ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.28% 0.16% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.34% 0.77% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £163 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £165 -
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% - -
75th Percentile £388 £168 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £375 £165 -
% change year-on-year +127.27% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

ITIL Foundation Certificate 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 149 130 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.52% 20.77% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 78 89
10th Percentile £240 £237 £179
25th Percentile £405 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £553 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £646
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 11 18
10th Percentile - £21.00 £13.43
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.61 £16.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +182.61% +31.43% -66.35%
75th Percentile £75.00 £28.38 £40.25
90th Percentile £81.24 £45.80 £56.50
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £22.94 £26.00
% change year-on-year +139.78% -11.78% +22.30%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Service Transition Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Transition Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow