Technology Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Technology Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Technology Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 103 161
Rank change year-on-year +2 +58 +4
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 20 15 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.15% 0.73% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.84% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 5
10th Percentile £452 - £597
25th Percentile £476 £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -22.97% +3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £707 £841 £713
90th Percentile £734 £850 £735
UK median daily rate £625 £669 £625
% change year-on-year -6.58% +7.04% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Technology 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 1,594 1,781 2,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.98% 87.22% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1,108 1,755
10th Percentile £250 £213 £250
25th Percentile £367 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 73 66
10th Percentile £16.57 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £13.64 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.64 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% +41.95% -59.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £28.26 £60.75 £61.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.81%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in Scotland

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in Scotland

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in Scotland

Technology 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 Technology Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 July 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 0 16 £528 -38.73% 8
Edinburgh +2 3 £625 +25.00% 14
Technology Strategy
UK

Technology 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 6 (30.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (15.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) GitHub
1 7 (35.00%) GitHub Actions
2 6 (30.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Azure
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Internet
1 1 (5.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (10.00%) Power BI
4 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) CircleCI
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (60.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Banking
5 4 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (15.00%) Investment Banking
7 2 (10.00%) Publishing
8 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (5.00%) Legal
8 1 (5.00%) Military
8 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Lead
2 6 (30.00%) Lead Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Technical Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Technical Leader
3 5 (25.00%) Data Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Technical Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Head of AI
6 1 (5.00%) Head of Design
6 1 (5.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (5.00%) Blazor
1 1 (5.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (5.00%) Node.js
1 1 (5.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (20.00%) CMDB
2 4 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (15.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) IT Strategy
2 12 (60.00%) Agile
3 8 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (35.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (30.00%) Business Strategy
5 6 (30.00%) Data Architecture
5 6 (30.00%) Domain-Driven Design
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) TDD
5 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (25.00%) Line Management
6 5 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Grafana
1 6 (30.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (30.00%) Prometheus
1 6 (30.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle
2 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) Spotify