DHCP Contract Job Trends in the South West

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 94 105
Rank change year-on-year +2 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing DHCP 31 40 47
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.46% 1.67% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.97% 11.33% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 31
10th Percentile £320 £223 £350
25th Percentile £525 £330 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £413 £571
Median % change year-on-year +39.39% -27.70% +30.40%
75th Percentile £725 £491 £628
90th Percentile - £580 £650
England median daily rate £456 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £38.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year -22.58% +19.23% +47.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 259 353 482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.17% 14.70% 15.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 218 279
10th Percentile £225 £313 £212
25th Percentile £306 £416 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £679 £738
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 69
10th Percentile £15.62 £11.75 £45.17
25th Percentile £16.71 £25.31 £48.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £64.75 £73.44 £65.98
90th Percentile £66.14 £75.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £32.77 £52.50 £56.45
% change year-on-year -37.58% -6.99% +29.76%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in the South West

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DHCP

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the South West over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the South West

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing DHCP

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Wiltshire +11 15 £700 +27.27% 13
Bristol +2 6 £550 -4.35% 9
Somerset +1 4 £550 +22.22% 10
Gloucestershire -3 4 £325 -18.85% 17
Dorset 0 2 £205 -8.89% 3
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 23 (74.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (67.74%) SharePoint
3 19 (61.29%) Skype for Business
4 3 (9.68%) IIS
5 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (54.84%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 31 (100.00%) DNS
2 19 (61.29%) Skype
3 16 (51.61%) TCP/IP
4 5 (16.13%) Unified Communications
4 5 (16.13%) WAN
5 4 (12.90%) LAN
5 4 (12.90%) VPN
6 3 (9.68%) VLAN
7 2 (6.45%) VoIP
7 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.23%) NAS
8 1 (3.23%) SAN
8 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
8 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 23 (74.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (45.16%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (32.26%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Electronics
5 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Military
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Support Engineer
2 13 (41.94%) Microsoft Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Wintel Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Architect
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Architect
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Developer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Specialist
6 1 (3.23%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Network Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) .NET
1 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (3.23%) Bootstrap
1 1 (3.23%) Express.js
1 1 (3.23%) Middleware
1 1 (3.23%) React
1 1 (3.23%) SOAP
1 1 (3.23%) WCF
1 1 (3.23%) Web Services
1 1 (3.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) CMDB
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (51.61%) Windows
2 12 (38.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (9.68%) Linux
5 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (51.61%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (48.39%) Knowledge Transfer
3 9 (29.03%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Critical Thinking
4 6 (19.35%) Service Management
5 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
5 5 (16.13%) System Testing
6 3 (9.68%) Agile
6 3 (9.68%) High Availability
6 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Patch Management
6 3 (9.68%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (6.45%) BCP
7 2 (6.45%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
7 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.45%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (6.45%) Scrum
7 2 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (67.74%) PowerShell
2 6 (19.35%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) Bicep
3 1 (3.23%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) Security Cleared
2 19 (61.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (51.61%) DV Cleared
4 6 (19.35%) CCNA
4 6 (19.35%) CCNP
4 6 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (19.35%) MCSE
4 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (16.13%) Degree
5 5 (16.13%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (16.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.23%) MCSA
6 1 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
2 1 (3.23%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (3.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (51.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (35.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (16.13%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (12.90%) Hyper-V
5 3 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) WSUS
2 7 (22.58%) SCCM
3 2 (6.45%) AppManager
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (6.45%) NetApp OnCommand
3 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
3 2 (6.45%) vMotion
4 1 (3.23%) Ansible
4 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (45.16%) VMware
3 5 (16.13%) Cisco
3 5 (16.13%) SolarWinds
3 5 (16.13%) Splunk
3 5 (16.13%) Veeam
4 2 (6.45%) Ivanti
5 1 (3.23%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.23%) SAP