DHCP Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 61 74
Rank change year-on-year -31 +13 +1
Contract jobs citing DHCP 4 9 20
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.26% 1.26% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 6.08% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 10
10th Percentile £405 £535 -
25th Percentile £450 £563 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £538
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +9.30% -10.42%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £556
90th Percentile £625 £670 £599
South East median daily rate £523 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £71.33 - £55.25
% change year-on-year - - +26.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 185 148 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.87% 20.79% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 102 144
10th Percentile £454 £332 £205
25th Percentile £500 £444 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £650 £625 £625
90th Percentile £758 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% +4.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 50
10th Percentile £45.69 £35.00 £7.43
25th Percentile £49.38 £51.06 £23.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +8.21%
75th Percentile £59.20 £63.75 £62.38
90th Percentile £60.90 £72.75 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.18% -4.10% +27.44%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DHCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

DHCP job vacancy trend in Hampshire

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DHCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DHCP

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in Hampshire

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DHCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing DHCP

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Portsmouth - 2 £400 - 1
Eastleigh -3 1 £525 +23.53%
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) SNMP
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Avamar
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
1 1 (25.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Acronis
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) McAfee
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) Veeam