DHCP Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +33
Contract jobs citing DHCP 3 11 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.92% 5.05% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.79% 31.43% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £240 - -
25th Percentile £300 £135 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £150 £175
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% -14.29% -68.18%
75th Percentile £500 - £325
90th Percentile £560 £263 £408
North East median daily rate £247 £150 £175
% change year-on-year +64.33% -14.29% -68.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 35 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 5.85% 16.06% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 19
10th Percentile £146 £140 £131
25th Percentile £170 £200 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £454 £350
Median % change year-on-year -55.95% +29.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £440 £610 £425
90th Percentile £575 £750 £476
North East median daily rate £328 £477 £400
% change year-on-year -31.22% +19.31% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £16.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £48.38 - £16.75
% change year-on-year - - -25.56%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DHCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DHCP

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in Tyne and Wear

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DHCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing DHCP

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -20 3 £400 +166.67% 2
DHCP
North East

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS Direct Connect
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow