DHCP Contracts in England

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring DHCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DHCP over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 245 280
Rank change year-on-year -7 +35 +50
Contract jobs citing DHCP 349 503 692
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 1.07% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.24% 8.49% 8.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 362 475
10th Percentile £225 £190 £199
25th Percentile £372 £318 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +17.06% +3.03%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £538
90th Percentile £608 £700 £619
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £435
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.94% +5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 23
10th Percentile £18.40 £31.15 £18.11
25th Percentile - £36.75 £20.26
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +103.49% +7.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £52.13 £46.61
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.28 £63.72
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -8.57% +103.49% +7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DHCP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,823 5,925 8,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 12.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,875 3,842 5,326
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £607 £645 £619
90th Percentile £690 £737 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 408 318
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.28 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £72.66 £75.00 £63.63
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in England

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in England

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +25 118 £519 +1.22% 57
London +15 115 £450 -13.63% 50
Midlands +9 51 £400 +1.59% 42
West Midlands +16 39 £400 -5.88% 19
South West -20 34 £538 +2.38% 20
North of England -31 24 £384 -15.89% 73
North West -3 15 £341 +5.00% 47
East Midlands -11 11 £375 - 23
Yorkshire -15 7 £380 -27.62% 22
East of England -30 3 £425 -22.73% 24
North East +8 2 £613 +118.75% 4
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 91 (26.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (6.88%) Confluence
3 16 (4.58%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.43%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.15%) IIS
6 2 (0.57%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.44%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (26.07%) Microsoft 365
2 89 (25.50%) Azure
3 46 (13.18%) AWS
4 33 (9.46%) Entra ID
5 24 (6.88%) Azure Storage
6 21 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
7 19 (5.44%) OCI
8 13 (3.72%) GCP
9 12 (3.44%) PaaS
10 10 (2.87%) SaaS
11 9 (2.58%) IaaS
12 8 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.01%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.72%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.72%) Mimecast
14 6 (1.72%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.72%) Serverless
15 5 (1.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 332 (95.13%) DNS
2 132 (37.82%) Firewall
3 90 (25.79%) TCP/IP
4 76 (21.78%) LAN
5 70 (20.06%) WAN
6 53 (15.19%) SAN
7 44 (12.61%) VLAN
8 43 (12.32%) VPN
9 41 (11.75%) Wireless
10 36 (10.32%) BGP
11 32 (9.17%) MPLS
11 32 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (8.02%) OSPF
13 26 (7.45%) Cisco Nexus
14 18 (5.16%) Cisco ASA
14 18 (5.16%) Network Security
15 16 (4.58%) HTTP
15 16 (4.58%) SD-WAN
16 15 (4.30%) Cisco ISE
16 15 (4.30%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.01%) MySQL
4 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.29%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.29%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Power BI
6 1 (0.29%) Redis
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 29 (8.31%) JIRA
2 13 (3.72%) Git
3 7 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (1.43%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.57%) MSI
6 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.29%) Darcs
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.29%) Subversion
6 1 (0.29%) Travis CI
General
1 135 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.18%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (8.31%) Finance
4 20 (5.73%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.73%) Telecoms
5 19 (5.44%) Military
6 9 (2.58%) Aerospace
6 9 (2.58%) Banking
7 6 (1.72%) Local Government
8 5 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (0.86%) Front Office
10 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.57%) Automotive
11 2 (0.57%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.57%) French Language
11 2 (0.57%) German Language
11 2 (0.57%) Legal
11 2 (0.57%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.57%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 91 (26.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 61 (17.48%) Network Engineer
3 35 (10.03%) Support Engineer
4 33 (9.46%) Senior
5 27 (7.74%) Analyst
6 22 (6.30%) Active Directory Support
7 20 (5.73%) Test Engineer
8 19 (5.44%) Support Specialist
9 18 (5.16%) Architect
10 17 (4.87%) IT Analyst
10 17 (4.87%) IT Engineer
11 16 (4.58%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (4.58%) Test and Integration Engineer
12 14 (4.01%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (4.01%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (4.01%) IT Support
13 13 (3.72%) Network Support
13 13 (3.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.72%) Server Engineer
14 12 (3.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.02%) ARM Templates
2 14 (4.01%) LDAP
3 5 (1.43%) .NET
3 5 (1.43%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.43%) Node.js
3 5 (1.43%) Web Services
4 4 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.15%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.86%) React
5 3 (0.86%) XMPP
6 2 (0.57%) ADSI
6 2 (0.57%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.57%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.57%) Jinja
6 2 (0.57%) JSON
6 2 (0.57%) RESTful
6 2 (0.57%) XML
6 2 (0.57%) YANG
7 1 (0.29%) Flask
7 1 (0.29%) libvirt
Miscellaneous
1 79 (22.64%) PKI
2 64 (18.34%) Data Centre
3 28 (8.02%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (7.74%) Clustering
5 12 (3.44%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.01%) Private Cloud
8 7 (2.01%) Replication
9 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.43%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.43%) NHS
11 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.15%) Fat Client
11 4 (1.15%) Thin Client
11 4 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 213 (61.03%) Windows
2 156 (44.70%) Windows Server
3 87 (24.93%) Linux
4 58 (16.62%) Windows Server 2012
5 57 (16.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (15.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 46 (13.18%) Windows 10
8 27 (7.74%) Unix
9 17 (4.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (4.58%) Windows 7
11 14 (4.01%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (4.01%) Windows XP
12 12 (3.44%) Ubuntu
13 8 (2.29%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (1.72%) Solaris
15 5 (1.43%) CentOS
15 5 (1.43%) Oracle Linux
16 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.86%) Android
17 3 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 81 (23.21%) ITIL
3 69 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (19.48%) Agile
5 45 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (10.89%) Migration
7 34 (9.74%) Release Management
8 33 (9.46%) DevOps
9 31 (8.88%) Analytics
10 30 (8.60%) CI/CD
10 30 (8.60%) Service Management
11 29 (8.31%) RBAC
11 29 (8.31%) Server Management
12 28 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (7.16%) Storage Management
14 24 (6.88%) Computer Science
15 23 (6.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
16 22 (6.30%) Change Management
17 21 (6.02%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (33.81%) PowerShell
2 38 (10.89%) Python
3 33 (9.46%) C#
4 32 (9.17%) SQL
5 28 (8.02%) VBScript
6 21 (6.02%) Bicep
6 21 (6.02%) VB
7 16 (4.58%) Java
8 15 (4.30%) Bash
9 6 (1.72%) Go
9 6 (1.72%) Perl
9 6 (1.72%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.43%) C
11 3 (0.86%) C++
11 3 (0.86%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.86%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 102 (29.23%) Security Cleared
2 82 (23.50%) Degree
3 76 (21.78%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (20.63%) SC Cleared
5 61 (17.48%) DV Cleared
6 59 (16.91%) CCNA
7 53 (15.19%) CCNP
8 40 (11.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (7.16%) MCSE
10 23 (6.59%) MCSA
11 22 (6.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 21 (6.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 9 (2.58%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.58%) CCIE
14 8 (2.29%) Azure Certification
15 7 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
16 6 (1.72%) DBS Check
16 6 (1.72%) JNCIA
17 5 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.15%) GDPR
2 8 (2.29%) NIST
3 6 (1.72%) SLA
4 5 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.57%) NCSC
6 2 (0.57%) QA
7 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 217 (62.18%) Active Directory
2 125 (35.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (14.04%) VMware ESXi
4 45 (12.89%) Hyper-V
5 38 (10.89%) Virtual Machines
6 34 (9.74%) vSphere
7 31 (8.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 25 (7.16%) XenApp
9 19 (5.44%) Docker
10 16 (4.58%) VMware NSX
11 12 (3.44%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (2.87%) VMware Workstation
12 10 (2.87%) XenDesktop
13 6 (1.72%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (1.43%) BitLocker
14 5 (1.43%) Terminal Services
14 5 (1.43%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.86%) KVM
16 2 (0.57%) NFS
16 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 95 (27.22%) SCCM
2 50 (14.33%) SCOM
3 47 (13.47%) WSUS
4 42 (12.03%) vCenter Server
5 40 (11.46%) Kubernetes
6 39 (11.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 33 (9.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 23 (6.59%) Terraform
9 22 (6.30%) Ansible
9 22 (6.30%) NetBackup
10 19 (5.44%) EMC NetWorker
11 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Clustering
11 10 (2.87%) Nagios
12 8 (2.29%) FortiGate
12 8 (2.29%) Nessus
12 8 (2.29%) SolarWinds Orion
13 7 (2.01%) OpenView
14 6 (1.72%) ZABBIX
15 5 (1.43%) Red Hat Satellite
15 5 (1.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 169 (48.42%) Microsoft
2 148 (42.41%) VMware
3 90 (25.79%) Cisco
4 42 (12.03%) Palo Alto
5 40 (11.46%) Citrix
5 40 (11.46%) Dell
6 30 (8.60%) Veeam
7 27 (7.74%) Symantec
8 25 (7.16%) HP
8 25 (7.16%) SolarWinds
9 24 (6.88%) Oracle
10 20 (5.73%) EMC
10 20 (5.73%) Infoblox
11 19 (5.44%) Juniper
12 18 (5.16%) CheckPoint
13 17 (4.87%) Ivanti
14 15 (4.30%) Extreme Networks
14 15 (4.30%) F5
15 14 (4.01%) 3PAR
15 14 (4.01%) Aruba