IT Strategy Contracts in Scotland

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring IT Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 104 151
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 +2
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 13 17 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.81% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.92% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 11
10th Percentile £323 £591 £408
25th Percentile £331 £625 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -36.14% +16.67% +26.32%
75th Percentile £526 £769 £663
90th Percentile £557 £845 £700
UK median daily rate £615 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £85.00
UK median hourly rate £100.00 £30.12 £61.17
% change year-on-year +232.01% -50.76% +249.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,538 1,846 2,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.72% 87.82% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 1,147 1,747
10th Percentile £263 £220 £260
25th Percentile £375 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 93 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.67 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +34.48% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £65.94
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% - +40.19%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT 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 IT Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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
Glasgow -4 9 £444 -29.02% 22
Edinburgh +7 3 £538 -20.37% 31
IT Strategy
UK

IT 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 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
1 1 (7.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Investment Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Publishing
7 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Data Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Release Manager
3 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Head of IT
5 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.69%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
1 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (7.69%) Blazor
1 1 (7.69%) Entity Framework
1 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) CMDB
1 4 (30.77%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
1 9 (69.23%) Technology Strategy
2 8 (61.54%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) ITIL
4 5 (38.46%) Programme Management
4 5 (38.46%) Service Management
5 4 (30.77%) Change Management
5 4 (30.77%) Configuration Management
5 4 (30.77%) Data Architecture
5 4 (30.77%) Data Design
5 4 (30.77%) Data Modelling
5 4 (30.77%) Data Security
5 4 (30.77%) ITSM
5 4 (30.77%) Security Management
5 4 (30.77%) Time Management
6 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
6 3 (23.08%) Change Control
6 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
6 3 (23.08%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ISEB
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
2 3 (23.08%) QA
3 2 (15.38%) PMO
4 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Spotify