DHCP Job Trends in Scotland

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 122 254
Rank change year-on-year +7 +132 -100
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 25 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.76% 0.80% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.54% 7.02% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 23 14 21
10th Percentile £21,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £32,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +10.29% -6.21%
75th Percentile £34,875 £49,258 £43,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £54,853 -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -

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 262 228 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.00% 11.43% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 117 142 393
10th Percentile £25,087 £23,504 £28,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,878 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in Scotland

DHCP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 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
Edinburgh +13 10 £27,000 -47.99%
Glasgow -14 6 £27,000 -25.52%
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
Aberdeen - 4 £39,000 -
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 12 (48.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (48.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 24 (96.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 9 (36.00%) Azure
4 8 (32.00%) SaaS
5 6 (24.00%) OneDrive
6 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (100.00%) DNS
2 18 (72.00%) Firewall
3 11 (44.00%) VPN
4 10 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (20.00%) VoIP
6 4 (16.00%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (12.00%) VLAN
8 2 (8.00%) Broadband
8 2 (8.00%) LAN
8 2 (8.00%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (8.00%) Softphone
8 2 (8.00%) WAN
9 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
9 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (76.00%) IT Support
2 10 (40.00%) Analyst
2 10 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 10 (40.00%) Support Engineer
3 8 (32.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (24.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) IT Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 6 (24.00%) Support Analyst
5 5 (20.00%) Junior
5 5 (20.00%) Junior IT Engineer
5 5 (20.00%) Junior IT Support
5 5 (20.00%) Junior Support Engineer
5 5 (20.00%) Remote Support Engineer
6 4 (16.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 4 (16.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) Service Analyst
6 4 (16.00%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) FMCG
1 5 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) iPhone
3 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 21 (84.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (28.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (24.00%) Windows 10
5 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (12.00%) Android
6 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
8 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (20.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 5 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (16.00%) ITSM
3 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (16.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.00%) Agile
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.00%) Coaching
5 2 (8.00%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (8.00%) Ticket Management
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.00%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) CCNA
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (16.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) SLA
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
2 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (12.00%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (8.00%) BitLocker
5 2 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCCM
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.00%) Dell
3 5 (20.00%) HP
4 4 (16.00%) BeyondTrust
4 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
4 4 (16.00%) VMware
5 3 (12.00%) Apple
6 2 (8.00%) Bomgar
6 2 (8.00%) iManage
7 1 (4.00%) Meraki