Data Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Data Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Strategy over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 153 173
Rank change year-on-year +40 +20 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 15 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.38% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 7
10th Percentile £468 £530 £448
25th Percentile £513 £581 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £481
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +35.14% +13.18%
75th Percentile £718 £825 £756
90th Percentile £748 - £863
UK median daily rate £676 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +12.67% -4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.09 £49.00 -
% change year-on-year +43.03% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Strategy 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 1,967 2,651 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.60% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,908 2,312
10th Percentile £229 £263 £240
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
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 Data Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Glasgow +6 6 £525 - 2
Edinburgh +38 4 £625 -21.88% 3
Perthshire - 3 £700 -
Data Strategy
UK

Data Strategy
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 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Metadata
2 3 (20.00%) Power BI
3 2 (13.33%) Data Mining
4 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) ER Studio
1 2 (13.33%) ERwin
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Change Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Integration Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Architect
4 1 (6.67%) IT Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (13.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Data Management
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
4 4 (26.67%) Metadata Management
4 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
5 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (20.00%) Data Transformation
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
5 3 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (13.33%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Behavioural Change
6 2 (13.33%) CRM
6 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Machine Learning
6 2 (13.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) Data Quality
2 4 (26.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Databricks
1 3 (20.00%) Informatica
2 2 (13.33%) IDERA
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Cadence