ITSM Contract Job Trends in Bristol

IT Service Management (ITSM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 47 43
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing ITSM 14 17 38
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.68% 2.41% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.71% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 25
10th Percentile £177 £199 £379
25th Percentile £309 £213 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £640
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% -21.88% +178.26%
75th Percentile £506 £553 £680
90th Percentile £530 £614 -
South West median daily rate £539 £510 £515
% change year-on-year +5.64% -0.97% +28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £35.00 £54.65
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £57.29
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -37.16% +25.90%
75th Percentile - £37.00 £59.92
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £57.29
% change year-on-year +66.67% -37.16% +25.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 627 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.06% 88.94% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 347 525
10th Percentile £258 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.88% +7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £724 £746 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 83 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £38.30 £34.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Bristol

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Bristol

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ITSM

ITSM
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) AWS
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (7.14%) Asana
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Bitbucket
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Architect
1 3 (21.43%) IT Manager
1 3 (21.43%) IT Services Manager
1 3 (21.43%) Service Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Service Architect
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) REST
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (7.14%) ADO
2 1 (7.14%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.14%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Service Management
2 11 (78.57%) ITIL
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 6 (42.86%) Service Design
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (35.71%) Customer Service
6 4 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (21.43%) CAD
7 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
7 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (14.29%) Change Management
8 2 (14.29%) Operations Management
8 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
9 1 (7.14%) Multithreading
9 1 (7.14%) Resource Management
9 1 (7.14%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Okta
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce