DHCP Jobs in the South West

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 142 168
Rank change year-on-year +12 +26 +17
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 50 157 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.43% 1.70% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.21% 12.49% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 43 84 69
10th Percentile £30,700 £25,813 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,625 £28,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -26.19% +12.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £54,456 £52,125 £53,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 446 1,257 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.80% 13.63% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 313 937 564
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the South West

DHCP
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the South West.

Salary trend for DHCP in the South West

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the South West

DHCP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Somerset +19 19 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Bristol +66 12 £47,500 +31.94% 14
Dorset +49 7 £50,000 +25.00% 4
Devon +14 4 £31,875 +21.43% 10
Gloucestershire -23 4 £30,000 -1.64% 16
Wiltshire - 3 £46,500 - 3
Cornwall +7 1 £32,000 -5.19%
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (22.00%) IIS
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 37 (74.00%) Azure
2 32 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (34.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.00%) AWS
4 6 (12.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.00%) Google Workspace
5 2 (4.00%) IaaS
5 2 (4.00%) PaaS
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (100.00%) DNS
2 34 (68.00%) Firewall
3 30 (60.00%) VPN
4 27 (54.00%) VLAN
5 12 (24.00%) VoIP
5 12 (24.00%) WAN
6 11 (22.00%) LAN
7 10 (20.00%) ADSL
7 10 (20.00%) Network Security
8 7 (14.00%) MPLS
8 7 (14.00%) VPLS
8 7 (14.00%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (12.00%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (12.00%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (12.00%) PBX
9 6 (12.00%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (10.00%) IPsec
10 5 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 4 (8.00%) DMZ
11 4 (8.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.00%) Advertising
4 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.00%) Local Government
4 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Police
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) IT Support
2 19 (38.00%) Analyst
3 18 (36.00%) IT Analyst
4 15 (30.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 15 (30.00%) Support Analyst
5 11 (22.00%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (18.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (18.00%) Network Engineer
8 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) IT Engineer
9 4 (8.00%) IT Technician
10 3 (6.00%) IT Support Technician
10 3 (6.00%) Support Technician
11 2 (4.00%) 1st Line Support
11 2 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) PKI
4 2 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Handset
5 1 (2.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (76.00%) Windows
2 30 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 19 (38.00%) Linux
4 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.00%) Unix
5 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 23 (46.00%) ITIL
3 22 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 7 (14.00%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (12.00%) Business Continuity
8 5 (10.00%) Migration
8 5 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 5 (10.00%) Project Planning
8 5 (10.00%) Server Management
9 4 (8.00%) Agile
9 4 (8.00%) Analytical Thinking
9 4 (8.00%) Architectural Design
9 4 (8.00%) IT Strategy
9 4 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (8.00%) Time Management
9 4 (8.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 22 (44.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (24.00%) SQL
3 3 (6.00%) Bash
4 2 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Network+ Certification
2 11 (22.00%) CCNA
2 11 (22.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (22.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (20.00%) A+ Certification
4 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.00%) CCNP
5 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (8.00%) Degree
6 4 (8.00%) MCP
6 4 (8.00%) MCSA
7 3 (6.00%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
8 2 (4.00%) PMI Certification
8 2 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.00%) SLA
3 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (4.00%) NIST
3 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 37 (74.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (24.00%) Hyper-V
2 12 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.00%) vSphere
4 1 (2.00%) Docker
4 1 (2.00%) LXC
4 1 (2.00%) Samba
Systems Management
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.00%) Iperf
3 2 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (4.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (68.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (32.00%) VMware
3 11 (22.00%) Cisco
4 8 (16.00%) Fortinet
5 7 (14.00%) HP
5 7 (14.00%) SolarWinds
6 5 (10.00%) Citrix
6 5 (10.00%) Meraki
7 3 (6.00%) Ruckus Wireless
7 3 (6.00%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.00%) Google
8 2 (4.00%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (4.00%) Splunk
8 2 (4.00%) Veeam
8 2 (4.00%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.00%) Apple
9 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.00%) Oracle