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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 134 172
Rank change year-on-year +26 +38 -67
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 34 22 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.84% 0.87% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.24% 8.87% 5.46%
Number of salaries quoted 21 20 5
10th Percentile £26,500 - £34,900
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £33,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £45,250 £49,826 £53,300
UK median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% -11.76% +2.41%

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 368 248 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.08% 9.84% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 150 137 182
10th Percentile £25,975 - £30,000
25th Percentile £27,625 £25,087 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £26,968 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.76% -48.63% +75.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.19%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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
Glasgow +7 11 £32,500 +8.33% 10
South Lanarkshire - 10 £28,000 - 1
Dunbartonshire - 5 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 3 - - 3
Aberdeenshire - 3 - -
Edinburgh +8 2 £57,500 +15.10% 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 14 (41.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (8.82%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (44.12%) Entra ID
3 8 (23.53%) Azure
4 7 (20.59%) SaaS
5 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) DNS
2 19 (55.88%) Firewall
3 14 (41.18%) VPN
4 13 (38.24%) VoIP
5 10 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (20.59%) VLAN
7 5 (14.71%) WAN
8 4 (11.76%) LAN
9 3 (8.82%) Broadband
9 3 (8.82%) PBX
9 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.94%) BGP
10 1 (2.94%) IPsec
10 1 (2.94%) NAS
10 1 (2.94%) Network Security
10 1 (2.94%) OSPF
10 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.94%) SSL
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) JIRA
General
1 10 (29.41%) Manufacturing
2 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (70.59%) IT Support
2 20 (58.82%) IT Engineer
3 15 (44.12%) IT Support Engineer
3 15 (44.12%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Hyper-V Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Senior
4 4 (11.76%) Server Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Server Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 3 (8.82%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (8.82%) IT Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) IT Technician
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Driving Licence
2 10 (29.41%) FMCG
3 5 (14.71%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (97.06%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Windows 10
3 14 (41.18%) Windows Server
4 8 (23.53%) Linux
5 6 (17.65%) Mac OS
6 4 (11.76%) Debian
6 4 (11.76%) Ubuntu
7 3 (8.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (29.41%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (29.41%) Supply Chain Management
3 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
4 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 5 (14.71%) Change Control
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Line Management
5 5 (14.71%) Migration
5 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (14.71%) Project Delivery
5 5 (14.71%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
6 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (8.82%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (8.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 3 (8.82%) Resilience Testing
7 3 (8.82%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) CCNA
1 13 (38.24%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (29.41%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.82%) MCSA
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) SLA
2 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 14 (41.18%) Hyper-V
3 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.76%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (44.12%) Cisco
3 7 (20.59%) VMware
4 2 (5.88%) Meraki
5 1 (2.94%) Dell
5 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.94%) QNAP
5 1 (2.94%) Veeam