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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 131 223
Rank change year-on-year +19 +92 -90
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 23 18 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.69% 0.75% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 7.23% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 23
10th Percentile - - £30,250
25th Percentile £21,250 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £33,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £28,500 £38,750 £40,250
90th Percentile £35,250 £52,761 £43,750
UK median annual salary £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 276 249 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.25% 10.31% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 119 137 391
10th Percentile £25,375 £23,504 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -34.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £94,267 £71,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +12 6 £22,500 -56.66% 1
Glasgow +11 5 £27,000 -10.00% 1
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 3 - - 1
Aberdeen - 2 £34,500 -
Dunbartonshire - 2 - - 2
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 13 (56.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (52.17%) SharePoint
3 5 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (21.74%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 23 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (52.17%) Entra ID
3 11 (47.83%) Azure
4 8 (34.78%) SaaS
5 7 (30.43%) OneDrive
6 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) DNS
2 18 (78.26%) Firewall
3 11 (47.83%) VPN
4 10 (43.48%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (34.78%) VoIP
6 5 (21.74%) Broadband
6 5 (21.74%) VLAN
7 3 (13.04%) PBX
8 2 (8.70%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (8.70%) Softphone
9 1 (4.35%) LAN
9 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
9 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
1 5 (21.74%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) IT Support
2 12 (52.17%) IT Engineer
2 12 (52.17%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (52.17%) Support Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) IT Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (21.74%) Junior
4 5 (21.74%) Junior IT Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Junior IT Support
4 5 (21.74%) Junior Support Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Remote Support Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (13.04%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 3 (13.04%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Driving Licence
1 5 (21.74%) FMCG
1 5 (21.74%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (8.70%) iPhone
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows Server
3 7 (30.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (21.74%) Windows 10
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
6 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
2 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Server Virtualisation
2 5 (21.74%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
3 4 (17.39%) Task Automation
4 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (13.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Change Control
5 2 (8.70%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.70%) ITSM
5 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (8.70%) Problem Management
5 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) CCNA
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (21.74%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
3 3 (13.04%) MCSA
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (26.09%) Hyper-V
2 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (8.70%) BitLocker
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco
3 6 (26.09%) VMware
4 5 (21.74%) Dell
4 5 (21.74%) HP
5 2 (8.70%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (8.70%) Bomgar
5 2 (8.70%) iManage
5 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.35%) Meraki