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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 49 59
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing Service Management 24 15 25
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.53% 2.51% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 2.80% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 22
10th Percentile £473 £479 £308
25th Percentile £525 £516 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £476
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +13.91% -23.80%
75th Percentile £688 £589 £588
90th Percentile £775 £638 £645
South West median daily rate £575 £570 £500
% change year-on-year +0.88% +14.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £48.50 - -
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 £34.25
% change year-on-year +66.67% +5.11% -47.31%

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 797 536 868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.89% 89.63% 83.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 297 527
10th Percentile £325 £207 £300
25th Percentile £403 £351 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £643
90th Percentile £744 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 62 142
10th Percentile £17.69 £31.40 £33.20
25th Percentile £33.50 £57.63 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.22% +18.18% -10.57%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.83%) SharePoint
1 5 (20.83%) Skype for Business
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Asana
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DHCP
1 5 (20.83%) DNS
1 5 (20.83%) Skype
1 5 (20.83%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Bitbucket
General
1 15 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Public Sector
3 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (8.33%) Military
5 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Electronics
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Wintel Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Consultant
3 3 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 3 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) ITIL Service Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Junior Architect
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Service Architect
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) REST
1 2 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) PKI
2 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.17%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) ITIL
2 13 (54.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (41.67%) ITSM
4 8 (33.33%) Agile
5 7 (29.17%) Service Delivery
6 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
6 6 (25.00%) Service Design
7 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
7 5 (20.83%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (20.83%) Logistics
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (20.83%) System Testing
8 4 (16.67%) Change Management
8 4 (16.67%) Data Integration
9 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (12.50%) Process Improvement
9 3 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
10 2 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) PowerShell
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) SC Cleared
1 17 (70.83%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
4 5 (20.83%) CCNP
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.83%) Master's Degree
4 5 (20.83%) MCSE
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.17%) QA
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (20.83%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) SCCM
1 5 (20.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) SolarWinds
2 5 (20.83%) Splunk
2 5 (20.83%) Veeam
2 5 (20.83%) VMware
3 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (8.33%) SAP
5 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.17%) Siemens