Digital Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Digital Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Digital Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Digital Strategy over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 151 163
Rank change year-on-year +38 +12 -16
Contract jobs citing Digital Strategy 15 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.68% 0.42% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.45% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 7
10th Percentile £363 £463 £305
25th Percentile £400 £481 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £626 £525 £550
90th Percentile - £750 £570
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Digital Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 2,651 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.60% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,908 2,312
10th Percentile £229 £263 £240
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +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 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +5 6 £626 +25.10% 1
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Edinburgh +37 1 - - 3
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 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Canva
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (13.33%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Intranet
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Legal
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) IT Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Category Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Change Manager
3 3 (20.00%) IT Change Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Content Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Communications Officer
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) IT Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Project Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Communications Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (13.33%) Video Editing
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (46.67%) Project Management
4 5 (33.33%) Change Management
4 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (26.67%) Active Listening
5 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
5 4 (26.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (26.67%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (26.67%) IT Strategy
5 4 (26.67%) People Management
5 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Map
5 4 (26.67%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
6 3 (20.00%) Content Development
6 3 (20.00%) Copywriting
6 3 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle