Service Improvement Manager Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Service Improvement Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Service Improvement Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Improvement Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 757 609 828
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 92.69% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 321 456
10th Percentile £350 £222 £178
25th Percentile £410 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% +2.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £545
90th Percentile £625 £600 £642
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 16 53
10th Percentile £19.93 - £13.53
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.33 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +161.47% +27.70% +3.10%
75th Percentile £68.81 £61.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £73.75 £60.95
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.83 £18.27
% change year-on-year +76.50% +8.54% +3.10%

Service Improvement Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 8 July 2026, Service Improvement Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Service Improvement Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Transition Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Service Improvement Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Transition Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware