ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in Scotland

ServiceNow
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of ServiceNow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ServiceNow over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ServiceNow.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 34 79
Rank change year-on-year -29 +45 +28
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 54 91 44
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.88% 5.74% 2.06%
As % of the Vendors category 7.52% 12.80% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 54 26
10th Percentile £150 £322 £126
25th Percentile £176 £376 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £491 £281
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% +74.64% -35.77%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £450
90th Percentile £600 £610 £538
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 8
10th Percentile - £16.84 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.18 - -
Median hourly rate £17.36 £17.30 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +8.13% +21.58%
75th Percentile £17.54 £24.50 £16.70
90th Percentile - £24.66 £16.75
UK median hourly rate £20.88 £17.37 £16.30
% change year-on-year +20.20% +6.58% -14.21%

All Vendors
Scotland

ServiceNow falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 718 711 885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.31% 44.83% 41.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 436 570
10th Percentile £263 £245 £177
25th Percentile £402 £363 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £466 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% +3.56% -4.86%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £606 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 34 49
10th Percentile £13.97 £16.02 £11.94
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.68 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.36 £18.13 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +6.65% -70.43%
75th Percentile £55.00 £23.88 £19.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £26.99 £60.15
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +25.49% +15.91% -48.02%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

ServiceNow job vacancy trend in Scotland

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in Scotland

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
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 ServiceNow within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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 31 £465 -14.95% 3
Edinburgh -20 9 £525 +10.53% 1
Perth and Kinross - 8 £178 -
Fife - 5 £150 - 2
Dundee - 1 - -
ServiceNow
UK

ServiceNow
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 5 (9.26%) HCL Notes
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.70%) Confluence
4 1 (1.85%) Apache
4 1 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.11%) Azure
3 5 (9.26%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.56%) Snowflake
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.85%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 13 (24.07%) VPN
2 8 (14.81%) DHCP
2 8 (14.81%) DNS
2 8 (14.81%) TCP/IP
2 8 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.26%) VoIP
4 4 (7.41%) Firewall
4 4 (7.41%) Internet
4 4 (7.41%) WAN
5 3 (5.56%) SD-WAN
6 2 (3.70%) SSL
7 1 (1.85%) Intranet
7 1 (1.85%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Relational Database
2 3 (5.56%) Power BI
3 2 (3.70%) Tableau
4 1 (1.85%) Big Data
4 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (18.52%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.85%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (46.30%) Finance
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Banking
3 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Legal
5 4 (7.41%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Analyst
1 15 (27.78%) IT Support
2 11 (20.37%) Support Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Business Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) IT Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 6 (11.11%) Data Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Data Business Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Lead
6 4 (7.41%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Project Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.70%) Hardware Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 2 (3.70%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.70%) IT Support Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Support Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) REST
2 2 (3.70%) ADO
2 2 (3.70%) SOAP
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.07%) CMDB
2 5 (9.26%) Blackberry
3 4 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 6 (11.11%) Mac OS
3 5 (9.26%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) ITSM
2 23 (42.59%) ITIL
3 19 (35.19%) Agile
4 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (20.37%) Service Delivery
6 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (16.67%) Scrum
7 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (11.11%) AI
9 6 (11.11%) Data Analysis
9 6 (11.11%) Data Architecture
10 5 (9.26%) Customer Service
10 5 (9.26%) Data Lineage
10 5 (9.26%) Decision-Making
10 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
10 5 (9.26%) Project Management
11 4 (7.41%) IT Asset Management
11 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) Data Quality
1 4 (7.41%) SLA
2 3 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Lotus
3 3 (5.56%) Cisco
4 2 (3.70%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.70%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks