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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 248 244
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing DHCP 450 293 325
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.06% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.47% 8.63% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 196 242
10th Percentile £215 £250 £275
25th Percentile £369 £378 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £519 £480
Median % change year-on-year -7.47% +8.19% +0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £625 £608
UK median daily rate £490 £510 £473
% change year-on-year -3.92% +7.94% -0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 17 9
10th Percentile £26.00 £28.60 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.00 £23.10
Median hourly rate £67.00 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +123.33% -36.84% +41.79%
75th Percentile £74.00 £83.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £72.60
UK median hourly rate £65.24 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +117.47% -36.84% +41.79%

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 4,296 3,394 4,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.28% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,104 2,581
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £402 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 169 286
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% -19.82% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.33 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.88 £49.00
% change year-on-year -44.23% -4.34% -9.26%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -54 147 £450 -10.00% 69
South East -12 121 £518 -8.97% 64
North of England -28 68 £500 +6.38% 44
South West -10 52 £500 -13.04% 24
Midlands -38 46 £400 - 22
North West -27 37 £575 +28.64% 27
West Midlands -54 31 £406 +1.56% 16
Yorkshire -24 23 £500 -9.09% 10
East Midlands -9 15 £300 -47.83% 6
East of England -26 11 £475 -9.52% 27
North East -37 8 £200 -52.94% 8
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 52 (11.56%) SharePoint
2 49 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.33%) IIS
3 6 (1.33%) nginx
3 6 (1.33%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.11%) Apache
4 5 (1.11%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.44%) Houdini
4 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.44%) NUKE
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 198 (44.00%) Azure
2 115 (25.56%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (20.44%) Entra ID
4 90 (20.00%) AWS
5 38 (8.44%) OneDrive
6 22 (4.89%) GCP
6 22 (4.89%) IaaS
7 20 (4.44%) PaaS
8 19 (4.22%) SaaS
9 14 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (2.89%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 11 (2.44%) GitHub
12 8 (1.78%) Datadog
12 8 (1.78%) Route 53
13 7 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.33%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 446 (99.11%) DNS
2 208 (46.22%) Firewall
3 168 (37.33%) TCP/IP
4 135 (30.00%) VPN
5 97 (21.56%) VLAN
6 94 (20.89%) LAN
7 91 (20.22%) WAN
8 62 (13.78%) Network Security
9 61 (13.56%) Wi-Fi
10 51 (11.33%) BGP
10 51 (11.33%) Wireless
11 50 (11.11%) OSPF
12 43 (9.56%) SAN
13 36 (8.00%) BIG-IP
14 30 (6.67%) VXLAN
15 25 (5.56%) NAS
16 24 (5.33%) Cisco ISE
16 24 (5.33%) Ethernet VPN
17 23 (5.11%) Junos
17 23 (5.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.89%) Db2
5 3 (0.67%) Big Data
6 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (7.11%) JIRA
2 8 (1.78%) Chocolatey
2 8 (1.78%) Git
3 6 (1.33%) GitLab
4 5 (1.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (1.11%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (1.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.22%) MSI
6 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 137 (30.44%) Social Skills
2 59 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (9.78%) Finance
4 34 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.78%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (4.22%) Banking
7 10 (2.22%) Police
8 9 (2.00%) Legal
8 9 (2.00%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.56%) Local Government
10 7 (1.56%) Military
11 6 (1.33%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.11%) Law
13 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.89%) Automotive
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Front Office
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 112 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 73 (16.22%) Network Engineer
3 68 (15.11%) Senior
4 51 (11.33%) Support Engineer
5 44 (9.78%) IT Support
6 40 (8.89%) Architect
7 39 (8.67%) IT Engineer
8 30 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (6.44%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (6.44%) Senior Network Engineer
10 25 (5.56%) Analyst
11 23 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.33%) Administrator
13 15 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
14 14 (3.11%) Network Specialist
14 14 (3.11%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.11%) Systems Engineer
15 13 (2.89%) Firewall Specialist
15 13 (2.89%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.44%) 802.1X
2 13 (2.89%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.44%) LDAP
4 9 (2.00%) JSON
4 9 (2.00%) SAML
5 5 (1.11%) Software Packaging
6 4 (0.89%) Middleware
6 4 (0.89%) OpenID
6 4 (0.89%) YAML
7 3 (0.67%) .NET
7 3 (0.67%) OAuth
7 3 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.67%) Redfish
7 3 (0.67%) REST
8 2 (0.44%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.44%) eBPF
8 2 (0.44%) ODBC
8 2 (0.44%) OpenGL
8 2 (0.44%) Qt
8 2 (0.44%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 98 (21.78%) Data Centre
2 84 (18.67%) PKI
3 41 (9.11%) Onboarding
4 40 (8.89%) Clustering
5 37 (8.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.89%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.44%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (1.78%) Replication
10 7 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.33%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.11%) Fat Client
12 5 (1.11%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 316 (70.22%) Windows
2 150 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 100 (22.22%) Linux
4 56 (12.44%) Windows 10
5 25 (5.56%) Mac OS
6 14 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (2.67%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (2.44%) Unix
9 10 (2.22%) Android
9 10 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.00%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.33%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.67%) VMS
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.44%) CentOS
15 1 (0.22%) Rocky
15 1 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (29.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 130 (28.89%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (28.22%) ITIL
4 85 (18.89%) ITSM
5 82 (18.22%) High Availability
6 72 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 56 (12.44%) Migration
8 48 (10.67%) Root Cause Analysis
9 47 (10.44%) Load Balancing
10 44 (9.78%) Service Management
10 44 (9.78%) Technical Leadership
11 43 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
12 42 (9.33%) Observability
13 40 (8.89%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (8.44%) DevOps
14 38 (8.44%) Identity Access Management
15 37 (8.22%) Project Delivery
16 36 (8.00%) Incident Management
16 36 (8.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 123 (27.33%) PowerShell
2 75 (16.67%) Python
3 59 (13.11%) Bash
4 12 (2.67%) SQL
5 11 (2.44%) Bicep
6 10 (2.22%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.78%) VBScript
8 7 (1.56%) VBA
9 6 (1.33%) VB
10 3 (0.67%) Lisp
10 3 (0.67%) Perl
11 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) C
12 1 (0.22%) C++
12 1 (0.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 180 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 90 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 76 (16.89%) DV Cleared
4 74 (16.44%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (10.89%) CCNP
6 41 (9.11%) Degree
7 29 (6.44%) CCNA
8 25 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
9 22 (4.89%) Azure Certification
10 14 (3.11%) Server+ Certification
11 12 (2.67%) VCAP
12 11 (2.44%) JNCIP
12 11 (2.44%) JNCIS
13 10 (2.22%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 9 (2.00%) A+ Certification
14 9 (2.00%) CCIE
14 9 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.67%) SLA
2 14 (3.11%) NIST
3 7 (1.56%) QA
4 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.89%) NCSC
6 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 262 (58.22%) Active Directory
2 156 (34.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 95 (21.11%) Hyper-V
4 50 (11.11%) vSphere
5 40 (8.89%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (6.00%) VMware NSX
7 25 (5.56%) Docker
7 25 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (3.33%) BitLocker
10 10 (2.22%) Firmware
11 9 (2.00%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (1.78%) NFS
13 6 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (1.33%) VMware Workstation
14 4 (0.89%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
16 2 (0.44%) UAG
16 2 (0.44%) XenApp
16 2 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 82 (18.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 77 (17.11%) Terraform
3 75 (16.67%) Ansible
4 60 (13.33%) SCCM
5 40 (8.89%) Kubernetes
6 36 (8.00%) FortiGate
7 23 (5.11%) vCenter Server
8 16 (3.56%) VxRail
8 16 (3.56%) WSUS
9 15 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (2.44%) vMotion
12 10 (2.22%) Nagios
13 7 (1.56%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (1.56%) Packer
13 7 (1.56%) Prometheus
13 7 (1.56%) Puppet
14 6 (1.33%) SCOM
15 4 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 224 (49.78%) Microsoft
2 185 (41.11%) VMware
3 110 (24.44%) Cisco
4 80 (17.78%) ServiceNow
5 50 (11.11%) F5
6 47 (10.44%) SolarWinds
7 45 (10.00%) Citrix
8 40 (8.89%) Infoblox
9 37 (8.22%) Juniper
10 26 (5.78%) Palo Alto
11 25 (5.56%) Splunk
12 20 (4.44%) Extreme Networks
13 18 (4.00%) CheckPoint
14 17 (3.78%) Fortinet
14 17 (3.78%) Google
15 16 (3.56%) CyberArk
15 16 (3.56%) HP
16 13 (2.89%) Zscaler
17 11 (2.44%) Tenable
18 10 (2.22%) Red Hat