ITSM Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 54 68
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing ITSM 8 14 14
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.30% 2.17% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.31% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 9
10th Percentile £192 £162 £225
25th Percentile £252 £192 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £460 £282
Median % change year-on-year -23.37% +63.12% -33.65%
75th Percentile £452 £492 £450
90th Percentile £511 £609 £490
Scotland median daily rate £400 £496 £418
% change year-on-year -19.35% +18.80% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.87 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 551 607 800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.30% 94.11% 90.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 345 478
10th Percentile £188 £198 £220
25th Percentile £406 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 27
10th Percentile £17.29 £20.65 £14.37
25th Percentile £18.91 £21.34 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -32.60% +63.06%
75th Percentile £70.50 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £23.58
% change year-on-year -13.04% -2.46% +33.07%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITSM

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITSM

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Service Support Manager
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Support Manager
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Service Management
2 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) API Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
4 1 (12.50%) Refactoring
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) vRealize
1 1 (12.50%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) VMware