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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 36 53
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 +2
Contract jobs citing Service Management 20 21 26
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.76% 4.00% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 4.36% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 21
10th Percentile £428 - £200
25th Percentile £500 £355 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £510 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +10.27% -19.57%
75th Percentile £688 £573 £588
90th Percentile £753 £638 £600
South West median daily rate £575 £563 £503
% change year-on-year +2.22% +11.83% -12.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £30.94 £35.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £36.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -24.21% -26.92%
75th Percentile £50.94 £37.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £56.38 - -
South West median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -23.61% -24.21% -26.92%

All Process & 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 918 482 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 80.88% 91.81% 82.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 290 502
10th Percentile £310 £213 £258
25th Percentile £400 £355 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £514
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -11.13% +2.85%
75th Percentile £557 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 68 155
10th Percentile £17.69 £32.05 £36.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -22.76%

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 31 March 2026.

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 31 March 2026.

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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) Asana
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
2 3 (15.00%) Bitbucket
3 2 (10.00%) Git
4 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow Architect
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow Manager
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL Service Architect
5 1 (5.00%) JIRA Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Product Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) REST
1 4 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (5.00%) CSS
2 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) ITIL
1 11 (55.00%) ITSM
2 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (20.00%) Logistics
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (15.00%) CAD
5 3 (15.00%) Change Management
5 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Bash
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (15.00%) PMP
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (5.00%) CCNP
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (5.00%) OCA
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (5.00%) RHCA
5 1 (5.00%) RHCE
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Progress Chef
1 2 (10.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Remedy
3 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Siemens
3 1 (5.00%) VMware