IT Strategy Jobs in Scotland

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for IT Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Strategy over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 111 147
Rank change year-on-year -73 +36 -5
Permanent jobs citing IT Strategy 108 114 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.61% 2.49% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 2.64% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 46 47 35
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,219 £51,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £70,800 £122,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £118,012 £140,673 £82,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% +14.81% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

IT Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,195 4,321 5,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.21% 94.32% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,159 2,811
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,211 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Strategy in Scotland

IT Strategy
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow -85 66 £48,000 -35.31% 3
Edinburgh -10 20 £56,318 -9.55% 5
Aberdeen +2 15 £46,250 -
Dundee - 3 £55,380 -
Falkirk - 2 £50,000 - 1
Stirling - 2 £50,000 - 1
Fife -6 1 £50,000 -44.44% 1
Aberdeenshire - 1 £47,500 -
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 17 (15.74%) Confluence
2 12 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) IIS
3 2 (1.85%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.85%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.93%) Apache
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.93%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.74%) AWS
2 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.78%) Azure
3 3 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.78%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.85%) IaaS
4 2 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.78%) DKIM
1 3 (2.78%) DMARC
2 2 (1.85%) Firewall
2 2 (1.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.89%) MySQL
1 15 (13.89%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.85%) Big Data
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Database
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Database 10g
2 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (23.15%) JIRA
2 19 (17.59%) Maven
3 4 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (47.22%) Finance
2 41 (37.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 41 (37.96%) Law
3 36 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 28 (25.93%) Marketing
5 22 (20.37%) Banking
6 18 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (13.89%) Investment Banking
7 15 (13.89%) Publishing
8 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
8 9 (8.33%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.70%) Retail
10 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (27.78%) Lead
2 16 (14.81%) Agile Coach
2 16 (14.81%) Architect
3 15 (13.89%) Software Engineer
4 14 (12.96%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (12.04%) IT Manager
5 13 (12.04%) Presales Solution Architect
6 11 (10.19%) Research Engineer
6 11 (10.19%) Research Software Engineer
7 10 (9.26%) Change Manager
8 7 (6.48%) Senior
9 5 (4.63%) Business Change Manager
9 5 (4.63%) Business Manager
9 5 (4.63%) IT Change Manager
9 5 (4.63%) Team Leader
10 4 (3.70%) Backend Developer
10 4 (3.70%) Developer
10 4 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (17.59%) Spring
1 19 (17.59%) Spring Boot
2 15 (13.89%) React
3 5 (4.63%) XML
4 4 (3.70%) JSON
4 4 (3.70%) Kafka
4 4 (3.70%) REST
5 2 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 15 (13.89%) Cloud Native
2 15 (13.89%) Distributed Applications
3 9 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.41%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.63%) PMI
6 4 (3.70%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.85%) IoT
7 2 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (57.41%) Technology Strategy
3 52 (48.15%) Agile
4 42 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (25.00%) Scrum
7 25 (23.15%) Coaching
7 25 (23.15%) Product Vision
7 25 (23.15%) Servant Leadership
8 21 (19.44%) Mentoring
9 19 (17.59%) Budget Management
9 19 (17.59%) DevOps
9 19 (17.59%) SDLC
10 18 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 17 (15.74%) Infrastructure Management
11 17 (15.74%) Product Backlog
11 17 (15.74%) Software Engineering
11 17 (15.74%) Systems Thinking
12 16 (14.81%) Agile Coaching
13 15 (13.89%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.30%) SQL
2 19 (17.59%) Java
3 17 (15.74%) T-SQL
4 16 (14.81%) Python
5 15 (13.89%) Groovy
5 15 (13.89%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.85%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.93%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (27.78%) Degree
2 13 (12.04%) SC Cleared
2 13 (12.04%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.48%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.48%) PMP
4 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.85%) CCNA
4 2 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.85%) CISSP
4 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (6.48%) QA
2 3 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.93%) CRD IV
3 1 (0.93%) IFRS
3 1 (0.93%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.93%) PMO
3 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (15.74%) Terraform
2 6 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.19%) Oracle
3 9 (8.33%) Epicor
3 9 (8.33%) IFS
3 9 (8.33%) JD Edwards
4 2 (1.85%) Cisco