Degree Contract Job Trends 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 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 40 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 +11
Contract jobs citing Degree 31 46 59
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 4.08% 5.94% 6.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.13% 32.86% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 37 27
10th Percentile £332 £227 £242
25th Percentile £358 £370 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £447 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -0.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £563
90th Percentile £650 £575 £626
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +13.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 £16.75 £23.34
Median hourly rate £28.09 £17.50 £24.26
Median % change year-on-year +60.51% -27.85% -
75th Percentile £29.16 £18.25 £25.17
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £28.09 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +34.15% +7.38% +21.91%

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 171 140 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.50% 18.06% 25.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 100 125
10th Percentile £290 £215 £200
25th Percentile £320 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £775 £600 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 13
10th Percentile - £16.25 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 -
Median hourly rate £60.91 £17.50 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +248.06% -57.25% -
75th Percentile - £35.11 £75.00
90th Percentile £61.84 £70.46 -
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £22.00 £22.95
% change year-on-year +150.00% -4.13% +7.94%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Degree job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Glasgow over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (25.81%) Confluence
2 4 (12.90%) Apache Spark
2 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (3.23%) InDesign
3 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.90%) Collibra
3 2 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (6.45%) GCP
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) DNS
1 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) MPLS
2 1 (3.23%) SDH
2 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Big Data
1 4 (12.90%) Hadoop
1 4 (12.90%) Metadata
1 4 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JIRA
2 4 (12.90%) Git
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Banking
3 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
4 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) Lead
2 6 (19.35%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Scrum Master
4 3 (9.68%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Executive Assistant
5 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Risk Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Accountant
6 1 (3.23%) Agile Scrum Master
6 1 (3.23%) Finance Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Accountant
6 1 (3.23%) Product Control Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.45%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (6.45%) React
1 2 (6.45%) Spring
1 2 (6.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Cloud Native
1 6 (19.35%) Cyberattack
1 6 (19.35%) Product Ownership
1 6 (19.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.90%) Reference Data
2 4 (12.90%) Virtual Team
3 3 (9.68%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.23%) Graphic Design
5 1 (3.23%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Linux
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Unix
3 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (41.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (38.71%) Computer Science
4 11 (35.48%) Agile
5 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (29.03%) CI/CD
6 9 (29.03%) DevOps
6 9 (29.03%) Migration
7 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
7 8 (25.81%) Incident Response
8 7 (22.58%) Change Management
8 7 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (22.58%) Information Security
8 7 (22.58%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (19.35%) Acceptance Criteria
9 6 (19.35%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 6 (19.35%) Kanban
9 6 (19.35%) Scrum
9 6 (19.35%) Security Operations
9 6 (19.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.68%) Python
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Bash
2 2 (6.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (22.58%) Security Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (19.35%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.90%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.45%) CCAB
7 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.23%) CCNA
7 1 (3.23%) CCNP
7 1 (3.23%) CEH
7 1 (3.23%) CIMA
7 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.23%) CISM
7 1 (3.23%) CISSP
7 1 (3.23%) IIBA
7 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.23%) PMP
7 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Data Quality
1 4 (12.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) COBIT
2 2 (6.45%) GRC
2 2 (6.45%) ISO 31000
2 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (3.23%) P3O
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) Grafana
2 2 (6.45%) Progress Chef
2 2 (6.45%) Prometheus
2 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Splunk
2 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.23%) Nokia