Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Strategy
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 72 73
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 16 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 2.21% 0.93% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 1.02% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 6
10th Percentile £355 £334 £364
25th Percentile £358 £353 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £390 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -25.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £597
90th Percentile £626 £570 £644
Scotland median daily rate £400 £488 £575
% change year-on-year -17.95% -15.22% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 633 685 808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 87.31% 90.85% 91.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 434 537
10th Percentile £295 £303 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £625
90th Percentile £628 £660 £700
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 17
10th Percentile £14.83 £16.75 £12.08
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.32 £15.42
Median hourly rate £24.98 £19.59 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.51% +22.44% -46.16%
75th Percentile £49.15 £26.86 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.93 £40.10 £36.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Glasgow

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Data Lake
1 3 (18.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 10 (62.50%) Influencing Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (18.75%) Banking
5 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Data Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) Lead Data Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Business Engagement Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Community Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Site Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Agile Coach
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) HR Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 1 (6.25%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 3 (18.75%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (18.75%) Complexity Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (18.75%) Data Science
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Machine Learning
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 2 (12.50%) Open Source
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) Go
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) BC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP
3 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Postgraduate
3 1 (6.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) SAP