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 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 294 222 233
Rank change year-on-year -72 +11 +110
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 558 1,331 1,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 1.28% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.53% 9.80% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 503 1,118 1,149
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,030 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,000 £40,016
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -0.04% -5.84%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -4.38%

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 10,094 13,581 15,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 13.10% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,436 9,413 7,713
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Top 18 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 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
England -88 530 £42,500 +6.25% 477
UK excluding London -73 394 £37,500 - 362
Work from Home -53 166 £45,000 -5.26% 205
London +7 153 £50,500 -8.18% 156
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
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
1 164 (29.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 92 (16.49%) SharePoint
3 39 (6.99%) IIS
4 3 (0.54%) Confluence
5 2 (0.36%) nginx
5 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.36%) Traefik
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 109 (19.53%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.08%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.90%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.54%) Sage 50
5 2 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.36%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 308 (55.20%) Microsoft 365
2 296 (53.05%) Azure
3 106 (19.00%) AWS
3 106 (19.00%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.78%) OneDrive
5 22 (3.94%) GCP
6 21 (3.76%) Google Workspace
6 21 (3.76%) Mimecast
7 17 (3.05%) PaaS
7 17 (3.05%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.87%) IaaS
9 15 (2.69%) Power Automate
9 15 (2.69%) SaaS
10 13 (2.33%) Nutanix
11 12 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.61%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.61%) PowerApps
13 6 (1.08%) Azure Storage
14 2 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 535 (95.88%) DNS
2 273 (48.92%) Firewall
3 248 (44.44%) TCP/IP
4 165 (29.57%) VPN
5 146 (26.16%) VLAN
6 118 (21.15%) LAN
7 108 (19.35%) WAN
8 55 (9.86%) Network Security
9 52 (9.32%) Wireless
10 49 (8.78%) SAN
11 47 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (7.17%) VoIP
13 28 (5.02%) OSPF
14 26 (4.66%) BGP
15 24 (4.30%) NAS
16 22 (3.94%) MPLS
16 22 (3.94%) WLAN
17 21 (3.76%) PBX
17 21 (3.76%) SMTP
18 20 (3.58%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.66%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.61%) Power BI
4 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.72%) Tableau
6 3 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.18%) MySQL
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (2.33%) JIRA
2 6 (1.08%) Git
3 5 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.36%) GitLab
5 2 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 212 (37.99%) Social Skills
2 58 (10.39%) Finance
3 53 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (6.45%) Retail
6 26 (4.66%) Legal
7 25 (4.48%) Banking
8 20 (3.58%) Law
9 16 (2.87%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.69%) Automotive
11 9 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.25%) Public Sector
14 5 (0.90%) Local Government
14 5 (0.90%) Police
15 4 (0.72%) Spanish Language
16 3 (0.54%) Aviation
16 3 (0.54%) Back Office
16 3 (0.54%) Games
16 3 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (20.79%) IT Support
2 102 (18.28%) Support Engineer
3 98 (17.56%) Analyst
4 92 (16.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 66 (11.83%) Support Analyst
6 64 (11.47%) IT Engineer
7 53 (9.50%) Network Engineer
8 43 (7.71%) Senior
9 40 (7.17%) 3rd Line Support
10 39 (6.99%) IT Analyst
11 37 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support
12 35 (6.27%) Technical Support
13 34 (6.09%) IT Support Analyst
13 34 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
14 33 (5.91%) Infrastructure Support
15 31 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 28 (5.02%) Systems Engineer
17 25 (4.48%) Desktop Support
17 25 (4.48%) Support Specialist
18 20 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.61%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.25%) SAML
3 5 (0.90%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (0.90%) Middleware
4 4 (0.72%) LDAP
5 3 (0.54%) Web Services
5 3 (0.54%) YAML
6 2 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.36%) Kafka
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 42 (7.53%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.81%) Management Information System
3 32 (5.73%) Data Centre
4 31 (5.56%) Clustering
5 19 (3.41%) PKI
6 15 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (2.51%) Smartphone
8 12 (2.15%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.43%) CCTV
10 8 (1.43%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.25%) Replication
12 6 (1.08%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.08%) iPhone
12 6 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 414 (74.19%) Windows
2 287 (51.43%) Windows Server
3 119 (21.33%) Linux
4 70 (12.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 69 (12.37%) Windows 10
6 53 (9.50%) Mac OS
7 48 (8.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 27 (4.84%) Android
10 25 (4.48%) Apple iOS
11 19 (3.41%) Mac OS X
11 19 (3.41%) Unix
12 18 (3.23%) Ubuntu
13 15 (2.69%) CentOS
13 15 (2.69%) Windows 7
14 12 (2.15%) VMS
15 8 (1.43%) Rocky
16 7 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 5 (0.90%) Windows 8
17 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (19.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 107 (19.18%) Customer Service
3 107 (19.18%) ITIL
4 91 (16.31%) Cybersecurity
5 73 (13.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 49 (8.78%) Incident Management
7 40 (7.17%) Patch Management
8 35 (6.27%) Task Automation
9 31 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
10 30 (5.38%) Mobile Device Management
11 28 (5.02%) Artificial Intelligence
12 27 (4.84%) Migration
13 26 (4.66%) High Availability
13 26 (4.66%) Mentoring
14 24 (4.30%) ITSM
14 24 (4.30%) Project Delivery
15 23 (4.12%) Agile
15 23 (4.12%) Service Delivery
16 22 (3.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (30.11%) PowerShell
2 72 (12.90%) SQL
3 36 (6.45%) Python
4 15 (2.69%) Bash
5 10 (1.79%) Perl
6 4 (0.72%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.54%) Java
8 2 (0.36%) Go
9 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.18%) R
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (17.20%) Degree
2 92 (16.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 53 (9.50%) Cisco Certification
4 51 (9.14%) Security Cleared
5 46 (8.24%) CCNA
6 43 (7.71%) Network+ Certification
7 37 (6.63%) A+ Certification
8 34 (6.09%) Azure Certification
9 29 (5.20%) MCSE
10 25 (4.48%) DV Cleared
11 24 (4.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 23 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 23 (4.12%) SC Cleared
13 21 (3.76%) MCP
14 20 (3.58%) MCSA
15 15 (2.69%) CCNP
16 14 (2.51%) DBS Check
17 11 (1.97%) HNC
17 11 (1.97%) HND
18 8 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.06%) SLA
2 12 (2.15%) GDPR
3 11 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.54%) NIST
6 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.36%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.18%) GRC
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 371 (66.49%) Active Directory
2 167 (29.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 165 (29.57%) Hyper-V
4 59 (10.57%) VMware ESXi
5 31 (5.56%) vSphere
6 30 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (3.41%) Docker
8 15 (2.69%) Firmware
8 15 (2.69%) Terminal Services
9 13 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.43%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (1.43%) VMware NSX
11 6 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.72%) NFS
13 2 (0.36%) GPFS
13 2 (0.36%) Lustre
13 2 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.18%) KVM
14 1 (0.18%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 139 (24.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (11.65%) SCCM
3 37 (6.63%) Ansible
4 30 (5.38%) vCenter Server
5 29 (5.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 28 (5.02%) Kubernetes
7 24 (4.30%) WSUS
8 23 (4.12%) SCOM
9 18 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (3.23%) Terraform
10 16 (2.87%) Puppet
11 14 (2.51%) vMotion
12 11 (1.97%) NetBackup
13 10 (1.79%) FortiGate
14 9 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
15 8 (1.43%) Progress Chef
16 7 (1.25%) Autotask
16 7 (1.25%) Nagios
16 7 (1.25%) PowerCLI
16 7 (1.25%) vRealize
Vendors
1 381 (68.28%) Microsoft
2 213 (38.17%) VMware
3 113 (20.25%) Cisco
4 55 (9.86%) Citrix
5 49 (8.78%) Veeam
6 44 (7.89%) Google
7 40 (7.17%) HP
8 38 (6.81%) Fortinet
9 37 (6.63%) Apple
10 28 (5.02%) Dell
11 27 (4.84%) SolarWinds
12 23 (4.12%) Meraki
12 23 (4.12%) ServiceNow
13 19 (3.41%) Juniper
13 19 (3.41%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (2.87%) SAP
14 16 (2.87%) Sophos
15 15 (2.69%) Oracle
16 14 (2.51%) Red Hat
17 13 (2.33%) Riverbed