DHCP Job Trends in the North West

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 121 103
Rank change year-on-year -10 -18 +71
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 49 89 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.77% 1.77% 2.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.56% 16.67% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 44 59 87
10th Percentile £22,625 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £57,250 £52,600 £60,000
England median annual salary £34,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +1.19% -1.18%

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 1,917 534 565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 30.22% 10.60% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 359 315 461
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,188 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £77,715
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 the North West

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in the North West

DHCP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 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
Manchester +16 15 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Merseyside -6 12 £30,000 -31.43% 5
Cheshire -32 10 £32,000 -32.63%
Lancashire -1 8 £23,250 -45.29% 4
Cumbria +15 3 £29,000 -7.94% 1
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (36.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.08%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (69.39%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) Entra ID
3 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.08%) iPaaS
6 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.04%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 49 (100.00%) DNS
2 26 (53.06%) Firewall
3 24 (48.98%) VPN
4 19 (38.78%) LAN
4 19 (38.78%) WAN
5 14 (28.57%) VLAN
6 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
7 6 (12.24%) Wireless
8 5 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (8.16%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (6.12%) HTTP
10 3 (6.12%) Network Security
10 3 (6.12%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.12%) SSL
11 1 (2.04%) BGP
11 1 (2.04%) FTP
11 1 (2.04%) OSPF
11 1 (2.04%) SMTP
11 1 (2.04%) SNMP
11 1 (2.04%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Aerospace
3 3 (6.12%) Automotive
3 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) IT Support
2 15 (30.61%) IT Engineer
3 12 (24.49%) Support Engineer
4 11 (22.45%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (22.45%) Analyst
4 11 (22.45%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (20.41%) IT Analyst
5 10 (20.41%) IT Support Analyst
5 10 (20.41%) Support Analyst
6 8 (16.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (12.24%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (8.16%) Desktop Analyst
9 4 (8.16%) Desktop Support
9 4 (8.16%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 4 (8.16%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (8.16%) Technical Analyst
9 4 (8.16%) Technical Support
9 4 (8.16%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) DPDK
1 2 (4.08%) eBPF
1 2 (4.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 8 (16.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.04%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) iPad
5 1 (2.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (85.71%) Windows
2 25 (51.02%) Windows Server
3 10 (20.41%) Windows 10
4 6 (12.24%) Mac OS
5 5 (10.20%) Android
5 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.04%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.04%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Customer Service
2 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (26.53%) ITSM
5 11 (22.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 10 (20.41%) ITIL
7 9 (18.37%) Service Delivery
8 8 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
10 6 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (12.24%) Proactive Maintenance
11 5 (10.20%) Data Protection
12 4 (8.16%) Performance Optimisation
12 4 (8.16%) Process Improvement
13 3 (6.12%) Mentoring
13 3 (6.12%) Zero Trust
14 2 (4.08%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.04%) CCIE
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.04%) CISSP
4 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.12%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.12%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (77.55%) Active Directory
2 12 (24.49%) Hyper-V
3 6 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (4.08%) KVM
5 2 (4.08%) QEMU
6 1 (2.04%) Docker
6 1 (2.04%) Firmware
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (10.20%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.12%) SCCM
4 2 (4.08%) Ansible
4 2 (4.08%) Terraform
5 1 (2.04%) Autotask
Vendors
1 38 (77.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
3 3 (6.12%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) SaltStack
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) ESET
5 1 (2.04%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.04%) Google