DHCP Job Trends in the East of England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 112 123
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -27
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 46 56 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.88% 1.94% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.35% 11.74% 8.78%
Number of salaries quoted 33 50 82
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,463 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +17.24% -14.71%
75th Percentile £41,500 £53,419 £43,750
90th Percentile £62,800 £63,750 £53,125
England median annual salary £34,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +3.66% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

DHCP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 724 477 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.86% 16.52% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 246 263 749
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £24,833
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,780 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -5.55%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DHCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

DHCP job vacancy trend in the East of England

DHCP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the East of England

DHCP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -10 12 £41,000 -3.53% 2
Hertfordshire -14 10 £28,000 -30.00% 7
Cambridgeshire -14 7 £26,750 -46.50% 3
Norfolk - 7 £33,250 - 3
Bedfordshire +16 5 £27,000 -32.50% 2
Suffolk +9 5 £40,000 +16.79% 1
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 36 (78.26%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (47.83%) Azure
3 20 (43.48%) Entra ID
4 7 (15.22%) IaaS
4 7 (15.22%) PaaS
5 5 (10.87%) Google Workspace
6 2 (4.35%) SaaS
7 1 (2.17%) AWS
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 42 (91.30%) DNS
2 26 (56.52%) Firewall
3 25 (54.35%) TCP/IP
4 20 (43.48%) VPN
5 18 (39.13%) VLAN
6 14 (30.43%) LAN
7 12 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (21.74%) WAN
9 7 (15.22%) Wireless
10 6 (13.04%) IMAP
10 6 (13.04%) POP3
10 6 (13.04%) SMTP
11 5 (10.87%) EIGRP
11 5 (10.87%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (10.87%) Network Security
11 5 (10.87%) OSPF
11 5 (10.87%) Wireshark
12 4 (8.70%) VoIP
13 2 (4.35%) IPv4
13 2 (4.35%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Retail
3 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.17%) Legal
5 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) IT Support
2 9 (19.57%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (17.39%) Support Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) IT Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (15.22%) Lead
5 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (10.87%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (10.87%) Desktop Support
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) IT Support Technician
6 5 (10.87%) IT Technician
6 5 (10.87%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Driving Licence
2 7 (15.22%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (4.35%) CCTV
5 2 (4.35%) Digital Signage
6 1 (2.17%) Clustering
6 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 41 (89.13%) Windows
2 32 (69.57%) Windows Server
3 19 (41.30%) Windows 10
4 6 (13.04%) Mac OS
4 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (8.70%) VMS
6 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
6 3 (6.52%) Linux
7 1 (2.17%) Android
7 1 (2.17%) OpenWrt
7 1 (2.17%) Windows 2000
7 1 (2.17%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.17%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (30.43%) Customer Service
2 14 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (26.09%) ITIL
4 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
5 9 (19.57%) Asset Management
5 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (13.04%) Time Management
8 5 (10.87%) AI
8 5 (10.87%) ERP
8 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.87%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (10.87%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 5 (10.87%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (8.70%) Security Patching
9 4 (8.70%) Server Building
9 4 (8.70%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Bash
2 1 (2.17%) C
2 1 (2.17%) C++
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Azure Certification
2 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.04%) CCNA
3 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (13.04%) DBS Check
3 6 (13.04%) Degree
4 5 (10.87%) CCNP
5 4 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (4.35%) A+ Certification
6 2 (4.35%) MCSE
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.17%) MCDST
7 1 (2.17%) MCITP
7 1 (2.17%) MCSA
7 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 45 (97.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (15.22%) Hyper-V
3 7 (15.22%) vSphere
4 5 (10.87%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (8.70%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (8.70%) vCenter Server
3 3 (6.52%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.52%) SCCM
4 2 (4.35%) PaperCut
5 1 (2.17%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 45 (97.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.26%) VMware
3 9 (19.57%) SolarWinds
4 6 (13.04%) Cisco
5 5 (10.87%) Google
6 4 (8.70%) Freshdesk
7 3 (6.52%) Citrix
7 3 (6.52%) Mitel
7 3 (6.52%) Sophos
8 1 (2.17%) Apple
8 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.17%) Okta
8 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.17%) Veeam