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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 25 60
Rank change year-on-year -40 +35 -12
Contract jobs citing Service Management 20 42 23
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.50% 6.87% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 7.45% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 19
10th Percentile £278 £205 £154
25th Percentile £438 £241 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £425
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -12.94% -22.73%
75th Percentile £563 £388 £594
90th Percentile £745 £573 £618
South West median daily rate £500 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £25.13 £31.15 -
25th Percentile £30.94 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.25 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% - -
75th Percentile £50.94 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £56.38 £41.85 -
South West median hourly rate £41.25 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +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 1,040 564 906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.08% 92.31% 80.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 298 492
10th Percentile £350 £235 £260
25th Percentile £413 £362 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £449 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -10.30% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £599
90th Percentile £638 £645 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 86 213
10th Percentile £19.31 £18.32 £40.00
25th Percentile £51.59 £18.87 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £44.65 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.58% -36.21% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £79.60
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £28.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +101.40% -48.09% -8.33%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
1 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 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Asana
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) GCP
2 1 (5.00%) PaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Bitbucket
2 2 (10.00%) Git
3 1 (5.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 2 (10.00%) Service Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 1 (5.00%) Product Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) REST
1 2 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) CMDB
1 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) ITIL
2 10 (50.00%) ITSM
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
4 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 3 (15.00%) Configuration Management
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
8 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.00%) Fault Management
8 2 (10.00%) Logistics
8 2 (10.00%) Project Management
8 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMP
4 1 (5.00%) CCNP
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) OCA
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (5.00%) RHCA
4 1 (5.00%) RHCE
4 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Progress Chef
1 2 (10.00%) Puppet
2 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Remedy
4 1 (5.00%) Juniper
4 1 (5.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) Siemens
4 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.00%) VMware