DHCP Jobs in the West Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 118 190
Rank change year-on-year -24 +72 -62
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 56 142 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.25% 1.96% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 14.20% 7.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50 119 82
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,700 £23,875
25th Percentile £28,063 £28,438 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,750 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +6.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £37,500 £48,150 £45,000
90th Percentile £42,400 £58,750 £52,150
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 504 1,000 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.29% 13.81% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 301 829 521
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,910 £25,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,950 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Staffordshire +35 18 £35,000 +27.27% 5
Birmingham -3 14 £29,750 -37.37% 8
Warwickshire -15 7 £32,500 +18.18% 7
Shropshire +5 5 £28,500 -21.92%
Herefordshire +9 4 - - 4
Worcestershire +14 2 £31,000 -27.06%
Wolverhampton +15 1 £31,000 +55.00%
Solihull +4 1 - - 1
Wednesbury 0 1 £45,000 +50.00%
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.57%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (60.71%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (8.93%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 31 (55.36%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (28.57%) Google Workspace
3 10 (17.86%) Azure
4 6 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.93%) AWS
5 5 (8.93%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.36%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.36%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (80.36%) DNS
2 41 (73.21%) TCP/IP
3 36 (64.29%) Firewall
4 21 (37.50%) VLAN
5 17 (30.36%) BGP
6 16 (28.57%) OSPF
6 16 (28.57%) VPN
6 16 (28.57%) WLAN
7 14 (25.00%) LAN
7 14 (25.00%) WAN
8 6 (10.71%) SAN
9 4 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (5.36%) Network Security
11 2 (3.57%) Skype
12 1 (1.79%) HTTP
12 1 (1.79%) Internet
12 1 (1.79%) NAS
12 1 (1.79%) OpenLDAP
12 1 (1.79%) VSAN
12 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.36%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (5.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.36%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.36%) Power BI
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (5.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.79%) Git
2 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Maven
2 1 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Automotive
2 16 (28.57%) Retail
3 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) IT Engineer
2 17 (30.36%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (23.21%) Analyst
4 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (17.86%) IT Support
6 9 (16.07%) IT Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) IT Support Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Support Analyst
7 6 (10.71%) ICT Officer
7 6 (10.71%) ICT Support
7 6 (10.71%) ICT Support Officer
7 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Support Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Support Officer
8 3 (5.36%) SQL Analyst
9 2 (3.57%) Lead
9 2 (3.57%) Network Engineer
10 1 (1.79%) Administrator
10 1 (1.79%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) Web Services
2 2 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.79%) LDAP
3 1 (1.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (32.14%) Management Information System
2 16 (28.57%) Smartphone
3 6 (10.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Clustering
5 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.79%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 46 (82.14%) Windows
2 37 (66.07%) Windows Server
3 25 (44.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (42.86%) Windows 10
5 21 (37.50%) Linux
6 19 (33.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (30.36%) Ubuntu
8 16 (28.57%) Mac OS X
9 5 (8.93%) Apple iOS
9 5 (8.93%) Mac OS
10 2 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.79%) CentOS
11 1 (1.79%) Debian
11 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Performance Tuning
2 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (28.57%) Business Case
3 16 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 16 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (26.79%) Customer Service
5 11 (19.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (14.29%) ITIL
7 6 (10.71%) Logistics
8 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.93%) Data Security
8 5 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.93%) ERP
9 4 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (7.14%) Machine Learning
10 3 (5.36%) Analytics
10 3 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (5.36%) Mentoring
10 3 (5.36%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (46.43%) PowerShell
2 22 (39.29%) SQL
3 3 (5.36%) Python
4 2 (3.57%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) Perl
5 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (44.64%) Degree
2 22 (39.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (28.57%) HNC
3 16 (28.57%) HND
3 16 (28.57%) MCSE
4 6 (10.71%) A+ Certification
4 6 (10.71%) MCP
4 6 (10.71%) MCSA
4 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.93%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.57%) CCNA
7 2 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.79%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (67.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (23.21%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.79%) Docker
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (8.93%) SCOM
2 3 (5.36%) Puppet
2 3 (5.36%) SCCM
3 2 (3.57%) Ansible
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.57%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.57%) SCOrch
3 2 (3.57%) SCSM
3 2 (3.57%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.79%) Nessus
4 1 (1.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (37.50%) Apple
3 20 (35.71%) Cisco
4 17 (30.36%) Dell
5 16 (28.57%) Fortinet
5 16 (28.57%) Google
5 16 (28.57%) Ubiquiti
6 15 (26.79%) VMware
7 8 (14.29%) SAP
8 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.57%) ArcSight
9 2 (3.57%) HP
9 2 (3.57%) Juniper
9 2 (3.57%) Red Hat
9 2 (3.57%) Splunk
9 2 (3.57%) Veeam
10 1 (1.79%) Acronis
10 1 (1.79%) Aruba
10 1 (1.79%) EMC
10 1 (1.79%) Sophos