Business Strategy Jobs in Scotland

Business Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 148 78
Rank change year-on-year -10 -70 +60
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 133 76 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.98% 1.61% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.71% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 37 27 48
10th Percentile £35,700 £45,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,875 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £72,500 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% -8.96% +59.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £83,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,925 £66,410
% change year-on-year -7.99% +2.28% +2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Scotland.

Salary trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -46 88 £50,000 -27.14% 4
Edinburgh +25 21 £120,000 +26.32% 9
Aberdeen -2 10 £46,250 +2.78% 2
Lanarkshire -2 7 - - 1
Fife -7 3 £37,800 -58.00% 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £24,000 -
Highlands - 1 £45,500 -
Stirling - 1 £35,776 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £47,500 - 1
Business Strategy
UK

Business 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 14 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.76%) Confluence
3 2 (1.50%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.06%) Figma
1 32 (24.06%) SurveyMonkey
2 21 (15.79%) AWS
3 15 (11.28%) Azure
4 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.26%) GCP
6 5 (3.76%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.01%) Google Docs
7 4 (3.01%) OCI
8 3 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.75%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.75%) IaaS
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
9 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) BigQuery
1 7 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (5.26%) Looker
2 5 (3.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.26%) MySQL
4 3 (2.26%) Power BI
4 3 (2.26%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.76%) JIRA
General
1 80 (60.15%) Finance
2 68 (51.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 61 (45.86%) Law
3 61 (45.86%) Marketing
4 32 (24.06%) Social Science
5 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.77%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.26%) Billing
9 6 (4.51%) Police
10 5 (3.76%) Banking
11 4 (3.01%) Social Skills
12 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (36.84%) Lead
2 32 (24.06%) Architect
3 30 (22.56%) Senior
4 29 (21.80%) Principal Architect
5 19 (14.29%) Senior Architect
6 17 (12.78%) Data Architect
6 17 (12.78%) Principal Data Architect
6 17 (12.78%) Senior Data Architect
7 15 (11.28%) Cloud Architect
8 12 (9.02%) Cloud Solutions Architect
8 12 (9.02%) Principal Solutions Architect
9 7 (5.26%) Analyst
9 7 (5.26%) Consultant
9 7 (5.26%) Data Manager
9 7 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
10 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
11 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Consultant
11 5 (3.76%) Team Leader
12 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Architecture Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) LDAP
2 2 (1.50%) XML
3 1 (0.75%) JSON
3 1 (0.75%) OAuth
3 1 (0.75%) RESTful
3 1 (0.75%) SAML
3 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (21.80%) Cloud Native
2 16 (12.03%) Market Risk
3 14 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 10 (7.52%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.75%) Tandem
6 1 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.51%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Unix
3 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (60.15%) Roadmaps
2 48 (36.09%) Actionable Insight
3 34 (25.56%) Service Design
4 32 (24.06%) Anthropology
4 32 (24.06%) Cognitive Science
4 32 (24.06%) Fintech
4 32 (24.06%) Information Architecture
4 32 (24.06%) Interaction Design
4 32 (24.06%) Objectives and Key Results
4 32 (24.06%) Product Management
4 32 (24.06%) Project Planning
4 32 (24.06%) Psychology
4 32 (24.06%) Qualitative Research
4 32 (24.06%) User Experience
4 32 (24.06%) User Research
4 32 (24.06%) UX Research
5 29 (21.80%) Operational Stability
6 24 (18.05%) Line Management
7 20 (15.04%) Agile
8 19 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.06%) R
2 7 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (27.07%) Degree
2 32 (24.06%) Master's Degree
2 32 (24.06%) PhD
3 17 (12.78%) Security Cleared
4 15 (11.28%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.50%) MCSE
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.50%) OCA
5 2 (1.50%) OCP
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) QA
2 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 32 (24.06%) Qualtrics
2 20 (15.04%) Microsoft
3 15 (11.28%) Oracle
4 11 (8.27%) Google
5 10 (7.52%) JD Edwards
6 9 (6.77%) Epicor
6 9 (6.77%) IFS
7 5 (3.76%) BiZZdesign
7 5 (3.76%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.01%) BeyondTrust
8 4 (3.01%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.50%) VMware