Business Strategy Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Strategy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 56 94
Rank change year-on-year -2 +38 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 9 16 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.44% 1.96% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 2.22% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 10
10th Percentile £410 £348 £404
25th Percentile £423 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £675 £588
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +14.89% +2.17%
75th Percentile £597 £769 £638
90th Percentile £599 £875 £678
Scotland median daily rate £481 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -18.21% +2.17% +0.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Business Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Edinburgh

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Edinburgh

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Edinburgh

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Designer
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Senior
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Senior Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Business Case
2 2 (22.22%) Business Process Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (22.22%) Feasibility Study
2 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Awareness
2 2 (22.22%) Service Design
2 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL