ITSM Contract Job Trends in Scotland

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 90 84
Rank change year-on-year +28 -6 +19
Contract jobs citing ITSM 48 26 57
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.11% 1.55% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 1.73% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 46
10th Percentile £186 £318 £175
25th Percentile £350 £340 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £340
Median % change year-on-year - +32.35% -22.06%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £443
90th Percentile £581 £650 £469
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £504
% change year-on-year - -0.74% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £12.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +42.96% -29.46% -10.73%
75th Percentile £19.23 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £29.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% +81.25% +10.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,350 1,502 2,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.38% 89.35% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 777 887 1,319
10th Percentile £239 £229 £250
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 44 54
10th Percentile £13.97 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.66 £32.66 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

ITSM job vacancy trend in Scotland

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITSM

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Scotland

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITSM

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in Scotland

ITSM
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 ITSM 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
Glasgow +14 28 £475 +26.67% 9
Edinburgh +18 14 £281 -41.46% 4
South Ayrshire - 4 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 6
ITSM
UK

ITSM
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 2 (4.17%) SAS
2 1 (2.08%) CMS
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.42%) AWS
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon EventBridge
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon Kinesis
2 4 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
2 4 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (8.33%) Serverless
2 4 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Azure
4 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) TETRA
1 2 (4.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.75%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.33%) DynamoDB
3 3 (6.25%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (4.17%) Big Data
5 1 (2.08%) RDBMS
General
1 25 (52.08%) Social Skills
2 17 (35.42%) Finance
3 10 (20.83%) Banking
4 8 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Analyst
2 12 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Architect
4 4 (8.33%) Data Modeller
4 4 (8.33%) IT Support
4 4 (8.33%) IT Support Specialist
4 4 (8.33%) Service Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Support Specialist
5 3 (6.25%) ITSM Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Developer
6 2 (4.17%) ITSM Architect
6 2 (4.17%) SAS Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) SAS Modeller
6 2 (4.17%) Service Desk Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Service Manager
6 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) React
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) CMDB
2 9 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (16.67%) Virtual Team
4 4 (8.33%) IVR
4 4 (8.33%) NHS
5 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.17%) PMI
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.08%) Digital Signage
6 1 (2.08%) Graphic Design
6 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (54.17%) ITIL
1 26 (54.17%) Service Management
2 18 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 15 (31.25%) Agile
4 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (25.00%) Analytics
6 11 (22.92%) Asset Management
6 11 (22.92%) Data Modelling
7 10 (20.83%) Break/Fix
7 10 (20.83%) Time Management
8 9 (18.75%) Business Analysis
8 9 (18.75%) Configuration Management
8 9 (18.75%) Data Architecture
8 9 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (18.75%) Programme Management
8 9 (18.75%) Visualisation
9 8 (16.67%) Change Control
9 8 (16.67%) Data Management
9 8 (16.67%) Service Delivery
9 8 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.75%) SQL
2 7 (14.58%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 7 (14.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.17%) HNC
6 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) GDPR
1 4 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 3 (6.25%) HIPAA
2 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.25%) PMO
3 2 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.17%) SLA
4 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (2.08%) vRealize
2 1 (2.08%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 29 (60.42%) ServiceNow
2 7 (14.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.33%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.25%) Avaya
4 3 (6.25%) Cisco
4 3 (6.25%) Genesys
4 3 (6.25%) Pega
5 1 (2.08%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) Remedy
5 1 (2.08%) VMware