DHCP Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring DHCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 61 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +23
Contract jobs citing DHCP 6 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.70% 0.31% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.00% 2.82% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 10
10th Percentile £519 - £320
25th Percentile £525 - £573
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £615
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 - £630
90th Percentile - - £637
South West median daily rate £575 £420 £598
% change year-on-year +36.90% -29.71% +32.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 71 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 5.79% 11.16% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 91
10th Percentile £267 £188 £256
25th Percentile £401 £335 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.00% +29.90%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £675
90th Percentile £620 £575 £700
South West median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 13
10th Percentile £15.62 £11.75 £58.75
25th Percentile £28.44 £27.56 £68.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +665.31%
75th Percentile - - £77.00
90th Percentile £62.00 - £89.40
South West median hourly rate £46.25 £40.26 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.88% -28.73% +476.43%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DHCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

DHCP job vacancy trend in Bristol

DHCP
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP

DHCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (83.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) Skype
1 5 (83.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Critical Thinking
2 5 (83.33%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
2 5 (83.33%) CCNP
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Master's Degree
2 5 (83.33%) MCSE
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (83.33%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) SCCM
2 5 (83.33%) WSUS
3 1 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds
2 5 (83.33%) Splunk
2 5 (83.33%) Veeam
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) NetApp
3 1 (16.67%) SAP