Digital Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Digital Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Digital Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Digital 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 109 116 151
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 +3
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 7 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.59% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.66% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 11
10th Percentile £288 £363 £463
25th Percentile £344 £400 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £626 £525
90th Percentile - - £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Digital 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%

Digital Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Strategy in Scotland

Digital Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Digital Strategy in Scotland

Digital Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Digital Strategy in Scotland

Digital 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 Digital 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 +9 5 £500 - 3
Glasgow -1 2 - -
Digital Strategy
UK

Digital 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 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) OLAP
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) A/B Testing
3 2 (28.57%) API Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (28.57%) Design Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
3 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (28.57%) WCAG
2 1 (14.29%) P3O
2 1 (14.29%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Commvault
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL