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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 134 131
Rank change year-on-year +26 -3 -24
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 36 20 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.84% 0.76% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.11% 6.92% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 12
10th Percentile - - £28,775
25th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -13.16% -12.14%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £41,813
90th Percentile £45,250 £41,975 £49,875
UK median annual salary £39,000 £35,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year +11.43% -18.60% +2.38%

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.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 395 289 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.27% 11.01% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 155 169 157
10th Percentile £26,200 - £29,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £25,087 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -42.86% +87.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £38,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,145 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +31.58% -27.62% +4.48%

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 19 October 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 19 October 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 +6 11 £32,500 +8.33% 10
Dunbartonshire - 8 - -
South Lanarkshire - 6 £28,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 3 - -
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Dundee - 3 £30,500 - 3
Edinburgh +8 1 - - 3
Stirling - 1 £33,000 -
DHCP
UK

DHCP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DNS100.0%36
2Firewall47.2%17
3VPN41.7%15
4Wi-Fi27.8%10
5VoIP25.0%9
6VLAN22.2%8
7WAN16.7%6
8LAN13.9%5
9TCP/IP11.1%4
10Broadband8.3%3
10Network Security8.3%3
10PBX8.3%3
10SD-WAN8.3%3
14NAS5.6%2
15BGP2.8%1
15IPsec2.8%1
15OSPF2.8%1
15SSL2.8%1
15Wireless2.8%1