Line Management Contracts in Scotland

Line Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Line Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Line Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 116 122
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 -27
Contract jobs citing Line Management 20 13 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.23% 0.59% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.66% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 38
10th Percentile £202 - £304
25th Percentile £231 £200 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £503
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.45% +16.44%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £598
90th Percentile £590 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £25.57 - -
25th Percentile £26.05 £60.25 -
Median hourly rate £27.35 £60.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.79% - -
75th Percentile £36.29 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £50.51 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £23.32 £16.83
% change year-on-year +13.64% +38.56% -37.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Line Management 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Line Management in Scotland

Line Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Line Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Line Management in Scotland

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Line Management in Scotland

Line Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Line Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Line Management in Scotland

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Line Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in Scotland

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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 Line Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +7 10 £340 - 13
Glasgow +8 7 £488 -9.97% 15
Line Management
UK

Line Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) iTrent
2 1 (5.00%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) 4G
1 3 (15.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
2 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) OLAP
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (40.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Administrator
2 4 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Data Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) WAN Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Lead
5 1 (5.00%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) LDAP
1 3 (15.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) FMCG
2 1 (5.00%) FPGA
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Unix
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (30.00%) Coaching
3 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (15.00%) Data Privacy
6 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (15.00%) Information Security
6 3 (15.00%) ITIL
6 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Scrum
6 3 (15.00%) Storage Management
6 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
7 2 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.00%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) HNC
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) GDPR
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.00%) Docker
1 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) BT
2 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.00%) Snow
4 1 (5.00%) Apple
4 1 (5.00%) Atlassian