ITIL Job Trends in Edinburgh

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring ITIL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 74 49
Rank change year-on-year +29 -25 +47
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 54 27 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 4.56% 2.68% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.61% 2.73% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 45
10th Percentile £25,750 £39,838 £39,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £44,125 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -29.40% +13.76%
75th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £55,625 £63,129 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.56% -14.29% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

ITIL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 963 990 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 81.40% 98.12% 91.32%
Number of salaries quoted 490 428 903
10th Percentile £28,225 £29,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% - -2.37%
75th Percentile £73,688 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.88%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

ITIL job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

ITIL
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ITIL

ITIL
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL in Edinburgh

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.70%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 31 (57.41%) Azure
2 25 (46.30%) Entra ID
3 23 (42.59%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (14.81%) SaaS
5 6 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (7.41%) Mimecast
7 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
7 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.70%) AWS
9 1 (1.85%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.85%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Telnet
2 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 33 (61.11%) Finance
2 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.81%) Front Office
5 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Legal
6 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Applications Support
2 9 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Applications Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Applications Support Engineer
3 8 (14.81%) Platform Specialist
4 7 (12.96%) Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (7.41%) IT Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Service Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Service Design Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Service Transition Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Transition Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Lead
7 3 (5.56%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Associate Director
8 2 (3.70%) Configuration Manager
8 2 (3.70%) IT Director
8 2 (3.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.93%) Product Ownership
2 8 (14.81%) Equities
2 8 (14.81%) Fixed Income
3 6 (11.11%) CMDB
4 4 (7.41%) Client/Server
4 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.70%) Robotics
5 2 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 24 (44.44%) Windows
2 15 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.41%) Linux
4 2 (3.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (59.26%) Asset Management
2 28 (51.85%) Coaching
3 20 (37.04%) Change Management
3 20 (37.04%) DevOps
4 18 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (29.63%) AI
5 16 (29.63%) Machine Learning
5 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (29.63%) Roadmaps
6 15 (27.78%) Agile
7 14 (25.93%) Analytics
7 14 (25.93%) FinOps
7 14 (25.93%) Technology Roadmap
8 13 (24.07%) User Experience
9 12 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (18.52%) Business Strategy
10 10 (18.52%) Configuration Management
10 10 (18.52%) Information Security
10 10 (18.52%) ITSM
10 10 (18.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) PowerShell
2 19 (35.19%) SQL
3 10 (18.52%) Bash
3 10 (18.52%) Python
4 3 (5.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.70%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.70%) CCNA
3 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.70%) CISM
3 2 (3.70%) CISSP
3 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) COBIT
2 2 (3.70%) GDPR
2 2 (3.70%) GxP
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 10 (18.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.70%) Docker
4 2 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (22.22%) Terraform
2 4 (7.41%) Ansible
2 4 (7.41%) SCCM
3 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.85%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Charles River
2 8 (14.81%) Cisco
3 3 (5.56%) Concur
3 3 (5.56%) Oracle
3 3 (5.56%) SAP
3 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Proofpoint