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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	110	150	150
Rank change year-on-year	+40	0	-85
Permanent jobs citing DHCP	99	46	51
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	1.29%	1.21%	1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	18.54%	8.66%	8.73%
Number of salaries quoted	83	35	32
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£27,250	-
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£32,750	£25,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,166	£43,500	£42,000
Median % change year-on-year	+8.43%	+3.57%	-11.58%
75^th Percentile	£56,250	£52,500	£46,086
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£60,250	£55,873
South East median annual salary	£40,000	£37,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	-16.67%	+5.88%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	534	531	584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	6.97%	14.02%	13.22%
Number of salaries quoted	377	257	272
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£32,500	£35,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£45,000	£52,250
Median % change year-on-year	-	-13.88%	-0.48%
75^th Percentile	£62,500	£63,750	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£70,500	£80,000
South East median annual salary	£47,500	£42,500	£53,000
% change year-on-year	+11.76%	-19.81%	+6.00%

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 Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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 17 October 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 17 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
Oxfordshire	-12	45	£52,500	+45.83%	11
Berkshire	+17	39	£40,000	-20.00%	11
Buckinghamshire	+3	15	£30,000	-31.82%	6
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DHCP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing DHCP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region with a requirement for DHCP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	99
2	Microsoft	90.9%	90
3	Active Directory	73.7%	73
4	Firewall	65.7%	65
5	VPN	63.6%	63
6	Azure	62.6%	62
7	Microsoft 365	61.6%	61
8	VLAN	59.6%	59
9	Windows	54.5%	54
10	SharePoint	51.5%	51
11	Entra ID	50.5%	50
12	Problem-Solving	42.4%	42
13	Microsoft Intune	41.4%	41
14	Microsoft Exchange	40.4%	40
15	Customer Service	39.4%	39
15	VMware	39.4%	39
17	PowerShell	38.4%	38
18	TCP/IP	37.4%	37
19	Wi-Fi	36.4%	36
20	Infrastructure Engineering	34.3%	34
21	Cybersecurity	33.3%	33
22	Cisco	32.3%	32
22	Disaster Recovery	32.3%	32
22	WAN	32.3%	32
25	Microsoft Certification	31.3%	31
25	Windows Server	31.3%	31
27	Cyber Essentials	27.3%	27
27	SSL	27.3%	27
27	VMware Infrastructure	27.3%	27
30	Hyper-V	25.3%	25

DHCP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	100.0%	99
2	Firewall	65.7%	65
3	VPN	63.6%	63
4	VLAN	59.6%	59
5	TCP/IP	37.4%	37
6	Wi-Fi	36.4%	36
7	WAN	32.3%	32
8	SSL	27.3%	27
9	Network Security	25.3%	25
10	Wireless	23.2%	23
11	LAN	22.2%	22
12	BGP	15.2%	15
12	SD-WAN	15.2%	15
12	VoIP	15.2%	15
15	IPsec	12.1%	12
16	SSH	11.1%	11
17	FTP	10.1%	10
17	HTTP	10.1%	10
17	ICMP	10.1%	10
17	MPLS	10.1%	10