DHCP Job Trends in Bristol

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring DHCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 86 121
Rank change year-on-year +24 +35 +28
Permanent jobs citing DHCP 34 21 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.64% 1.52% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.29% 14.48% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 22 7 7
10th Percentile £30,525 £31,329 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,125 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +49.25% -33.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £53,125 £48,250
90th Percentile - £58,250 £53,000
South West median annual salary £33,000 £44,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.71% -17.65%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 146 145 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 7.03% 10.47% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 111 91 160
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,150
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,750 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +2.00% -3.69%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £72,750
South West median annual salary £33,500 £51,058 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.39% +4.20% +3.16%

DHCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

DHCP job vacancy trend in Bristol

DHCP
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing DHCP

DHCP
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing DHCP in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for DHCP in Bristol

DHCP
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DHCP within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Avonmouth - 1 £29,500 -
DHCP
South West

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 20 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (35.29%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (73.53%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) DNS
2 20 (58.82%) Firewall
3 9 (26.47%) LAN
3 9 (26.47%) WAN
4 8 (23.53%) Internet
4 8 (23.53%) Kerberos
5 6 (17.65%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (14.71%) VLAN
6 5 (14.71%) VPN
6 5 (14.71%) Wireless
7 4 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (11.76%) IPsec
7 4 (11.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (47.06%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (97.06%) Social Skills
2 13 (38.24%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Law
4 6 (17.65%) Legal
5 4 (11.76%) Electronics
5 4 (11.76%) Finance
5 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 4 (11.76%) Marketing
5 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 13 (38.24%) IT Support
3 12 (35.29%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (23.53%) Analyst
5 7 (20.59%) Support Analyst
6 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (14.71%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 4 (11.76%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) IT Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) Senior IT Engineer
8 4 (11.76%) Senior IT Support
8 4 (11.76%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (23.53%) PKI
3 7 (20.59%) Driving Licence
4 4 (11.76%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (91.18%) Windows Server
3 20 (58.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (47.06%) Linux
5 11 (32.35%) Windows 10
6 10 (29.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.94%) Android
8 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Migration
2 14 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (38.24%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 12 (35.29%) Customer Experience
4 12 (35.29%) Email Filtering
4 12 (35.29%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (35.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 12 (35.29%) Web Filtering
5 8 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
7 4 (11.76%) ITIL
7 4 (11.76%) Programme Management
7 4 (11.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (11.76%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) PowerShell
2 8 (23.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) ACMT
2 4 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (55.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (38.24%) PCI DSS
3 8 (23.53%) SLA
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (88.24%) Active Directory
2 17 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 12 (35.29%) Terminal Server
4 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (11.76%) Docker
5 4 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) WSUS
2 4 (11.76%) Autotask
2 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (94.12%) Microsoft
2 17 (50.00%) VMware
3 16 (47.06%) Veeam
4 12 (35.29%) Brocade
4 12 (35.29%) Nimble Storage
4 12 (35.29%) SolarWinds
4 12 (35.29%) Splunk
4 12 (35.29%) Tanium
5 4 (11.76%) Apple
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco
5 4 (11.76%) Datto
5 4 (11.76%) Oracle
5 4 (11.76%) SAP
5 4 (11.76%) Sophos
6 1 (2.94%) Acronis