DHCP Job Trends in London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 236 215
Rank change year-on-year +18 -21 +60
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 186 181 318
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.10% 1.33% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.26% 11.65% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 144 136 292
10th Percentile £28,125 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £81,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% -2.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,009 1,554 2,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.86% 11.44% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 968 2,117
10th Percentile £28,697 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,706 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +6.40% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £105,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -4.98%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in London

DHCP
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for DHCP in London

DHCP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London +5 35 £45,000 -5.26% 5
East London -8 8 £33,750 - 5
South London +36 3 £31,000 -29.94% 1
North London +9 3 £55,000 +29.41% 1
West London -25 1 £32,000 -34.69% 2
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 74 (39.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (20.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.08%) Apache
3 2 (1.08%) IIS
3 2 (1.08%) nginx
4 1 (0.54%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.54%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.54%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 136 (73.12%) Microsoft 365
2 135 (72.58%) Azure
3 67 (36.02%) Entra ID
4 28 (15.05%) AWS
5 27 (14.52%) OneDrive
6 26 (13.98%) Google Workspace
7 24 (12.90%) SaaS
8 16 (8.60%) IaaS
8 16 (8.60%) PaaS
9 14 (7.53%) Datadog
10 13 (6.99%) Mimecast
11 8 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (3.23%) GCP
13 5 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.61%) Rubrik
14 3 (1.61%) ShareGate
15 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
15 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 178 (95.70%) DNS
2 91 (48.92%) TCP/IP
2 91 (48.92%) VPN
3 79 (42.47%) Wi-Fi
4 71 (38.17%) Firewall
5 54 (29.03%) VLAN
6 44 (23.66%) WAN
7 29 (15.59%) SAN
8 27 (14.52%) LAN
9 25 (13.44%) VoIP
10 16 (8.60%) SD-WAN
11 12 (6.45%) Wireless
12 8 (4.30%) Internet
12 8 (4.30%) Network Security
13 5 (2.69%) WebEx
14 3 (1.61%) Broadband
14 3 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (1.61%) NAS
15 2 (1.08%) Kerberos
15 2 (1.08%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (17.74%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.54%) Power BI
3 1 (0.54%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 13 (6.99%) Chocolatey
2 10 (5.38%) Git
3 8 (4.30%) JIRA
4 5 (2.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (43.55%) Social Skills
2 67 (36.02%) Finance
3 16 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.60%) Banking
4 8 (4.30%) Law
5 5 (2.69%) Legal
5 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.15%) Billing
7 3 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Electronics
8 2 (1.08%) Games
8 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.08%) Marketing
8 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.54%) Front Office
9 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (30.65%) IT Support
2 54 (29.03%) IT Engineer
3 49 (26.34%) Senior
4 46 (24.73%) Support Engineer
5 34 (18.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (16.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 24 (12.90%) Analyst
8 23 (12.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 23 (12.37%) 2nd Line Support
9 22 (11.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 21 (11.29%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (11.29%) Senior IT Engineer
10 21 (11.29%) Support Analyst
11 16 (8.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (6.99%) IT Analyst
13 12 (6.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (6.45%) IT Support Analyst
13 12 (6.45%) IT Support Technician
13 12 (6.45%) IT Technician
13 12 (6.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) LDAP
1 5 (2.69%) OpenID
1 5 (2.69%) SAML
2 4 (2.15%) OAuth
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) ADO
3 1 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.54%) JSON
3 1 (0.54%) MFC
3 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Web Services
3 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (15.05%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (6.99%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.84%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.30%) CCTV
8 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.69%) Digital Signage
9 5 (2.69%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.69%) iPhone
10 4 (2.15%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.15%) iPad
10 4 (2.15%) Replication
10 4 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.61%) IoT
11 3 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.61%) Security Posture
12 2 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 154 (82.80%) Windows
2 82 (44.09%) Windows Server
3 58 (31.18%) Windows 10
4 29 (15.59%) Mac OS
5 28 (15.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (13.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 24 (12.90%) Linux
8 18 (9.68%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (8.60%) Apple iOS
10 9 (4.84%) Mac OS X
11 4 (2.15%) CentOS
11 4 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.61%) Android
12 3 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (1.08%) OpenWrt
13 2 (1.08%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (1.08%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.54%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.54%) Solaris
14 1 (0.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (38.17%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (22.04%) Disaster Recovery
3 40 (21.51%) Customer Service
4 38 (20.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 35 (18.82%) ITIL
5 35 (18.82%) ITSM
6 30 (16.13%) Migration
7 26 (13.98%) Change Management
8 25 (13.44%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (11.29%) Service Delivery
10 20 (10.75%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (9.68%) Computer Science
12 16 (8.60%) Service Management
13 15 (8.06%) Analytical Thinking
13 15 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (8.06%) RBAC
14 14 (7.53%) DevOps
14 14 (7.53%) Problem Management
14 14 (7.53%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.82%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.53%) Python
3 9 (4.84%) SQL
4 8 (4.30%) Bash
5 5 (2.69%) Bicep
6 4 (2.15%) Delphi
6 4 (2.15%) Pascal
6 4 (2.15%) PHP
7 2 (1.08%) C
7 2 (1.08%) C#
7 2 (1.08%) C++
7 2 (1.08%) Java
7 2 (1.08%) Perl
8 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.54%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (12.90%) Degree
2 17 (9.14%) Azure Certification
3 13 (6.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.84%) A+ Certification
6 8 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (3.76%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.15%) CISSP
8 4 (2.15%) GIAC
8 4 (2.15%) ISACA
8 4 (2.15%) SANS
9 3 (1.61%) CCNP
9 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.54%) ACSP
11 1 (0.54%) CCNA
11 1 (0.54%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.54%) MCDST
11 1 (0.54%) MCITP
11 1 (0.54%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.68%) SLA
2 7 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.69%) NIST
4 4 (2.15%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.08%) GDPR
6 2 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 151 (81.18%) Active Directory
2 35 (18.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (15.59%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (4.30%) vSphere
6 7 (3.76%) Docker
6 7 (3.76%) Firmware
7 5 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.54%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.54%) iptables
9 1 (0.54%) KVM
Systems Management
1 85 (45.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (16.13%) SCCM
3 19 (10.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (9.14%) Terraform
5 11 (5.91%) Kubernetes
6 10 (5.38%) Ansible
7 6 (3.23%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.69%) Grafana
8 5 (2.69%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.61%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.08%) VxRail
11 1 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
11 1 (0.54%) Puppet
11 1 (0.54%) SCOM
11 1 (0.54%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.54%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 149 (80.11%) Microsoft
2 63 (33.87%) VMware
3 29 (15.59%) Google
4 19 (10.22%) Cisco
5 13 (6.99%) AppDynamics
5 13 (6.99%) Dynatrace
5 13 (6.99%) Tenable
6 12 (6.45%) Palo Alto
7 10 (5.38%) Okta
8 9 (4.84%) Apple
9 8 (4.30%) Dell
9 8 (4.30%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.76%) Juniper
11 6 (3.23%) Genesys
11 6 (3.23%) Meraki
12 5 (2.69%) Veeam
13 4 (2.15%) ForgeRock
13 4 (2.15%) OneLogin
13 4 (2.15%) Red Hat
14 3 (1.61%) ServiceNow