DHCP Contract Job Trends in South London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 35 39
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -4
Contract jobs citing DHCP 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.28% 0.59% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 3.70% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £250 £675
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -62.96% +42.11%
75th Percentile £438 - £713
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £456 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -8.75% +11.11% -14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 27 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 13.42% 15.98% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 11
10th Percentile - £160 £213
25th Percentile £413 £250 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £365
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +30.82% -33.64%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £384
90th Percentile £756 £638 £550
London median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.63
Median hourly rate - - £68.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.35%
75th Percentile - - £71.88
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.63 £38.75 £23.80
% change year-on-year -33.86% +62.82% -34.38%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in South London

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing DHCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing DHCP

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing DHCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing DHCP

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Merton - 3 £425 - 1
Bromley - 1 - -
DHCP
London

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Broadband
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) TACACS
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Desktop Support
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Server Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Server Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Server Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Server Support
2 2 (50.00%) Server Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE Security
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Aruba
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto