DHCP Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 34 44
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +17
Contract jobs citing DHCP 1 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% 2.91% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 16.95% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £223 -
25th Percentile £525 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -27.08% +84.62%
75th Percentile £575 £465 -
90th Percentile - £501 -
Wales median daily rate £550 £413 £663
% change year-on-year +33.33% -37.74% +103.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 59 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.14% 17.15% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 29
10th Percentile £181 £185 £187
25th Percentile £243 £210 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £325 £340
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -4.41% -26.49%
75th Percentile £298 £425 £538
90th Percentile £575 £472 £600
Wales median daily rate £270 £245 £340
% change year-on-year +10.20% -27.94% -24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 0
10th Percentile - £25.90 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £33.75 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +68.42% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £89.00 £51.00 -
Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year +113.33% - -

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in South Wales

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
Newport +3 1 £550 +13.99% 3
DHCP
Wales

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware