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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 236 331
Rank change year-on-year +11 +95 -66
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 1,311 1,528 1,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.55% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.74% 9.80% 8.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 1,167 1,559
10th Percentile £26,043 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,375
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 £56,300
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% +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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -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 23 May 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 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +27 1,239 £40,000 -1.23% 285
UK excluding London -4 1,021 £37,500 -2.60% 238
Work from Home -5 411 £47,500 +5.56% 104
London +28 271 £55,000 +5.77% 63
North of England +30 267 £40,000 +0.52% 75
Midlands +53 240 £35,000 -6.67% 38
South East -38 240 £38,000 -2.56% 58
North West -10 142 £42,500 - 49
West Midlands +44 132 £36,250 -3.33% 21
South West -6 128 £31,000 -22.50% 22
East Midlands +39 104 £35,000 -4.11% 17
East of England -37 89 £32,500 -18.75% 32
Yorkshire +51 83 £32,250 -6.11% 22
North East +5 42 £41,500 +10.67% 4
Wales +16 25 £34,000 +6.25% 6
Scotland -81 24 £34,500 -1.43% 13
Northern Ireland +17 5 £32,500 -2.26% 1
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
1 366 (27.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 239 (18.23%) SharePoint
3 64 (4.88%) IIS
4 13 (0.99%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 8 (0.61%) Confluence
7 7 (0.53%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.31%) Apache
8 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
11 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 200 (15.26%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) CATIA
6 2 (0.15%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 17 (1.30%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
4 4 (0.31%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.076%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.076%) Eikon
7 1 (0.076%) Sage 300 ERP
7 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.076%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.076%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.076%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 704 (53.70%) Azure
2 703 (53.62%) Microsoft 365
3 265 (20.21%) Entra ID
4 207 (15.79%) AWS
5 95 (7.25%) OneDrive
6 59 (4.50%) IaaS
7 54 (4.12%) SaaS
8 47 (3.59%) Mimecast
9 44 (3.36%) Power Platform
10 39 (2.97%) Nutanix
11 38 (2.90%) OpenShift
12 32 (2.44%) PaaS
13 22 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (1.37%) Azure Storage
15 16 (1.22%) GCP
16 15 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
17 14 (1.07%) WhatsApp
18 13 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
19 12 (0.92%) Google Workspace
19 12 (0.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1,262 (96.26%) DNS
2 554 (42.26%) Firewall
3 497 (37.91%) TCP/IP
4 355 (27.08%) WAN
5 323 (24.64%) LAN
6 317 (24.18%) VPN
7 229 (17.47%) Wi-Fi
8 213 (16.25%) VLAN
9 156 (11.90%) SAN
10 154 (11.75%) Wireless
11 72 (5.49%) MPLS
12 67 (5.11%) VoIP
13 64 (4.88%) SD-WAN
14 62 (4.73%) Network Security
15 60 (4.58%) OSPF
16 57 (4.35%) IPsec
17 55 (4.20%) Internet
18 54 (4.12%) BGP
18 54 (4.12%) HTTP
19 52 (3.97%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (7.86%) SQL Server
2 30 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 25 (1.91%) Power BI
4 12 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (0.84%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.69%) MySQL
7 6 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.38%) Redis
9 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.076%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.076%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 32 (2.44%) JIRA
2 11 (0.84%) Git
3 10 (0.76%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.76%) Trac
4 2 (0.15%) GitLab
4 2 (0.15%) Hudson
4 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.076%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.076%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.076%) Selenium
5 1 (0.076%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 363 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 129 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (9.53%) Finance
4 42 (3.20%) Telecoms
5 39 (2.97%) Banking
6 31 (2.36%) Law
7 29 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (1.83%) Legal
10 23 (1.75%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.45%) Retail
13 18 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (0.92%) Public Sector
15 11 (0.84%) Marketing
16 9 (0.69%) Publishing
17 8 (0.61%) Automotive
18 7 (0.53%) German Language
19 6 (0.46%) Italian Language
19 6 (0.46%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 267 (20.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 226 (17.24%) IT Support
3 190 (14.49%) IT Engineer
4 185 (14.11%) Senior
5 183 (13.96%) Support Engineer
6 154 (11.75%) Analyst
7 120 (9.15%) Network Engineer
8 95 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 84 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
10 78 (5.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 78 (5.95%) Support Analyst
11 71 (5.42%) IT Technician
12 64 (4.88%) 3rd Line Support
13 61 (4.65%) Support Technician
14 57 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 53 (4.04%) Administrator
15 53 (4.04%) Systems Engineer
16 50 (3.81%) IT Analyst
17 49 (3.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 46 (3.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.29%) ARM Templates
2 23 (1.75%) 802.1X
3 17 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
4 15 (1.14%) LDAP
5 7 (0.53%) .NET
5 7 (0.53%) ADSI
5 7 (0.53%) HTML
5 7 (0.53%) Middleware
5 7 (0.53%) XML
6 5 (0.38%) ADO
7 2 (0.15%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.15%) LAMP
7 2 (0.15%) TAPI
7 2 (0.15%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.076%) EDI
8 1 (0.076%) JSON
8 1 (0.076%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.076%) Redfish
8 1 (0.076%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.45%) Data Centre
2 102 (7.78%) Driving Licence
3 66 (5.03%) PKI
4 62 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (4.12%) Replication
6 41 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 36 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 24 (1.83%) Clustering
10 22 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 19 (1.45%) Client/Server
12 17 (1.30%) Eurex
13 15 (1.14%) CCTV
13 15 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.92%) PMI
16 11 (0.84%) CMDB
17 10 (0.76%) NHS
17 10 (0.76%) Virtual Team
18 9 (0.69%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 969 (73.91%) Windows
2 673 (51.33%) Windows Server
3 269 (20.52%) Linux
4 216 (16.48%) Windows 10
5 192 (14.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 173 (13.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 129 (9.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 60 (4.58%) Apple iOS
9 51 (3.89%) Android
9 51 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 51 (3.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 46 (3.51%) Unix
11 35 (2.67%) CentOS
11 35 (2.67%) Mac OS
12 31 (2.36%) Ubuntu
13 22 (1.68%) Windows XP
14 18 (1.37%) VyOS
15 17 (1.30%) Windows 7
15 17 (1.30%) Windows 8
16 15 (1.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (25.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 327 (24.94%) ITIL
3 303 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (16.48%) Customer Service
5 155 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
6 151 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 112 (8.54%) Agile
8 92 (7.02%) DevOps
9 86 (6.56%) Project Management
10 80 (6.10%) Migration
11 68 (5.19%) Server Management
12 65 (4.96%) Service Management
13 64 (4.88%) Proactive Monitoring
14 60 (4.58%) Mentoring
15 59 (4.50%) Service Delivery
16 57 (4.35%) ITSM
17 54 (4.12%) Project Delivery
18 51 (3.89%) Incident Management
18 51 (3.89%) Kalman Filter
19 49 (3.74%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 336 (25.63%) PowerShell
2 114 (8.70%) SQL
3 108 (8.24%) Python
4 73 (5.57%) Bash
5 49 (3.74%) Java
6 34 (2.59%) C#
6 34 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 32 (2.44%) VBScript
8 25 (1.91%) Perl
9 21 (1.60%) VB
10 17 (1.30%) Ruby
11 15 (1.14%) Bicep
12 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.38%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.23%) R
14 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.15%) C
15 2 (0.15%) C++
15 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 186 (14.19%) Degree
2 147 (11.21%) Cisco Certification
3 134 (10.22%) CCNA
4 133 (10.14%) Security Cleared
5 124 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 89 (6.79%) DV Cleared
7 76 (5.80%) SC Cleared
8 53 (4.04%) CCNP
8 53 (4.04%) MCSE
9 42 (3.20%) DBS Check
10 41 (3.13%) MCSA
11 39 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 37 (2.82%) A+ Certification
13 34 (2.59%) Azure Certification
14 32 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 29 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 27 (2.06%) JNCIA
16 27 (2.06%) MCP
17 25 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
18 16 (1.22%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (8.24%) SLA
2 25 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.14%) GDPR
5 9 (0.69%) PMO
6 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.23%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.23%) QA
9 2 (0.15%) NCSC
10 1 (0.076%) GxP
10 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.076%) NIST
System Software
1 969 (73.91%) Active Directory
2 406 (30.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 387 (29.52%) Hyper-V
4 89 (6.79%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (4.65%) Docker
6 57 (4.35%) vSphere
7 52 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
8 35 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 33 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (1.53%) Terminal Services
11 18 (1.37%) pfSense
12 17 (1.30%) XenApp
13 16 (1.22%) NFS
14 12 (0.92%) XenDesktop
15 11 (0.84%) Firmware
16 9 (0.69%) DFS Replication
17 6 (0.46%) VMware NSX
18 4 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 4 (0.31%) KVM
18 4 (0.31%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 216 (16.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 138 (10.53%) SCCM
3 84 (6.41%) WSUS
4 79 (6.03%) Ansible
5 74 (5.64%) SCOM
6 69 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 68 (5.19%) Kubernetes
8 54 (4.12%) Puppet
9 45 (3.43%) vCenter Server
10 24 (1.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 23 (1.75%) Terraform
11 23 (1.75%) ZABBIX
12 21 (1.60%) FortiGate
13 19 (1.45%) NetBackup
14 18 (1.37%) Grafana
15 17 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
16 16 (1.22%) SCDPM
16 16 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
17 13 (0.99%) VxRail
18 12 (0.92%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 818 (62.40%) Microsoft
2 543 (41.42%) VMware
3 266 (20.29%) Cisco
4 160 (12.20%) Veeam
5 134 (10.22%) Citrix
6 100 (7.63%) Dell
7 96 (7.32%) HP
8 91 (6.94%) Fortinet
9 86 (6.56%) Juniper
10 77 (5.87%) Red Hat
11 66 (5.03%) Apple
12 63 (4.81%) SolarWinds
13 57 (4.35%) Oracle
14 56 (4.27%) Meraki
15 47 (3.59%) Ruckus Wireless
16 42 (3.20%) Sophos
17 39 (2.97%) Bloomberg
18 31 (2.36%) Palo Alto
18 31 (2.36%) WatchGuard
19 29 (2.21%) NetApp