DHCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 197 196
Rank change year-on-year -73 -1 +36
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 394 1,038 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.99% 1.39% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.52% 10.52% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 369 849 782
10th Percentile £27,700 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,175 £28,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -4.38%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,250 £48,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,390 £57,500
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,016
% change year-on-year +3.75% -0.04% -5.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East -27 104 £42,500 +10.39% 76
Midlands -50 90 £32,500 -7.14% 42
North of England -103 87 £35,000 -12.50% 103
West Midlands -15 53 £32,500 -9.72% 20
North West -85 51 £37,500 -11.76% 52
East of England +8 48 £45,000 +38.46% 51
South West +36 47 £40,000 +29.03% 54
East Midlands -19 37 £35,000 - 21
Yorkshire +1 30 £33,000 +2.33% 41
Scotland +110 14 £35,000 - 21
North East +14 6 £32,000 -22.89% 12
Wales +17 2 £33,250 -2.21% 12
Isle of Man +11 1 £34,500 -19.77%
Channel Islands - 1 £45,000 - 1
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 106 (26.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (15.74%) SharePoint
3 30 (7.61%) IIS
4 3 (0.76%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.51%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 94 (23.86%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.52%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.76%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 206 (52.28%) Microsoft 365
2 185 (46.95%) Azure
3 62 (15.74%) AWS
4 56 (14.21%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.35%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.08%) GCP
7 18 (4.57%) Google Workspace
8 13 (3.30%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.79%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.78%) Nutanix
10 7 (1.78%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.52%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.52%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.52%) SaaS
12 5 (1.27%) IaaS
12 5 (1.27%) PaaS
13 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 371 (94.16%) DNS
2 208 (52.79%) Firewall
3 173 (43.91%) TCP/IP
4 133 (33.76%) VPN
5 110 (27.92%) VLAN
6 75 (19.04%) LAN
7 64 (16.24%) WAN
8 41 (10.41%) Network Security
9 36 (9.14%) Wi-Fi
10 34 (8.63%) SAN
10 34 (8.63%) Wireless
11 33 (8.38%) VoIP
12 21 (5.33%) OSPF
13 19 (4.82%) BGP
13 19 (4.82%) Remote Desktop
14 18 (4.57%) NAS
14 18 (4.57%) WLAN
15 15 (3.81%) MPLS
16 13 (3.30%) SD-WAN
16 13 (3.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (10.15%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.58%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.78%) Power BI
4 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.02%) Tableau
6 3 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (2.54%) JIRA
2 5 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.25%) Git
5 1 (0.25%) GitLab
5 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.25%) Maven
General
1 151 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 38 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (6.85%) Retail
4 24 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (4.06%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.81%) Automotive
7 11 (2.79%) Finance
8 9 (2.28%) Legal
8 9 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.27%) Banking
10 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.27%) Law
10 5 (1.27%) Local Government
11 3 (0.76%) Aviation
11 3 (0.76%) Police
12 2 (0.51%) Advertising
12 2 (0.51%) Games
13 1 (0.25%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 83 (21.07%) IT Support
2 81 (20.56%) Support Engineer
3 67 (17.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (16.50%) Analyst
5 54 (13.71%) IT Engineer
6 42 (10.66%) Network Engineer
6 42 (10.66%) Support Analyst
7 32 (8.12%) IT Analyst
8 31 (7.87%) 3rd Line Support
9 28 (7.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 28 (7.11%) IT Support Analyst
10 27 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
10 27 (6.85%) Senior
11 25 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
12 24 (6.09%) Systems Engineer
13 23 (5.84%) Technical Support
14 21 (5.33%) Infrastructure Support
15 17 (4.31%) Support Specialist
16 13 (3.30%) Administrator
16 13 (3.30%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.27%) Middleware
2 3 (0.76%) 802.1X
2 3 (0.76%) Web Services
3 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.25%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.25%) LDAP
4 1 (0.25%) Node.js
4 1 (0.25%) SAML
4 1 (0.25%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.25%) WSH
4 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.90%) Driving Licence
2 26 (6.60%) Data Centre
3 24 (6.09%) Management Information System
4 20 (5.08%) Clustering
5 19 (4.82%) PKI
6 13 (3.30%) Smartphone
7 10 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.78%) Replication
10 7 (1.78%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.76%) CCTV
14 3 (0.76%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 295 (74.87%) Windows
2 209 (53.05%) Windows Server
3 95 (24.11%) Linux
4 45 (11.42%) Windows 10
5 42 (10.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 40 (10.15%) Mac OS
7 30 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (4.57%) Ubuntu
9 16 (4.06%) Apple iOS
10 14 (3.55%) Mac OS X
10 14 (3.55%) Unix
11 12 (3.05%) VMS
11 12 (3.05%) Windows 7
12 10 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (2.28%) Android
13 9 (2.28%) CentOS
14 7 (1.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (1.27%) Windows 8
15 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.76%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (30.46%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (20.81%) Customer Service
3 77 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 70 (17.77%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (15.48%) ITIL
6 60 (15.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 27 (6.85%) Incident Management
8 20 (5.08%) High Availability
8 20 (5.08%) Project Delivery
9 18 (4.57%) Computer Science
10 17 (4.31%) Agile
10 17 (4.31%) Mentoring
11 16 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence
11 16 (4.06%) Incident Response
11 16 (4.06%) Migration
11 16 (4.06%) Patch Management
11 16 (4.06%) Performance Tuning
11 16 (4.06%) Task Automation
12 15 (3.81%) ITSM
13 14 (3.55%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 111 (28.17%) PowerShell
2 45 (11.42%) SQL
3 17 (4.31%) Python
4 7 (1.78%) Bash
5 4 (1.02%) Perl
5 4 (1.02%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.25%) Java
6 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.25%) R
6 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 66 (16.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 61 (15.48%) Degree
3 48 (12.18%) Security Cleared
4 35 (8.88%) A+ Certification
5 34 (8.63%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (7.87%) CCNA
6 31 (7.87%) Network+ Certification
7 25 (6.35%) DV Cleared
8 22 (5.58%) SC Cleared
9 21 (5.33%) MCP
10 20 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (4.82%) Azure Certification
11 19 (4.82%) MCSA
11 19 (4.82%) MCSE
12 15 (3.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (2.79%) CCNP
13 11 (2.79%) HNC
13 11 (2.79%) HND
14 10 (2.54%) DBS Check
15 6 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.82%) SLA
2 10 (2.54%) GDPR
3 7 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.76%) NIST
5 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 259 (65.74%) Active Directory
2 122 (30.96%) Hyper-V
3 113 (28.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (9.39%) VMware ESXi
5 27 (6.85%) vSphere
6 19 (4.82%) Docker
7 15 (3.81%) Terminal Services
8 14 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
9 13 (3.30%) Firmware
10 8 (2.03%) BitLocker
10 8 (2.03%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (2.03%) VMware NSX
11 4 (1.02%) NFS
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.51%) GPFS
13 2 (0.51%) Lustre
13 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.25%) KVM
14 1 (0.25%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 67 (17.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (7.11%) Ansible
3 27 (6.85%) vCenter Server
4 20 (5.08%) Kubernetes
5 17 (4.31%) SCCM
6 16 (4.06%) Puppet
7 14 (3.55%) vMotion
8 12 (3.05%) WSUS
9 10 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 10 (2.54%) SCOM
10 9 (2.28%) Terraform
11 8 (2.03%) FortiGate
11 8 (2.03%) Progress Chef
12 7 (1.78%) Nagios
12 7 (1.78%) PowerCLI
12 7 (1.78%) vRealize
13 6 (1.52%) Autotask
14 5 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.76%) Iperf
15 3 (0.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 273 (69.29%) Microsoft
2 150 (38.07%) VMware
3 73 (18.53%) Cisco
4 41 (10.41%) Google
5 36 (9.14%) HP
6 34 (8.63%) Citrix
7 32 (8.12%) Fortinet
8 30 (7.61%) Apple
9 24 (6.09%) Dell
10 22 (5.58%) Veeam
11 19 (4.82%) Ubiquiti
12 17 (4.31%) Meraki
13 13 (3.30%) SAP
14 12 (3.05%) Juniper
14 12 (3.05%) SonicWALL
15 11 (2.79%) Sophos
16 10 (2.54%) ServiceNow
17 9 (2.28%) Oracle
17 9 (2.28%) SolarWinds
18 7 (1.78%) Aruba