DHCP Jobs in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 192 232
Rank change year-on-year -83 +40 +76
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 547 1,288 1,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.13% 1.50% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.88% 10.66% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 496 1,075 1,109
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,043 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,688 £31,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £55,505 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,943 12,083 14,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.37% 14.09% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,764 8,546 7,282
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,012
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -4.76%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DHCP in England.

Salary trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +11 161 £52,500 -4.55% 151
North of England -73 97 £40,000 - 97
South East -23 95 £37,500 - 112
Midlands -44 94 £35,000 -2.78% 48
North West -60 61 £42,317 -0.43% 45
West Midlands -14 56 £33,750 -7.53% 22
East of England +12 51 £45,000 +38.46% 40
South West +15 48 £40,000 +29.03% 53
East Midlands -14 38 £35,000 -2.78% 19
Yorkshire +7 28 £35,000 +8.53% 39
North East +19 8 £32,000 -22.89% 16
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 172 (31.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (16.27%) SharePoint
3 38 (6.95%) IIS
4 3 (0.55%) WordPress
5 2 (0.37%) Confluence
5 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 115 (21.02%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (1.28%) Fidessa
2 6 (1.10%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.55%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.37%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 309 (56.49%) Microsoft 365
2 299 (54.66%) Azure
3 114 (20.84%) Entra ID
4 104 (19.01%) AWS
5 44 (8.04%) OneDrive
6 26 (4.75%) Mimecast
7 25 (4.57%) GCP
7 25 (4.57%) SaaS
8 22 (4.02%) Google Workspace
9 20 (3.66%) IaaS
10 18 (3.29%) PaaS
11 15 (2.74%) Power Platform
12 14 (2.56%) Power Automate
13 12 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.83%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.65%) OpenShift
15 9 (1.65%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.10%) Azure Storage
17 5 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
18 2 (0.37%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 527 (96.34%) DNS
2 264 (48.26%) Firewall
3 226 (41.32%) TCP/IP
4 157 (28.70%) VPN
5 146 (26.69%) VLAN
6 121 (22.12%) LAN
7 110 (20.11%) WAN
8 53 (9.69%) SAN
8 53 (9.69%) Wireless
9 52 (9.51%) Network Security
10 42 (7.68%) VoIP
11 38 (6.95%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (5.12%) BGP
12 28 (5.12%) OSPF
13 26 (4.75%) IPv4
14 25 (4.57%) PBX
15 24 (4.39%) NAS
15 24 (4.39%) Remote Desktop
15 24 (4.39%) SD-WAN
16 23 (4.20%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.97%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.67%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.46%) Power BI
4 6 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (2.19%) JIRA
2 5 (0.91%) Git
2 5 (0.91%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 195 (35.65%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.70%) Finance
3 46 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.86%) Retail
5 33 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (4.57%) Law
6 25 (4.57%) Legal
7 24 (4.39%) Banking
8 20 (3.66%) Automotive
9 16 (2.93%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.65%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.10%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.91%) Police
13 3 (0.55%) Aviation
13 3 (0.55%) Back Office
13 3 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.55%) Games
13 3 (0.55%) Local Government
13 3 (0.55%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 101 (18.46%) IT Support
2 100 (18.28%) Support Engineer
3 97 (17.73%) Analyst
4 93 (17.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 65 (11.88%) IT Engineer
5 65 (11.88%) Support Analyst
6 54 (9.87%) Senior
7 43 (7.86%) Network Engineer
8 38 (6.95%) 3rd Line Support
9 36 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
9 36 (6.58%) IT Analyst
10 34 (6.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 33 (6.03%) IT Support Analyst
12 32 (5.85%) Infrastructure Support
13 30 (5.48%) IT Support Engineer
14 29 (5.30%) Systems Engineer
15 27 (4.94%) Technical Support
16 25 (4.57%) Support Specialist
17 23 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
17 23 (4.20%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.46%) 802.1X
1 8 (1.46%) SAML
2 7 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (0.91%) Middleware
4 4 (0.73%) LDAP
5 3 (0.55%) Web Services
6 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.18%) FreeSWITCH
7 1 (0.18%) HTML
7 1 (0.18%) JSON
7 1 (0.18%) Node.js
7 1 (0.18%) REST
7 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.18%) WSH
7 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.86%) Management Information System
2 39 (7.13%) Data Centre
3 37 (6.76%) Driving Licence
4 28 (5.12%) Clustering
5 24 (4.39%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
7 16 (2.93%) Smartphone
8 15 (2.74%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.74%) Replication
9 14 (2.56%) PKI
10 13 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.83%) CCTV
12 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.46%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.28%) Eurex
13 7 (1.28%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
15 4 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 422 (77.15%) Windows
2 297 (54.30%) Windows Server
3 123 (22.49%) Linux
4 77 (14.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 75 (13.71%) Windows 10
6 57 (10.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (8.78%) Mac OS
8 28 (5.12%) Android
9 26 (4.75%) Mac OS X
10 24 (4.39%) Apple iOS
10 24 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 21 (3.84%) Ubuntu
12 17 (3.11%) CentOS
13 15 (2.74%) Unix
13 15 (2.74%) Windows 7
14 8 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (1.46%) Rocky
15 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (1.10%) VMS
17 5 (0.91%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (20.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 110 (20.11%) ITIL
4 106 (19.38%) Customer Service
5 87 (15.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 83 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (9.32%) Incident Management
8 41 (7.50%) High Availability
9 37 (6.76%) Patch Management
10 31 (5.67%) Task Automation
11 30 (5.48%) Project Management
11 30 (5.48%) Time Management
12 28 (5.12%) Migration
13 27 (4.94%) Collaborative Working
13 27 (4.94%) Mobile Device Management
14 26 (4.75%) Artificial Intelligence
14 26 (4.75%) Infrastructure Management
15 25 (4.57%) Project Delivery
16 23 (4.20%) Business Continuity
16 23 (4.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 169 (30.90%) PowerShell
2 76 (13.89%) SQL
3 39 (7.13%) Python
4 14 (2.56%) Bash
5 8 (1.46%) Perl
6 4 (0.73%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.37%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.18%) R
8 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (17.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 86 (15.72%) Degree
3 45 (8.23%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (8.04%) Security Cleared
5 41 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
6 40 (7.31%) CCNA
7 38 (6.95%) A+ Certification
8 35 (6.40%) Azure Certification
9 29 (5.30%) MCSE
10 26 (4.75%) DV Cleared
11 25 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (4.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 22 (4.02%) MCP
14 18 (3.29%) MCSA
15 17 (3.11%) SC Cleared
16 14 (2.56%) HNC
16 14 (2.56%) HND
17 11 (2.01%) CCNP
18 9 (1.65%) DBS Check
19 8 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (8.04%) SLA
2 13 (2.38%) GDPR
3 10 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.37%) NIST
6 2 (0.37%) PMO
6 2 (0.37%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) GRC
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 373 (68.19%) Active Directory
2 161 (29.43%) Hyper-V
2 161 (29.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (10.97%) VMware ESXi
4 35 (6.40%) vSphere
5 30 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (4.02%) Docker
7 21 (3.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 15 (2.74%) Terminal Services
9 11 (2.01%) Firmware
9 11 (2.01%) VMware NSX
10 8 (1.46%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.28%) DFS Replication
12 4 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
14 1 (0.18%) RHEV
14 1 (0.18%) Samba
14 1 (0.18%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 120 (21.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 62 (11.33%) SCCM
3 40 (7.31%) Ansible
4 36 (6.58%) vCenter Server
5 25 (4.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 25 (4.57%) Kubernetes
6 22 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (4.02%) WSUS
7 21 (3.84%) SCOM
8 20 (3.66%) Puppet
9 15 (2.74%) Terraform
10 14 (2.56%) vMotion
11 13 (2.38%) FortiGate
12 10 (1.83%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (1.65%) NetBackup
14 7 (1.28%) Nagios
14 7 (1.28%) PowerCLI
14 7 (1.28%) vRealize
15 6 (1.10%) Autotask
Vendors
1 375 (68.56%) Microsoft
2 209 (38.21%) VMware
3 115 (21.02%) Cisco
4 62 (11.33%) Veeam
5 57 (10.42%) Citrix
6 46 (8.41%) Google
7 39 (7.13%) HP
8 34 (6.22%) Apple
9 33 (6.03%) Dell
9 33 (6.03%) Fortinet
9 33 (6.03%) SolarWinds
10 24 (4.39%) Meraki
11 22 (4.02%) ServiceNow
12 21 (3.84%) Ubiquiti
13 18 (3.29%) Sophos
14 17 (3.11%) Oracle
15 16 (2.93%) Red Hat
15 16 (2.93%) SAP
16 14 (2.56%) Riverbed
17 13 (2.38%) Juniper