DHCP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 238 224
Rank change year-on-year +56 -14 +87
Contract jobs citing DHCP 122 107 288
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 0.70% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.70% 6.65% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 82 207
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £331 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £465 £520
Median % change year-on-year +15.06% -10.58% +22.35%
75th Percentile £612 £575 £600
90th Percentile £838 £608 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £491
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.31% +15.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.00 £82.00
Median hourly rate - £20.25 £84.00
Median % change year-on-year - -75.89% +290.70%
75th Percentile - £34.69 £86.00
90th Percentile - £54.38 -
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £40.00 £41.13
% change year-on-year -41.03% -2.74% +82.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

DHCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DHCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DHCP.

DHCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DHCP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

DHCP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DHCP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DHCP.

DHCP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.84%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.10%) IIS
4 4 (3.28%) Confluence
4 4 (3.28%) Skype for Business
5 3 (2.46%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 61 (50.00%) Azure
2 36 (29.51%) AWS
3 24 (19.67%) IaaS
4 23 (18.85%) Entra ID
5 22 (18.03%) AWS CloudFormation
5 22 (18.03%) GCP
5 22 (18.03%) PaaS
5 22 (18.03%) SaaS
6 12 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (5.74%) GitHub
8 6 (4.92%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (4.10%) Route 53
10 3 (2.46%) Datadog
10 3 (2.46%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.64%) Akamai
11 2 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.82%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 116 (95.08%) DNS
2 48 (39.34%) TCP/IP
3 39 (31.97%) Firewall
4 27 (22.13%) BGP
5 25 (20.49%) OSPF
6 24 (19.67%) HTTP
7 20 (16.39%) HTTPS
7 20 (16.39%) WAN
8 19 (15.57%) LAN
9 18 (14.75%) VPN
10 13 (10.66%) Wireless
11 12 (9.84%) Network Security
12 9 (7.38%) SMTP
12 9 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (6.56%) VLAN
14 6 (4.92%) FTP
15 5 (4.10%) Telnet
16 4 (3.28%) DOCSIS
16 4 (3.28%) EIGRP
16 4 (3.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.64%) InfluxDB
3 2 (1.64%) Looker
3 2 (1.64%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.82%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.82%) Power BI
4 1 (0.82%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.28%) JIRA
3 3 (2.46%) Git
4 2 (1.64%) GitLab
5 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.82%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (17.21%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.93%) Finance
3 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.10%) Retail
5 4 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Back Office
7 2 (1.64%) Banking
7 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.64%) Military
8 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (22.95%) Architect
2 22 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (15.57%) Cloud Architect
3 19 (15.57%) Technical Architect
4 18 (14.75%) Cloud Native Architect
5 17 (13.93%) Network Engineer
6 10 (8.20%) AWS Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Security Architect
7 9 (7.38%) Security Technical Architect
8 8 (6.56%) Analyst
8 8 (6.56%) Senior
9 7 (5.74%) Administrator
9 7 (5.74%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Network Security Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Lead
11 5 (4.10%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Wintel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (2.46%) LDAP
2 2 (1.64%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.64%) NETCONF
3 1 (0.82%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.82%) HTML
3 1 (0.82%) Node.js
3 1 (0.82%) Web Services
3 1 (0.82%) XML
3 1 (0.82%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.57%) Data Centre
2 18 (14.75%) Cloud Native
3 13 (10.66%) PKI
4 5 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.10%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.46%) Clustering
6 3 (2.46%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.46%) EPoS
6 3 (2.46%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.64%) IoT
7 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 62 (50.82%) Windows
2 41 (33.61%) Windows Server
3 30 (24.59%) Linux
4 15 (12.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (10.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (9.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (8.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.28%) CentOS
8 4 (3.28%) VMS
8 4 (3.28%) Windows 10
9 3 (2.46%) Mac OS X
9 3 (2.46%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.64%) Android
10 2 (1.64%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.64%) SUSE
10 2 (1.64%) Unix
11 1 (0.82%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.82%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.82%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.82%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (21.31%) Infrastructure as Code
3 21 (17.21%) Test Automation
4 20 (16.39%) Sprint Planning
5 19 (15.57%) ITIL
6 18 (14.75%) Migration
7 17 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (10.66%) DevOps
9 12 (9.84%) Patch Management
10 11 (9.02%) High Availability
11 10 (8.20%) Agile
12 9 (7.38%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (6.56%) Incident Management
14 7 (5.74%) CI/CD
14 7 (5.74%) Mentoring
15 6 (4.92%) Business Strategy
15 6 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (4.92%) Inventory Management
15 6 (4.92%) Load Balancing
15 6 (4.92%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.39%) Bicep
2 18 (14.75%) PowerShell
3 15 (12.30%) Python
4 4 (3.28%) Bash
4 4 (3.28%) Java
4 4 (3.28%) Perl
4 4 (3.28%) Shell Script
4 4 (3.28%) VBScript
5 3 (2.46%) C
6 2 (1.64%) C#
6 2 (1.64%) C++
6 2 (1.64%) Go
6 2 (1.64%) SQL
7 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.82%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.03%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.02%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (6.56%) CCNP
5 7 (5.74%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.10%) Degree
7 5 (4.10%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.28%) CCNA
8 4 (3.28%) MCSE
8 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.46%) CISSP
9 3 (2.46%) MCSA
10 1 (0.82%) CCDP
10 1 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.82%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.28%) QA
2 3 (2.46%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.46%) SLA
3 2 (1.64%) GDPR
4 1 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (49.18%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (13.93%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (10.66%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.92%) vSphere
6 5 (4.10%) NFS
7 4 (3.28%) Docker
7 4 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (3.28%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (2.46%) DFS Replication
9 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.64%) Samba
9 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.82%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.82%) Firmware
10 1 (0.82%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.82%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (21.31%) Terraform
2 12 (9.84%) Ansible
2 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (9.84%) vCenter Server
3 10 (8.20%) WSUS
4 9 (7.38%) SCCM
5 5 (4.10%) FortiGate
5 5 (4.10%) Kubernetes
6 4 (3.28%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.46%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.46%) Puppet
8 2 (1.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.64%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.64%) Grafana
8 2 (1.64%) OPNET
8 2 (1.64%) Packer
8 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.64%) SCOM
8 2 (1.64%) yum
Vendors
1 42 (34.43%) VMware
2 39 (31.97%) Microsoft
3 35 (28.69%) Cisco
4 25 (20.49%) CheckPoint
4 25 (20.49%) Palo Alto
5 22 (18.03%) Fortinet
6 12 (9.84%) Red Hat
7 7 (5.74%) Aruba
7 7 (5.74%) HP
8 6 (4.92%) F5
8 6 (4.92%) Splunk
9 5 (4.10%) Dell
9 5 (4.10%) Infoblox
9 5 (4.10%) Zscaler
10 4 (3.28%) 3PAR
10 4 (3.28%) Citrix
10 4 (3.28%) Juniper
10 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.28%) Veeam
10 4 (3.28%) Veritas