Service Management Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Service Management
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Service Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 21 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 16.80% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £485 - -
25th Percentile £499 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 - -
75th Percentile £700 - -
90th Percentile £716 - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 £463 £575
% change year-on-year +18.92% -19.57% +21.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

Service Management 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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 90.40% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 3 1
10th Percentile £415 £306 -
25th Percentile £447 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year +28.53% +240.91% -26.67%
75th Percentile £554 £413 -
90th Percentile £700 £428 -
Scotland median daily rate £470 £468 £450
% change year-on-year +0.53% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.49 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -17.45% +1.94% +2.14%

Service Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Service Management job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Service Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Service Management

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Management in the Highlands over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Management in the Highlands

Service Management
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 27 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 21 £566 - 4
Service Management
Scotland

Service Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Consultant
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Developer
2 4 (19.05%) Incident Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Management Consultant
2 4 (19.05%) Security Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Security Incident Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Applications Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) .NET
1 3 (14.29%) LDAP
1 3 (14.29%) REST
1 3 (14.29%) SailPoint
1 3 (14.29%) Web Services
1 3 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Learning Management System
4 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (38.10%) SIAM
4 7 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
4 7 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (33.33%) Validation
5 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) RBAC
5 6 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
6 5 (23.81%) Major Incident Management
7 4 (19.05%) Agile
7 4 (19.05%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
7 4 (19.05%) OO
7 4 (19.05%) OOD
7 4 (19.05%) OOP
7 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
1 4 (19.05%) VBScript
2 3 (14.29%) C#
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) SLA
2 2 (9.52%) GRC
2 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.52%) NCSC
2 2 (9.52%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 4 (19.05%) Blue Prism
3 3 (14.29%) BeyondTrust
3 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Okta
4 2 (9.52%) Workday