DHCP Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing DHCP 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.21% - 2.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.00%
75th Percentile £425 - £556
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £447 £606 £538
% change year-on-year -26.27% +12.79% -10.42%
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 - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 27 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 10.91% 23.28% 24.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 24
10th Percentile £340 £399 £383
25th Percentile £444 £416 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +0.47% +25.88%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £570
90th Percentile £580 - £586
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 19
10th Percentile £48.68 £35.00 £51.21
25th Percentile £52.55 £52.78 £59.00
Median hourly rate £55.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £60.05 £64.06 £66.01
90th Percentile £60.90 £73.13 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.50 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.20% +8.70% +8.49%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing DHCP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing DHCP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) SNMP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Acronis
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec