ITIL Certification Contracts in Scotland

ITIL Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 112 149
Rank change year-on-year +7 +37 +24
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 15 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.87% 0.54% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 2.25% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 12
10th Percentile £308 £420 £416
25th Percentile £355 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £525 £474
Median % change year-on-year -29.90% +10.76% +2.49%
75th Percentile £469 £538 £500
90th Percentile £525 £545 £545
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £474
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.49% -1.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

ITIL Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 446 489 619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 25.89% 24.22% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 304 415
10th Percentile £181 £179 £244
25th Percentile £311 £304 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -3.74% -1.06%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £541
90th Percentile £600 £650 £645
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 35 13
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £13.40
25th Percentile £18.51 £13.38 £21.26
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -58.82% -12.82%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £59.03
90th Percentile £28.12 - £64.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -25.00% +27.51%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ITIL Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Certification in Scotland

ITIL Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Certification in Scotland

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Certification in Scotland

ITIL Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Certification in Scotland

ITIL Certification
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 ITIL Certification within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
Glasgow - 10 £368 - 2
Edinburgh +5 4 £444 -15.48% 2
ITIL Certification
UK

ITIL Certification
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Service Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Change Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Data Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Asset Management Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Architect
4 1 (6.67%) IT Technician
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Change Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Change Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Technician
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) CMDB
2 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (13.33%) PKI
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (46.67%) Configuration Management
2 7 (46.67%) Service Management
3 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 6 (40.00%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) ITSM
4 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (26.67%) Change Advisory Board
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) Release Management
5 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (20.00%) Data Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) Operational Stability
6 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 3 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) MCSE
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Snow