Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 October 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for DHCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DHCP over the 6 months to 27 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 303 186 185
Rank change year-on-year -117 -1 +59
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 264 80 113
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 1.21% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.99% 9.02% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 203 69 85
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +4.00%

DHCP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,936 887 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.44% 13.46% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,267 784 860
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - +7.53% -2.11%

DHCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DHCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

DHCP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DHCP.

DHCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

DHCP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DHCP over the 6 months to 27 October 2021.

DHCP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 October 2021, DHCP job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for DHCP.

1 252 (95.45%) DNS
2 152 (57.58%) Active Directory
3 147 (55.68%) Windows
4 140 (53.03%) Microsoft
5 132 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
6 119 (45.08%) Azure
6 119 (45.08%) Firewall
7 115 (43.56%) Windows Server
8 111 (42.05%) VPN
9 109 (41.29%) VMware
10 95 (35.98%) VLAN
11 91 (34.47%) TCP/IP
12 70 (26.52%) Social Skills
13 69 (26.14%) WAN
14 68 (25.76%) Cisco
15 67 (25.38%) VMware Infrastructure
16 63 (23.86%) LAN
17 56 (21.21%) PowerShell
18 53 (20.08%) Windows Server 2012
18 53 (20.08%) IPv6
19 52 (19.70%) Linux
19 52 (19.70%) ITIL
20 50 (18.94%) SharePoint
21 49 (18.56%) MPLS
21 49 (18.56%) Wireless
22 48 (18.18%) Project Management
23 47 (17.80%) Hyper-V
23 47 (17.80%) Windows Server 2019
24 46 (17.42%) SQL Server
25 45 (17.05%) Migration

DHCP
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (18.94%) SharePoint
2 34 (12.88%) IIS
3 28 (10.61%) MS Exchange
4 20 (7.58%) Confluence
5 13 (4.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (4.92%) WordPress
6 12 (4.55%) Apache
7 11 (4.17%) CMS
7 11 (4.17%) Sitecore CMS
7 11 (4.17%) Umbraco
8 10 (3.79%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (3.79%) nginx
9 6 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (1.14%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (1.14%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.76%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.38%) Commerce Server
12 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.14%) InfoPath
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.17%) Sage 200
2 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Magento
3 1 (0.38%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.38%) Sage CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 119 (45.08%) Azure
3 44 (16.67%) AWS
4 29 (10.98%) OneDrive
5 26 (9.85%) IaaS
6 20 (7.58%) Azure Active Directory
7 19 (7.20%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (6.06%) PaaS
9 15 (5.68%) Mimecast
10 13 (4.92%) SaaS
11 12 (4.55%) Azure App Service
12 10 (3.79%) AWS Direct Connect
13 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.76%) Slack
14 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.38%) Dropbox
14 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.38%) GitHub
14 1 (0.38%) Serverless
14 1 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 252 (95.45%) DNS
2 119 (45.08%) Firewall
3 111 (42.05%) VPN
4 95 (35.98%) VLAN
5 91 (34.47%) TCP/IP
6 69 (26.14%) WAN
7 63 (23.86%) LAN
8 53 (20.08%) IPv6
9 49 (18.56%) MPLS
9 49 (18.56%) Wireless
10 32 (12.12%) HTTP
11 30 (11.36%) Ethernet
11 30 (11.36%) SSL
12 29 (10.98%) IPsec
13 28 (10.61%) Internet
14 27 (10.23%) BGP
14 27 (10.23%) Wi-Fi
15 25 (9.47%) Broadband
16 24 (9.09%) IPv4
17 22 (8.33%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.92%) MariaDB
4 7 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.38%) ClickHouse
6 1 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.38%) MS Access
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 20 (7.58%) JIRA
2 14 (5.30%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.52%) Git (software)
4 3 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.38%) GitLab
General
1 70 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.06%) Telecoms
3 12 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (4.55%) Retail
4 11 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.41%) Finance
7 8 (3.03%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.89%) Law
10 2 (0.76%) Games
10 2 (0.76%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Local Government
10 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.38%) Electronics
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (15.15%) Analyst
2 32 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (12.12%) Systems Engineer
3 28 (10.61%) Support Engineer
4 22 (8.33%) Chief Systems Engineer
4 22 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 21 (7.95%) Network Engineer
6 20 (7.58%) IT Support
7 19 (7.20%) 3rd Line Support
7 19 (7.20%) IT Engineer
8 17 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 17 (6.44%) DevOps Engineer
9 15 (5.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (5.68%) Support Analyst
10 14 (5.30%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (5.30%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (4.92%) Consultant
11 13 (4.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 12 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.33%) 802.1X
1 22 (8.33%) RESTful
2 12 (4.55%) ASP.NET
3 9 (3.41%) XML
4 8 (3.03%) LAMP
4 8 (3.03%) LAPP Stack
4 8 (3.03%) LEMP Stack
5 7 (2.65%) LDAP
6 6 (2.27%) Regular Expression
7 5 (1.89%) CSS
8 3 (1.14%) jQuery
8 3 (1.14%) OAuth
8 3 (1.14%) OpenID
8 3 (1.14%) SAML
8 3 (1.14%) XSLT
9 2 (0.76%) .NET
10 1 (0.38%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.38%) libvirt
10 1 (0.38%) Vuetify.js
10 1 (0.38%) WAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (5.68%) Clustering
5 13 (4.92%) Driving Licence
6 12 (4.55%) User Experience
7 10 (3.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (3.79%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
9 7 (2.65%) Replication
10 5 (1.89%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.52%) Cyberthreat
11 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.52%) IVR
11 4 (1.52%) PKI
12 3 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.14%) Internet of Things
12 3 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.14%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 147 (55.68%) Windows
2 115 (43.56%) Windows Server
3 53 (20.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 52 (19.70%) Linux
5 47 (17.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 42 (15.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (15.15%) Windows 10
8 22 (8.33%) Android
9 20 (7.58%) CentOS
9 20 (7.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 16 (6.06%) Apple iOS
11 11 (4.17%) Windows 7
12 10 (3.79%) Mac OS X
12 10 (3.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (1.89%) Mac OS
13 5 (1.89%) Unix
14 3 (1.14%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.76%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (19.70%) ITIL
2 48 (18.18%) Project Management
3 45 (17.05%) Migration
4 42 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 36 (13.64%) DevOps
7 30 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (10.23%) High Availability
9 26 (9.85%) Agile Software Development
10 24 (9.09%) Project Delivery
11 23 (8.71%) IT Strategy
12 22 (8.33%) PRINCE2
12 22 (8.33%) Storage Management
13 18 (6.82%) Security Patching
14 17 (6.44%) Configuration Management
14 17 (6.44%) Load Balancing
14 17 (6.44%) Problem Management
15 15 (5.68%) Network Management
16 13 (4.92%) BCP
16 13 (4.92%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.21%) PowerShell
2 28 (10.61%) Python
3 17 (6.44%) SQL
4 12 (4.55%) PHP
5 6 (2.27%) Perl
6 3 (1.14%) Java
6 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.14%) VB
7 2 (0.76%) C
7 2 (0.76%) C++
7 2 (0.76%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.76%) VBScript
8 1 (0.38%) Bash Shell
8 1 (0.38%) Bicep
8 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (10.61%) CCNA
2 28 (10.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (7.20%) Degree
4 17 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.44%) Security Cleared
5 15 (5.68%) CCNP
6 10 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.79%) DBS Check
6 10 (3.79%) MCSE
7 9 (3.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 8 (3.03%) JNCIA
8 8 (3.03%) JNCIP
8 8 (3.03%) JNCIS
8 8 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (2.65%) CCIE
10 6 (2.27%) CISSP
10 6 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.89%) CISM
12 4 (1.52%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.58%) SLA
2 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.14%) PMO
3 2 (0.76%) NCSC
4 1 (0.38%) COBIT
4 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.38%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 152 (57.58%) Active Directory
2 67 (25.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (17.80%) Hyper-V
4 18 (6.82%) vSphere
5 15 (5.68%) iptables
5 15 (5.68%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (5.30%) Docker
7 11 (4.17%) XenApp
8 6 (2.27%) BitLocker
8 6 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (1.89%) VMware Server
10 4 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.52%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.76%) Firmware
12 2 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.38%) LXC
13 1 (0.38%) pfSense
13 1 (0.38%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 39 (14.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (14.39%) Ansible
3 24 (9.09%) WSUS
4 19 (7.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (7.20%) Failover Clustering
5 15 (5.68%) Nagios
5 15 (5.68%) Terraform
6 14 (5.30%) Kubernetes
6 14 (5.30%) Puppet
7 12 (4.55%) Rancher
7 12 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (4.17%) SCCM
9 10 (3.79%) Icinga
9 10 (3.79%) ZABBIX
10 7 (2.65%) Grafana
11 6 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
12 4 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (1.14%) SafeCom
14 2 (0.76%) cPanel
14 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 140 (53.03%) Microsoft
2 109 (41.29%) VMware
3 68 (25.76%) Cisco
4 28 (10.61%) SolarWinds
5 27 (10.23%) Meraki
6 24 (9.09%) Dell
7 21 (7.95%) Citrix
8 20 (7.58%) Sophos
9 18 (6.82%) Apple
10 16 (6.06%) Veeam
11 14 (5.30%) Oracle
11 14 (5.30%) Red Hat
12 13 (4.92%) HP
12 13 (4.92%) Palo Alto
13 12 (4.55%) Sage
14 11 (4.17%) Juniper
14 11 (4.17%) Sitecore
15 10 (3.79%) BMC
15 10 (3.79%) LogRhythm
15 10 (3.79%) Splunk