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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 221 189
Rank change year-on-year -23 -32 +110
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 155 214 282
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.35% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.07% 10.60% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 125 139 249
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -0.90% +11.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £90,000 £84,000
England median annual salary £34,000 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.41% -4.60%

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 1,709 2,018 2,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.46% 12.78% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 911 1,133 1,754
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +28 35 £47,500 -5.00% 7
East London -3 13 £34,000 +25.93% 3
West London -2 3 £32,250 -45.80%
North London +8 1 £32,000 - 1
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 57 (36.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (23.87%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.94%) IIS
4 2 (1.29%) Apache
4 2 (1.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.94%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.65%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.65%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.65%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.65%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 113 (72.90%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (61.29%) Azure
3 64 (41.29%) Entra ID
4 21 (13.55%) AWS
5 20 (12.90%) SaaS
6 18 (11.61%) OneDrive
7 17 (10.97%) Google Workspace
8 7 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (4.52%) Datadog
8 7 (4.52%) IaaS
8 7 (4.52%) PaaS
9 6 (3.87%) Mimecast
10 5 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.23%) ShareGate
11 3 (1.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 3 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.94%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.29%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
13 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 152 (98.06%) DNS
2 77 (49.68%) TCP/IP
3 57 (36.77%) VPN
4 55 (35.48%) Firewall
5 49 (31.61%) WAN
6 44 (28.39%) Wi-Fi
7 39 (25.16%) LAN
8 38 (24.52%) VLAN
9 18 (11.61%) VoIP
10 17 (10.97%) SAN
11 13 (8.39%) Wireless
12 8 (5.16%) SD-WAN
13 7 (4.52%) Internet
14 6 (3.87%) NAS
15 4 (2.58%) BGP
15 4 (2.58%) Network Security
15 4 (2.58%) OSPF
15 4 (2.58%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
16 3 (1.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (8.39%) JIRA
2 6 (3.87%) Chocolatey
3 2 (1.29%) Git
4 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (50.97%) Social Skills
2 58 (37.42%) Finance
3 14 (9.03%) Legal
4 13 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.39%) Banking
5 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.23%) Law
7 4 (2.58%) Billing
7 4 (2.58%) Wholesale Banking
8 2 (1.29%) Electronics
8 2 (1.29%) Games
8 2 (1.29%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.29%) Marketing
8 2 (1.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (25.16%) Support Engineer
2 38 (24.52%) IT Support
3 36 (23.23%) IT Engineer
4 29 (18.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (16.13%) Senior
6 23 (14.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (13.55%) Analyst
8 20 (12.90%) Support Analyst
9 16 (10.32%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (8.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 12 (7.74%) Azure Engineer
11 12 (7.74%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (7.74%) Windows Engineer
12 11 (7.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 11 (7.10%) Desktop Support
12 11 (7.10%) Network Engineer
12 11 (7.10%) Senior IT Engineer
13 10 (6.45%) Windows Systems Engineer
14 9 (5.81%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (5.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) .NET
2 3 (1.94%) LDAP
3 2 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.65%) JSON
4 1 (0.65%) MFC
4 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.65%) Onboarding
2 21 (13.55%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (11.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (7.10%) CCTV
4 11 (7.10%) Hedge funds
4 11 (7.10%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (4.52%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.87%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.87%) iPad
6 6 (3.87%) iPhone
6 6 (3.87%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.23%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.23%) Social Media
8 3 (1.94%) IoT
8 3 (1.94%) Replication
9 2 (1.29%) Eurex
9 2 (1.29%) FPGA
9 2 (1.29%) PKI
9 2 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 133 (85.81%) Windows
2 82 (52.90%) Windows Server
3 37 (23.87%) Windows 10
4 26 (16.77%) Mac OS
5 21 (13.55%) Linux
6 19 (12.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (12.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (11.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (6.45%) Apple iOS
9 8 (5.16%) Mac OS X
10 5 (3.23%) Android
11 2 (1.29%) CentOS
11 2 (1.29%) OpenWrt
11 2 (1.29%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.29%) Solaris
11 2 (1.29%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.29%) Unix
11 2 (1.29%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (27.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (25.81%) ITIL
4 35 (22.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (19.35%) Customer Service
6 21 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (12.90%) Change Management
7 20 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (12.90%) Migration
8 18 (11.61%) ITSM
8 18 (11.61%) Task Automation
9 17 (10.97%) Patch Management
10 15 (9.68%) Computer Science
11 14 (9.03%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (9.03%) Service Delivery
12 13 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (7.74%) Systems Engineering
14 11 (7.10%) Batch Scripting
14 11 (7.10%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 35 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.10%) Python
3 9 (5.81%) SQL
4 4 (2.58%) C#
5 3 (1.94%) Bash
5 3 (1.94%) Bicep
6 2 (1.29%) C
6 2 (1.29%) C++
6 2 (1.29%) Java
6 2 (1.29%) Perl
6 2 (1.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (18.71%) Degree
2 19 (12.26%) Azure Certification
3 12 (7.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.81%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.87%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.87%) CCNP
6 6 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.94%) CCNA
8 3 (1.94%) MCSA
9 2 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.29%) MCDST
9 2 (1.29%) MCITP
9 2 (1.29%) MCP
9 2 (1.29%) MCSE
10 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.39%) SLA
2 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.94%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) NIST
5 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 132 (85.16%) Active Directory
2 32 (20.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (16.77%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.52%) Firmware
4 7 (4.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.58%) BitLocker
5 4 (2.58%) vSphere
6 1 (0.65%) Docker
6 1 (0.65%) iptables
6 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 65 (41.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (13.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 21 (13.55%) SCCM
3 13 (8.39%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (7.74%) Terraform
5 6 (3.87%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.23%) Ansible
6 5 (3.23%) Autotask
6 5 (3.23%) Grafana
7 4 (2.58%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.58%) Nagios
7 4 (2.58%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 121 (78.06%) Microsoft
2 46 (29.68%) VMware
3 23 (14.84%) Cisco
4 17 (10.97%) Google
5 13 (8.39%) Bloomberg
5 13 (8.39%) Reuters
6 11 (7.10%) Palo Alto
7 10 (6.45%) ServiceNow
8 9 (5.81%) Juniper
9 8 (5.16%) Fortinet
10 7 (4.52%) Apple
10 7 (4.52%) Veeam
11 6 (3.87%) AppDynamics
11 6 (3.87%) Dynatrace
11 6 (3.87%) Genesys
11 6 (3.87%) Tenable
12 5 (3.23%) Datto
12 5 (3.23%) Dell
12 5 (3.23%) Okta
12 5 (3.23%) Zscaler