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 30 August 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
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 44 69
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 +40
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 88 79 46
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.84% 4.93% 2.49%
As % of the Vendors category 8.81% 10.82% 6.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 39 18
10th Percentile - £168 £154
25th Percentile £150 £365 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £394
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +26.98% -12.50%
75th Percentile £510 £553 £522
90th Percentile £621 £575 £633
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £505
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.94% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 8
10th Percentile £17.83 £16.84 £12.47
25th Percentile £18.79 £16.96 £14.45
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.45 £21.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -17.49% +19.31%
75th Percentile £20.94 £21.27 £24.18
90th Percentile £23.82 £26.29 -
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £17.94 £17.00
% change year-on-year +43.57% +5.50% -16.79%

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 999 730 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 43.55% 45.60% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 391 468
10th Percentile £236 £230 £164
25th Percentile £363 £368 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +5.11% -7.37%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £600 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 67 35
10th Percentile £13.46 £16.02 £12.44
25th Percentile £13.83 £17.19 £15.16
Median hourly rate £16.09 £19.23 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +6.07% +2.31%
75th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £23.59
90th Percentile £53.75 £28.79 £50.62
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £28.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% -11.75% -33.72%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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
Edinburgh +15 42 £375 +234.82% 11
Glasgow -28 23 £407 -18.55% 20
Fife - 11 £150 -
Highlands - 5 £716 - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £175 -
Dundee - 1 - -
Perthshire - 1 £450 -
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 11 (12.50%) HCL Notes
2 5 (5.68%) Confluence
3 3 (3.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (12.50%) Azure
3 7 (7.95%) AWS
4 5 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.41%) GCP
5 3 (3.41%) GitHub
5 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.27%) SaaS
6 2 (2.27%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.14%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.14%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.14%) Google Gemini
7 1 (1.14%) IaaS
7 1 (1.14%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.18%) VPN
2 7 (7.95%) LAN
3 6 (6.82%) WAN
4 5 (5.68%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.55%) Internet
5 4 (4.55%) SSL
6 3 (3.41%) Firewall
6 3 (3.41%) ISDN
6 3 (3.41%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (3.41%) Unified Communications
7 2 (2.27%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (2.27%) H.323
7 2 (2.27%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.14%) Intranet
8 1 (1.14%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (14.77%) JIRA
2 2 (2.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.14%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.14%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (1.14%) Git
3 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (53.41%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.86%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (23.86%) Finance
3 8 (9.09%) Banking
4 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.14%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.14%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (23.86%) Analyst
2 20 (22.73%) Support Engineer
3 18 (20.45%) IT Support
4 17 (19.32%) IT Engineer
4 17 (19.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 15 (17.05%) Service Analyst
6 10 (11.36%) Business Analyst
7 8 (9.09%) Project Manager
7 8 (9.09%) Service Delivery Analyst
8 7 (7.95%) Architect
9 6 (6.82%) Desktop Support
9 6 (6.82%) Developer
9 6 (6.82%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 5 (5.68%) Consultant
10 5 (5.68%) ServiceNow Architect
11 4 (4.55%) Deskside Support
11 4 (4.55%) Senior
11 4 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
12 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow Manager
12 3 (3.41%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.55%) REST
1 4 (4.55%) SOAP
2 3 (3.41%) ADO
2 3 (3.41%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.41%) HTML
2 3 (3.41%) XMPP
3 2 (2.27%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 9 (10.23%) CMDB
3 7 (7.95%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.95%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.41%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.27%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.14%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.14%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.14%) PKI
6 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.14%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (34.09%) Windows
2 17 (19.32%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.41%) Linux
4 2 (2.27%) Unix
4 2 (2.27%) zOS
5 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (57.95%) ITIL
2 36 (40.91%) ITSM
3 26 (29.55%) Service Delivery
4 25 (28.41%) Customer Service
5 22 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (19.32%) Service Management
9 14 (15.91%) Agile
10 11 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (11.36%) Project Delivery
12 8 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (7.95%) Change Management
13 7 (7.95%) DevOps
13 7 (7.95%) Workshop Facilitation
14 6 (6.82%) AI
14 6 (6.82%) CI/CD
14 6 (6.82%) Requirements Gathering
14 6 (6.82%) Risk Management
15 5 (5.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.41%) SQL
3 2 (2.27%) Java
3 2 (2.27%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.27%) Python
3 2 (2.27%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (5.68%) A+ Certification
5 3 (3.41%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.41%) PMP
6 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.14%) CCNP
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.68%) SLA
3 3 (3.41%) PMO
4 2 (2.27%) GRC
4 2 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.27%) NIST
5 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.14%) GDPR
5 1 (1.14%) NCSC
5 1 (1.14%) QA
5 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (17.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (12.50%) SCCM
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.41%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.41%) Cisco UCCX
4 2 (2.27%) CASB
4 2 (2.27%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.27%) Netcool
5 1 (1.14%) Avamar
5 1 (1.14%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 29 (32.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.50%) Lotus
3 10 (11.36%) Citrix
4 3 (3.41%) Avaya
4 3 (3.41%) Cisco
4 3 (3.41%) Dell
5 2 (2.27%) Blue Prism
5 2 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.27%) Dynatrace
5 2 (2.27%) IBM
5 2 (2.27%) Workday
5 2 (2.27%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.14%) Autodesk