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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 136 210
Rank change year-on-year +27 +74 -77
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 26 19 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.77% 0.76% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.36% 7.20% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 20
10th Percentile £21,250 - £29,050
25th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £33,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -4.35% -1.43%
75th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £42,750 £52,761 £43,875
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% -0.62% +0.63%

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 311 264 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.24% 10.57% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 130 141 318
10th Percentile £25,750 £23,504 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -34.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,467 £86,776 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -5.96%

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 26 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 26 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
Glasgow +11 6 £27,000 -16.92% 2
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
Edinburgh +16 4 £22,500 -56.66%
Dunbartonshire - 4 - -
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £34,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire - 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 15 (57.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (42.31%) Entra ID
3 9 (34.62%) Azure
4 7 (26.92%) OneDrive
4 7 (26.92%) SaaS
5 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) DNS
2 17 (65.38%) Firewall
3 14 (53.85%) VPN
4 8 (30.77%) VoIP
4 8 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (23.08%) VLAN
6 5 (19.23%) Broadband
7 3 (11.54%) PBX
8 2 (7.69%) LAN
8 2 (7.69%) Mobile Broadband
8 2 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (7.69%) Softphone
8 2 (7.69%) WAN
9 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
General
1 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) IT Support
2 12 (46.15%) IT Engineer
2 12 (46.15%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (46.15%) Support Engineer
3 7 (26.92%) Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (19.23%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) IT Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (11.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 3 (11.54%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (11.54%) 3rd Line Support Technician
5 3 (11.54%) IT Technician
5 3 (11.54%) Junior IT Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Junior IT Support
5 3 (11.54%) Junior Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Remote Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Driving Licence
2 5 (19.23%) FMCG
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 3 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (7.69%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
3 8 (30.77%) Windows 10
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (15.38%) Mac OS
6 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
6 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Mentoring
2 6 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 5 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (19.23%) Supply Chain Management
4 4 (15.38%) Change Control
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (15.38%) Line Management
4 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 4 (15.38%) Task Automation
4 4 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 3 (11.54%) Server Virtualisation
6 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.69%) ITSM
6 2 (7.69%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) CCNA
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (19.23%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 3 (11.54%) MCSA
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (73.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (26.92%) Hyper-V
3 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (7.69%) BitLocker
5 2 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco
3 6 (23.08%) VMware
4 3 (11.54%) Dell
4 3 (11.54%) HP
5 2 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (7.69%) Bomgar
5 2 (7.69%) iManage
5 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.85%) Meraki