Service Delivery Contracts in Bristol

Service Delivery
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Service Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 57 56
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 33 17 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.78% 1.81% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 2.20% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 14
10th Percentile - £198 £251
25th Percentile £235 - £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £375 £556
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -32.58% +1.14%
75th Percentile £386 £600 £643
90th Percentile £390 £623 £694
South West median daily rate £373 £464 £525
% change year-on-year -19.57% -11.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £17.53 £12.42 £42.36
25th Percentile £17.89 £12.47 £60.63
Median hourly rate £18.47 £12.75 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.83% -84.06% +103.60%
75th Percentile £19.06 £13.22 £90.63
90th Percentile £19.41 £13.39 £101.25
South West median hourly rate £20.82 £21.56 £80.00
% change year-on-year -3.44% -73.05% +201.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Service Delivery 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 635 774 922
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.90% 82.34% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 427 641
10th Percentile £235 £262 £308
25th Percentile £361 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £644
90th Percentile £650 £715 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 172 114
10th Percentile £12.82 £43.75 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.51 £60.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £66.00 £74.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £79.80 £84.89
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £66.26 £64.15
% change year-on-year -62.04% +3.30% +18.79%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in Bristol

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in Bristol

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Bristol

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in Bristol

Service Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) AWS
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
1 8 (24.24%) GCP
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) VPN
General
1 20 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 15 (45.45%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 11 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (21.21%) Electronics
4 7 (21.21%) Manufacturing
4 7 (21.21%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Support Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Applications Support
3 8 (24.24%) Network Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Network Project Manager
4 7 (21.21%) Applications Developer
4 7 (21.21%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Desktop Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Desktop Support
4 7 (21.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Developer
5 6 (18.18%) Azure Developer
5 6 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (18.18%) C# Application Developer
5 6 (18.18%) C# Developer
5 6 (18.18%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
7 1 (3.03%) MATLAB Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) .NET
1 8 (24.24%) CSS
1 8 (24.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.03%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Service Management
2 12 (36.36%) Project Management
2 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (30.30%) Programme Management
4 8 (24.24%) CI/CD
4 8 (24.24%) Computer Science
4 8 (24.24%) Continuous Delivery
4 8 (24.24%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (24.24%) Software Delivery
4 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
4 8 (24.24%) TDD
4 8 (24.24%) Test Automation
4 8 (24.24%) User Experience
4 8 (24.24%) Web Development
5 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (21.21%) Case Management
5 7 (21.21%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
5 7 (21.21%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (21.21%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C#
1 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.03%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Degree
2 8 (24.24%) Azure Certification
2 8 (24.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (21.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (21.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (24.24%) NSN NetAct
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) SAP
2 8 (24.24%) Ericsson
2 8 (24.24%) Google
2 8 (24.24%) Nokia
3 7 (21.21%) Citrix
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle