Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 221 240
Rank change year-on-year -73 +19 +91
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 570 1,317 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 1.33% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.10% 9.78% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 513 1,129 1,167
10th Percentile £28,125 £26,043 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year - -2.60% -3.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,344 13,473 15,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.83% 13.58% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 9,395 7,904
10th Percentile £23,527 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £66,188 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England -87 537 £42,500 +6.25% 530
UK excluding London -65 397 £37,500 - 421
Work from Home -49 166 £45,000 -5.26% 233
London +15 160 £52,500 -4.55% 176
South East -24 96 £37,500 - 127
Midlands -42 94 £35,000 -2.78% 47
North of England -91 90 £37,500 -6.25% 120
West Midlands -10 56 £32,500 -10.96% 27
North West -80 55 £40,000 -5.88% 53
South West +38 48 £40,000 +29.03% 65
East of England +7 48 £45,000 +38.46% 53
East Midlands -27 38 £37,500 +5.63% 15
Yorkshire +15 28 £35,000 +8.53% 54
Scotland +104 16 £37,500 +10.29% 13
North East +11 7 £32,000 -22.89% 17
Wales +17 4 £42,111 +23.85% 6
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -19.77%

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 179 (31.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 39 (6.84%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.35%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 113 (19.82%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 9 (1.58%) Fidessa
2 7 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.05%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.53%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 322 (56.49%) Microsoft 365
2 315 (55.26%) Azure
3 116 (20.35%) Entra ID
4 108 (18.95%) AWS
5 47 (8.25%) OneDrive
6 27 (4.74%) Mimecast
7 26 (4.56%) SaaS
8 24 (4.21%) GCP
9 21 (3.68%) Google Workspace
9 21 (3.68%) PaaS
10 20 (3.51%) IaaS
11 18 (3.16%) Power Platform
12 15 (2.63%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (2.11%) Nutanix
15 9 (1.58%) OpenShift
15 9 (1.58%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.05%) Azure Storage
17 4 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
18 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 548 (96.14%) DNS
2 284 (49.82%) Firewall
3 238 (41.75%) TCP/IP
4 167 (29.30%) VPN
5 150 (26.32%) VLAN
6 123 (21.58%) LAN
7 113 (19.82%) WAN
8 57 (10.00%) SAN
9 55 (9.65%) Wireless
10 52 (9.12%) Network Security
11 46 (8.07%) Wi-Fi
12 44 (7.72%) VoIP
13 28 (4.91%) BGP
13 28 (4.91%) OSPF
14 25 (4.39%) IPv4
14 25 (4.39%) NAS
14 25 (4.39%) PBX
15 24 (4.21%) Remote Desktop
16 23 (4.04%) SD-WAN
16 23 (4.04%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.05%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.44%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.93%) Power BI
4 6 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.70%) Tableau
7 3 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.18%) MySQL
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (2.11%) JIRA
2 6 (1.05%) Git
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 204 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.75%) Finance
3 50 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.19%) Retail
5 37 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (4.74%) Banking
7 25 (4.39%) Legal
8 21 (3.68%) Law
9 19 (3.33%) Automotive
10 16 (2.81%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.58%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.23%) Public Sector
13 5 (0.88%) Police
14 4 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Spanish Language
15 3 (0.53%) Aviation
15 3 (0.53%) Back Office
15 3 (0.53%) Games
15 3 (0.53%) Local Government
15 3 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (18.42%) IT Support
2 103 (18.07%) Support Engineer
3 100 (17.54%) Analyst
4 97 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 68 (11.93%) Support Analyst
6 65 (11.40%) IT Engineer
7 54 (9.47%) Senior
8 47 (8.25%) Network Engineer
9 40 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
10 38 (6.67%) IT Analyst
11 36 (6.32%) 2nd Line Support
12 34 (5.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 34 (5.96%) IT Support Analyst
13 32 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support
14 31 (5.44%) IT Support Engineer
15 30 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
15 30 (5.26%) Technical Support
16 25 (4.39%) Support Specialist
17 23 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
18 22 (3.86%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.58%) FIX Protocol
2 8 (1.40%) 802.1X
3 7 (1.23%) SAML
4 5 (0.88%) LDAP
4 5 (0.88%) Middleware
5 3 (0.53%) Web Services
5 3 (0.53%) YAML
6 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.18%) EDI
7 1 (0.18%) FreeSWITCH
7 1 (0.18%) HTML
7 1 (0.18%) JSON
7 1 (0.18%) Node.js
7 1 (0.18%) REST
7 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.18%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.72%) Management Information System
2 43 (7.54%) Driving Licence
3 39 (6.84%) Data Centre
4 31 (5.44%) Clustering
5 22 (3.86%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (2.81%) Smartphone
7 15 (2.63%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (2.46%) PKI
9 12 (2.11%) Replication
10 10 (1.75%) CCTV
11 9 (1.58%) Eurex
11 9 (1.58%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.23%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.88%) Bitcoin
15 5 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 434 (76.14%) Windows
2 306 (53.68%) Windows Server
3 126 (22.11%) Linux
4 78 (13.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 75 (13.16%) Windows 10
6 56 (9.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (8.42%) Mac OS
8 30 (5.26%) Android
9 27 (4.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 24 (4.21%) Mac OS X
11 23 (4.04%) Apple iOS
12 21 (3.68%) Unix
13 20 (3.51%) Ubuntu
14 18 (3.16%) CentOS
15 16 (2.81%) Windows 7
16 12 (2.11%) VMS
17 8 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 8 (1.40%) Rocky
18 7 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (0.88%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (25.44%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (20.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 112 (19.65%) Customer Service
3 112 (19.65%) ITIL
4 95 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 83 (14.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 51 (8.95%) Incident Management
7 38 (6.67%) Patch Management
8 37 (6.49%) High Availability
9 32 (5.61%) Task Automation
10 29 (5.09%) Collaborative Working
11 28 (4.91%) Artificial Intelligence
11 28 (4.91%) Migration
11 28 (4.91%) Mobile Device Management
11 28 (4.91%) Time Management
12 27 (4.74%) Project Management
13 26 (4.56%) Infrastructure Management
14 23 (4.04%) Agile
14 23 (4.04%) Computer Science
14 23 (4.04%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 181 (31.75%) PowerShell
2 79 (13.86%) SQL
3 42 (7.37%) Python
4 14 (2.46%) Bash
5 9 (1.58%) Perl
6 4 (0.70%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.35%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) Java
8 1 (0.18%) R
8 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (16.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 91 (15.96%) Degree
3 50 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (8.25%) Security Cleared
5 43 (7.54%) CCNA
6 41 (7.19%) Network+ Certification
7 38 (6.67%) Azure Certification
8 36 (6.32%) A+ Certification
9 29 (5.09%) MCSE
10 26 (4.56%) DV Cleared
11 25 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (4.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 21 (3.68%) MCP
13 19 (3.33%) MCSA
14 18 (3.16%) SC Cleared
15 13 (2.28%) HNC
15 13 (2.28%) HND
16 12 (2.11%) CCNP
16 12 (2.11%) DBS Check
17 8 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.60%) SLA
2 14 (2.46%) GDPR
3 11 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.35%) NIST
7 2 (0.35%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 384 (67.37%) Active Directory
2 178 (31.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 173 (30.35%) Hyper-V
4 62 (10.88%) VMware ESXi
5 35 (6.14%) vSphere
6 32 (5.61%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (3.86%) Docker
8 21 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (2.63%) Terminal Services
10 13 (2.28%) Firmware
11 11 (1.93%) VMware NSX
12 8 (1.40%) BitLocker
12 8 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.53%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
16 1 (0.18%) NFS
16 1 (0.18%) Samba
16 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 137 (24.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (11.58%) SCCM
3 42 (7.37%) Ansible
4 36 (6.32%) vCenter Server
5 26 (4.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 26 (4.56%) Kubernetes
6 24 (4.21%) SCOM
6 24 (4.21%) WSUS
7 21 (3.68%) Puppet
8 20 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (2.81%) Terraform
10 14 (2.46%) vMotion
11 12 (2.11%) FortiGate
12 10 (1.75%) NetBackup
12 10 (1.75%) Progress Chef
13 8 (1.40%) Grafana
13 8 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (1.23%) Nagios
14 7 (1.23%) PowerCLI
14 7 (1.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 389 (68.25%) Microsoft
2 225 (39.47%) VMware
3 124 (21.75%) Cisco
4 62 (10.88%) Veeam
5 57 (10.00%) Citrix
6 44 (7.72%) Google
7 41 (7.19%) HP
8 39 (6.84%) Apple
9 36 (6.32%) Fortinet
10 34 (5.96%) SolarWinds
11 33 (5.79%) Dell
12 25 (4.39%) Meraki
13 22 (3.86%) ServiceNow
14 20 (3.51%) Ubiquiti
15 19 (3.33%) Oracle
16 18 (3.16%) Red Hat
17 17 (2.98%) Sophos
18 16 (2.81%) SAP
19 15 (2.63%) Juniper
20 14 (2.46%) Riverbed