OSS Specialist Contract Job Trends in Bristol

OSS Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median OSS Specialist daily rate in Bristol is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £486 - -
South West median daily rate £463 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,046 504 990
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 95.27% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 301 559
10th Percentile £284 £200 £250
25th Percentile £400 £335 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 72 186
10th Percentile £17.87 £32.75 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.01 £59.38 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile - £68.19 £74.86
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.60% -25.71%

OSS Specialist Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, OSS Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring OSS Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Huawei
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network

OSS Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) Huawei
1 3 (100.00%) Qualys
OSS Specialist jobs