DHCP Contracts in the Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for DHCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DHCP over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 94 140
Rank change year-on-year +5 +46 -14
Contract jobs citing DHCP 42 60 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.56% 1.84% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.13% 12.12% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 48 46
10th Percentile £213 £279 £169
25th Percentile £300 £313 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £394 £300
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +31.25% -25.47%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £447
90th Percentile £775 £700 £500
England median daily rate £475 £495 £425
% change year-on-year -4.04% +16.47% +5.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £38.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year - +87.71% +70.92%
75th Percentile - £40.25 -
90th Percentile - - £22.45
England median hourly rate £40.00 £38.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +3.90% +79.07% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 460 495 589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.09% 15.18% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 325 413
10th Percentile £200 £249 £163
25th Percentile £300 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £602
England median daily rate £493 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% +5.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 33
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £15.94 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +17.91% +17.07%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.13 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +1.21%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +10 34 £400 -23.81% 22
East Midlands -7 7 £325 -13.33% 23
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) MS Visio
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 41 (97.62%) DNS
2 16 (38.10%) LAN
3 15 (35.71%) TCP/IP
3 15 (35.71%) WAN
4 13 (30.95%) Firewall
5 10 (23.81%) VPN
6 7 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (14.29%) VoIP
7 6 (14.29%) Wireless
8 5 (11.90%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (11.90%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (11.90%) Ethernet
8 5 (11.90%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (11.90%) Internet
8 5 (11.90%) MPLS
8 5 (11.90%) PBX
8 5 (11.90%) SAN
8 5 (11.90%) Wireshark
8 5 (11.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Telecoms
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Advertising
5 1 (2.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Network Engineer
3 8 (19.05%) Support Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Administrator
4 6 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Network Support
5 5 (11.90%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Server Administrator
5 5 (11.90%) VMWare Administrator
6 3 (7.14%) Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.90%) PKI
3 1 (2.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (54.76%) Windows
2 22 (52.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.81%) Linux
4 9 (21.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (14.29%) Unix
6 6 (14.29%) Windows 10
7 4 (9.52%) CentOS
7 4 (9.52%) Ubuntu
7 4 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (7.14%) Windows 7
8 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (19.05%) Virtual Environments
4 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 6 (14.29%) ITIL
5 6 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.29%) Visualisation
6 5 (11.90%) Analytics
6 5 (11.90%) Information Management
6 5 (11.90%) Load Balancing
6 5 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.90%) Network Architecture
6 5 (11.90%) Performance Management
6 5 (11.90%) Programme Management
6 5 (11.90%) Resource Management
6 5 (11.90%) SIEM
6 5 (11.90%) SOA
6 5 (11.90%) Technical Architecture
6 5 (11.90%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) C#
1 8 (19.05%) Java
1 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.52%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (21.43%) CCNA
3 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 7 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 6 (14.29%) Degree
6 5 (11.90%) CCIE
6 5 (11.90%) CCIE Data Center
7 4 (9.52%) CCNP
8 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (38.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (35.71%) VMware ESXi
3 14 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (26.19%) VMware NSX
5 5 (11.90%) VMware Server
5 5 (11.90%) vSphere
6 3 (7.14%) BitLocker
7 2 (4.76%) Terminal Services
7 2 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (35.71%) SCCM
2 14 (33.33%) vCenter Server
3 5 (11.90%) OpenView
4 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.38%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) VMware
2 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (30.95%) Cisco
4 7 (16.67%) Palo Alto
5 6 (14.29%) CheckPoint
6 5 (11.90%) Infoblox
6 5 (11.90%) Symantec
6 5 (11.90%) Veeam
6 5 (11.90%) Zscaler
7 2 (4.76%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.38%) Aruba
8 1 (2.38%) Citrix
8 1 (2.38%) Dell
8 1 (2.38%) EMC
8 1 (2.38%) HP
8 1 (2.38%) Mitel
8 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds