ITIL Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing ITIL 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 23.81% - 10.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 35.71% - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £169 - £111
25th Percentile £197 - £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 - £155
Median % change year-on-year - - -63.53%
75th Percentile £448 - £347
90th Percentile £502 - £400
Scotland median daily rate £483 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +28.80% -16.67% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Lothian

ITIL 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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14 25 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 66.67% 75.76% 98.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 34
10th Percentile £54 £61 £118
25th Percentile £87 £130 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £168 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -59.27% +0.61%
75th Percentile £313 £486 £522
90th Percentile £419 £578 £596
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £13.15 £19.05
25th Percentile - £14.13 £20.25
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year - -37.74% +76.67%
75th Percentile - £24.00 £59.13
90th Percentile - £28.05 £76.15
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.75
% change year-on-year -12.57% +15.82% +5.33%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

ITIL job vacancy trend in West Lothian

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in West Lothian over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in West Lothian

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Livingston - 5 £319 - 5
ITIL
Scotland

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Solaris
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Avaya
1 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (20.00%) VMware