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 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 81 106
Rank change year-on-year -17 +25 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 12 35 34
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.78% 2.08% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 2.28% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 29 29
10th Percentile £313 £360 £380
25th Percentile £399 £400 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% -10.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £506 £508 £600
90th Percentile £583 £608 £626
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £540
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.70% +2.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,389 1,537 2,207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 91.43% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 929 1,369
10th Percentile £207 £202 £239
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 46 56
10th Percentile £16.40 £13.23 £12.19
25th Percentile £19.25 £16.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £22.55 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% +14.15% +11.46%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.97 £31.44 £68.13
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 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 -1 6 £525 +23.53%
Glasgow -3 4 £425 +13.33% 7
West Lothian - 1 £413 -
IT Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) IaaS
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) JIRA
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.33%) AWS
5 1 (8.33%) Azure
5 1 (8.33%) Case Management
5 1 (8.33%) COBIT
5 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
5 1 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (8.33%) DHCP

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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) IaaS
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Back Office
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) Agile Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) Kanban
5 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Supplier Management
5 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) COBIT
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (8.33%) WorldPay