IT Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IT Operations Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Operations Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Operations Manager 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.14% - 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £406 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £407
75th Percentile £419 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £413 - £407

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 699 565 765
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 90.98% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 272 409
10th Percentile £246 £271 £180
25th Percentile £401 £412 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £598 £620
Scotland median daily rate £463 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +1.87% +0.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 39
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.61
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £40.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% +118.94% +3.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.25 £23.89
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.50 £51.00
Scotland median hourly rate £33.50 £20.40 £18.20
% change year-on-year +64.24% +12.07% +2.71%

IT Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

IT Operations Manager job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

IT Operations Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Operations Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, IT Operations Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring IT Operations Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment

IT Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow