ITIL Contracts in Scotland

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 32 58
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 -19
Contract jobs citing ITIL 91 175 159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.29% 6.53% 4.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.93% 7.09% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 115 120
10th Percentile £175 £146 £136
25th Percentile £200 £163 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £450 £498 £488
90th Percentile £545 £608 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +0.48% -0.47% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £15.56
25th Percentile - - £24.72
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - £57.38
UK median hourly rate £17.69 £17.50 £15.75
% change year-on-year +1.09% +11.11% -14.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ITIL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,845 2,470 3,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.91% 92.13% 93.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,723 2,271
10th Percentile £220 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.05 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -8.71%
75th Percentile £44.47 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in Scotland

ITIL
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 ITIL within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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 +5 41 £340 +81.33% 17
Glasgow -24 21 £440 -1.35% 8
West Lothian +7 5 £188 -54.55% 3
Renfrewshire -3 5 £175 -33.33% 2
Fife +2 3 £420 -23.64%
Stirling - 3 £420 -
Lanarkshire +3 2 £158 - 1
Dundee +4 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -11 1 - - 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
ITIL
UK

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.49%) IBM HTTP Server
2 5 (5.49%) WebSphere
2 5 (5.49%) WebSphere Application Server
2 5 (5.49%) WebSphere Portal
3 3 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.30%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (25.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.10%) assyst
2 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (14.29%) Azure
3 7 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.49%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.10%) AWS
6 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.48%) DHCP
1 15 (16.48%) DNS
1 15 (16.48%) VPN
2 12 (13.19%) Firewall
3 5 (5.49%) HTTP
4 4 (4.40%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (4.40%) SSL
5 3 (3.30%) NAS
5 3 (3.30%) SAN
5 3 (3.30%) Skype
6 2 (2.20%) BGP
6 2 (2.20%) Internet
6 2 (2.20%) IPv4
6 2 (2.20%) IPv6
6 2 (2.20%) LAN
6 2 (2.20%) MPLS
6 2 (2.20%) SNMP
6 2 (2.20%) WLAN
7 1 (1.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.30%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.20%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.10%) Big Data
3 1 (1.10%) Power BI
3 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (3.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Git
General
1 38 (41.76%) Public Sector
2 35 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 18 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.29%) Finance
5 5 (5.49%) Banking
6 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.30%) Publishing
7 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (26.37%) Analyst
2 15 (16.48%) IT Analyst
2 15 (16.48%) Support Analyst
3 10 (10.99%) Network Engineer
4 8 (8.79%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (8.79%) IT Support
4 8 (8.79%) IT Support Analyst
5 7 (7.69%) Desktop Support
5 7 (7.69%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 7 (7.69%) Senior
6 6 (6.59%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (6.59%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 6 (6.59%) Consultant
6 6 (6.59%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Service Analyst
6 6 (6.59%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) Middleware Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Senior Middleware Engineer
7 5 (5.49%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.49%) J2EE
1 5 (5.49%) Middleware
2 3 (3.30%) CSS
2 3 (3.30%) HTML
2 3 (3.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.30%) XML
3 2 (2.20%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (5.49%) CMDB
3 4 (4.40%) iPhone
3 4 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.30%) PKI
5 2 (2.20%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.10%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.10%) Clustering
6 1 (1.10%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 41 (45.05%) Windows
2 24 (26.37%) Windows 10
3 15 (16.48%) Windows 7
4 12 (13.19%) Windows Server
5 8 (8.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (7.69%) Apple iOS
7 4 (4.40%) Linux
8 3 (3.30%) Android
9 2 (2.20%) Unix
10 1 (1.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.97%) Customer Service
2 25 (27.47%) Service Delivery
3 17 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (17.58%) Agile
4 16 (17.58%) ITSM
4 16 (17.58%) Service Management
5 15 (16.48%) Break/Fix
6 12 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (12.09%) PRINCE2
7 11 (12.09%) Project Management
8 9 (9.89%) Change Management
9 8 (8.79%) Security Operations
10 7 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (7.69%) Problem Management
10 7 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
10 7 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (6.59%) Network Management
12 5 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (5.49%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) SQL
2 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.20%) Java
3 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (29.67%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (16.48%) A+ Certification
4 15 (16.48%) MCSE
5 14 (15.38%) Degree
6 12 (13.19%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (6.59%) MCP
8 4 (4.40%) HNC
9 2 (2.20%) ACCA
9 2 (2.20%) CCNP
9 2 (2.20%) CIMA
9 2 (2.20%) CIPD
9 2 (2.20%) CIPFA
9 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.20%) HND
10 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (4.40%) SLA
3 2 (2.20%) COBIT
3 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (2.20%) QA
4 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.10%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (47.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) BitLocker
2 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 30 (32.97%) SCCM
2 6 (6.59%) WSUS
3 3 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.20%) Ansible
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.20%) Nagios
4 2 (2.20%) OpenView
5 1 (1.10%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (50.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (24.18%) Cisco
3 11 (12.09%) Citrix
4 10 (10.99%) ServiceNow
5 6 (6.59%) Fortinet
6 5 (5.49%) IBM
6 5 (5.49%) Oracle
7 4 (4.40%) Apple
8 3 (3.30%) Atlassian
8 3 (3.30%) HP
9 2 (2.20%) Adobe
9 2 (2.20%) Avaya
9 2 (2.20%) Extreme Networks
9 2 (2.20%) Mitel
9 2 (2.20%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.10%) BMC
10 1 (1.10%) Equitrac
10 1 (1.10%) Remedy
10 1 (1.10%) SaltStack