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 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 21 21
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Degree 54 52 64
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 7.21% 7.62% 8.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.21% 30.59% 31.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 32 39
10th Percentile £247 £356 £308
25th Percentile £360 £402 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -3.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £510 £563
90th Percentile £548 £623 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £457
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £32.13 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £49.35
% change year-on-year +5.26% -61.50% +161.11%

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 173 170 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.10% 24.93% 25.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 119 125
10th Percentile £185 £301 £311
25th Percentile £323 £369 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £600
90th Percentile £634 £725 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £16.14 £20.44 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £23.34 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% - -
75th Percentile £18.05 £42.50 -
90th Percentile £20.89 £48.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.69 £18.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +9.39% -69.51% +98.62%

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 3 October 2025.

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 4 (7.41%) Confluence
2 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) Apache
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.85%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.26%) MS Visio
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.85%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
3 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.41%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.56%) GitHub
5 3 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (3.70%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Serverless
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.85%) Figma
7 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) VPN
1 5 (9.26%) WAN
2 1 (1.85%) BGP
2 1 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (1.85%) Internet
2 1 (1.85%) LAN
2 1 (1.85%) OSPF
2 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.85%) VoIP
2 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Big Data
1 5 (9.26%) Power BI
2 4 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 4 (7.41%) Redis
3 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.56%) Tableau
4 2 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.70%) Power Query
4 2 (3.70%) QlikView
4 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.85%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.85%) Metadata
5 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 5 (9.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (7.41%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.85%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.85%) GitLab
4 1 (1.85%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.85%) PyCharm
4 1 (1.85%) TestComplete
4 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.85%) Zephyr
General
1 33 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Finance
3 13 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 9 (16.67%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.70%) Front Office
7 2 (3.70%) Marketing
7 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Legal
8 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Analyst
2 6 (11.11%) Developer
3 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Lead
4 4 (7.41%) Python Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Data Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Designer
5 3 (5.56%) Java Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Python Data Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Release Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Senior
5 3 (5.56%) Software Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Software Release Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Engagement Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Service Manager
6 2 (3.70%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) RESTful
2 7 (12.96%) Kafka
3 5 (9.26%) HTML
3 5 (9.26%) OAuth
3 5 (9.26%) OAuth2
4 4 (7.41%) AngularJS
4 4 (7.41%) CSS
4 4 (7.41%) FastAPI
4 4 (7.41%) Flask
4 4 (7.41%) Hugging Face
4 4 (7.41%) LangChain
4 4 (7.41%) LangGraph
4 4 (7.41%) Loki
4 4 (7.41%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (7.41%) PyTorch
4 4 (7.41%) Spring
4 4 (7.41%) TensorFlow
5 3 (5.56%) Spring Boot
6 2 (3.70%) JSON
6 2 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
1 5 (9.26%) Public Cloud
2 4 (7.41%) AI Agents
2 4 (7.41%) Private Cloud
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.56%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.70%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.85%) CMDB
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.85%) IVR
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.11%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Agile
2 23 (42.59%) Computer Science
3 19 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (24.07%) CI/CD
4 13 (24.07%) DevOps
5 10 (18.52%) ITIL
6 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (16.67%) Use Case
7 8 (14.81%) Microservices
7 8 (14.81%) Project Management
8 7 (12.96%) Software Engineering
9 6 (11.11%) Analytics
9 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy
9 6 (11.11%) Change Management
9 6 (11.11%) Generative AI
9 6 (11.11%) Scrum
9 6 (11.11%) SDLC
10 5 (9.26%) Containerisation
10 5 (9.26%) IT Strategy
10 5 (9.26%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) SQL
2 7 (12.96%) Python
3 6 (11.11%) Java
4 4 (7.41%) Bicep
5 2 (3.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.85%) C#
6 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.56%) CISSP
4 3 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
4 3 (5.56%) GCIA
4 3 (5.56%) GCIH
4 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.70%) CASP
5 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.85%) IIBA
6 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) Accessibility
1 5 (9.26%) QA
2 3 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (3.70%) MiFID
3 2 (3.70%) SLA
4 1 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.26%) Prometheus
3 4 (7.41%) Grafana
3 4 (7.41%) Kustomize
4 2 (3.70%) Terraform
5 1 (1.85%) Ansible
5 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) ArcSight
3 2 (3.70%) Avaloq
3 2 (3.70%) Cisco
3 2 (3.70%) Pega
3 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Adobe
4 1 (1.85%) Avaya
4 1 (1.85%) Juniper
4 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) Teradata