IT Strategy Jobs in Scotland

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 112 148
Rank change year-on-year -64 +36 -24
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 111 115 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.65% 2.43% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.58% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 44 44 29
10th Percentile £41,250 £52,741 £43,850
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,219 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £64,570 £123,047 £70,000
90th Percentile £106,000 £141,586 £78,262
UK median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +18.52% -3.57%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,235 4,465 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.26% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,242 2,777
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT 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 IT Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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 -68 68 £48,000 -43.83% 3
Edinburgh -5 23 £56,318 -13.36% 5
Aberdeen +3 15 £46,250 -
Dundee - 3 £55,380 -
Aberdeenshire +7 1 £47,500 -
Stirling - 1 £50,000 -
Falkirk - 1 £50,000 -
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 17 (15.32%) Confluence
2 12 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.80%) Apache
3 2 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.80%) SAS
4 1 (0.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.90%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (8.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.32%) AWS
2 6 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.70%) Azure
3 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.80%) IaaS
4 2 (1.80%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.70%) DKIM
1 3 (2.70%) DMARC
2 2 (1.80%) Firewall
2 2 (1.80%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.51%) MySQL
1 15 (13.51%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.80%) Big Data
3 1 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (22.52%) JIRA
2 19 (17.12%) Maven
3 4 (3.60%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (47.75%) Finance
2 41 (36.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 41 (36.94%) Law
3 39 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 27 (24.32%) Marketing
5 24 (21.62%) Banking
6 17 (15.32%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (13.51%) Investment Banking
7 15 (13.51%) Publishing
8 9 (8.11%) Manufacturing
8 9 (8.11%) Telecoms
9 6 (5.41%) Retail
10 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (27.03%) Lead
2 23 (20.72%) Architect
3 21 (18.92%) Solutions Architect
4 17 (15.32%) Presales Solution Architect
5 16 (14.41%) Agile Coach
6 15 (13.51%) Software Engineer
7 12 (10.81%) IT Manager
8 11 (9.91%) Research Engineer
8 11 (9.91%) Research Software Engineer
9 10 (9.01%) Change Manager
10 8 (7.21%) Senior
11 5 (4.50%) Business Change Manager
11 5 (4.50%) Business Manager
11 5 (4.50%) IT Change Manager
11 5 (4.50%) Team Leader
12 4 (3.60%) Analyst
12 4 (3.60%) Developer
12 4 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (3.60%) Java Developer
12 4 (3.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (17.12%) Spring
1 19 (17.12%) Spring Boot
2 15 (13.51%) React
3 5 (4.50%) XML
4 4 (3.60%) JSON
4 4 (3.60%) Kafka
4 4 (3.60%) REST
5 1 (0.90%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (24.32%) Product Ownership
2 15 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 15 (13.51%) Distributed Applications
3 9 (8.11%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.21%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.50%) PMI
6 4 (3.60%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.60%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.80%) IoT
7 2 (1.80%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.90%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (60.36%) Problem-Solving
1 67 (60.36%) Technology Strategy
2 54 (48.65%) Agile
3 42 (37.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (25.23%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (24.32%) Scrum
6 25 (22.52%) Coaching
6 25 (22.52%) Product Vision
6 25 (22.52%) Servant Leadership
7 21 (18.92%) Mentoring
8 19 (17.12%) Budget Management
9 18 (16.22%) Business Case
9 18 (16.22%) DevOps
9 18 (16.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 18 (16.22%) SDLC
10 17 (15.32%) Commercial Awareness
10 17 (15.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 17 (15.32%) Product Backlog
10 17 (15.32%) Systems Thinking
10 17 (15.32%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.82%) SQL
2 19 (17.12%) Java
3 17 (15.32%) Python
4 16 (14.41%) T-SQL
5 15 (13.51%) Groovy
5 15 (13.51%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.80%) R
7 1 (0.90%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (27.03%) Degree
2 17 (15.32%) SC Cleared
2 17 (15.32%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.31%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.31%) PMP
4 2 (1.80%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.80%) CCNA
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.80%) CISSP
4 2 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.31%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.80%) CRD IV
3 2 (1.80%) IFRS
3 2 (1.80%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.90%) NIST
4 1 (0.90%) PMO
4 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (15.32%) Terraform
2 6 (5.41%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Oracle
3 9 (8.11%) Epicor
3 9 (8.11%) IFS
3 9 (8.11%) JD Edwards
4 2 (1.80%) Cisco