IT Strategy Contracts in Edinburgh

IT/Technology Strategy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT 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 65 66 109
Rank change year-on-year +1 +43 +13
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.74% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.83% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £588 £635
25th Percentile £425 £625 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -18.84%
75th Percentile £475 £750 £750
90th Percentile - £765 £765
Scotland median daily rate £388 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -42.59% +12.50% +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

IT 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%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Edinburgh

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Edinburgh

IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Design
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow