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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 46 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 +22 -7
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Service Delivery 20 28 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.16% 3.45% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 4.06% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 22
10th Percentile £217 - £147
25th Percentile £235 £200 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £240 £500
Median % change year-on-year +81.77% -52.00% -12.66%
75th Percentile £494 £429 £588
90th Percentile £550 £615 £661
Scotland median daily rate £426 £394 £500
% change year-on-year +8.25% -21.25% -9.09%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 593 689 1,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 93.68% 84.96% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 371 656
10th Percentile £313 £206 £213
25th Percentile £413 £340 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £586 £646 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 5
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.21 £24.40
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% -65.71% +196.28%
75th Percentile £39.40 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.38 £55.00 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £19.00 £19.18
% change year-on-year +5.18% -0.94% -1.01%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Delivery

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Delivery in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Delivery in Edinburgh

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Delivery

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 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (5.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (15.00%) Azure
4 2 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) VPN
3 2 (10.00%) DHCP
3 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) LAN
3 2 (10.00%) WLAN
4 1 (5.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) VLAN
4 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Test Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Information Assurance Officer
4 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Migration Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Strategic Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) PKI
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Unix
2 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (15.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Solaris
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL
2 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (20.00%) SIEM
2 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (15.00%) Service Management
3 3 (15.00%) Test Planning
3 3 (15.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) ITSM
4 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix
2 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Avaya
3 1 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (5.00%) Qualys
3 1 (5.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) Sun