Technology Strategy Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Technology Strategy
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Technology Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 67 66
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +34
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 5 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.63% 0.46% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.49% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £538 - £688
90th Percentile - - £750
Scotland median daily rate £525 £500 £700
% change year-on-year +5.00% -28.57% +5.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Technology 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 685 618 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.95% 95.22% 84.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 321 411
10th Percentile £350 £222 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £463 £465
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% -0.43% -2.11%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £554
90th Percentile £643 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £458 £463 £453
% change year-on-year -1.19% +2.21% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 33
10th Percentile £19.33 £17.15 £13.22
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +14.76% -40.25%
75th Percentile £75.00 £31.34 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £61.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.92 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -5.43% +2.09% +28.50%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technology Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Technology Strategy job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Technology Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure AI
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Metadata
General
1 5 (100.00%) Legal
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe Developer
2 1 (20.00%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) React
1 3 (60.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Clustering
1 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) API Design
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) OCR
2 3 (60.00%) Open Source
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) OpenAI
2 2 (40.00%) IBM