ITIL Contracts in Scotland

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 38 51
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 -11
Contract jobs citing ITIL 83 175 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.76% 6.12% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 6.61% 4.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 120 125
10th Percentile £175 £146 £117
25th Percentile £193 £181 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +13.33% -4.76%
75th Percentile £469 £500 £473
90th Percentile £584 £628 £575
UK median daily rate £495 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +5.32% +4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.51
25th Percentile - - £15.53
Median hourly rate - - £16.13
75th Percentile - - £16.78
90th Percentile - - £16.84
UK median hourly rate £17.69 £20.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -11.55% +23.23% -12.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ITIL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -22 29 £423 -5.06% 9
Edinburgh +8 27 £282 +50.40% 21
West Lothian +4 5 £188 -54.55% 1
Renfrewshire -6 4 £175 -57.58%
Stirling - 3 £420 - 1
Fife - 2 £365 -
Dundee +10 1 - -
Aberdeen 0 1 - - 8
Lanarkshire 0 1 £185 -40.32% 2
South Lanarkshire -20 1 £590 +24.87% 1
Inverclyde - 1 £197 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 3
ITIL
UK

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.02%) IBM HTTP Server
2 5 (6.02%) WebSphere
2 5 (6.02%) WebSphere Application Server
2 5 (6.02%) WebSphere Portal
3 3 (3.61%) Skype for Business
4 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.20%) assyst
2 1 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (21.69%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (13.25%) Azure
3 5 (6.02%) OneDrive
3 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.41%) AWS
7 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.05%) Firewall
2 5 (6.02%) HTTP
3 4 (4.82%) DNS
3 4 (4.82%) SAN
4 3 (3.61%) DHCP
4 3 (3.61%) NAS
4 3 (3.61%) Skype
4 3 (3.61%) SSL
4 3 (3.61%) VPN
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (2.41%) Internet
5 2 (2.41%) LAN
5 2 (2.41%) SNMP
5 2 (2.41%) WLAN
6 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) NonStop SQL
1 2 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.20%) Big Data
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) IBM UrbanCode
1 5 (6.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Git
General
1 40 (48.19%) Social Skills
2 39 (46.99%) Public Sector
3 18 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.87%) Finance
5 5 (6.02%) Banking
6 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Publishing
7 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (34.94%) Analyst
2 16 (19.28%) IT Analyst
3 15 (18.07%) Support Analyst
4 9 (10.84%) Consultant
4 9 (10.84%) Senior
5 8 (9.64%) IT Support
5 8 (9.64%) IT Support Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (7.23%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Service Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) Management Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Middleware Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Middleware Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) Service Management Consultant
7 5 (6.02%) Service Manager
8 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) J2EE
1 5 (6.02%) Middleware
2 3 (3.61%) CSS
2 3 (3.61%) HTML
2 3 (3.61%) XML
3 1 (1.20%) .NET
3 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (4.82%) CMDB
2 4 (4.82%) iPhone
2 4 (4.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.61%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.61%) PKI
4 2 (2.41%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.20%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.20%) Clustering
5 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.20%) iPad
5 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.12%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) Windows 10
3 9 (10.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (9.64%) Windows Server
5 7 (8.43%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.82%) Linux
7 3 (3.61%) Android
7 3 (3.61%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.41%) Unix
9 1 (1.20%) Solaris
9 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (34.94%) Service Management
2 27 (32.53%) ITSM
3 22 (26.51%) Agile
4 18 (21.69%) Customer Service
4 18 (21.69%) Service Delivery
5 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (13.25%) PRINCE2
7 10 (12.05%) Change Management
7 10 (12.05%) Problem Management
8 9 (10.84%) Project Management
9 8 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.64%) Process Management
10 7 (8.43%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.43%) Incident Management
10 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
11 6 (7.23%) Coaching
11 6 (7.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (7.23%) Requirements Gathering
12 5 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) SQL
2 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.41%) Java
3 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (15.66%) Degree
2 11 (13.25%) ITIL Certification
2 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (9.64%) MCSE
3 8 (9.64%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.23%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.82%) MCP
6 3 (3.61%) A+ Certification
6 3 (3.61%) HNC
7 2 (2.41%) APMP
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.20%) CISA
8 1 (1.20%) CISM
8 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.20%) CRISC
8 1 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (10.84%) SLA
3 7 (8.43%) QA
4 3 (3.61%) COBIT
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.20%) GDPR
6 1 (1.20%) GRC
6 1 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.20%) NIST
6 1 (1.20%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (30.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) BitLocker
2 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (15.66%) SCCM
2 3 (3.61%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
3 2 (2.41%) Nagios
3 2 (2.41%) OpenView
3 2 (2.41%) Terraform
3 2 (2.41%) WSUS
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (38.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.87%) ServiceNow
3 8 (9.64%) Cisco
4 7 (8.43%) Citrix
5 5 (6.02%) IBM
6 4 (4.82%) Apple
6 4 (4.82%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.82%) HP
7 2 (2.41%) Avaya
7 2 (2.41%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (2.41%) Mitel
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle
7 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.20%) AlienVault
8 1 (1.20%) BMC
8 1 (1.20%) Dell
8 1 (1.20%) IFS
8 1 (1.20%) NetApp
8 1 (1.20%) OneTrust
8 1 (1.20%) VMware