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 16 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
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 49 73
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 +30
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 76 76 37
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.45% 4.57% 2.00%
As % of the Vendors category 8.15% 10.01% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 39 17
10th Percentile - £168 £153
25th Percentile £150 £368 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £496 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% +24.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £519 £553 £538
90th Percentile £615 £575 £636
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £505
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.94% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 24 5
10th Percentile - - £20.19
25th Percentile £17.18 £16.84 £21.00
Median hourly rate £17.36 £17.45 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -27.85% +36.46%
75th Percentile £17.54 £18.05 -
90th Percentile - £24.61 -
UK median hourly rate £26.33 £17.87 £16.30
% change year-on-year +47.34% +9.63% -20.22%

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 932 759 743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 42.34% 45.64% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 421 477
10th Percentile £241 £240 £175
25th Percentile £372 £368 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £465 £438
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +6.16% -7.79%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £538
90th Percentile £638 £599 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 64 34
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.02 £12.63
25th Percentile £13.97 £17.02 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.09 £19.05 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +4.67% +2.71%
75th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £23.89
90th Percentile £68.00 £27.11 £51.71
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.71%

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 16 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 16 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 +8 33 £375 +28.87% 17
Glasgow -24 24 £415 -17.00% 11
Fife - 11 £150 -
Highlands - 2 £716 -
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 (14.47%) HCL Notes
2 5 (6.58%) Confluence
3 3 (3.95%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (14.47%) Azure
3 7 (9.21%) AWS
4 4 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.95%) GCP
5 3 (3.95%) GitHub
5 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.63%) SaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.32%) Google Gemini
7 1 (1.32%) IaaS
7 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.05%) VPN
2 4 (5.26%) Internet
2 4 (5.26%) LAN
2 4 (5.26%) SSL
2 4 (5.26%) WAN
3 3 (3.95%) Firewall
3 3 (3.95%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.63%) ISDN
4 2 (2.63%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (1.32%) H.323
5 1 (1.32%) Intranet
5 1 (1.32%) IP Telephony
5 1 (1.32%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 2 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (19.74%) JIRA
2 2 (2.63%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.32%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.32%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (1.32%) Git
3 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (51.32%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.26%) Finance
3 19 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.21%) Banking
5 5 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.63%) Legal
7 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (27.63%) Analyst
2 16 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 15 (19.74%) IT Support
4 14 (18.42%) IT Engineer
4 14 (18.42%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (18.42%) Service Analyst
5 10 (13.16%) Business Analyst
6 9 (11.84%) Project Manager
7 8 (10.53%) Service Delivery Analyst
8 7 (9.21%) Architect
9 6 (7.89%) Developer
9 6 (7.89%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 5 (6.58%) Desktop Support
10 5 (6.58%) ServiceNow Architect
11 4 (5.26%) IT Manager
11 4 (5.26%) Senior
11 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
12 3 (3.95%) Deskside Support
12 3 (3.95%) Project Analyst
13 2 (2.63%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) REST
1 4 (5.26%) SOAP
2 3 (3.95%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.95%) HTML
3 2 (2.63%) ADO
3 2 (2.63%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.63%) XMPP
4 1 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Blackberry
2 7 (9.21%) CMDB
2 7 (9.21%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.32%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.32%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (35.53%) Windows
2 14 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.95%) Linux
4 2 (2.63%) Unix
4 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.63%) zOS
5 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (57.89%) ITIL
2 31 (40.79%) ITSM
3 27 (35.53%) Service Delivery
4 19 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 17 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (21.05%) Agile
7 15 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (18.42%) Service Management
9 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
12 7 (9.21%) Change Management
12 7 (9.21%) Risk Management
13 6 (7.89%) AI
13 6 (7.89%) CI/CD
13 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (7.89%) DevOps
13 6 (7.89%) Migration
13 6 (7.89%) Requirements Gathering
13 6 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.95%) Python
2 3 (3.95%) SQL
3 2 (2.63%) Java
3 2 (2.63%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.63%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 7 (9.21%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.95%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.95%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.95%) PMP
4 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.32%) CCNP
5 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) SLA
2 6 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.95%) PMO
4 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (1.32%) GRC
4 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.32%) NIST
4 1 (1.32%) QA
4 1 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) SCCM
2 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.63%) CASB
3 2 (2.63%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (2.63%) Cisco UCCX
3 2 (2.63%) Netcool
4 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.47%) Lotus
3 7 (9.21%) Citrix
4 2 (2.63%) Avaya
4 2 (2.63%) Blue Prism
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco
4 2 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.63%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.63%) IBM
4 2 (2.63%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.32%) Autodesk