DHCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 160 182
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +42
Contract jobs citing DHCP 262 366 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.29% 1.59% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.00% 10.52% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 263 286
10th Percentile £203 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £320 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -
75th Percentile £608 £575 £475
90th Percentile £638 £693 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -2.56% +14.71% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 21
10th Percentile £18.70 £32.89 £20.00
25th Percentile - £36.75 £20.51
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +103.49% +7.50%
75th Percentile £44.38 £52.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £66.75 - £46.71
UK 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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,273 3,480 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.12% 15.12% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,191 2,661
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £348 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 308 244
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.94
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing DHCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing DHCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for DHCP in the UK excluding London

DHCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +50 124 £506 -7.95% 61
Midlands +4 41 £400 +1.59% 44
West Midlands +17 34 £400 -23.81% 22
South West -22 34 £538 +11.69% 16
North of England -19 30 £388 -18.42% 77
Scotland +44 26 £239 -48.60% 18
North West +1 19 £400 +10.34% 49
Yorkshire -17 9 £378 -28.10% 26
East of England -32 7 £425 -20.93% 28
East Midlands -11 6 £325 -13.33% 22
North East +12 2 £613 +118.75% 2
Wales +5 2 £425 -22.73% 7
DHCP
UK

DHCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 74 (28.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (6.87%) Confluence
3 9 (3.44%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.15%) IIS
5 2 (0.76%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 29 (11.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.61%) Azure
2 51 (19.47%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (11.45%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.49%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (6.49%) Azure Storage
5 15 (5.73%) OCI
6 9 (3.44%) AWS
7 7 (2.67%) IaaS
8 6 (2.29%) GCP
9 3 (1.15%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.38%) Azure Stack
11 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.38%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.38%) PaaS
11 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 251 (95.80%) DNS
2 90 (34.35%) Firewall
3 49 (18.70%) VPN
4 47 (17.94%) TCP/IP
5 45 (17.18%) SAN
6 42 (16.03%) LAN
6 42 (16.03%) WAN
7 29 (11.07%) VLAN
8 21 (8.02%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (8.02%) Wireless
9 16 (6.11%) MPLS
10 10 (3.82%) Remote Desktop
10 10 (3.82%) VoIP
11 8 (3.05%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (3.05%) SMTP
12 7 (2.67%) NAS
12 7 (2.67%) Network Security
13 6 (2.29%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (2.29%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (2.29%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.53%) MySQL
3 4 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (6.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.76%) Artifactory
2 2 (0.76%) Git
3 1 (0.38%) MSI
3 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 111 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.25%) Military
4 17 (6.49%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.58%) Finance
6 11 (4.20%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.44%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.05%) Banking
9 7 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.15%) Front Office
10 3 (1.15%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.76%) Automotive
11 2 (0.76%) French Language
11 2 (0.76%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.38%) Advertising
12 1 (0.38%) Back Office
12 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (30.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (11.83%) Network Engineer
3 23 (8.78%) Support Engineer
4 20 (7.63%) Analyst
4 20 (7.63%) Architect
5 19 (7.25%) Support Specialist
5 19 (7.25%) Test Engineer
6 18 (6.87%) Senior
7 17 (6.49%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (6.11%) Integration Engineer
8 16 (6.11%) Test and Integration Engineer
9 15 (5.73%) Server Engineer
10 14 (5.34%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (5.34%) Azure Specialist
10 14 (5.34%) IT Analyst
10 14 (5.34%) IT Engineer
11 13 (4.96%) IT Support
11 13 (4.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.58%) Storage Engineer
13 10 (3.82%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.49%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.29%) LDAP
3 5 (1.91%) Web Services
4 4 (1.53%) .NET
5 3 (1.15%) XMPP
6 2 (0.76%) ADSI
7 1 (0.38%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.38%) Django
7 1 (0.38%) Flask
7 1 (0.38%) Middleware
7 1 (0.38%) Node.js
7 1 (0.38%) React
Miscellaneous
1 64 (24.43%) PKI
2 50 (19.08%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (6.49%) Clustering
5 12 (4.58%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.44%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.53%) Fat Client
9 4 (1.53%) NHS
9 4 (1.53%) Thin Client
10 3 (1.15%) CMDB
10 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 2 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (0.76%) Replication
12 1 (0.38%) Grid Computing
12 1 (0.38%) LIMS
12 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 179 (68.32%) Windows
2 123 (46.95%) Windows Server
3 69 (26.34%) Linux
4 60 (22.90%) Windows 10
5 55 (20.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 53 (20.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 47 (17.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (9.92%) Windows 7
9 24 (9.16%) Unix
10 14 (5.34%) Windows XP
11 12 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (4.58%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (4.20%) Ubuntu
13 10 (3.82%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (1.53%) Android
14 4 (1.53%) CentOS
15 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
15 3 (1.15%) VMS
16 1 (0.38%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (32.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 75 (28.63%) ITIL
3 50 (19.08%) Agile
4 46 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (10.69%) Migration
6 27 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (9.92%) Break/Fix
8 25 (9.54%) RBAC
8 25 (9.54%) Release Management
8 25 (9.54%) Server Management
8 25 (9.54%) Service Management
9 22 (8.40%) Analytics
9 22 (8.40%) Customer Service
9 22 (8.40%) Project Delivery
10 20 (7.63%) DevOps
10 20 (7.63%) Storage Management
11 19 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (7.25%) Project Management
12 18 (6.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (34.73%) PowerShell
2 29 (11.07%) SQL
3 27 (10.31%) C#
4 23 (8.78%) VBScript
5 17 (6.49%) Bicep
5 17 (6.49%) VB
6 12 (4.58%) Python
7 10 (3.82%) Java
8 7 (2.67%) Perl
9 5 (1.91%) Bash
10 3 (1.15%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 111 (42.37%) Security Cleared
2 80 (30.53%) SC Cleared
3 69 (26.34%) Degree
4 63 (24.05%) DV Cleared
5 46 (17.56%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (14.89%) CCNA
7 29 (11.07%) CCNP
8 27 (10.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (8.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (8.40%) MCSE
11 19 (7.25%) MCSA
12 17 (6.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 15 (5.73%) A+ Certification
14 8 (3.05%) CCIE
15 6 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.91%) CCIE Data Center
16 5 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
17 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
18 2 (0.76%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.67%) NIST
1 7 (2.67%) SLA
2 5 (1.91%) GDPR
3 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (1.15%) QA
4 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 181 (69.08%) Active Directory
2 107 (40.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (19.85%) VMware ESXi
4 41 (15.65%) Hyper-V
5 31 (11.83%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (8.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (7.63%) XenApp
8 19 (7.25%) vSphere
9 15 (5.73%) VMware NSX
10 14 (5.34%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (4.20%) VMware Workstation
12 9 (3.44%) Terminal Services
13 8 (3.05%) BitLocker
14 6 (2.29%) XenDesktop
15 5 (1.91%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (1.91%) VMware Server
16 4 (1.53%) Docker
17 3 (1.15%) Firmware
17 3 (1.15%) KVM
17 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 103 (39.31%) SCCM
2 50 (19.08%) vCenter Server
3 44 (16.79%) WSUS
4 34 (12.98%) SCOM
5 23 (8.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 22 (8.40%) Kubernetes
6 22 (8.40%) NetBackup
7 20 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (5.34%) EMC NetWorker
9 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (3.82%) Nagios
11 9 (3.44%) Ansible
12 7 (2.67%) FortiGate
13 6 (2.29%) ZABBIX
14 5 (1.91%) Nessus
14 5 (1.91%) OpenView
14 5 (1.91%) Red Hat Satellite
14 5 (1.91%) vMotion
15 3 (1.15%) AppManager
16 2 (0.76%) OPNET
Vendors
1 137 (52.29%) Microsoft
2 122 (46.56%) VMware
3 59 (22.52%) Cisco
4 31 (11.83%) Veeam
5 28 (10.69%) Citrix
6 27 (10.31%) Symantec
7 26 (9.92%) Palo Alto
8 22 (8.40%) Dell
9 19 (7.25%) Oracle
10 18 (6.87%) HP
11 16 (6.11%) EMC
11 16 (6.11%) Ivanti
12 15 (5.73%) Juniper
13 14 (5.34%) 3PAR
13 14 (5.34%) Extreme Networks
14 13 (4.96%) SolarWinds
15 10 (3.82%) CheckPoint
15 10 (3.82%) Infoblox
16 9 (3.44%) NetApp
17 8 (3.05%) Hitachi