Hybrid/Remote DHCP Job Trends

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 264 256
Rank change year-on-year +20 -8 -15
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 178 168 418
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.10% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.17% 8.78% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 142 152 360
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,639 £31,500 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,125 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -2.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £57,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £72,500
UK median annual salary £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,178 1,914 5,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.03% 12.56% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,111 1,146 3,327
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DHCP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DHCP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DHCP

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DHCP over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

DHCP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 75 (42.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (34.83%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (2.81%) IIS
5 3 (1.69%) SAS
6 1 (0.56%) Confluence
6 1 (0.56%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (13.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 128 (71.91%) Azure
2 120 (67.42%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (46.63%) Entra ID
4 36 (20.22%) AWS
5 23 (12.92%) OneDrive
6 12 (6.74%) Google Workspace
7 9 (5.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (5.06%) SaaS
8 5 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.81%) GCP
9 3 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.69%) IaaS
9 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.69%) n8n
9 3 (1.69%) PaaS
10 2 (1.12%) Datadog
11 1 (0.56%) ChatGPT
11 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 178 (100.00%) DNS
2 94 (52.81%) VPN
3 79 (44.38%) TCP/IP
4 66 (37.08%) WAN
5 65 (36.52%) Firewall
6 58 (32.58%) Wi-Fi
7 49 (27.53%) LAN
8 37 (20.79%) VLAN
9 22 (12.36%) SD-WAN
10 16 (8.99%) Network Security
11 15 (8.43%) VoIP
12 14 (7.87%) BGP
13 11 (6.18%) MPLS
14 10 (5.62%) HTTP
15 9 (5.06%) SAN
15 9 (5.06%) Wireless
16 8 (4.49%) IPsec
16 8 (4.49%) SNMP
17 7 (3.93%) FTP
17 7 (3.93%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (6.18%) JIRA
2 5 (2.81%) Git
2 5 (2.81%) Jenkins
General
1 89 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.54%) Finance
3 14 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (4.49%) Legal
5 5 (2.81%) Law
5 5 (2.81%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.25%) Banking
6 4 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.25%) Electronics
6 4 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.69%) Games
8 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.12%) Military
9 1 (0.56%) Advertising
9 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.56%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.56%) Police
9 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (42.13%) IT Support
2 74 (41.57%) IT Engineer
3 63 (35.39%) Support Engineer
4 59 (33.15%) IT Support Engineer
5 41 (23.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 39 (21.91%) Senior
7 28 (15.73%) 2nd Line Support
8 26 (14.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 26 (14.61%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 24 (13.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (9.55%) Analyst
11 11 (6.18%) IT Analyst
11 11 (6.18%) Support Analyst
12 9 (5.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 9 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (5.06%) IT Support Analyst
12 9 (5.06%) Support Technician
13 8 (4.49%) Consultant
13 8 (4.49%) IT Technician
13 8 (4.49%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.74%) OAuth
1 12 (6.74%) SAML
2 5 (2.81%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.81%) OpenID
3 4 (2.25%) ADO
4 3 (1.69%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.42%) Driving Licence
2 19 (10.67%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.93%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.93%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.81%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.81%) PKI
7 4 (2.25%) CCTV
7 4 (2.25%) Replication
7 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.56%) Clustering
10 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 130 (73.03%) Windows
2 87 (48.88%) Windows Server
3 41 (23.03%) Windows 10
4 27 (15.17%) Mac OS
5 25 (14.04%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (12.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (9.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (8.43%) Linux
9 12 (6.74%) Apple iOS
10 10 (5.62%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (4.49%) Android
12 4 (2.25%) Unix
13 1 (0.56%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (53.93%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (25.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (21.91%) Disaster Recovery
4 37 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (19.66%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (19.66%) Service Delivery
6 34 (19.10%) Customer Service
7 32 (17.98%) ITIL
8 22 (12.36%) Project Delivery
9 19 (10.67%) ITSM
9 19 (10.67%) Service Management
10 17 (9.55%) Incident Response
11 15 (8.43%) DevOps
11 15 (8.43%) Process Improvement
11 15 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (7.30%) Migration
13 12 (6.74%) High Availability
13 12 (6.74%) Identity Access Management
14 11 (6.18%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (20.79%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.06%) Python
2 9 (5.06%) SQL
3 6 (3.37%) Bicep
4 4 (2.25%) Delphi
4 4 (2.25%) Pascal
4 4 (2.25%) PHP
5 3 (1.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (10.67%) Degree
1 19 (10.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (7.87%) Azure Certification
2 14 (7.87%) Network+ Certification
3 13 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (7.30%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.62%) A+ Certification
5 7 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.81%) CCNA
6 5 (2.81%) CCNP
6 5 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.81%) CISSP
6 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.81%) GIAC
6 5 (2.81%) ISACA
6 5 (2.81%) SANS
7 4 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.25%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (11.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (10.67%) SLA
4 12 (6.74%) NIST
5 8 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (2.81%) GDPR
7 3 (1.69%) QA
8 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.56%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 134 (75.28%) Active Directory
2 41 (23.03%) Hyper-V
3 38 (21.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (6.18%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (6.18%) vSphere
5 5 (2.81%) Docker
6 4 (2.25%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.12%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 65 (36.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (8.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 13 (7.30%) Terraform
4 12 (6.74%) Ansible
5 11 (6.18%) FortiGate
5 11 (6.18%) vCenter Server
6 9 (5.06%) Kubernetes
7 8 (4.49%) SCCM
8 7 (3.93%) CASB
9 6 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (1.12%) Proxmox
11 2 (1.12%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.56%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 155 (87.08%) Microsoft
2 49 (27.53%) VMware
3 32 (17.98%) Cisco
4 16 (8.99%) Google
5 13 (7.30%) Meraki
6 12 (6.74%) HP
6 12 (6.74%) Veeam
7 10 (5.62%) Dell
7 10 (5.62%) Palo Alto
7 10 (5.62%) ServiceNow
8 9 (5.06%) Okta
8 9 (5.06%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.93%) Apple
10 6 (3.37%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.81%) ForgeRock
11 5 (2.81%) Freshdesk
12 4 (2.25%) 3PAR
12 4 (2.25%) Aruba
12 4 (2.25%) OneLogin
12 4 (2.25%) Splunk