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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 68 98
Rank change year-on-year -45 +30 -2
Contract jobs citing DHCP 20 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.00% 1.05% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.16% 5.78% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 11
10th Percentile £158 £209 £263
25th Percentile £208 £219 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £233 £370
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -37.16% -26.00%
75th Percentile £515 £248 £444
90th Percentile £538 £383 £550
England median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.22% -2.11%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 245 173 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 12.19% 18.23% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 99 164
10th Percentile £203 £160 £213
25th Percentile £313 £220 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £379 £414
Median % change year-on-year +18.73% -8.40% -2.65%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £550
90th Percentile £686 £700 £630
England median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile - £11.92 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.25 £12.16 £13.07
Median hourly rate £15.50 £27.25 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year -43.12% +57.08% +63.19%
75th Percentile £34.13 £41.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £45.15 - £23.43
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

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 job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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 5 February 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.

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 5 February 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
South Yorkshire -52 9 £525 +14.13% 4
West Yorkshire -23 7 £195 -18.75% 8
North Yorkshire -2 2 £213 +1.19% 2
East Yorkshire - 2 £481 - 2
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) IaaS
4 3 (15.00%) PaaS
4 3 (15.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) DNS
2 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (25.00%) Firewall
3 5 (25.00%) LAN
3 5 (25.00%) WAN
4 4 (20.00%) BIG-IP
4 4 (20.00%) VPN
5 3 (15.00%) Internet
5 3 (15.00%) VLAN
5 3 (15.00%) VoIP
5 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (10.00%) Network Security
6 2 (10.00%) Wireless
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (5.00%) IPv4
7 1 (5.00%) SAN
7 1 (5.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Administrator
4 3 (15.00%) Desktop Support
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) JSON
2 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) iPhone
2 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.00%) NHS
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) RSA SecurID
3 1 (5.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 12 (60.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (15.00%) Android
4 3 (15.00%) Linux
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) ITIL
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (20.00%) Migration
2 4 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Change Management
3 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (10.00%) API Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (10.00%) Change Control
4 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (10.00%) Observability
4 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Service Management
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Python
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) VBA
4 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) CCNA
2 1 (5.00%) CCNP
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Ansible
1 4 (20.00%) Terraform
2 3 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) F5
1 4 (20.00%) Infoblox
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) HP
4 1 (5.00%) NetScout
4 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.00%) SevOne
4 1 (5.00%) Veeam