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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 205 213
Rank change year-on-year -69 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing DHCP 300 348 409
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.30% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.88% 10.12% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 223 289
10th Percentile £200 £213 £198
25th Percentile £314 £265 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.24% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £458 £450
% change year-on-year +10.93% +1.67% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
10th Percentile £23.59 £23.20 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.35 £20.19
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.20 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -25.54% +7.44%
75th Percentile £66.29 £37.65 £40.00
90th Percentile £82.40 £45.06 -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £23.59 £34.00
% change year-on-year +16.57% -30.62% +12.40%

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 3,377 3,439 5,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.43% 12.82% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,191 1,987 3,175
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £350 £368 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.52% -5.29%
75th Percentile £588 £604 £600
90th Percentile £684 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 106 344
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £23.21
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -36.36% +150.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.47
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -36.36% +158.82%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -33 102 £538 +7.50% 36
South East -26 66 £460 +8.24% 66
North of England -85 44 £413 +17.86% 41
South West -26 38 £575 +11.38% 31
Midlands -46 35 £400 +6.67% 24
West Midlands -34 33 £413 +7.14% 12
North West -52 24 £535 +25.88% 16
East of England -11 21 £363 +47.96% 24
Yorkshire -46 15 £225 -6.25% 21
North East -19 5 £247 +64.33% 7
East Midlands -29 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 64 (21.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (19.00%) SharePoint
3 33 (11.00%) Skype for Business
4 6 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (2.00%) IIS
5 5 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (1.67%) Office Communications Server
5 5 (1.67%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.33%) Apache
7 3 (1.00%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.67%) WordPress
9 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 37 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.33%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 134 (44.67%) Azure
2 91 (30.33%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (22.00%) Entra ID
4 62 (20.67%) AWS
5 15 (5.00%) IaaS
6 14 (4.67%) GCP
7 11 (3.67%) PaaS
8 10 (3.33%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (2.67%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.67%) SaaS
10 6 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.67%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.00%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 289 (96.33%) DNS
2 104 (34.67%) TCP/IP
3 87 (29.00%) VPN
4 83 (27.67%) Firewall
5 56 (18.67%) VLAN
6 51 (17.00%) LAN
6 51 (17.00%) WAN
7 28 (9.33%) Skype
8 25 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 22 (7.33%) Wireless
10 21 (7.00%) BGP
11 19 (6.33%) Kerberos
12 16 (5.33%) SAN
13 15 (5.00%) Network Security
14 14 (4.67%) SD-WAN
15 13 (4.33%) Cisco ISE
15 13 (4.33%) OSPF
16 11 (3.67%) VXLAN
17 9 (3.00%) FTP
17 9 (3.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.33%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.00%) GitLab
1 3 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 100 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 60 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.00%) Finance
5 15 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.00%) Banking
7 8 (2.67%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.00%) Legal
8 6 (2.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.00%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.00%) Marketing
11 3 (1.00%) Military
11 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.67%) Electronics
12 2 (0.67%) Law
12 2 (0.67%) Local Government
12 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 58 (19.33%) Support Engineer
2 45 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (12.33%) Analyst
4 32 (10.67%) IT Support
5 26 (8.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 25 (8.33%) Network Engineer
6 25 (8.33%) Senior
7 24 (8.00%) Architect
8 16 (5.33%) IT Analyst
8 16 (5.33%) IT Engineer
8 16 (5.33%) Support Analyst
9 14 (4.67%) IT Support Analyst
10 13 (4.33%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (4.33%) Microsoft Engineer
11 12 (4.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 12 (4.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 12 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 11 (3.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 11 (3.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.33%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.00%) LDAP
2 15 (5.00%) OAuth
2 15 (5.00%) SAML
3 6 (2.00%) Middleware
4 4 (1.33%) 802.1X
5 3 (1.00%) .NET
5 3 (1.00%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (1.00%) Bootstrap
5 3 (1.00%) Express.js
5 3 (1.00%) React
5 3 (1.00%) SOAP
5 3 (1.00%) WCF
5 3 (1.00%) Web Services
5 3 (1.00%) WPF
5 3 (1.00%) YAML
6 2 (0.67%) REST
6 2 (0.67%) XMPP
7 1 (0.33%) OpenID
7 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.33%) Data Centre
1 28 (9.33%) Replication
2 23 (7.67%) PKI
3 11 (3.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.00%) Smartphone
7 5 (1.67%) Clustering
7 5 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (1.33%) IoT
8 4 (1.33%) iPhone
8 4 (1.33%) NHS
9 3 (1.00%) CMDB
9 3 (1.00%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.00%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 212 (70.67%) Windows
2 119 (39.67%) Windows Server
3 47 (15.67%) Windows 10
4 43 (14.33%) Linux
5 27 (9.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (5.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (5.00%) Android
8 13 (4.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (3.33%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.33%) Windows 7
9 10 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.67%) CentOS
10 5 (1.67%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.33%) Unix
12 3 (1.00%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.00%) VMS
12 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (28.33%) ITIL
2 79 (26.33%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (16.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (15.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 38 (12.67%) High Availability
6 35 (11.67%) Service Management
7 25 (8.33%) Zero Trust
8 24 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (8.00%) Customer Service
8 24 (8.00%) ITSM
8 24 (8.00%) Task Automation
9 23 (7.67%) Load Balancing
10 22 (7.33%) Migration
11 21 (7.00%) Identity Access Management
11 21 (7.00%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (6.67%) Change Management
13 18 (6.00%) Knowledge Transfer
13 18 (6.00%) Service Delivery
14 17 (5.67%) RBAC
15 16 (5.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 122 (40.67%) PowerShell
2 28 (9.33%) Python
3 14 (4.67%) Bash
3 14 (4.67%) SQL
4 12 (4.00%) VBScript
5 10 (3.33%) VB
6 7 (2.33%) Bicep
6 7 (2.33%) Lisp
7 5 (1.67%) Perl
8 3 (1.00%) C#
8 3 (1.00%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 104 (34.67%) Security Cleared
2 80 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.67%) DV Cleared
4 34 (11.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (9.67%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (9.33%) CCNP
6 28 (9.33%) Degree
7 22 (7.33%) Azure Certification
8 17 (5.67%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (4.00%) CCNA
10 11 (3.67%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (2.67%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 7 (2.33%) MCP
12 7 (2.33%) MCSE
13 6 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.67%) CCIE
14 5 (1.67%) CISSP
14 5 (1.67%) Master's Degree
14 5 (1.67%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.00%) GDPR
2 15 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (4.00%) SLA
4 11 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.00%) NIST
7 5 (1.67%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
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%) NCSC
9 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 186 (62.00%) Active Directory
2 84 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (13.33%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.67%) Docker
5 13 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.33%) vSphere
6 12 (4.00%) BitLocker
6 12 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.67%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.67%) Brightmail
8 5 (1.67%) Firmware
8 5 (1.67%) ISA Server
8 5 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (1.33%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.00%) DFS Replication
10 3 (1.00%) KVM
10 3 (1.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 64 (21.33%) SCCM
2 58 (19.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (10.33%) Ansible
4 27 (9.00%) Terraform
5 24 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 15 (5.00%) WSUS
8 12 (4.00%) Kubernetes
9 11 (3.67%) FortiGate
10 9 (3.00%) vCenter Server
11 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Clustering
12 7 (2.33%) SCOM
13 5 (1.67%) HAProxy
13 5 (1.67%) Puppet
13 5 (1.67%) vMotion
14 3 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (1.00%) Nagios
14 3 (1.00%) Packer
14 3 (1.00%) Stealthwatch
15 2 (0.67%) NetApp OnCommand
Vendors
1 166 (55.33%) Microsoft
2 94 (31.33%) VMware
3 46 (15.33%) Cisco
4 39 (13.00%) ServiceNow
5 26 (8.67%) Citrix
6 19 (6.33%) SolarWinds
7 16 (5.33%) Okta
8 15 (5.00%) Fortinet
9 14 (4.67%) Dell
10 13 (4.33%) F5
10 13 (4.33%) Palo Alto
10 13 (4.33%) Veeam
11 9 (3.00%) Infoblox
11 9 (3.00%) Remedy
12 8 (2.67%) Meraki
13 7 (2.33%) Apple
13 7 (2.33%) Ekahau
13 7 (2.33%) Juniper
14 6 (2.00%) Sophos
14 6 (2.00%) Zscaler