IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

IT/Technology Strategy
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 61 61
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 +14
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 10 17 4
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.95% 2.25% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 2.48% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 4
10th Percentile - £331 £636
25th Percentile £463 £453 £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £528 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.75% -24.50% +27.27%
75th Percentile £594 £680 £722
90th Percentile £800 £734 £761
Scotland median daily rate £488 £514 £700
% change year-on-year -5.20% -26.54% +12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 893 685 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.89% 90.73% 89.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 440 432
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £344 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +3.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £541
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £451 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.12% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 23
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.73 £15.13
25th Percentile £13.89 £16.84 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.64 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +87.79% -54.48% +182.34%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £35.60 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.09% +3.49%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Glasgow

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Glasgow over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Glasgow

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing IT Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing IT Strategy

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Lake
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Risk Manager
2 3 (30.00%) IT Manager
2 3 (30.00%) IT Risk Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Service Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (20.00%) CMDB
4 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
1 8 (80.00%) Service Management
2 7 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (70.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (60.00%) IT Governance
3 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (40.00%) Quality Management
4 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
6 2 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) COBIT
1 6 (60.00%) ISO 31000
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (20.00%) GRC
2 2 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft