DHCP Jobs in Scotland

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 232 163
Rank change year-on-year +85 -69 +68
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 19 26 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.59% 0.42% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.84% 4.44% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 37
10th Percentile - £30,125 £24,900
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £34,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.43% -9.09%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,500 £44,500
90th Percentile £52,761 £43,750 £53,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 495 586 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.30% 9.41% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 271 361 264
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,500 £26,825
25th Percentile - £35,000 £36,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £38,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £32,533 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -31.51% -7.77% -1.90%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in Scotland

DHCP
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for DHCP in Scotland

DHCP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in Scotland

DHCP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Glasgow +133 12 £32,500 -16.67% 8
Perth and Kinross - 5 £33,000 -
Edinburgh +13 2 £51,914 +52.69% 7
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (10.53%) IIS
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (68.42%) Azure
3 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.79%) AWS
5 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) DNS
2 10 (52.63%) Firewall
3 9 (47.37%) TCP/IP
4 7 (36.84%) VPN
5 5 (26.32%) DKIM
5 5 (26.32%) DMARC
5 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.26%) BGP
6 1 (5.26%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) IT Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) IT Support
2 6 (31.58%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Support Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support
3 5 (26.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Field Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Field Support Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Lead
3 5 (26.32%) Team Leader
4 3 (15.79%) Network Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Driving Licence
2 5 (26.32%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Unix
3 6 (31.58%) Windows 10
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (26.32%) VMS
5 3 (15.79%) Linux
6 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 5 (26.32%) Incident Response
2 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) IT Strategy
2 5 (26.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 5 (26.32%) Virtual Environments
3 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (10.53%) Line Management
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Server Management
4 2 (10.53%) Server Virtualisation
4 2 (10.53%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (73.68%) Hyper-V
2 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) FortiGate
2 2 (10.53%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (68.42%) VMware
3 5 (26.32%) Apple
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow