ITIL Certification Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

ITIL Certification
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 70 77
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +54
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 2 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.86% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 4.00% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £450 £251
25th Percentile £513 £459 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -13.16%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £435
90th Percentile - £550 £453
Scotland median daily rate £500 £525 £468
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.30% -1.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

ITIL Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 132 175 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.12% 21.53% 18.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 108 101
10th Percentile £172 £165 £164
25th Percentile £400 £240 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £340 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -24.44% -1.10%
75th Percentile £525 £508 £525
90th Percentile £600 £588 £610
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 4
10th Percentile £34.27 £12.00 £21.67
25th Percentile £40.67 £13.36 £34.26
Median hourly rate £55.01 £16.19 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year +239.76% -66.34% +112.03%
75th Percentile £67.50 £22.03 £55.90
90th Percentile £72.00 £55.00 £59.86
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £17.25 £56.40
% change year-on-year +15.94% -69.41% +89.77%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware