DHCP Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 130 129
Rank change year-on-year -8 -1 +55
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 42 118 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.24% 1.76% 2.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.73% 12.30% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 34 110 97
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,500 £26,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £49,688 £59,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 - £60,250
South East median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,674
% change year-on-year - -0.46% -11.36%

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 543 959 941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.98% 14.33% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 217 676 529
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,500 £69,750 £74,250
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -5.26%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the Thames Valley

DHCP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for DHCP in the Thames Valley

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
Berkshire +14 30 £34,000 -42.37% 27
Oxfordshire +6 12 £27,500 -28.57% 13
DHCP
South East

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (45.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (23.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.14%) IIS
4 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (61.90%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (42.86%) Azure
3 12 (28.57%) AWS
4 7 (16.67%) GCP
5 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 42 (100.00%) DNS
2 23 (54.76%) TCP/IP
3 17 (40.48%) Firewall
4 12 (28.57%) VLAN
5 11 (26.19%) VPN
6 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (11.90%) LAN
8 5 (11.90%) WAN
9 3 (7.14%) SMTP
9 3 (7.14%) VoIP
9 3 (7.14%) Wireless
10 2 (4.76%) IP Telephony
11 1 (2.38%) ADSL
11 1 (2.38%) BGP
11 1 (2.38%) iSCSI
11 1 (2.38%) Network Security
11 1 (2.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (54.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (54.76%) Support Engineer
2 14 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 14 (33.33%) IT Support
3 13 (30.95%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Support
4 5 (11.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Technical Support
4 5 (11.90%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Senior IT Support
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.14%) Clustering
3 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.14%) Replication
4 2 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Life Science
5 1 (2.38%) PKI
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (88.10%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (33.33%) Mac OS
4 8 (19.05%) Windows 10
5 5 (11.90%) Linux
6 3 (7.14%) Android
6 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.38%) OpenBSD
7 1 (2.38%) Unix
7 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.38%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (35.71%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (11.90%) Change Control
4 5 (11.90%) CRM
5 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.14%) Data Privacy
6 3 (7.14%) Issue Tracking
6 3 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (7.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 3 (7.14%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.76%) High Availability
7 2 (4.76%) Information Security
7 2 (4.76%) IT Strategy
7 2 (4.76%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (4.76%) Server Management
7 2 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (2.38%) Privileged Access Management
8 1 (2.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (23.81%) A+ Certification
2 10 (23.81%) MCP
3 7 (16.67%) Degree
4 3 (7.14%) DBS Check
4 3 (7.14%) MCSA
5 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
6 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) VCAP
6 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) GDPR
1 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (90.48%) Active Directory
2 22 (52.38%) Hyper-V
3 18 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (11.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.38%) Docker
6 1 (2.38%) Firmware
6 1 (2.38%) NFS
6 1 (2.38%) vCloud
6 1 (2.38%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) vCenter Server
2 7 (16.67%) WSUS
3 3 (7.14%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.38%) PowerCLI
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.38%) Terraform
4 1 (2.38%) vRealize
Vendors
1 30 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 21 (50.00%) VMware
3 10 (23.81%) Google
4 8 (19.05%) Cisco
5 5 (11.90%) Sophos
5 5 (11.90%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (7.14%) Apple
6 3 (7.14%) Citrix
6 3 (7.14%) SonicWALL
7 2 (4.76%) Aruba
7 2 (4.76%) HP
8 1 (2.38%) ConnectWise
8 1 (2.38%) Veeam