Knowledge Transfer Job Trends in Scotland

Knowledge Transfer
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 127 164
Rank change year-on-year -10 +37 +38
Permanent jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 4 19 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.15% 0.69% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.75% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 5
10th Percentile - £30,500 £32,850
25th Percentile £83,750 £36,387 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £43,774 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +99.89% -2.73% -30.77%
75th Percentile £91,250 £73,125 £85,000
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
UK median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.87% -4.17% +11.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Knowledge Transfer falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,252 2,540 2,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 81.71% 91.83% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 1,112 1,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,275 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,425 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.84%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Knowledge Transfer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Knowledge Transfer
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Knowledge Transfer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh -6 3 £87,500 +9.38%
Glasgow +13 1 - - 2
Knowledge Transfer
UK

Knowledge Transfer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Associate Director
1 2 (50.00%) IT Director
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Optimization Problems
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Anaplan
2 1 (25.00%) Genesys
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Verint