IT Services Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

IT Service Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Service Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Services Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £513 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

IT Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured IT Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for IT Services Manager in Edinburgh

IT Services Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Services Manager in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for IT Services Manager in Edinburgh

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Services Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring IT Services Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting

IT Services Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft