DHCP Job Trends in the Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 133 114
Rank change year-on-year -23 -19 +74
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 97 82 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.80% 1.69% 2.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.02% 11.63% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 83 80 212
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,200 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,750 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -2.78% -4.00%
75th Percentile £39,750 £40,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -1.72%

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 1,611 705 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.27% 14.50% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 427 454 1,291
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,574 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +7.23% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £54,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

DHCP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

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 April 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
East Midlands -37 55 £31,500 -10.00% 10
West Midlands -29 41 £37,000 +5.71% 11
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 30 (30.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (24.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (80.41%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (44.33%) Azure
3 41 (42.27%) Entra ID
4 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (5.15%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.06%) AWS
5 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.03%) IaaS
6 1 (1.03%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.03%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (100.00%) DNS
2 35 (36.08%) VPN
3 31 (31.96%) TCP/IP
4 19 (19.59%) VoIP
4 19 (19.59%) WAN
5 13 (13.40%) LAN
6 12 (12.37%) Wireless
7 11 (11.34%) VLAN
7 11 (11.34%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (9.28%) Internet
9 8 (8.25%) Firewall
10 7 (7.22%) Network Security
10 7 (7.22%) SD-WAN
11 6 (6.19%) PBX
12 5 (5.15%) Broadband
12 5 (5.15%) Ethernet
13 4 (4.12%) FTP
13 4 (4.12%) RFID
13 4 (4.12%) WLAN
14 3 (3.09%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) LabVIEW
General
1 52 (53.61%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.43%) Manufacturing
3 8 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (8.25%) Legal
4 5 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.09%) Retail
6 2 (2.06%) Automotive
6 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.06%) Finance
7 1 (1.03%) Law
7 1 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 48 (49.48%) IT Support
2 42 (43.30%) IT Engineer
3 32 (32.99%) Support Engineer
4 28 (28.87%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (17.53%) Analyst
6 11 (11.34%) Support Analyst
7 10 (10.31%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (10.31%) IT Technician
7 10 (10.31%) Support Technician
8 9 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (8.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Support
10 7 (7.22%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (7.22%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) IT Analyst
10 7 (7.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) IT Support Analyst
10 7 (7.22%) Operations Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) Technical Engineer
10 7 (7.22%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 35 (36.08%) Driving Licence
2 14 (14.43%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.19%) iPad
3 6 (6.19%) PMI
4 5 (5.15%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.03%) iSeries
6 1 (1.03%) PKI
6 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 80 (82.47%) Windows
2 43 (44.33%) Windows Server
3 30 (30.93%) Windows 10
4 8 (8.25%) Mac OS
5 5 (5.15%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.06%) Linux
7 1 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (56.70%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (45.36%) Customer Service
3 29 (29.90%) ITIL
4 25 (25.77%) ITSM
5 20 (20.62%) Service Delivery
6 18 (18.56%) Incident Management
7 15 (15.46%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (11.34%) ERP
9 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (10.31%) Migration
10 9 (9.28%) Identity Management
10 9 (9.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 8 (8.25%) Application Packaging
11 8 (8.25%) CRM
11 8 (8.25%) E-Commerce
11 8 (8.25%) Task Automation
12 7 (7.22%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (7.22%) Performance Optimisation
12 7 (7.22%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (7.22%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.19%) SQL
3 1 (1.03%) Bicep
3 1 (1.03%) Python
3 1 (1.03%) VB
3 1 (1.03%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (26.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (22.68%) Degree
3 8 (8.25%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.25%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.22%) MCSA
4 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 6 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (6.19%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.12%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.12%) HNC
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (12.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (9.28%) GDPR
3 9 (9.28%) SLA
4 8 (8.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (79.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.53%) Hyper-V
3 13 (13.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.12%) Terminal Services
5 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.06%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (31.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.25%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (6.19%) WSUS
4 2 (2.06%) Nagios
5 1 (1.03%) Ansible
5 1 (1.03%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (70.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (20.62%) VMware
3 14 (14.43%) Apple
4 12 (12.37%) Cisco
5 10 (10.31%) Meraki
6 8 (8.25%) Logitech
6 8 (8.25%) Yealink
7 6 (6.19%) Citrix
7 6 (6.19%) Freshdesk
7 6 (6.19%) ServiceNow
7 6 (6.19%) Veeam
8 4 (4.12%) Kaseya
9 3 (3.09%) HP
10 2 (2.06%) Aruba
10 2 (2.06%) Epicor
10 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.06%) TP-LINK
11 1 (1.03%) Autodesk
11 1 (1.03%) Commvault
11 1 (1.03%) Symantec