DHCP Contract Job Trends in Reading

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 78 68
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 1 16 19
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% 1.46% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 7.77% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 18
10th Percentile - £425 £589
25th Percentile £563 £603 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% -0.82% +18.45%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile - - £656
Berkshire median daily rate £238 £605 £610
% change year-on-year -60.66% -0.82% +19.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 104 206 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 15.81% 18.81% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 90 148
10th Percentile £255 £324 £205
25th Percentile £329 £400 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £505 £448
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +12.85% -10.50%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £621 £650 £638
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £494 £445
% change year-on-year -13.92% +10.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £58.63 - £72.40
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £73.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £76.12
90th Percentile £89.88 - £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +219.57%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in Reading

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing DHCP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing DHCP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft