Service Management Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Service Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 55 52
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Service Management 30 14 31
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.75% 1.82% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 2.14% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £206 £375 £330
25th Percentile £387 £484 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £676 - £650
South West median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.25 £35.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -24.21% -26.92%
75th Percentile - £37.00 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% +71.43% -67.69%

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 697 654 909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 87.23% 84.94% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 345 571
10th Percentile £250 £222 £300
25th Percentile £390 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £739 £750 £706
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 94 119
10th Percentile £15.18 £35.30 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £57.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Service Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Service Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Service Management

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Management in Bristol

Service Management
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 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 5 (16.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) AWS
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) DHCP
1 5 (16.67%) DNS
1 5 (16.67%) Skype
1 5 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Public Sector
3 10 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Finance
5 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.67%) Military
7 1 (3.33%) Aviation
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Lead
3 5 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 4 (13.33%) ITIL Service Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Service Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 3 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support
6 2 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Network Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 2 (6.67%) Technology Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ADO
1 1 (3.33%) CSS
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (73.33%) ITIL
2 15 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (46.67%) ITSM
4 11 (36.67%) Service Delivery
5 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
6 6 (20.00%) Agile
6 6 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
6 6 (20.00%) Service Design
7 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 5 (16.67%) System Testing
8 4 (13.33%) Data Analysis
8 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.00%) Change Management
9 3 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (6.67%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (6.67%) ERP
10 2 (6.67%) Project Management
10 2 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
10 2 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 19 (63.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (23.33%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (16.67%) CCNA
4 5 (16.67%) CCNP
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (16.67%) Degree
4 5 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 5 (16.67%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (16.67%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) SCCM
1 5 (16.67%) WSUS
2 2 (6.67%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco
2 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 5 (16.67%) Splunk
2 5 (16.67%) Veeam
2 5 (16.67%) VMware
3 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.67%) Ericsson
4 2 (6.67%) Nokia
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Okta
5 1 (3.33%) Salesforce