DHCP Contracts in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 234 240
Rank change year-on-year +25 +6 +37
Contract jobs citing DHCP 292 358 542
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.21% 0.98% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.23% 7.45% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 274 393
10th Percentile £243 £213 £203
25th Percentile £375 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -4.04% +16.47%
75th Percentile £603 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £636 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £465 £488
% change year-on-year +12.90% -4.62% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 18 11
10th Percentile - £16.70 £20.00
25th Percentile - £20.00 £29.75
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +3.90% +79.07%
75th Percentile - - £50.77
90th Percentile - £55.50 £52.13
UK median hourly rate £25.80 £40.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% +3.90% +79.07%

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 3,165 4,808 5,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.07% 13.18% 12.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 2,893 3,904
10th Percentile £220 £207 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £518
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.41% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 389 430
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.06 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +116.22% -22.63%
75th Percentile £62.88 £63.75 £59.67
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.71 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.24% +116.22% -32.73%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DHCP in England.

Daily rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DHCP in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 15 May 2025. 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 +44 111 £500 +11.11% 226
North of England +44 59 £425 +11.84% 148
South East -12 54 £569 +13.70% 141
North West +32 41 £425 +7.94% 71
South West +45 34 £615 +14.42% 75
Midlands -7 17 £450 +12.50% 61
Yorkshire +20 16 £463 +23.33% 62
East of England +27 9 £454 +6.76% 62
West Midlands -11 9 £220 -45.00% 36
East Midlands +12 8 £500 +53.85% 18
North East -2 2 £238 -61.22% 18
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 61 (20.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (12.67%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.14%) Skype for Business
4 14 (4.79%) Confluence
5 11 (3.77%) IIS
6 7 (2.40%) Apache
7 3 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (1.03%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (1.03%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 36 (12.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 103 (35.27%) Azure
2 75 (25.68%) AWS
3 57 (19.52%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (14.38%) Entra ID
5 27 (9.25%) GCP
6 24 (8.22%) OpenShift
7 17 (5.82%) IaaS
8 15 (5.14%) OneDrive
9 14 (4.79%) PaaS
10 7 (2.40%) GitHub
11 6 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.71%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.71%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.37%) Datadog
13 4 (1.37%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.37%) Route 53
13 4 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 276 (94.52%) DNS
2 95 (32.53%) TCP/IP
3 92 (31.51%) Firewall
4 71 (24.32%) VPN
5 50 (17.12%) VLAN
6 44 (15.07%) WAN
7 41 (14.04%) LAN
8 36 (12.33%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (10.27%) Wireless
10 29 (9.93%) Network Security
11 26 (8.90%) HTTP
12 25 (8.56%) SMTP
13 18 (6.16%) BGP
13 18 (6.16%) SAN
14 16 (5.48%) OSPF
15 15 (5.14%) SSL
16 14 (4.79%) SD-WAN
16 14 (4.79%) VoIP
17 13 (4.45%) Skype
18 11 (3.77%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.48%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.42%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.08%) Big Data
3 9 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.03%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.03%) InfluxDB
5 3 (1.03%) Looker
5 3 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.68%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.34%) Power BI
7 1 (0.34%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 15 (5.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.74%) Git
3 8 (2.74%) GitLab
4 4 (1.37%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
5 2 (0.68%) Subversion
6 1 (0.34%) Gerrit
6 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 65 (22.26%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.07%) Finance
3 40 (13.70%) Public Sector
4 26 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.45%) Banking
6 11 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.08%) Military
8 7 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.71%) Electronics
10 5 (1.71%) Marketing
11 4 (1.37%) French Language
12 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.03%) Retail
13 2 (0.68%) Automotive
13 2 (0.68%) International Banking
14 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (16.78%) Network Engineer
2 49 (16.78%) Support Engineer
3 22 (7.53%) Senior
4 18 (6.16%) Administrator
5 17 (5.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 16 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
6 16 (5.48%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (5.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 15 (5.14%) Architect
7 15 (5.14%) Infrastructure Support
7 15 (5.14%) IT Support
8 14 (4.79%) Analyst
8 14 (4.79%) IT Engineer
8 14 (4.79%) Lead
9 13 (4.45%) Desktop Support
10 12 (4.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 12 (4.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.74%) LDAP
2 7 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.37%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.03%) Node.js
4 3 (1.03%) Yocto
5 2 (0.68%) .NET
5 2 (0.68%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.68%) NETCONF
5 2 (0.68%) React
5 2 (0.68%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) Bazel
6 1 (0.34%) HTML
6 1 (0.34%) POSIX
6 1 (0.34%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.33%) PKI
2 28 (9.59%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.14%) Clustering
4 9 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.71%) Replication
8 5 (1.71%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.03%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.03%) Digital TV
10 3 (1.03%) IoT
10 3 (1.03%) STB
10 3 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 188 (64.38%) Windows
2 97 (33.22%) Windows Server
3 84 (28.77%) Linux
4 38 (13.01%) Windows 10
5 34 (11.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (7.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (6.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (6.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (3.77%) VMS
8 11 (3.77%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (3.42%) CentOS
10 8 (2.74%) Unix
11 7 (2.40%) Apple iOS
11 7 (2.40%) Rocky
12 6 (2.05%) Windows 7
13 5 (1.71%) Android
13 5 (1.71%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.71%) Mac OS X
13 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
14 3 (1.03%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (21.92%) ITIL
3 51 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (16.44%) DevOps
5 33 (11.30%) Agile
6 30 (10.27%) High Availability
7 28 (9.59%) Service Management
8 27 (9.25%) Customer Service
9 25 (8.56%) Containerisation
9 25 (8.56%) Migration
9 25 (8.56%) Patch Management
10 23 (7.88%) Incident Management
10 23 (7.88%) ITSM
11 21 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
12 20 (6.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 19 (6.51%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (5.14%) Mentoring
14 15 (5.14%) Project Management
14 15 (5.14%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (4.79%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 72 (24.66%) PowerShell
2 58 (19.86%) Python
3 24 (8.22%) Bash
4 20 (6.85%) Java
5 18 (6.16%) SQL
6 12 (4.11%) Perl
7 11 (3.77%) VBScript
8 10 (3.42%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.40%) C#
9 7 (2.40%) VB
10 6 (2.05%) C
11 5 (1.71%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.37%) C++
12 4 (1.37%) Go
13 2 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 92 (31.51%) Security Cleared
2 55 (18.84%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.67%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (12.67%) DV Cleared
4 35 (11.99%) Degree
5 27 (9.25%) CCNP
6 21 (7.19%) CCNA
7 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.40%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.05%) CCSA
10 5 (1.71%) A+ Certification
10 5 (1.71%) CISSP
11 4 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.37%) MCSA
11 4 (1.37%) MCSE
12 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.14%) SLA
2 8 (2.74%) QA
3 4 (1.37%) GDPR
3 4 (1.37%) NCSC
3 4 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 138 (47.26%) Active Directory
2 73 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (16.78%) Hyper-V
4 34 (11.64%) Docker
5 27 (9.25%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (6.51%) vSphere
7 16 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
8 15 (5.14%) BitLocker
9 13 (4.45%) Microsoft App-V
10 10 (3.42%) Terminal Services
11 9 (3.08%) NFS
12 8 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (2.05%) DFS Replication
13 6 (2.05%) Firmware
13 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 6 (2.05%) Samba
14 3 (1.03%) Brightmail
14 3 (1.03%) ISA Server
14 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 47 (16.10%) Ansible
2 42 (14.38%) SCCM
3 36 (12.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (10.96%) Kubernetes
4 32 (10.96%) Terraform
5 29 (9.93%) Puppet
6 26 (8.90%) WSUS
7 19 (6.51%) vCenter Server
8 15 (5.14%) vMotion
9 14 (4.79%) Nagios
10 9 (3.08%) AppManager
10 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (2.74%) FortiGate
12 6 (2.05%) yum
13 5 (1.71%) NetApp OnCommand
13 5 (1.71%) ZABBIX
14 4 (1.37%) Dell DRAC
14 4 (1.37%) NetBackup
14 4 (1.37%) OPNET
14 4 (1.37%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 116 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 105 (35.96%) VMware
3 65 (22.26%) Cisco
4 32 (10.96%) Red Hat
5 31 (10.62%) CheckPoint
6 24 (8.22%) HP
7 23 (7.88%) F5
7 23 (7.88%) Infoblox
8 21 (7.19%) Google
9 20 (6.85%) Citrix
9 20 (6.85%) SolarWinds
10 14 (4.79%) Dell
10 14 (4.79%) ServiceNow
11 13 (4.45%) Juniper
11 13 (4.45%) Palo Alto
11 13 (4.45%) Symantec
12 10 (3.42%) Veeam
13 9 (3.08%) Aruba
13 9 (3.08%) Ivanti
13 9 (3.08%) Meraki