Service Management Contracts in Bristol

Service Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Service Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 48 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 +8 +20
Contract jobs citing Service Management 23 26 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 4.28% 2.46% 3.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 2.96% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 25
10th Percentile - £173 £335
25th Percentile £355 £300 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 £515 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% -10.43% +21.05%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £638
90th Percentile £600 £613 £785
South West median daily rate £551 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.95% -8.70% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £57.70
25th Percentile £31.25 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -26.92% +5.43%
75th Percentile £33.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - £75.00
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.58% -26.92% +96.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Service Management 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 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
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 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) AWS
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 8 (34.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 15 (65.22%) Public Sector
2 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 12 (52.17%) Telecoms
3 10 (43.48%) Electronics
3 10 (43.48%) Manufacturing
3 10 (43.48%) Marketing
4 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Applications Support
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Applications Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Support Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Azure Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Azure Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) C# Application Developer
3 6 (26.09%) C# Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Network Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) .NET
1 8 (34.78%) CSS
1 8 (34.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.35%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Service Delivery
2 10 (43.48%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
2 10 (43.48%) Continuous Integration
2 10 (43.48%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (43.48%) Programme Management
2 10 (43.48%) Software Delivery
3 9 (39.13%) Computer Science
3 9 (39.13%) ITIL
4 8 (34.78%) Continuous Delivery
4 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
4 8 (34.78%) TDD
4 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
4 8 (34.78%) User Experience
4 8 (34.78%) Web Development
5 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (26.09%) ITSM
6 6 (26.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (21.74%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) C#
1 8 (34.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 9 (39.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Certification
4 5 (21.74%) Security Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) SAP
2 8 (34.78%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Ericsson
3 2 (8.70%) Nokia
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft