Business Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Business Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 98 98 131
Rank change year-on-year 0 +33 -22
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 18 31 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.11% 1.40% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.58% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 22
10th Percentile £402 £372 £420
25th Percentile £430 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% +2.17% +0.88%
75th Percentile £586 £718 £600
90th Percentile £600 £773 £650
UK median daily rate £598 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.40% +4.17% +2.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Strategy in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -2 9 £513 -24.00% 29
Glasgow -1 4 £444 -22.78% 33
Perthshire 0 3 £550 +10.00%
Perth and Kinross - 1 £600 -
Business Strategy
UK

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.56%) GitHub
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Postman
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
1 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Business Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Communications Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Developer
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Tableau Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
1 1 (5.56%) OpenAPI
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 4 (22.22%) Business Case
3 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 2 (11.11%) Service Management
5 2 (11.11%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft