Business Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Business Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Strategy over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 139 111
Rank change year-on-year +42 -28 +45
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 25 30 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.16% 1.10% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.19% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 44
10th Percentile £316 £491 £381
25th Percentile £471 £541 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% - +19.79%
75th Percentile £731 £600 £642
90th Percentile £813 £653 £706
UK median daily rate £626 £600 £595
% change year-on-year +4.33% +0.84% +5.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Business 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 1,904 2,514 3,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.31% 92.43% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,792 2,248
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 54 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.78
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.25 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -56.59% -6.43%
75th Percentile £46.24 £52.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.93 £67.22 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Strategy in Scotland

Business 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 Business Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +32 15 £650 +8.33% 4
Glasgow +15 4 £489 -15.00% 4
Perthshire +6 2 £500 -13.04%
Aberdeen +1 1 - - 5
Business Strategy
UK

Business 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) LAN
1 2 (8.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Architect
2 6 (24.00%) Finance Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Finance Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Programme Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Technical Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Data Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) Middleware
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Roadmaps
2 7 (28.00%) Business Case
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
4 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.00%) Process Management
4 5 (20.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.00%) Service Management
4 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
4 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (12.00%) Change Management
5 3 (12.00%) ERP
5 3 (12.00%) Objectives and Key Results
5 3 (12.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (12.00%) Product Roadmap
5 3 (12.00%) Record to Report
5 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (12.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Databricks
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle
1 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.00%) SAP