DHCP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 115 123
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 34 43 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.64% 1.52% 1.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.69% 14.58% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 16 39 117
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £27,188 £26,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% -15.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £48,000 £50,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £55,187 £57,500 -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +4.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 442 295 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.28% 10.43% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 241 202 685
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,275 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.67% +0.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,125 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £46,625
% change year-on-year - +1.88% +3.61%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DHCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

DHCP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

DHCP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the Thames Valley

DHCP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Oxfordshire -9 18 £28,500 +3.64% 3
Buckinghamshire - 12 £35,750 - 11
Berkshire -18 4 £52,500 +54.41% 7
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (26.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (5.88%) CMS
3 2 (5.88%) WordPress
4 1 (2.94%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (47.06%) Azure
3 10 (29.41%) Google Workspace
4 7 (20.59%) AWS
4 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
5 5 (14.71%) GCP
6 3 (8.82%) SaaS
7 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.94%) IaaS
8 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.94%) PaaS
8 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) DNS
2 23 (67.65%) Firewall
3 16 (47.06%) TCP/IP
4 11 (32.35%) VPN
5 7 (20.59%) VLAN
6 5 (14.71%) Wireless
7 4 (11.76%) VoIP
8 2 (5.88%) Ethernet
8 2 (5.88%) NAS
8 2 (5.88%) SAN
8 2 (5.88%) SSL
8 2 (5.88%) WAN
9 1 (2.94%) LAN
9 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.94%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) IT Support
2 10 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Technical Support
4 7 (20.59%) Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) IT Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (20.59%) Support Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (11.76%) IT Technician
6 4 (11.76%) Senior
6 4 (11.76%) Support Technician
7 3 (8.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (8.82%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Linux Support
7 3 (8.82%) Linux Support Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Platform Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Driving Licence
1 6 (17.65%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.88%) EPoS
2 2 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) Clustering
3 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.94%) Life Science
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Replication
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (91.18%) Windows
2 14 (41.18%) Windows Server
3 8 (23.53%) Linux
3 8 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 7 (20.59%) Android
4 7 (20.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Customer Service
3 8 (23.53%) ITIL
3 8 (23.53%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (11.76%) B2B
5 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.82%) Agile
6 3 (8.82%) Business Continuity
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.82%) High Availability
6 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (8.82%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (8.82%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Bash
3 1 (2.94%) Bicep
3 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.76%) A+ Certification
4 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.82%) MCSE
4 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.94%) CCIE
6 1 (2.94%) CCNA
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (88.24%) Active Directory
2 12 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 3 (8.82%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (5.88%) Docker
5 2 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) Autotask
3 1 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) Grafana
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (35.29%) VMware
3 11 (32.35%) Google
4 8 (23.53%) Palo Alto
5 5 (14.71%) CheckPoint
6 4 (11.76%) ServiceNow
7 3 (8.82%) Atlassian
8 2 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (2.94%) 3PAR
9 1 (2.94%) Cisco
9 1 (2.94%) ConnectWise
9 1 (2.94%) Datto
9 1 (2.94%) HP
9 1 (2.94%) Meraki
9 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.94%) Sophos
9 1 (2.94%) Veeam