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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 33 87
Rank change year-on-year -35 +54 +22
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 52 98 38
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.61% 6.18% 1.78%
As % of the Vendors category 6.68% 13.19% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 56 20
10th Percentile £150 £269 £155
25th Percentile £176 £368 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £491 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.59% +22.69% -5.88%
75th Percentile £497 £560 £486
90th Percentile £593 £613 £546
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 7
10th Percentile - - £15.64
25th Percentile £17.18 £16.84 -
Median hourly rate £17.36 £17.30 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +8.13% +21.58%
75th Percentile £17.54 £18.05 £16.77
90th Percentile - £24.66 £19.78
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £17.45 £16.30
% change year-on-year +52.82% +7.02% -37.25%

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 778 743 852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.08% 46.82% 39.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 439 552
10th Percentile £250 £240 £181
25th Percentile £400 £367 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £468 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +3.89% -4.86%
75th Percentile £598 £539 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £514
% change year-on-year -0.20% -2.43% -2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 47 46
10th Percentile £13.92 £16.02 £11.85
25th Percentile £15.79 £16.84 £15.42
Median hourly rate £17.36 £17.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +1.43% -69.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.66 £19.75
90th Percentile £70.20 £27.97 £59.13
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.75 £22.58
% change year-on-year +21.50% +18.47% -47.49%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -28 27 £425 -22.52% 6
Edinburgh -21 9 £525 +10.53% 1
Perth and Kinross - 8 £178 -
Fife - 7 £150 -
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 7 (13.46%) HCL Notes
2 3 (5.77%) Confluence
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.46%) Azure
3 5 (9.62%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.85%) SaaS
4 2 (3.85%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.92%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.92%) AWS
5 1 (1.92%) GCP
5 1 (1.92%) GitHub
5 1 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.92%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) VPN
2 8 (15.38%) DHCP
2 8 (15.38%) DNS
2 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 8 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.62%) VoIP
4 4 (7.69%) Firewall
4 4 (7.69%) Internet
4 4 (7.69%) WAN
5 3 (5.77%) SD-WAN
6 2 (3.85%) SSL
7 1 (1.92%) Intranet
7 1 (1.92%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.85%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (23.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.92%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (1.92%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (36.54%) Finance
3 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Banking
4 6 (11.54%) Legal
5 4 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) Analyst
1 17 (32.69%) IT Support
2 13 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (23.08%) IT Engineer
3 12 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
4 11 (21.15%) Business Analyst
5 7 (13.46%) Project Manager
6 6 (11.54%) Data Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) Service Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Lead
9 3 (5.77%) Project Analyst
9 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
9 3 (5.77%) Team Leader
10 2 (3.85%) Hardware Specialist
10 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 2 (3.85%) IT Manager
10 2 (3.85%) IT Support Specialist
10 2 (3.85%) Senior
10 2 (3.85%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) ADO
2 1 (1.92%) REST
2 1 (1.92%) SOAP
2 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) CMDB
2 7 (13.46%) Blackberry
3 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.77%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (40.38%) Windows
2 7 (13.46%) Windows 10
3 6 (11.54%) Mac OS
4 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) ITIL
2 23 (44.23%) ITSM
3 15 (28.85%) Agile
4 13 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (15.38%) Scrum
5 8 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (13.46%) Customer Service
6 7 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.54%) AI
7 6 (11.54%) Data Analysis
7 6 (11.54%) Data Architecture
7 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.62%) Data Lineage
8 5 (9.62%) Decision-Making
8 5 (9.62%) Service Management
9 4 (7.69%) DevOps
9 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 4 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 4 (7.69%) SLA
2 3 (5.77%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 8 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) SCCM
2 2 (3.85%) CASB
Vendors
1 19 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.46%) Lotus
3 3 (5.77%) Cisco
4 2 (3.85%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.85%) Zscaler