IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IT Manager
UK > Scotland

The median IT Manager daily rate in Scotland is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 81 112
Rank change year-on-year -20 +31 -11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 8 32 24
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.54% 2.04% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 2.24% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 26 20
10th Percentile £238 £359 £411
25th Percentile £303 £400 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £544 £521 £584
90th Percentile £608 £619 £626
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £540
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,329 1,428 2,161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 91.01% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 848 1,332
10th Percentile £220 £205 £250
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £496
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.32% +4.47%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 70
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.83 £15.26
25th Percentile £19.23 £18.77 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.75 £23.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -48.89% +153.95%
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £60.59 £35.30 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +35.79%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in Scotland

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Scotland

IT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Manager in Scotland

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Manager job vacancies in Scotland

IT Manager
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 IT Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Edinburgh -7 4 £650 +45.25% 1
Glasgow 0 3 £310 -17.40% 3
IT Manager
UK

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, IT 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 Scotland region featuring IT Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Fintech
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) IaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification

IT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Fintech
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
1 1 (12.50%) WorldPay