Service Delivery Contracts in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Service Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 56 64
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 -9
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 25 16 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.00% 1.96% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 2.22% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 38
10th Percentile £199 £203 £157
25th Percentile £278 £226 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £282 £583
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -51.59% +7.87%
75th Percentile £495 £520 £650
90th Percentile £525 £652 £677
Scotland median daily rate £450 £415 £546
% change year-on-year +8.43% -24.03% +3.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Service Delivery 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 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Service Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Service Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Service Delivery in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Service Delivery in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Delivery in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Service Delivery in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) iTrent
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DHCP
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) VPN
1 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.00%) General Ledger
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Developer
1 7 (28.00%) ServiceNow Developer
2 3 (12.00%) Administrator
2 3 (12.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Applications Support
3 2 (8.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) CSS
1 7 (28.00%) HTML
1 7 (28.00%) JSON
1 7 (28.00%) XML
2 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) CMDB
2 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) Solaris
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (24.00%) Coaching
2 6 (24.00%) ITSM
3 5 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.00%) ITIL
4 4 (16.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Measurement
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (8.00%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (8.00%) User Stories
6 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (12.00%) GRC
3 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Citrix
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Avaya
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.00%) VMware