DHCP Contracts in the West Midlands

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 88 140
Rank change year-on-year +16 +52 -24
Contract jobs citing DHCP 39 41 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.91% 1.85% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.54% 10.93% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 36 26
10th Percentile £213 £196 £164
25th Percentile £300 £363 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +70.00% -34.64%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £419
90th Percentile £775 - £498
England median daily rate £475 £498 £425
% change year-on-year -4.52% +17.06% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £20.26
90th Percentile - - £20.41
England 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
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 370 375 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.12% 16.95% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 223 279
10th Percentile £200 £253 £163
25th Percentile £300 £323 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £451 £413
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +9.21% -0.60%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £545
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 11
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.63 £13.63
Median hourly rate £19.95 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £37.58 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Birmingham -3 9 £350 -37.78% 7
Worcestershire +10 8 £550 +4.76% 3
Solihull - 7 £225 - 1
Shropshire +1 5 £300 -
Warwickshire 0 5 £750 +76.47% 1
Coventry +9 4 £400 +33.33% 3
Staffordshire +7 1 £380 -45.71% 2
Wednesbury - 1 £250 -
DHCP
England

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (97.44%) DNS
2 15 (38.46%) LAN
3 14 (35.90%) WAN
4 12 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 8 (20.51%) Firewall
6 7 (17.95%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (17.95%) VPN
7 6 (15.38%) VoIP
8 5 (12.82%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (12.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (12.82%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (12.82%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (12.82%) Ethereal
8 5 (12.82%) Ethernet
8 5 (12.82%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (12.82%) PBX
8 5 (12.82%) SD-WAN
8 5 (12.82%) Wireless
8 5 (12.82%) Wireshark
8 5 (12.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.56%) Advertising
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Administrator
3 6 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (12.82%) Network Support
4 5 (12.82%) Network Support Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Server Administrator
4 5 (12.82%) VMWare Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.13%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) ADO
2 1 (2.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.82%) PKI
3 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (61.54%) Windows
2 23 (58.97%) Windows Server
3 10 (25.64%) Linux
4 9 (23.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (15.38%) Unix
5 6 (15.38%) Windows 10
6 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (10.26%) CentOS
7 4 (10.26%) Ubuntu
8 3 (7.69%) Windows 7
9 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (20.51%) Virtual Environments
4 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 6 (15.38%) ITIL
4 6 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 6 (15.38%) Server Patching
4 6 (15.38%) Visualisation
5 5 (12.82%) Data Analytics
5 5 (12.82%) Information Management
5 5 (12.82%) Load Balancing
5 5 (12.82%) Network Architecture
5 5 (12.82%) Performance Management
5 5 (12.82%) Programme Management
5 5 (12.82%) Resource Management
5 5 (12.82%) SIEM
5 5 (12.82%) SOA
5 5 (12.82%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) C#
1 8 (20.51%) Java
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.26%) Bash
3 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (17.95%) DV Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) CCNA
3 6 (15.38%) Degree
4 5 (12.82%) CCIE
4 5 (12.82%) CCIE Data Center
5 1 (2.56%) CCNP
5 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (43.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (35.90%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (25.64%) VMware NSX
5 5 (12.82%) VMware Server
5 5 (12.82%) vSphere
6 3 (7.69%) BitLocker
7 2 (5.13%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.56%) XenApp
8 1 (2.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (46.15%) SCCM
2 13 (33.33%) vCenter Server
3 5 (12.82%) OpenView
4 2 (5.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) VMware
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (25.64%) Cisco
4 6 (15.38%) Zscaler
5 5 (12.82%) CheckPoint
5 5 (12.82%) Infoblox
5 5 (12.82%) Palo Alto
5 5 (12.82%) Symantec
5 5 (12.82%) Veeam
6 1 (2.56%) Citrix
6 1 (2.56%) Ivanti
6 1 (2.56%) Mitel