Degree Contracts in Glasgow

Academic Degree
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 29 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Degree 46 42 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 5.82% 5.48% 5.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.30% 24.71% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 23 42
10th Percentile £223 £288 £211
25th Percentile £368 £344 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +1.18% +4.65%
75th Percentile £525 £563 £547
90th Percentile £575 £626 £585
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £37.13 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.25 £16.25
% change year-on-year +9.59% +12.34% -70.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 157 170 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 19.85% 22.16% 23.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 108 139
10th Percentile £201 £215 £313
25th Percentile £313 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £541 £600 £575
90th Percentile £600 £725 £650
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £457
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.53% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 0
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £40.94 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% - -
75th Percentile £19.83 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £37.11 £75.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £21.67
% change year-on-year +2.56% -10.01% -56.99%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Glasgow over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 5 (10.87%) Confluence
2 3 (6.52%) SAS
2 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.17%) Apache
4 1 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 1 (2.17%) JBoss
4 1 (2.17%) OpenROAD
4 1 (2.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (8.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.17%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) AWS
3 5 (10.87%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.35%) Asana
4 2 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.35%) GCP
4 2 (4.35%) GitHub
4 2 (4.35%) OpenShift
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.17%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.17%) Datadog
5 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.17%) Figma
5 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) VPN
1 3 (6.52%) WAN
2 2 (4.35%) BGP
2 2 (4.35%) Firewall
2 2 (4.35%) LAN
2 2 (4.35%) OSPF
2 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.35%) Wireless
3 1 (2.17%) Internet
3 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Power BI
2 3 (6.52%) Big Data
2 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.35%) Redis
4 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) DB2
4 1 (2.17%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) Artifactory
2 3 (6.52%) Git
2 3 (6.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.17%) GitLab
3 1 (2.17%) IntelliJ
3 1 (2.17%) PyCharm
3 1 (2.17%) TestComplete
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.17%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (54.35%) Social Skills
2 18 (39.13%) Finance
3 13 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Public Sector
5 6 (13.04%) Banking
6 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.52%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.35%) Military
9 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.17%) Legal
9 1 (2.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) Analyst
2 6 (13.04%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Developer
4 4 (8.70%) Senior
5 3 (6.52%) Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Credit Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Lead
5 3 (6.52%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.52%) Security Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.35%) Administrator
6 2 (4.35%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Python Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.35%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) RESTful
2 3 (6.52%) Kafka
3 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.35%) FastAPI
3 2 (4.35%) Flask
3 2 (4.35%) Hugging Face
3 2 (4.35%) LangChain
3 2 (4.35%) Loki
3 2 (4.35%) OAuth
3 2 (4.35%) OAuth2
3 2 (4.35%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (4.35%) PyTorch
3 2 (4.35%) React
3 2 (4.35%) REST
3 2 (4.35%) Spring
3 2 (4.35%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.17%) Java SE
4 1 (2.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
1 6 (13.04%) PMI
2 3 (6.52%) Credit Risk
3 2 (4.35%) AI Agents
3 2 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.35%) Private Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.35%) Social Media
3 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Clustering
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Linux
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Unix
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (36.96%) Agile
3 16 (34.78%) Computer Science
4 11 (23.91%) Project Management
5 9 (19.57%) DevOps
6 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.39%) Scrum
7 7 (15.22%) Software Engineering
7 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
8 6 (13.04%) Data Analysis
8 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.04%) PRINCE2
8 6 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.87%) SDLC
9 5 (10.87%) Use Case
10 4 (8.70%) Microservices
10 4 (8.70%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) Python
3 4 (8.70%) Java
4 3 (6.52%) VBA
5 2 (4.35%) C#
5 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.17%) Bicep
6 1 (2.17%) Groovy
6 1 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (2.17%) Perl
6 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (15.22%) PMI Certification
3 5 (10.87%) Master's Degree
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.52%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (4.35%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.35%) CCNP
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.35%) CISSP
5 2 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (4.35%) GCIA
5 2 (4.35%) GCIH
5 2 (4.35%) ISACA
5 2 (4.35%) PMP
5 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) ISEB
6 1 (2.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) QA
2 3 (6.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.35%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.35%) Grafana
3 2 (4.35%) Kustomize
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (2.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Alteryx
2 3 (6.52%) Sun
3 2 (4.35%) ArcSight
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Juniper
3 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Sybase
4 1 (2.17%) Teradata
4 1 (2.17%) Workday