Service Desk Specialist Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Service Desk Specialist
South West > Bristol

As of 27 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Service Desk Specialist daily rate in Bristol.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Desk Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.095% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £19.50 - -

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 996 546 981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 96.30% 95.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 306 548
10th Percentile £279 £181 £258
25th Percentile £402 £306 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.37% +2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £633
90th Percentile £719 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 72 172
10th Percentile £17.87 £35.10 £36.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £60.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £64.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.86
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.03% -22.73%

Service Desk Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Desk Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Service Desk Specialist job vacancy trend in Bristol

Service Desk Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Service Desk 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 Service Desk Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Service Desk 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware