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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 55 48
Rank change year-on-year +32 -7 +24
Contract jobs citing Service Management 44 23 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.78% 2.07% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.42% 2.56% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 31
10th Percentile £205 £154 £325
25th Percentile £241 £256 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -22.73% -1.12%
75th Percentile £388 £594 £619
90th Percentile £573 £618 £785
South West median daily rate £556 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +11.25% -13.04% +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £31.15 - £51.08
25th Percentile £31.25 - £57.56
Median hourly rate £32.50 - £69.25
75th Percentile £33.75 - £80.06
90th Percentile £41.85 - £86.03
South West median hourly rate £32.50 - £48.50
% change year-on-year - - +193.94%

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 593 899 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.37% 80.92% 87.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 493 700
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £361 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.31% +4.50%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £638
90th Percentile £644 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 211 160
10th Percentile £18.13 £40.00 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £50.00 £17.70
Median hourly rate £40.84 £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.66% +12.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £74.50 £77.50 £83.44
South West median hourly rate £28.10 £55.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -48.92% -10.57% +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 6 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Bristol

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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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) AWS
1 9 (20.45%) Azure
2 8 (18.18%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
1 17 (38.64%) Telecoms
2 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 15 (34.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (31.82%) Public Sector
5 9 (20.45%) Electronics
5 9 (20.45%) Manufacturing
5 9 (20.45%) Marketing
6 3 (6.82%) Military
7 1 (2.27%) Aviation
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Analyst
1 10 (22.73%) Desktop Support
1 10 (22.73%) Support Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) Applications Support
2 8 (18.18%) Network Manager
2 8 (18.18%) Network Project Manager
2 8 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 7 (15.91%) Applications Developer
3 7 (15.91%) Applications Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Applications Support Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Developer
3 7 (15.91%) Support Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Azure Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) C# Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Deskside Analyst
4 6 (13.64%) Deskside Support
4 6 (13.64%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 6 (13.64%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) .NET
1 8 (18.18%) CSS
1 8 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (43.18%) ITIL
2 19 (43.18%) ITSM
2 19 (43.18%) Service Delivery
3 11 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (22.73%) Project Management
5 9 (20.45%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (20.45%) CI/CD
5 9 (20.45%) Computer Science
5 9 (20.45%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (20.45%) Digital Marketing
5 9 (20.45%) Programme Management
5 9 (20.45%) Software Delivery
6 8 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
6 8 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (18.18%) TDD
6 8 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 8 (18.18%) User Experience
6 8 (18.18%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) C#
1 8 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Security Cleared
2 15 (34.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (20.45%) Degree
4 8 (18.18%) Azure Certification
4 8 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) SLA
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
1 10 (22.73%) SAP
2 8 (18.18%) Ericsson
2 8 (18.18%) Google
2 8 (18.18%) Nokia
3 5 (11.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle