ISO/IEC 20000 Contracts in Scotland

ISO/IEC 20000 (supersedes BS 15000)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring ISO/IEC 20000 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 20000 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 114 127 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.090% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% 0.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £581 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.13% +4.35% +28.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

ISO/IEC 20000 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 284 417 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 17.48% 18.81% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 259 479
10th Percentile £192 £191 £213
25th Percentile £363 £326 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £550
90th Percentile £605 £610 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 3
10th Percentile £18.53 £15.32 £26.25
25th Percentile £21.90 £16.18 £34.30
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +49.70% -61.72% +44.64%
75th Percentile £49.19 £51.28 £50.74
90th Percentile £75.28 £60.75 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

ISO/IEC 20000
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 20000 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 20000
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 20000
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 20000
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Edinburgh - 2 £675 - 1
ISO/IEC 20000
UK

ISO/IEC 20000
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall