DHCP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 245 261
Rank change year-on-year -54 +16 +90
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 193 399 430
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 1.26% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.36% 8.39% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 167 333 391
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,400 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £34,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

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 5,750 4,755 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.28% 14.99% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 2,847 3,180
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DHCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DHCP.

DHCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DHCP over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

DHCP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 64 (33.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (23.32%) SharePoint
3 20 (10.36%) IIS
4 2 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.04%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
Applications
1 28 (14.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.52%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 111 (57.51%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (39.90%) Azure
3 32 (16.58%) Entra ID
4 31 (16.06%) AWS
5 16 (8.29%) OneDrive
6 8 (4.15%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (4.15%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.15%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.11%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.59%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.59%) SaaS
9 4 (2.07%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.55%) GCP
10 3 (1.55%) IaaS
10 3 (1.55%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.04%) PaaS
12 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 177 (91.71%) DNS
2 87 (45.08%) TCP/IP
3 85 (44.04%) Firewall
4 48 (24.87%) VPN
5 41 (21.24%) VLAN
6 32 (16.58%) LAN
7 29 (15.03%) WAN
8 25 (12.95%) VoIP
9 23 (11.92%) Network Security
10 19 (9.84%) Wireless
11 17 (8.81%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (8.29%) SAN
13 8 (4.15%) BGP
13 8 (4.15%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (3.63%) OSPF
15 6 (3.11%) ADSL
16 5 (2.59%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (2.59%) MPLS
16 5 (2.59%) NGFW
16 5 (2.59%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.70%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.55%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.52%) Fiddler
General
1 61 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.81%) Finance
4 11 (5.70%) Manufacturing
5 9 (4.66%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.11%) Law
7 6 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.59%) Advertising
9 3 (1.55%) Automotive
9 3 (1.55%) Banking
9 3 (1.55%) Police
10 2 (1.04%) Games
10 2 (1.04%) Local Government
10 2 (1.04%) Marketing
10 2 (1.04%) Retail
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 36 (18.65%) IT Support
2 29 (15.03%) Analyst
3 22 (11.40%) 3rd Line Support
4 20 (10.36%) 2nd Line Support
5 19 (9.84%) Network Engineer
6 18 (9.33%) ICT Officer
6 18 (9.33%) Support Engineer
7 17 (8.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (8.29%) IT Analyst
8 16 (8.29%) Support Analyst
9 15 (7.77%) ICT Support
9 15 (7.77%) ICT Support Officer
9 15 (7.77%) Support Officer
10 14 (7.25%) IT Engineer
10 14 (7.25%) IT Support Analyst
10 14 (7.25%) Senior
11 13 (6.74%) Support Technician
12 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 7 (3.63%) 1st Line Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) FreeSWITCH
1 3 (1.55%) Middleware
1 3 (1.55%) Node.js
2 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) JSON
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.52%) OAuth
3 1 (0.52%) OpenID
3 1 (0.52%) SAML
3 1 (0.52%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.25%) Driving Licence
1 14 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.15%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.15%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (2.07%) Clustering
6 4 (2.07%) iPhone
6 4 (2.07%) PKI
7 2 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.04%) Replication
8 1 (0.52%) CCTV
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 138 (71.50%) Windows
2 91 (47.15%) Windows Server
3 46 (23.83%) Linux
4 14 (7.25%) Windows 10
5 13 (6.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (6.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.18%) Android
6 10 (5.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.15%) Mac OS
7 8 (4.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (3.11%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.07%) CentOS
10 3 (1.55%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.04%) Debian
11 2 (1.04%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.04%) SUSE
11 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.05%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (21.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (20.21%) ITIL
4 38 (19.69%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (19.17%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (17.62%) Customer Service
7 21 (10.88%) Mentoring
7 21 (10.88%) Project Delivery
8 15 (7.77%) Patch Management
9 12 (6.22%) Network Management
10 11 (5.70%) SIEM
11 10 (5.18%) Agile
12 9 (4.66%) Containerisation
12 9 (4.66%) Incident Response
12 9 (4.66%) Infrastructure Management
12 9 (4.66%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 9 (4.66%) Security Operations
12 9 (4.66%) Server Management
12 9 (4.66%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (4.66%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.02%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.92%) Python
3 16 (8.29%) SQL
4 7 (3.63%) Bash
5 5 (2.59%) Perl
6 4 (2.07%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (14.51%) Degree
2 25 (12.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 23 (11.92%) Network+ Certification
4 21 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (9.33%) CCNA
6 16 (8.29%) A+ Certification
7 12 (6.22%) Azure Certification
7 12 (6.22%) Security Cleared
8 10 (5.18%) DBS Check
9 8 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.15%) MCSE
10 7 (3.63%) AWS Certification
10 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared
10 7 (3.63%) SC Cleared
11 6 (3.11%) MCSA
12 5 (2.59%) CCNP
12 5 (2.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (2.59%) MCP
13 4 (2.07%) JNCIA
13 4 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.29%) SLA
2 7 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.07%) NIST
4 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.04%) GDPR
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.52%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 117 (60.62%) Active Directory
2 63 (32.64%) Hyper-V
3 54 (27.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.74%) vSphere
5 11 (5.70%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.11%) Firmware
7 6 (3.11%) Terminal Services
7 6 (3.11%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.07%) Docker
9 3 (1.55%) GPFS
9 3 (1.55%) Lustre
9 3 (1.55%) NFS
9 3 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.52%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.52%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.52%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 33 (17.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.88%) SCCM
3 16 (8.29%) Ansible
4 12 (6.22%) WSUS
5 11 (5.70%) SCOM
6 9 (4.66%) Kubernetes
7 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 7 (3.63%) Terraform
8 6 (3.11%) Progress Chef
9 5 (2.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (2.59%) vCenter Server
10 4 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.55%) Puppet
12 2 (1.04%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 2 (1.04%) Proxmox
12 2 (1.04%) SCOrch
12 2 (1.04%) SCSM
13 1 (0.52%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 133 (68.91%) Microsoft
2 64 (33.16%) VMware
3 27 (13.99%) Cisco
4 15 (7.77%) HP
5 13 (6.74%) Dell
6 10 (5.18%) Apple
6 10 (5.18%) Oracle
6 10 (5.18%) Red Hat
7 9 (4.66%) NetApp
8 8 (4.15%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.15%) Juniper
8 8 (4.15%) Meraki
8 8 (4.15%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.63%) Citrix
9 7 (3.63%) Google
9 7 (3.63%) SonicWALL
10 5 (2.59%) Datto
10 5 (2.59%) Veeam
11 4 (2.07%) Kaseya
11 4 (2.07%) Ubiquiti