DHCP Jobs in the North West

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 150 158
Rank change year-on-year -43 +8 +31
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 65 143 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.86% 1.47% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.94% 12.46% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 64 125 123
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.59%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,000
90th Percentile £61,000 £71,500 £52,900
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,095 1,148 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.46% 11.81% 20.49%
Number of salaries quoted 458 876 680
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -4.26% +3.87%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the North West

DHCP
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for DHCP in the North West

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the North West

DHCP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +18 23 £45,000 +5.88% 27
Cheshire +25 17 £37,500 -13.79% 5
Merseyside +28 12 £42,500 - 4
Lancashire -42 12 £42,500 +32.81% 13
Cumbria -74 1 - - 3
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (27.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (9.23%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.62%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 37 (56.92%) Azure
2 34 (52.31%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.77%) GCP
5 4 (6.15%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.62%) AWS
6 3 (4.62%) IaaS
6 3 (4.62%) Mimecast
6 3 (4.62%) SaaS
7 2 (3.08%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.54%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.54%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (100.00%) DNS
2 27 (41.54%) Firewall
3 19 (29.23%) LAN
4 14 (21.54%) VLAN
4 14 (21.54%) WAN
5 13 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 8 (12.31%) SAN
6 8 (12.31%) VSAN
7 7 (10.77%) IPv4
8 6 (9.23%) SD-WAN
9 5 (7.69%) NAS
9 5 (7.69%) VoIP
10 4 (6.15%) VPN
11 3 (4.62%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (4.62%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (4.62%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (4.62%) SNMP
11 3 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.08%) Wireless
13 1 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 5 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
General
1 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.85%) Law
3 8 (12.31%) Retail
4 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.69%) Banking
5 5 (7.69%) Finance
5 5 (7.69%) Legal
6 3 (4.62%) Automotive
6 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.08%) Games
8 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (21.54%) Analyst
3 11 (16.92%) Senior
4 10 (15.38%) IT Engineer
5 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (12.31%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.31%) IT Support
6 7 (10.77%) Support Engineer
7 6 (9.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (9.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (9.23%) Senior Technical Support
7 6 (9.23%) Technical Support
8 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) Administrator
9 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support
9 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
9 3 (4.62%) IT Support Specialist
9 3 (4.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.69%) Middleware
2 3 (4.62%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.00%) Replication
2 5 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.08%) Clustering
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) CCTV
5 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (80.00%) Windows
2 24 (36.92%) Windows Server
3 19 (29.23%) Linux
3 19 (29.23%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (26.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (10.77%) Unix
6 5 (7.69%) Mac OS
6 5 (7.69%) Windows 7
6 5 (7.69%) Windows 8
7 4 (6.15%) Windows 10
7 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (3.08%) CentOS
9 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (43.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (36.92%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (18.46%) High Availability
5 11 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (15.38%) ITIL
7 8 (12.31%) Incident Management
8 7 (10.77%) Business Continuity
9 6 (9.23%) Mentoring
9 6 (9.23%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
9 6 (9.23%) Server Management
10 5 (7.69%) Architectural Design
10 5 (7.69%) Customer Service
10 5 (7.69%) Defect Management
10 5 (7.69%) Fintech
10 5 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (7.69%) Patch Management
10 5 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (7.69%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (10.77%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 5 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (6.15%) A+ Certification
4 4 (6.15%) CCNA
4 4 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (6.15%) Degree
5 3 (4.62%) MCSE
6 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.54%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (4.62%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (72.31%) Active Directory
2 16 (24.62%) Hyper-V
3 12 (18.46%) DFS Replication
3 12 (18.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (10.77%) VMware NSX
5 6 (9.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (4.62%) vSphere
7 2 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.54%) Firmware
8 1 (1.54%) RHEV
8 1 (1.54%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (7.69%) Progress Chef
2 5 (7.69%) Terraform
3 3 (4.62%) Autotask
3 3 (4.62%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.54%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (66.15%) Microsoft
2 39 (60.00%) VMware
3 13 (20.00%) Veeam
4 8 (12.31%) Cisco
5 6 (9.23%) Meraki
6 5 (7.69%) Google
6 5 (7.69%) Oracle
7 3 (4.62%) Acronis
7 3 (4.62%) Aderant
7 3 (4.62%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.62%) Kaseya
7 3 (4.62%) Sage
7 3 (4.62%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.62%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.62%) SonicWALL
7 3 (4.62%) Sophos
7 3 (4.62%) Synology
7 3 (4.62%) WatchGuard
8 2 (3.08%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto