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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 22 58
Rank change year-on-year -41 +36 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Management 22 50 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.62% 6.82% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 7.36% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 16
10th Percentile £213 £205 £126
25th Percentile £263 £211 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £473 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% -3.08% -11.36%
75th Percentile £656 £575 £594
90th Percentile £691 - £625
South West median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 0
10th Percentile £29.20 - -
25th Percentile £41.13 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +90.77% - -
75th Percentile £64.00 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £64.60 - -
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +95.38% - -

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 1,041 679 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 76.71% 92.63% 82.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 337 392
10th Percentile £325 £252 £293
25th Percentile £450 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £590
90th Percentile £675 £741 £712
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 151 138
10th Percentile £21.32 £12.82 £48.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.87 £64.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £70.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +7.57%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) LAN
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) DHCP
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) EDRMS
1 2 (9.09%) Looker
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
6 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.55%) Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Desktop Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Desktop Support
2 5 (22.73%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 5 (22.73%) Support Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Designer
3 2 (9.09%) Governance Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Service Designer
3 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) IT Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Management Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) CMDB
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
1 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 7 (31.82%) ITSM
4 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (22.73%) Fault Management
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (18.18%) Agile
6 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 4 (18.18%) Service Design
7 3 (13.64%) Data Governance
8 2 (9.09%) Business Transformation
8 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Content Management
8 2 (9.09%) Load Balancing
8 2 (9.09%) PLM
8 2 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (4.55%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.55%) WMI
2 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Databricks
2 2 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.55%) Juniper
3 1 (4.55%) McAfee
3 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.55%) Remedy