Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 233 345
Rank change year-on-year +4 +112 -68
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 1,340 1,498 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.24% 1.61% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.73% 9.83% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,154 1,510
10th Percentile £26,035 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,950 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,776 15,239 22,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 16.37% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,647 11,856
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,850 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for DHCP in the UK

DHCP
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 1,264 £40,000 - 265
UK excluding London -21 1,044 £37,500 - 221
Work from Home 0 421 £47,500 +5.56% 106
London -10 277 £54,750 +7.35% 53
North of England +14 272 £40,000 +0.52% 70
Midlands +29 247 £35,500 -2.74% 41
South East -47 239 £38,500 -1.28% 54
North West -3 145 £42,500 -2.86% 47
West Midlands +22 137 £36,500 +4.29% 18
South West -13 130 £32,000 -20.00% 22
East Midlands +11 106 £35,000 -4.11% 23
East of England -34 95 £32,500 -18.75% 22
Yorkshire +37 87 £31,625 -7.93% 18
North East -4 40 £41,500 +10.67% 5
Wales +23 27 £34,000 +6.25% 4
Scotland -85 27 £35,000 -6.67% 13
Northern Ireland +7 4 £32,500 -2.26% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £43,000 -

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 376 (28.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 237 (17.69%) SharePoint
3 63 (4.70%) IIS
4 12 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (0.82%) Confluence
5 11 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.37%) Apache
8 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
11 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 208 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) CATIA
6 2 (0.15%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 18 (1.34%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
6 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.075%) Eikon
7 1 (0.075%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.075%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 726 (54.18%) Azure
2 717 (53.51%) Microsoft 365
3 272 (20.30%) Entra ID
4 207 (15.45%) AWS
5 92 (6.87%) OneDrive
6 62 (4.63%) IaaS
7 52 (3.88%) SaaS
8 49 (3.66%) Mimecast
9 41 (3.06%) Power Platform
10 38 (2.84%) OpenShift
11 37 (2.76%) Nutanix
12 32 (2.39%) PaaS
13 25 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.57%) Azure Storage
15 17 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (1.19%) Google Workspace
17 14 (1.04%) GCP
17 14 (1.04%) WhatsApp
18 13 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
19 12 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1,288 (96.12%) DNS
2 567 (42.31%) Firewall
3 515 (38.43%) TCP/IP
4 353 (26.34%) WAN
5 322 (24.03%) LAN
6 313 (23.36%) VPN
7 223 (16.64%) Wi-Fi
8 214 (15.97%) VLAN
9 161 (12.01%) Wireless
10 156 (11.64%) SAN
11 72 (5.37%) MPLS
12 69 (5.15%) VoIP
13 64 (4.78%) Network Security
13 64 (4.78%) SD-WAN
14 61 (4.55%) OSPF
15 60 (4.48%) IPsec
16 56 (4.18%) HTTP
17 55 (4.10%) Internet
18 54 (4.03%) BGP
19 51 (3.81%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (7.54%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.64%) Power BI
4 12 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (0.82%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.67%) MySQL
7 5 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.37%) Redis
8 4 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.075%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.075%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 32 (2.39%) JIRA
2 12 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.82%) Git
4 10 (0.75%) Trac
5 2 (0.15%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) Hudson
5 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.075%) Selenium
General
1 371 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 132 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (9.33%) Finance
4 42 (3.13%) Telecoms
5 38 (2.84%) Banking
6 30 (2.24%) Law
6 30 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (1.79%) Aerospace
8 23 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (1.72%) Legal
8 23 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.34%) Retail
10 17 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.04%) Marketing
12 13 (0.97%) Public Sector
13 9 (0.67%) Publishing
14 8 (0.60%) Automotive
15 7 (0.52%) German Language
16 6 (0.45%) Italian Language
16 6 (0.45%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 275 (20.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 229 (17.09%) IT Support
3 192 (14.33%) IT Engineer
4 186 (13.88%) Senior
5 182 (13.58%) Support Engineer
6 156 (11.64%) Analyst
7 122 (9.10%) Network Engineer
8 94 (7.01%) IT Support Engineer
9 86 (6.42%) 2nd Line Support
10 82 (6.12%) Support Analyst
11 79 (5.90%) IT Technician
12 78 (5.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 70 (5.22%) Support Technician
14 65 (4.85%) 3rd Line Support
15 58 (4.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 53 (3.96%) Administrator
17 51 (3.81%) IT Analyst
17 51 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
18 50 (3.73%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 47 (3.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (2.31%) ARM Templates
2 24 (1.79%) 802.1X
3 18 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
3 18 (1.34%) LDAP
4 8 (0.60%) Middleware
5 7 (0.52%) .NET
5 7 (0.52%) ADSI
5 7 (0.52%) HTML
5 7 (0.52%) XML
6 6 (0.45%) ADO
7 3 (0.22%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.15%) LAMP
8 2 (0.15%) TAPI
8 2 (0.15%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.075%) EDI
9 1 (0.075%) JSON
9 1 (0.075%) NETCONF
9 1 (0.075%) Redfish
9 1 (0.075%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.30%) Data Centre
2 101 (7.54%) Driving Licence
3 72 (5.37%) PKI
4 69 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 58 (4.33%) Replication
6 44 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 36 (2.69%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.87%) Clustering
10 21 (1.57%) Security Posture
11 19 (1.42%) Client/Server
12 18 (1.34%) Eurex
13 16 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.12%) CCTV
15 14 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (0.90%) PMI
17 10 (0.75%) Virtual Team
18 9 (0.67%) CMDB
18 9 (0.67%) NHS
18 9 (0.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 988 (73.73%) Windows
2 679 (50.67%) Windows Server
3 278 (20.75%) Linux
4 225 (16.79%) Windows 10
5 196 (14.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 177 (13.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 132 (9.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 59 (4.40%) Apple iOS
9 53 (3.96%) Windows Server 2008
10 51 (3.81%) Android
10 51 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 47 (3.51%) Unix
12 39 (2.91%) CentOS
13 38 (2.84%) Mac OS
14 33 (2.46%) Ubuntu
15 22 (1.64%) Windows XP
16 18 (1.34%) Windows 7
17 17 (1.27%) VyOS
18 16 (1.19%) Windows 8
19 15 (1.12%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (25.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 333 (24.85%) ITIL
3 310 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
4 228 (17.01%) Customer Service
5 154 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
6 153 (11.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 112 (8.36%) Agile
8 97 (7.24%) DevOps
9 90 (6.72%) Project Management
10 77 (5.75%) Migration
11 73 (5.45%) Service Management
12 66 (4.93%) Proactive Monitoring
12 66 (4.93%) Server Management
13 61 (4.55%) Service Delivery
14 59 (4.40%) ITSM
14 59 (4.40%) Mentoring
15 54 (4.03%) Project Delivery
16 53 (3.96%) Incident Management
17 51 (3.81%) Line Management
18 50 (3.73%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 341 (25.45%) PowerShell
2 113 (8.43%) SQL
3 111 (8.28%) Python
4 76 (5.67%) Bash
5 51 (3.81%) Java
6 37 (2.76%) C#
7 35 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 35 (2.61%) VBScript
8 27 (2.01%) Perl
9 24 (1.79%) VB
10 19 (1.42%) Bicep
11 18 (1.34%) Ruby
12 10 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.75%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.37%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.22%) R
15 2 (0.15%) C
15 2 (0.15%) C++
15 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 193 (14.40%) Degree
2 147 (10.97%) Cisco Certification
3 137 (10.22%) Security Cleared
4 133 (9.93%) CCNA
5 120 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 91 (6.79%) DV Cleared
7 80 (5.97%) SC Cleared
8 54 (4.03%) CCNP
9 52 (3.88%) MCSE
10 41 (3.06%) DBS Check
11 39 (2.91%) MCSA
12 38 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
13 34 (2.54%) A+ Certification
14 32 (2.39%) Azure Certification
14 32 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 30 (2.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 29 (2.16%) MCP
17 26 (1.94%) JNCIA
18 25 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
19 16 (1.19%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (8.51%) SLA
2 27 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 23 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.04%) GDPR
5 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (0.52%) PMO
6 5 (0.37%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.30%) QA
7 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.22%) JSP 440
9 2 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.075%) GxP
10 1 (0.075%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.075%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.075%) NIST
System Software
1 984 (73.43%) Active Directory
2 405 (30.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 392 (29.25%) Hyper-V
4 91 (6.79%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (4.63%) vSphere
6 61 (4.55%) Docker
7 60 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
8 39 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 32 (2.39%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (1.49%) Terminal Services
11 18 (1.34%) pfSense
12 17 (1.27%) XenApp
13 16 (1.19%) NFS
14 13 (0.97%) XenDesktop
15 11 (0.82%) Firmware
16 9 (0.67%) DFS Replication
17 7 (0.52%) VMware NSX
18 5 (0.37%) KVM
19 4 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
19 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 224 (16.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 147 (10.97%) SCCM
3 85 (6.34%) WSUS
4 79 (5.90%) Ansible
5 77 (5.75%) SCOM
6 76 (5.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 72 (5.37%) Kubernetes
8 55 (4.10%) Puppet
9 42 (3.13%) vCenter Server
10 25 (1.87%) Terraform
11 24 (1.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 23 (1.72%) ZABBIX
13 21 (1.57%) FortiGate
14 19 (1.42%) Grafana
14 19 (1.42%) NetBackup
15 17 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
15 17 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
16 16 (1.19%) SCDPM
17 14 (1.04%) VxRail
18 12 (0.90%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 832 (62.09%) Microsoft
2 545 (40.67%) VMware
3 268 (20.00%) Cisco
4 162 (12.09%) Veeam
5 131 (9.78%) Citrix
6 104 (7.76%) Dell
7 96 (7.16%) HP
8 92 (6.87%) Fortinet
9 84 (6.27%) Juniper
10 79 (5.90%) Red Hat
11 69 (5.15%) Apple
12 65 (4.85%) SolarWinds
13 58 (4.33%) Meraki
13 58 (4.33%) Oracle
14 44 (3.28%) Ruckus Wireless
15 43 (3.21%) Sophos
16 40 (2.99%) Bloomberg
17 32 (2.39%) Palo Alto
18 31 (2.31%) WatchGuard
19 29 (2.16%) NetApp