IT Manager Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IT Manager
UK > Scotland

The median IT Manager daily rate in Scotland is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 103 85
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 25 13 35
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.33% 0.81% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 0.86% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 31
10th Percentile £409 £409 £281
25th Percentile £463 £418 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £556
90th Percentile £606 £551 £626
UK median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -

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 1,727 1,514 2,002
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 94.63% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 884 1,234
10th Percentile £288 £257 £200
25th Percentile £400 £368 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.76% -0.53%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 54 113
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.73 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.66 £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.05 £24.29
Median % change year-on-year +4.99% -21.57% +12.09%
75th Percentile £60.91 £24.62 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £39.84 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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
Glasgow +10 10 £550 +7.32% 2
Edinburgh -4 6 £550 +29.41%
Aberdeen - 4 £488 - 2
Highlands - 4 - - 1
West Lothian - 2 £388 -
Perthshire - 1 £592 -
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) COBIT
4 4 (16.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (12.00%) ISO 31000
5 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 3 (12.00%) IT Governance
5 3 (12.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Quality Management
5 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) AI
6 2 (8.00%) Azure
6 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Business Case
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 2 (8.00%) DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) GRC
6 2 (8.00%) ITSM

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.00%) IaaS
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
1 1 (4.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Legal
6 2 (8.00%) Banking
7 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.00%) CMDB
2 1 (4.00%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Service Management
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (16.00%) Agile
4 4 (16.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (12.00%) IT Governance
5 3 (12.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Quality Management
5 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) AI
6 2 (8.00%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
1 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) COBIT
2 3 (12.00%) ISO 31000
2 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (8.00%) GRC
3 2 (8.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco
2 1 (4.00%) Meraki
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft