DHCP Contracts in London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 269 303
Rank change year-on-year +26 +34 +59
Contract jobs citing DHCP 110 123 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.88% 0.69% 0.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.37% 7.16% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 85 147
10th Percentile £258 £226 £212
25th Percentile £394 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £647
90th Percentile £608 £608 £675
England median daily rate £519 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +9.21% -5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £20.28
25th Percentile - £16.00 £20.69
Median hourly rate £23.59 £18.50 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.51% -14.94% -53.52%
75th Percentile - £20.00 £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.83
England median hourly rate £25.80 £40.00 £41.13
% change year-on-year -35.51% -2.74% +91.28%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in London

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in London

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in London

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in London

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +9 18 £525 +16.67% 12
West London +25 14 £400 - 9
East London +19 5 £585 +168.97% 1
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 13 (11.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (7.27%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.64%) Confluence
4 2 (1.82%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 42 (38.18%) Azure
2 34 (30.91%) AWS
3 24 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (16.36%) Entra ID
5 12 (10.91%) GCP
6 8 (7.27%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.45%) GitHub
8 4 (3.64%) Datadog
8 4 (3.64%) SaaS
9 3 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.73%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.73%) IaaS
9 3 (2.73%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.73%) PaaS
10 2 (1.82%) Amazon Cognito
10 2 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.82%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.82%) Serverless
10 2 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 105 (95.45%) DNS
2 39 (35.45%) Firewall
3 38 (34.55%) TCP/IP
4 28 (25.45%) VPN
5 24 (21.82%) Network Security
5 24 (21.82%) VLAN
6 19 (17.27%) WAN
6 19 (17.27%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (16.36%) Wireless
8 17 (15.45%) LAN
9 13 (11.82%) BGP
10 12 (10.91%) SD-WAN
11 11 (10.00%) OSPF
12 9 (8.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 8 (7.27%) VoIP
14 7 (6.36%) DOCSIS
14 7 (6.36%) EIGRP
14 7 (6.36%) SMTP
14 7 (6.36%) SSL
15 5 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.36%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.73%) InfluxDB
3 3 (2.73%) Looker
3 3 (2.73%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.82%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.82%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.82%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.91%) Big Data
5 1 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.91%) Power BI
5 1 (0.91%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 7 (6.36%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.55%) JIRA
3 4 (3.64%) Git
3 4 (3.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.91%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.91%) Gerrit
4 1 (0.91%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.55%) Finance
3 11 (10.00%) Banking
4 10 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.73%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.82%) Electronics
8 2 (1.82%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.82%) International Banking
8 2 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.82%) Marketing
8 2 (1.82%) Retail
9 1 (0.91%) Back Office
9 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 20 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (10.91%) Senior
4 11 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 10 (9.09%) Analyst
6 9 (8.18%) Security Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Architect
7 7 (6.36%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Infoblox Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Network Specialist
8 6 (5.45%) IT Support
8 6 (5.45%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (5.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.45%) Windows Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Administrator
9 5 (4.55%) Consultant
9 5 (4.55%) Lead
9 5 (4.55%) Support Analyst
10 4 (3.64%) Desktop Support
10 4 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.45%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (3.64%) LDAP
3 3 (2.73%) 802.1X
3 3 (2.73%) Yocto
4 2 (1.82%) .NET
4 2 (1.82%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.82%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.82%) Node.js
4 2 (1.82%) React
5 1 (0.91%) Bazel
5 1 (0.91%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) PKI
2 8 (7.27%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.64%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.64%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.73%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.73%) Clustering
6 3 (2.73%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.73%) Digital TV
6 3 (2.73%) IoT
6 3 (2.73%) Replication
6 3 (2.73%) STB
6 3 (2.73%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.82%) NHS
7 2 (1.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 59 (53.64%) Windows
2 31 (28.18%) Linux
3 22 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 13 (11.82%) Windows 10
5 8 (7.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (5.45%) Rocky
7 5 (4.55%) Apple iOS
7 5 (4.55%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.55%) Unix
8 4 (3.64%) Android
8 4 (3.64%) CentOS
9 3 (2.73%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (2.73%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.82%) OpenWrt
10 2 (1.82%) SUSE
10 2 (1.82%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.82%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (15.45%) ITIL
4 15 (13.64%) Agile
5 14 (12.73%) Migration
6 12 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (10.91%) DevOps
6 12 (10.91%) High Availability
7 11 (10.00%) Incident Management
8 9 (8.18%) Business Continuity
8 9 (8.18%) Containerisation
8 9 (8.18%) Customer Service
8 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (8.18%) Mentoring
8 9 (8.18%) Security Operations
9 8 (7.27%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (7.27%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.27%) Data Protection
9 8 (7.27%) Infrastructure Management
9 8 (7.27%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.18%) Python
2 27 (24.55%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.36%) Perl
4 6 (5.45%) C
4 6 (5.45%) C#
4 6 (5.45%) Shell Script
5 5 (4.55%) Java
6 4 (3.64%) Bash
6 4 (3.64%) C++
6 4 (3.64%) Go
6 4 (3.64%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.64%) SQL
6 4 (3.64%) VBScript
7 2 (1.82%) VB
8 1 (0.91%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (12.73%) Degree
3 13 (11.82%) CCNP
3 13 (11.82%) Security Cleared
4 6 (5.45%) CCNA
4 6 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.55%) CCSA
5 5 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.73%) CISSP
6 3 (2.73%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.91%) CWDP
8 1 (0.91%) CWNA
8 1 (0.91%) GIAC
8 1 (0.91%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.55%) QA
2 3 (2.73%) NCSC
3 2 (1.82%) DICOM
3 2 (1.82%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (1.82%) HL7
3 2 (1.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.82%) SLA
4 1 (0.91%) GDPR
4 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 50 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 17 (15.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.27%) Docker
3 8 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (6.36%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.55%) Firmware
5 5 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.73%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.82%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.91%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.91%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (18.18%) SCCM
2 17 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (11.82%) Terraform
4 11 (10.00%) Ansible
5 7 (6.36%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.64%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.64%) WSUS
7 3 (2.73%) CA Spectrum
7 3 (2.73%) Grafana
7 3 (2.73%) Puppet
8 2 (1.82%) AppManager
8 2 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.82%) OPNET
8 2 (1.82%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.82%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.82%) Rundeck
8 2 (1.82%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.82%) vMotion
8 2 (1.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (27.27%) Cisco
1 30 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 22 (20.00%) VMware
3 15 (13.64%) F5
3 15 (13.64%) Infoblox
4 13 (11.82%) CheckPoint
5 9 (8.18%) Meraki
6 8 (7.27%) Palo Alto
6 8 (7.27%) Splunk
7 6 (5.45%) Citrix
7 6 (5.45%) Fortinet
7 6 (5.45%) Google
7 6 (5.45%) Juniper
7 6 (5.45%) SolarWinds
8 5 (4.55%) Brocade
8 5 (4.55%) Oracle
8 5 (4.55%) Red Hat
8 5 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.64%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (2.73%) Zscaler