DHCP Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	137	118	97
Rank change year-on-year	-19	-21	+5
Contract jobs citing DHCP	22	7	7
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	0.77%	0.42%	0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	6.65%	3.76%	3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted	16	7	3
10^th Percentile	£420	£158	£285
25^th Percentile	£459	£341	£291
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£550	£300
Median % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+83.33%	+9.09%
75^th Percentile	£535	£575	£344
90^th Percentile	£538	-	£370
England median daily rate	£500	£450	£450
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-	-5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	331	186	198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	11.58%	11.16%	13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted	166	111	109
10^th Percentile	£324	£235	£160
25^th Percentile	£412	£378	£220
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£490	£485
Median % change year-on-year	+2.15%	+0.93%	+7.78%
75^th Percentile	£585	£548	£575
90^th Percentile	£675	£638	£645
England median daily rate	£500	£486	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.83%	-2.75%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	50	2	3
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£18.48	£11.86
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£23.31	£12.03
Median hourly rate	£23.91	£32.75	£13.50
Median % change year-on-year	-27.01%	+142.59%	-38.64%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£43.31	£16.21
90^th Percentile	-	£48.83	£16.78
England median hourly rate	£40.00	£33.39	£55.00
% change year-on-year	+19.81%	-39.30%	-2.64%

DHCP Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

DHCP Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing DHCP.

DHCP Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in Yorkshire

DHCP Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing DHCP.

DHCP Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
West Yorkshire	-9	15	£500	+203.03%	7
South Yorkshire	-	7	£490	-	2
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DHCP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing DHCP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for DHCP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	22
2	Firewall	68.2%	15
3	Azure	63.6%	14
3	VLAN	63.6%	14
5	Cisco	59.1%	13
5	TCP/IP	59.1%	13
5	VPN	59.1%	13
8	Microsoft 365	45.5%	10
9	Active Directory	40.9%	9
9	BGP	40.9%	9
9	CCNP	40.9%	9
9	CheckPoint	40.9%	9
9	Cisco Certification	40.9%	9
9	Cisco Nexus	40.9%	9
9	LAN	40.9%	9
9	OSPF	40.9%	9
9	Wi-Fi	40.9%	9
18	Cisco ASA	36.4%	8
18	Cisco Firepower	36.4%	8
18	Windows	36.4%	8
18	Wireless	36.4%	8
18	WLAN	36.4%	8
23	Ansible	31.8%	7
23	IPsec	31.8%	7
23	Microsoft	31.8%	7
23	Problem-Solving	31.8%	7
23	VMware	31.8%	7
23	VMware Infrastructure	31.8%	7
23	VoIP	31.8%	7
23	Windows Server	31.8%	7

DHCP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	22
2	Firewall	68.2%	15
3	VLAN	63.6%	14
4	TCP/IP	59.1%	13
4	VPN	59.1%	13
6	BGP	40.9%	9
6	Cisco Nexus	40.9%	9
6	LAN	40.9%	9
6	OSPF	40.9%	9
6	Wi-Fi	40.9%	9
11	Cisco ASA	36.4%	8
11	Cisco Firepower	36.4%	8
11	Wireless	36.4%	8
11	WLAN	36.4%	8
15	IPsec	31.8%	7
15	VoIP	31.8%	7
17	WAN	27.3%	6
18	BIG-IP	22.7%	5
18	Network Security	22.7%	5
20	SAN	18.2%	4