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

 6 months to
14 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 212 238
Rank change year-on-year -58 +26 -1
Contract jobs citing DHCP 358 293 359
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.21% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.34% 9.27% 7.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 224 272
10th Percentile £211 £243 £213
25th Percentile £363 £370 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +10.53% -3.31%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £575
90th Percentile £618 £638 £636
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -9.52% +12.90% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 1 18
10th Percentile £12.43 - £16.70
25th Percentile £26.46 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -30.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £74.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.00 - £55.50
UK median hourly rate £40.10 £25.80 £40.00
% change year-on-year +55.47% -35.51% +3.90%

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 3,835 3,162 4,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 13.11% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,390 1,963 2,903
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.49%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 117 391
10th Percentile £16.59 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -24.20% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.51% -13.75% +116.22%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -58 111 £470 -6.00% 44
South East -4 109 £510 -10.80% 55
North of England -75 51 £468 +15.43% 39
Midlands -40 36 £425 -5.56% 27
South West -35 31 £520 -15.53% 28
North West -48 29 £584 +37.35% 23
West Midlands -37 27 £438 +98.86% 19
Yorkshire -53 18 £447 -0.67% 13
East of England -27 16 £475 +4.68% 19
East Midlands -29 9 £275 -45.00% 8
North East -15 4 £200 -15.79% 5
DHCP
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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 36 (10.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.26%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.23%) IIS
4 4 (1.12%) Apache
4 4 (1.12%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.56%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
6 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 151 (42.18%) Azure
2 89 (24.86%) Entra ID
3 73 (20.39%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (13.41%) AWS
5 23 (6.42%) IaaS
6 21 (5.87%) PaaS
7 14 (3.91%) OneDrive
7 14 (3.91%) SaaS
8 9 (2.51%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.68%) Datadog
11 6 (1.68%) GCP
12 5 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.12%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.12%) Route 53
14 3 (0.84%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 343 (95.81%) DNS
2 133 (37.15%) Firewall
3 80 (22.35%) TCP/IP
4 78 (21.79%) VPN
5 75 (20.95%) LAN
6 72 (20.11%) WAN
7 67 (18.72%) VLAN
8 42 (11.73%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (10.89%) BGP
9 39 (10.89%) OSPF
10 38 (10.61%) Network Security
11 37 (10.34%) BIG-IP
12 32 (8.94%) Kerberos
13 30 (8.38%) Wireless
14 27 (7.54%) SAN
15 25 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
15 25 (6.98%) VXLAN
16 24 (6.70%) Ethernet VPN
16 24 (6.70%) Junos
17 17 (4.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Power BI
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (5.03%) JIRA
2 6 (1.68%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.12%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (0.84%) Git
5 1 (0.28%) GitLab
General
1 81 (22.63%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (6.70%) Finance
4 20 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (5.59%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.91%) Banking
6 10 (2.79%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.96%) Legal
8 6 (1.68%) Law
8 6 (1.68%) Military
8 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.12%) Local Government
10 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.12%) Police
11 3 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.56%) Advertising
12 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.56%) Marketing
13 1 (0.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (13.97%) Network Engineer
3 37 (10.34%) Senior
4 33 (9.22%) Analyst
4 33 (9.22%) IT Support
5 31 (8.66%) Architect
5 31 (8.66%) Support Engineer
6 28 (7.82%) IT Engineer
7 17 (4.75%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (4.47%) IT Analyst
9 15 (4.19%) Network Specialist
10 14 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 14 (3.91%) Firewall Specialist
11 13 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.35%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.07%) 2nd Line Support
13 11 (3.07%) Administrator
14 10 (2.79%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.22%) 802.1X
1 33 (9.22%) LDAP
2 21 (5.87%) SAML
3 16 (4.47%) OAuth
4 8 (2.23%) JSON
5 4 (1.12%) OpenID
6 3 (0.84%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.84%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (0.84%) Redfish
6 3 (0.84%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) Middleware
7 2 (0.56%) OpenGL
7 2 (0.56%) Qt
7 2 (0.56%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.56%) XMPP
8 1 (0.28%) .NET
8 1 (0.28%) CSS
8 1 (0.28%) HTML
8 1 (0.28%) LAMP
8 1 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.64%) Data Centre
2 44 (12.29%) PKI
3 36 (10.06%) Clustering
4 33 (9.22%) Replication
5 25 (6.98%) Onboarding
6 17 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.07%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.51%) IoT
9 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Smartphone
12 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 233 (65.08%) Windows
2 136 (37.99%) Windows Server
3 39 (10.89%) Windows 10
4 37 (10.34%) Linux
5 29 (8.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (4.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (3.35%) Mac OS
9 11 (3.07%) Android
10 10 (2.79%) Apple iOS
11 8 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (1.68%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.84%) Unix
14 3 (0.84%) VMS
15 2 (0.56%) CentOS
15 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.28%) Rocky
16 1 (0.28%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.11%) High Availability
2 72 (20.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 66 (18.44%) ITIL
4 53 (14.80%) ITSM
5 47 (13.13%) Identity Access Management
6 42 (11.73%) Migration
7 41 (11.45%) Load Balancing
8 39 (10.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 34 (9.50%) Observability
10 29 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (6.98%) Task Automation
12 24 (6.70%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (6.15%) Change Management
13 22 (6.15%) Service Management
14 21 (5.87%) DevOps
15 20 (5.59%) Agile
15 20 (5.59%) Customer Service
16 19 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (5.31%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (27.09%) PowerShell
2 31 (8.66%) Python
3 17 (4.75%) Bash
4 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.51%) SQL
5 7 (1.96%) VBA
6 6 (1.68%) VBScript
7 4 (1.12%) VB
8 3 (0.84%) Bicep
9 2 (0.56%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) C#
10 1 (0.28%) Go
10 1 (0.28%) Java
10 1 (0.28%) Lisp
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (39.11%) Security Cleared
2 90 (25.14%) SC Cleared
3 47 (13.13%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (10.34%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.98%) CCNP
6 20 (5.59%) Degree
7 16 (4.47%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (4.19%) CCNA
9 10 (2.79%) Azure Certification
10 9 (2.51%) Server+ Certification
11 8 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.96%) JNCIA
12 7 (1.96%) JNCIP
12 7 (1.96%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.68%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.87%) SLA
2 19 (5.31%) GDPR
3 14 (3.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.23%) NIST
6 6 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
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
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 216 (60.34%) Active Directory
2 101 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (15.92%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.42%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (6.15%) vSphere
6 18 (5.03%) Docker
7 16 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (4.19%) BitLocker
9 14 (3.91%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (2.79%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.96%) VMware NSX
12 6 (1.68%) Firmware
13 5 (1.40%) Terminal Services
14 4 (1.12%) NFS
15 3 (0.84%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.84%) XenApp
16 2 (0.56%) UAG
16 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
16 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (15.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (13.13%) SCCM
3 38 (10.61%) Ansible
4 36 (10.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (8.38%) FortiGate
6 28 (7.82%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (6.15%) Terraform
8 18 (5.03%) Kubernetes
9 16 (4.47%) WSUS
10 12 (3.35%) vCenter Server
11 9 (2.51%) vMotion
12 7 (1.96%) Nagios
12 7 (1.96%) Puppet
13 5 (1.40%) Failover Clustering
13 5 (1.40%) HAProxy
13 5 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (1.40%) SCOM
14 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
15 3 (0.84%) Stealthwatch
16 2 (0.56%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 154 (43.02%) Microsoft
2 111 (31.01%) VMware
3 72 (20.11%) Cisco
4 56 (15.64%) ServiceNow
5 45 (12.57%) F5
6 38 (10.61%) SolarWinds
7 37 (10.34%) Citrix
8 34 (9.50%) Juniper
9 30 (8.38%) Infoblox
10 25 (6.98%) Splunk
11 22 (6.15%) Extreme Networks
12 14 (3.91%) Okta
12 14 (3.91%) Palo Alto
13 13 (3.63%) NetApp
14 12 (3.35%) Fortinet
14 12 (3.35%) Veeam
15 11 (3.07%) Dell
16 10 (2.79%) HP
17 9 (2.51%) CheckPoint
18 8 (2.23%) Dynatrace
198 DHCP jobs in England