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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 55 52
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Service Management 25 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.94% 2.07% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 2.31% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 20
10th Percentile £450 £475 £368
25th Percentile £484 £514 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £508
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +6.40% -8.97%
75th Percentile £659 £599 £591
90th Percentile £749 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £575 £550 £526
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.51% -4.32%
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 & 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 725 607 818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.39% 89.66% 85.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 340 508
10th Percentile £263 £213 £288
25th Percentile £400 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £478 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% -9.91% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 75 116
10th Percentile £15.61 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £58.63 £58.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £77.19
90th Percentile £67.55 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.46% +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 31 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 31 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (20.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) AWS
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Asana
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) DHCP
1 5 (20.00%) DNS
1 5 (20.00%) Skype
1 5 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Military
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.00%) IT Manager
4 3 (12.00%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Service Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL Service Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Service Architect
6 1 (4.00%) JIRA Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Junior Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Architect
6 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow Architect
6 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) CSS
1 2 (8.00%) HTML
1 2 (8.00%) REST
1 2 (8.00%) SOAP
2 1 (4.00%) ADO
2 1 (4.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (4.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) ITIL
2 13 (52.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (48.00%) ITSM
4 9 (36.00%) Agile
5 7 (28.00%) Service Delivery
6 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
6 6 (24.00%) Critical Thinking
6 6 (24.00%) Service Design
7 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
7 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (20.00%) System Testing
8 4 (16.00%) Change Management
8 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (16.00%) Logistics
8 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (16.00%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (12.00%) CAD
9 3 (12.00%) Data Modelling
9 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (68.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (28.00%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (24.00%) Degree
5 5 (20.00%) CCNA
5 5 (20.00%) CCNP
5 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (20.00%) Master's Degree
5 5 (20.00%) MCSE
5 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.00%) QA
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) SCCM
1 5 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Cisco
2 5 (20.00%) SolarWinds
2 5 (20.00%) Splunk
2 5 (20.00%) Veeam
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.00%) Okta
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.00%) SAP