) GitLab
3 2 (0.73%) Git
4 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 98 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.27%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (9.45%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.55%) Finance
5 15 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (4.73%) Banking
7 8 (2.91%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.09%) Legal
11 3 (1.09%) Marketing
11 3 (1.09%) Military
11 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Electronics
12 2 (0.73%) Law
12 2 (0.73%) Local Government
12 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (22.91%) Support Engineer
2 45 (16.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (12.36%) Analyst
4 31 (11.27%) IT Support
5 26 (9.45%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (9.09%) Network Engineer
7 24 (8.73%) Senior
8 20 (7.27%) Architect
9 18 (6.55%) IT Engineer
10 15 (5.45%) IT Analyst
10 15 (5.45%) Support Analyst
11 13 (4.73%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Engineer
12 12 (4.36%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 12 (4.36%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.36%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
13 11 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.64%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.91%) LDAP
2 6 (2.18%) Middleware
3 4 (1.45%) YAML
4 3 (1.09%) .NET
4 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (1.09%) Bootstrap
4 3 (1.09%) Express.js
4 3 (1.09%) OAuth
4 3 (1.09%) React
4 3 (1.09%) SAML
4 3 (1.09%) SOAP
4 3 (1.09%) WCF
4 3 (1.09%) Web Services
4 3 (1.09%) WPF
5 2 (0.73%) REST
5 2 (0.73%) XMPP
6 1 (0.36%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.36%) OpenID
6 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.18%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.00%) PKI
3 16 (5.82%) Replication
4 11 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.18%) Smartphone
9 5 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.45%) Clustering
10 4 (1.45%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.45%) iPhone
10 4 (1.45%) NHS
11 3 (1.09%) CMDB
11 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.73%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 193 (70.18%) Windows
2 102 (37.09%) Windows Server
3 42 (15.27%) Linux
3 42 (15.27%) Windows 10
4 23 (8.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (5.45%) Android
5 15 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (4.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.64%) Apple iOS
7 10 (3.64%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (3.27%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.55%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.82%) CentOS
10 5 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.45%) Unix
12 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.09%) VMS
12 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (32.36%) ITIL
2 81 (29.45%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (12.73%) Service Management
5 34 (12.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (8.73%) ITSM
7 23 (8.36%) Customer Service
8 22 (8.00%) High Availability
8 22 (8.00%) Zero Trust
9 21 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (7.64%) Migration
10 20 (7.27%) Service Delivery
11 19 (6.91%) Change Management
12 18 (6.55%) Computer Science
12 18 (6.55%) Knowledge Transfer
13 16 (5.82%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.82%) DevOps
14 15 (5.45%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 101 (36.73%) PowerShell
2 26 (9.45%) Python
3 14 (5.09%) Bash
3 14 (5.09%) SQL
4 8 (2.91%) Bicep
5 7 (2.55%) Lisp
5 7 (2.55%) VBScript
6 6 (2.18%) VB
7 5 (1.82%) Perl
8 3 (1.09%) C#
8 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.73%) Java
Qualifications
1 94 (34.18%) Security Cleared
2 69 (25.09%) SC Cleared
3 38 (13.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 32 (11.64%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (10.91%) Degree
7 28 (10.18%) CCNP
8 23 (8.36%) Azure Certification
9 16 (5.82%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (4.36%) CCNA
11 11 (4.00%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (2.91%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (2.55%) MCP
13 7 (2.55%) MCSE
14 6 (2.18%) A+ Certification
14 6 (2.18%) CCIE
14 6 (2.18%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.82%) CISSP
15 5 (1.82%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.82%) GDPR
2 11 (4.00%) SLA
3 10 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.18%) NIST
5 5 (1.82%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.36%) NCSC
8 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 168 (61.09%) Active Directory
2 76 (27.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (14.18%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.73%) Docker
4 13 (4.73%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (4.36%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.27%) vSphere
7 8 (2.91%) Terminal Services
8 7 (2.55%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.55%) VMware NSX
9 6 (2.18%) Brightmail
9 6 (2.18%) ISA Server
10 5 (1.82%) Firmware
10 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (1.09%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.09%) KVM
13 2 (0.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 59 (21.45%) SCCM
2 52 (18.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (9.82%) Ansible
3 27 (9.82%) Terraform
4 15 (5.45%) WSUS
5 11 (4.00%) FortiGate
5 11 (4.00%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (3.64%) vCenter Server
7 9 (3.27%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 7 (2.55%) SCOM
9 4 (1.45%) Packer
9 4 (1.45%) Puppet
9 4 (1.45%) vMotion
10 3 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (1.09%) Nagios
11 2 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.73%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 154 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 86 (31.27%) VMware
3 48 (17.45%) Cisco
4 37 (13.45%) ServiceNow
5 23 (8.36%) Citrix
6 19 (6.91%) SolarWinds
7 18 (6.55%) Palo Alto
8 14 (5.09%) Fortinet
9 12 (4.36%) F5
9 12 (4.36%) Veeam
10 11 (4.00%) Dell
11 9 (3.27%) CheckPoint
11 9 (3.27%) Remedy
12 8 (2.91%) Meraki
13 7 (2.55%) Apple
13 7 (2.55%) Ekahau
13 7 (2.55%) Juniper
14 6 (2.18%) Infoblox
14 6 (2.18%) Sophos
14 6 (2.18%) Zscaler