SIAM Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring SIAM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 117 114
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 -
Contract jobs citing SIAM 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.089% 0.30% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.32% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £619 - £500
25th Percentile £638 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% +6.20% -
75th Percentile £713 £603 £501
90th Percentile £731 £654 £501
UK median daily rate £538 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +3.37% -3.39% -18.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

SIAM 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 1,883 1,547 1,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.39% 91.81% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 892 1,068
10th Percentile £288 £258 £213
25th Percentile £375 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.81% +2.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £653
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 78 59
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.46 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.36 £19.99 £20.29
Median % change year-on-year -13.13% -1.48% +10.70%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £71.40 £28.11 £54.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

SIAM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SIAM job vacancy trend in Scotland

SIAM
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SIAM

SIAM
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 SIAM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -16 1 £613 +15.29% 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £738 -
SIAM
UK

SIAM
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Head of User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared