Chief Technology Officer Jobs in Scotland

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
UK > Scotland

The median Chief Technology Officer (CTO) salary in Scotland is £78,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 217 245
Rank change year-on-year -59 +28 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Technology Officer 7 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.064% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.071% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile - £103,366 -
25th Percentile £76,250 £103,638 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £111,968 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.67% +49.29% -6.25%
75th Percentile £126,875 £122,266 -
90th Percentile £142,500 £123,719 -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £110,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% - +27.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,238 5,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.06% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,303 2,990
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Chief Technology Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Chief Technology Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Technology Officer in Scotland

Chief Technology Officer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Technology Officer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Chief Technology Officer in Scotland

Chief Technology Officer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Technology Officer in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Chief Technology Officer in Scotland

Chief Technology Officer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Technology Officer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +37 4 £77,500 -30.78% 4
Glasgow - 2 £135,000 -
Chief Technology Officer
UK

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Chief Technology Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Chief Technology Officer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SaaS
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 3 (42.86%) React
3 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Product Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) SaaS
2 4 (57.14%) AWS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Product Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript