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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 125 210
Rank change year-on-year +11 +85 -84
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 26 20 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.75% 0.78% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.67% 7.38% 5.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 18
10th Percentile £26,500 - £27,150
25th Percentile £27,250 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £33,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -4.35% -13.75%
75th Percentile £40,563 £38,750 £39,500
90th Percentile £45,250 £52,761 £42,200
UK median annual salary £37,750 £39,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -3.21% -4.88% +2.50%

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 339 271 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.76% 10.59% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 137 146 276
10th Percentile £26,300 £23,504 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £32,550 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.64% -34.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,125 £64,813
90th Percentile £76,075 £76,875 £73,591
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -4.76%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 7 £32,500 - 2
South Lanarkshire - 5 £28,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 4 - -
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Aberdeenshire - 3 - - 1
Edinburgh +5 2 £40,000 -22.95%
Aberdeen - 2 £34,500 - 1
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%) IIS
4 1 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.85%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (46.15%) Entra ID
3 7 (26.92%) SaaS
4 6 (23.08%) Azure
5 5 (19.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) DNS
2 15 (57.69%) Firewall
2 15 (57.69%) VPN
3 8 (30.77%) VoIP
4 6 (23.08%) VLAN
4 6 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (15.38%) LAN
5 4 (15.38%) WAN
6 3 (11.54%) Broadband
6 3 (11.54%) PBX
7 2 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
3 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) IT Support
2 11 (42.31%) IT Engineer
3 10 (38.46%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (38.46%) Support Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (11.54%) 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
5 3 (11.54%) Administrator
5 3 (11.54%) IT Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (11.54%) IT Technician
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Support Technician
5 3 (11.54%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Driving Licence
2 5 (19.23%) FMCG
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (92.31%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Windows 10
2 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (23.08%) Mac OS
4 4 (15.38%) Linux
5 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.85%) Debian
6 1 (3.85%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (26.92%) Mentoring
2 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
2 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (19.23%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (15.38%) Change Control
3 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (15.38%) Line Management
3 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 4 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Task Automation
3 4 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (11.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 3 (11.54%) Resilience Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Runbook
4 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) 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 18 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (11.54%) Ansible
2 3 (11.54%) Terraform
3 2 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco
3 6 (23.08%) VMware
4 2 (7.69%) BeyondTrust
4 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.85%) Dell
5 1 (3.85%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Meraki