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 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 104 126
Rank change year-on-year +14 +22 -8
Contract jobs citing Line Management 30 14 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.74% 0.75% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.86% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 21
10th Percentile £206 £165 £206
25th Percentile £254 - £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £200 £493
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% -59.39% +5.91%
75th Percentile £600 £281 £650
90th Percentile £734 £500 £790
UK median daily rate £525 £700 £506
% change year-on-year -25.00% +38.27% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £20.65 - -
25th Percentile £22.78 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £27.35 - £42.50
75th Percentile £44.19 - £43.75
90th Percentile £53.68 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.29 £18.35 £40.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% -54.13% +53.85%

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 1,574 1,623 2,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.51% 86.98% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 1,002 1,601
10th Percentile £263 £210 £248
25th Percentile £375 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £652 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 57 55
10th Percentile £16.59 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +3.49% -29.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £28.19 £50.80 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.41 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.77% -4.91% +61.35%

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 8 August 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 8 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Line Management in Scotland

Line Management
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 8 August 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 +8 15 £443 +57.35% 10
Glasgow - 12 £600 - 10
Lanarkshire 0 1 - - 3
East Renfrewshire - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 - - 2
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 (16.67%) WebLogic
2 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.67%) Trello
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) iTrent
1 1 (3.33%) LabWindows
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (16.67%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) GitHub
2 5 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) 4G
1 3 (10.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) CircleCI
2 4 (13.33%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (6.67%) JIRA
4 1 (3.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 16 (53.33%) Public Sector
2 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Finance
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.67%) Automotive
7 1 (3.33%) Electronics
7 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Law
7 1 (3.33%) Military
7 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Lead
2 6 (20.00%) Administrator
2 6 (20.00%) Senior
3 5 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Technical Leader
4 4 (13.33%) Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support
6 2 (6.67%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Senior User Researcher
6 2 (6.67%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (6.67%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.67%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) X-Windows
2 3 (10.00%) LDAP
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.67%) Life Science
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.33%) FPGA
4 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
1 5 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Unix
2 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Coaching
2 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
2 8 (26.67%) Project Management
3 6 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 5 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 5 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 5 (16.67%) TDD
4 5 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) Case Management
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
2 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.33%) C
3 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) HNC
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GDPR
2 3 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.33%) PMO
3 1 (3.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) Docker
2 3 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Grafana
1 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 5 (16.67%) Prometheus
1 5 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Oracle
3 3 (10.00%) BT
3 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.67%) Apple
4 2 (6.67%) Hitachi
4 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.67%) Snow
5 1 (3.33%) Atlassian