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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 55 49
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Service Management 27 14 29
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.27% 1.97% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 2.24% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 24
10th Percentile £422 £475 £378
25th Percentile £466 £514 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% +13.16%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £609
90th Percentile £688 - £650
South West median daily rate £575 £575 £528
% change year-on-year - +9.00% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £45.63 - -
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 £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 713 626 853
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.32% 88.17% 86.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 347 528
10th Percentile £259 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.45% +6.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £646
90th Percentile £723 £740 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 86 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £41.75 £34.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.19 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £31.25 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -51.92% +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 17 December 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 17 December 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 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
1 5 (18.52%) Skype for Business
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) GCP
3 1 (3.70%) Asana
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) DHCP
1 5 (18.52%) DNS
1 5 (18.52%) Skype
1 5 (18.52%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Bitbucket
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 13 (48.15%) Public Sector
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Military
6 1 (3.70%) Aviation
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Wintel Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (11.11%) ITIL Service Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Service Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Help Desk Support
6 1 (3.70%) Integration Architect
6 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Junior
6 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) CSS
1 2 (7.41%) HTML
1 2 (7.41%) REST
1 2 (7.41%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) ADO
2 1 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) PKI
2 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) ITIL
2 14 (51.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (48.15%) ITSM
4 9 (33.33%) Agile
5 8 (29.63%) Service Delivery
6 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
6 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (22.22%) Service Design
7 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (18.52%) System Testing
8 4 (14.81%) Change Management
8 4 (14.81%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (11.11%) CAD
9 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 3 (11.11%) Logistics
9 3 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 18 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
5 5 (18.52%) CCNA
5 5 (18.52%) CCNP
5 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (18.52%) Master's Degree
5 5 (18.52%) MCSE
5 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (18.52%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) SCCM
1 5 (18.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco
2 5 (18.52%) SolarWinds
2 5 (18.52%) Splunk
2 5 (18.52%) Veeam
2 5 (18.52%) VMware
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) SAP
5 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.70%) Okta
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (3.70%) Salesforce