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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 207 227
Rank change year-on-year -58 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing DHCP 359 304 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.91% 1.24% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 9.41% 7.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 232 292
10th Percentile £213 £243 £213
25th Percentile £369 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% -5.35%
75th Percentile £575 £601 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £495 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -1.00% +6.38% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 21
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.03 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.98 £24.69 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.71 £25.80 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.21% -35.51% -8.57%
75th Percentile £74.00 £26.90 -
90th Percentile £76.85 £27.56 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £45.71 £23.59 £40.00
% change year-on-year +93.78% -41.03% -8.57%

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 3,771 3,230 5,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 13.18% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,374 2,022 3,050
10th Percentile £234 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £489
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.31% -5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 123 401
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £17.69
Median hourly rate £49.36 £36.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.70% -8.39% +111.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £48.72 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.92% -6.25% +110.53%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -64 108 £475 -5.00% 27
South East -5 106 £518 -10.00% 47
North of England -66 60 £475 +23.38% 43
Midlands -41 39 £438 -3.58% 22
North West -59 31 £575 +39.39% 15
West Midlands -37 30 £438 +36.19% 12
South West -45 28 £561 -7.40% 25
Yorkshire -57 25 £436 +10.67% 21
East of England -20 19 £363 -30.95% 12
East Midlands -33 9 £275 -45.00% 10
North East -13 4 £200 -11.11% 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 44 (12.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (6.13%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.06%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.95%) IIS
5 4 (1.11%) Apache
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 20 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 149 (41.50%) Azure
2 90 (25.07%) Entra ID
3 81 (22.56%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (13.09%) AWS
5 26 (7.24%) IaaS
6 24 (6.69%) PaaS
7 18 (5.01%) SaaS
8 10 (2.79%) GCP
9 9 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.51%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.95%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.67%) Datadog
12 5 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.11%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.11%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 344 (95.82%) DNS
2 134 (37.33%) Firewall
3 84 (23.40%) LAN
4 82 (22.84%) VPN
4 82 (22.84%) WAN
5 81 (22.56%) TCP/IP
6 72 (20.06%) VLAN
7 50 (13.93%) Wi-Fi
8 45 (12.53%) BGP
9 43 (11.98%) OSPF
10 36 (10.03%) Network Security
11 33 (9.19%) BIG-IP
12 31 (8.64%) Wireless
13 30 (8.36%) Kerberos
13 30 (8.36%) VXLAN
14 28 (7.80%) Cisco ISE
15 23 (6.41%) Ethernet VPN
15 23 (6.41%) Junos
16 22 (6.13%) SAN
17 17 (4.74%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.18%) JIRA
2 6 (1.67%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.11%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.84%) Git
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Subversion
General
1 89 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (5.85%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.57%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (5.57%) Finance
5 15 (4.18%) Banking
6 10 (2.79%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.95%) Military
8 6 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.67%) Legal
8 6 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.11%) Law
9 4 (1.11%) Local Government
9 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.56%) Advertising
11 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (16.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (13.37%) Network Engineer
3 37 (10.31%) Senior
4 35 (9.75%) IT Support
4 35 (9.75%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.47%) Architect
6 33 (9.19%) Analyst
7 32 (8.91%) IT Engineer
8 21 (5.85%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (3.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (3.90%) IT Analyst
10 14 (3.90%) Network Specialist
10 14 (3.90%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.62%) Firewall Specialist
12 12 (3.34%) Administrator
12 12 (3.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.06%) Support Analyst
14 10 (2.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.91%) LDAP
2 31 (8.64%) 802.1X
3 21 (5.85%) SAML
4 16 (4.46%) OAuth
5 6 (1.67%) JSON
6 5 (1.39%) REST
7 4 (1.11%) OpenID
8 3 (0.84%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.84%) Redfish
9 2 (0.56%) Middleware
9 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.56%) XMPP
10 1 (0.28%) .NET
10 1 (0.28%) CSS
10 1 (0.28%) HTML
10 1 (0.28%) LAMP
10 1 (0.28%) SOAP
10 1 (0.28%) WCF
10 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 52 (14.48%) Data Centre
2 46 (12.81%) PKI
3 35 (9.75%) Clustering
4 33 (9.19%) Replication
5 20 (5.57%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.79%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.51%) IoT
9 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.67%) iPhone
11 5 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.11%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.84%) CCTV
13 3 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 238 (66.30%) Windows
2 138 (38.44%) Windows Server
3 47 (13.09%) Windows 10
4 38 (10.58%) Linux
5 26 (7.24%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.74%) Android
7 14 (3.90%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (3.06%) Windows 7
9 10 (2.79%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.23%) Mac OS
10 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.39%) VMS
12 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.11%) Unix
13 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.28%) CentOS
14 1 (0.28%) Solaris
14 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (19.50%) ITIL
3 67 (18.66%) High Availability
4 66 (18.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 51 (14.21%) ITSM
6 45 (12.53%) Identity Access Management
6 45 (12.53%) Load Balancing
7 42 (11.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (11.42%) Migration
9 34 (9.47%) Observability
10 30 (8.36%) Service Management
11 28 (7.80%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (6.96%) Task Automation
13 24 (6.69%) Zero Trust
14 23 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
15 22 (6.13%) DevOps
16 21 (5.85%) Change Management
17 20 (5.57%) Customer Service
17 20 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.48%) PowerShell
2 30 (8.36%) Python
3 13 (3.62%) Bash
3 13 (3.62%) VBScript
4 9 (2.51%) SQL
4 9 (2.51%) VB
5 6 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.39%) VBA
7 3 (0.84%) Bicep
7 3 (0.84%) Lisp
8 2 (0.56%) Perl
9 1 (0.28%) C
9 1 (0.28%) C#
9 1 (0.28%) Go
9 1 (0.28%) Java
9 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (38.44%) Security Cleared
2 86 (23.96%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.53%) Cisco Certification
4 42 (11.70%) DV Cleared
5 24 (6.69%) CCNP
6 20 (5.57%) Degree
7 13 (3.62%) Azure Certification
7 13 (3.62%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.06%) CCNA
9 9 (2.51%) JNCIP
10 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.95%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.95%) JNCIA
11 7 (1.95%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.67%) Server+ Certification
13 5 (1.39%) CCIE
13 5 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.96%) GDPR
2 17 (4.74%) SLA
3 14 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (2.79%) NIST
5 7 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.28%) QA
8 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 215 (59.89%) Active Directory
2 96 (26.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (13.65%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.13%) VMware ESXi
4 22 (6.13%) vSphere
5 18 (5.01%) BitLocker
6 15 (4.18%) Docker
7 12 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (3.06%) VMware NSX
9 9 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (2.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.95%) Firmware
12 5 (1.39%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.84%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.84%) NFS
13 3 (0.84%) XenApp
14 2 (0.56%) UAG
14 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.28%) KVM
15 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (16.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (15.32%) SCCM
3 39 (10.86%) Ansible
4 36 (10.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 31 (8.64%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (8.08%) FortiGate
7 27 (7.52%) Terraform
8 17 (4.74%) Kubernetes
9 14 (3.90%) vCenter Server
9 14 (3.90%) WSUS
10 8 (2.23%) vMotion
11 7 (1.95%) Puppet
11 7 (1.95%) SCOM
12 6 (1.67%) Nagios
13 5 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (1.39%) HAProxy
14 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
14 3 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
15 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
15 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 156 (43.45%) Microsoft
2 107 (29.81%) VMware
3 70 (19.50%) Cisco
4 51 (14.21%) ServiceNow
5 45 (12.53%) F5
6 39 (10.86%) SolarWinds
7 35 (9.75%) Citrix
8 34 (9.47%) Juniper
9 25 (6.96%) Infoblox
10 23 (6.41%) Splunk
11 21 (5.85%) Extreme Networks
12 16 (4.46%) Palo Alto
13 15 (4.18%) Fortinet
14 14 (3.90%) Okta
15 12 (3.34%) Dell
16 11 (3.06%) NetApp
16 11 (3.06%) Veeam
17 9 (2.51%) Google
18 8 (2.23%) HP
19 7 (1.95%) Apple