DHCP Jobs in the Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 128 131
Rank change year-on-year -24 +3 +59
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 106 247 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.54% 1.92% 2.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.61% 15.86% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 97 198 140
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 913 1,557 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.23% 12.12% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 527 1,106 725
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% -7.37%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,250 £66,999 £70,000
England median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -24.21% -5.94% -3.81%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the Midlands

DHCP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for DHCP in the Midlands

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the Midlands

DHCP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
West Midlands -13 57 £32,500 -9.72% 29
East Midlands -15 49 £35,000 -1.41% 19
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 37 (34.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (22.64%) SharePoint
3 7 (6.60%) IIS
4 2 (1.89%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 46 (43.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (5.66%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (5.66%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (66.98%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (31.13%) Azure
3 8 (7.55%) Nutanix
4 7 (6.60%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.66%) AWS
5 6 (5.66%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.66%) Google Workspace
5 6 (5.66%) Mimecast
5 6 (5.66%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.77%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.83%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (79.25%) DNS
2 60 (56.60%) Firewall
3 54 (50.94%) TCP/IP
4 36 (33.96%) VPN
5 30 (28.30%) WAN
6 21 (19.81%) LAN
7 19 (17.92%) VLAN
8 12 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (10.38%) Network Security
9 11 (10.38%) SAN
10 8 (7.55%) SD-WAN
11 7 (6.60%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (5.66%) WLAN
13 5 (4.72%) BGP
13 5 (4.72%) OSPF
13 5 (4.72%) Wireless
14 3 (2.83%) Softphone
15 2 (1.89%) Skype
16 1 (0.94%) NAS
16 1 (0.94%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.09%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.77%) Power BI
3 3 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.83%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.83%) Tableau
4 1 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Maven
2 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (8.49%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.66%) Law
5 5 (4.72%) Automotive
5 5 (4.72%) Retail
6 3 (2.83%) Back Office
6 3 (2.83%) Publishing
7 2 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.89%) Legal
7 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.94%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (29.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (24.53%) IT Support
2 26 (24.53%) Support Engineer
3 25 (23.58%) IT Engineer
4 19 (17.92%) Analyst
5 18 (16.98%) ICT Officer
6 15 (14.15%) ICT Support
6 15 (14.15%) ICT Support Officer
6 15 (14.15%) Support Officer
7 12 (11.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 12 (11.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (10.38%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (10.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 11 (10.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (10.38%) Support Analyst
9 9 (8.49%) IT Analyst
9 9 (8.49%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (7.55%) Network Engineer
11 6 (5.66%) 3rd Line Support
11 6 (5.66%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.83%) EDI
1 3 (2.83%) Web Services
2 2 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.94%) LDAP
3 1 (0.94%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.04%) Driving Licence
2 7 (6.60%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.77%) Smartphone
4 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.83%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.94%) Clustering
6 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (75.47%) Windows
2 68 (64.15%) Windows Server
3 19 (17.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (16.98%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (14.15%) Linux
5 15 (14.15%) Windows 10
6 9 (8.49%) Apple iOS
7 8 (7.55%) Mac OS
7 8 (7.55%) Ubuntu
8 6 (5.66%) Windows 7
9 4 (3.77%) Android
9 4 (3.77%) CentOS
9 4 (3.77%) Mac OS X
10 3 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (2.83%) Rocky
11 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.94%) Debian
12 1 (0.94%) Unix
12 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (40.57%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (30.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (26.42%) Customer Service
4 18 (16.98%) ITIL
5 17 (16.04%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (9.43%) ERP
8 9 (8.49%) CRM
8 9 (8.49%) Data Security
9 8 (7.55%) Incident Management
10 7 (6.60%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.60%) Migration
10 7 (6.60%) Systems Engineering
11 6 (5.66%) Agile
11 6 (5.66%) Data Analysis
11 6 (5.66%) Logistics
11 6 (5.66%) Performance Tuning
11 6 (5.66%) Preventative Maintenance
12 5 (4.72%) Project Delivery
12 5 (4.72%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 34 (32.08%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.43%) SQL
3 3 (2.83%) Python
4 2 (1.89%) Bash
4 2 (1.89%) Perl
5 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (16.98%) Degree
2 17 (16.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (10.38%) MCSA
4 10 (9.43%) A+ Certification
4 10 (9.43%) MCP
5 7 (6.60%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.66%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
6 6 (5.66%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (5.66%) MCSE
7 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.77%) CCNA
8 4 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (3.77%) HNC
8 4 (3.77%) HND
8 4 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.83%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.89%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) SLA
2 8 (7.55%) GDPR
3 3 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 66 (62.26%) Active Directory
2 34 (32.08%) Hyper-V
3 33 (31.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (6.60%) vSphere
5 6 (5.66%) Terminal Services
6 3 (2.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.94%) Docker
8 1 (0.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (10.38%) SCCM
2 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.60%) SCOM
3 5 (4.72%) Ansible
4 3 (2.83%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.83%) Puppet
5 2 (1.89%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.89%) SCOrch
5 2 (1.89%) SCSM
5 2 (1.89%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.94%) Nagios
6 1 (0.94%) Nessus
6 1 (0.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 86 (81.13%) Microsoft
2 35 (33.02%) VMware
3 21 (19.81%) Cisco
4 11 (10.38%) HP
5 10 (9.43%) Apple
5 10 (9.43%) Dell
5 10 (9.43%) Meraki
6 9 (8.49%) SAP
7 7 (6.60%) Fortinet
8 6 (5.66%) Google
8 6 (5.66%) Nasuni
8 6 (5.66%) NetApp
8 6 (5.66%) Rapid7
9 5 (4.72%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (3.77%) Sophos
11 3 (2.83%) Juniper
11 3 (2.83%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.89%) arcserve
12 2 (1.89%) Aruba
12 2 (1.89%) Veeam