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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 38 53
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 +10
Contract jobs citing Service Management 21 20 25
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.93% 3.87% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 4.23% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 20
10th Percentile £423 - £300
25th Percentile £500 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £476
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.19% +5.83%
75th Percentile £688 £573 £588
90th Percentile £758 £638 £605
South West median daily rate £575 £563 £509
% change year-on-year +2.22% +10.51% -7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £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 £47.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% -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 885 473 857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 81.49% 91.49% 82.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 283 488
10th Percentile £316 £213 £259
25th Percentile £400 £341 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £625
90th Percentile £669 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 64 159
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £39.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £60.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.63
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.50 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

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 17 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
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 (9.52%) Confluence
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.76%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) Asana
4 1 (4.76%) PaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) Skype
1 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) JIRA
2 3 (14.29%) Bitbucket
3 2 (9.52%) Git
4 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Service Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 3 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Architect
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Manager
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) ITIL Service Architect
6 1 (4.76%) JIRA Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) SharePoint Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) SharePoint Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) REST
1 4 (19.05%) SOAP
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) CMDB
2 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.76%) PKI
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) ITIL
2 12 (57.14%) Agile
2 12 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (52.38%) ITSM
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (19.05%) Data Integration
5 4 (19.05%) Data Modelling
5 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (19.05%) Logistics
5 4 (19.05%) Service Design
5 4 (19.05%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (14.29%) CAD
6 3 (14.29%) Change Management
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Configuration Management
6 3 (14.29%) Scrum
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
2 2 (9.52%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
3 2 (9.52%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) MCSE
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) OCA
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (4.76%) RHCA
4 1 (4.76%) RHCE
4 1 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Ansible
1 2 (9.52%) Progress Chef
1 2 (9.52%) Puppet
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) Remedy
4 1 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Siemens
4 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.76%) Splunk
4 1 (4.76%) Veeam