IT Strategy Contracts in Scotland

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 153 155
Rank change year-on-year +48 +2 -24
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 24 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.10% 0.46% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.50% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 13
10th Percentile £563 £401 £320
25th Percentile £590 £479 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% +26.32% -4.04%
75th Percentile £750 £663 £838
90th Percentile £833 £700 £875
UK median daily rate £600 £621 £625
% change year-on-year -3.38% -0.64% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £37.34 £17.50
% change year-on-year -19.34% +113.37% +40.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

IT 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 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT 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 IT Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +12 8 £626 +13.73% 5
Edinburgh +39 6 £700 - 8
West Lothian +1 5 £585 -10.00%
Perthshire - 1 £700 -
IT Strategy
UK

IT 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 5 (20.83%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) 5G
2 3 (12.50%) LAN
2 3 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Git
1 5 (20.83%) Jenkins
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
1 5 (20.83%) Postman
2 3 (12.50%) Cucumber
2 3 (12.50%) IntelliJ
2 3 (12.50%) JUnit
General
1 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Legal
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Architect
2 8 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (25.00%) Senior Architect
4 5 (20.83%) Category Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (20.83%) IT Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Technical Architect
5 4 (16.67%) Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Enterprise Architect
6 3 (12.50%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (12.50%) Java Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Azure Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 2 (8.33%) Senior Technical Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Security Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.83%) Middleware
2 3 (12.50%) Apache Camel
2 3 (12.50%) J2EE
2 3 (12.50%) Kafka
2 3 (12.50%) REST
2 3 (12.50%) Spring
2 3 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 2 (8.33%) CSS
3 2 (8.33%) GraphQL
3 2 (8.33%) HTML
3 2 (8.33%) Jest
3 2 (8.33%) Node.js
3 2 (8.33%) Playwright
3 2 (8.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 14 (58.33%) Agile
3 8 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 7 (29.17%) Roadmaps
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 5 (20.83%) CRM
7 4 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 4 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
7 4 (16.67%) Waterfall
8 3 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
8 3 (12.50%) Coaching
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Java
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 2 (8.33%) Databricks