Distributed Computing Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Distributed Computing
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Distributed Computing in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Distributed Computing over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Computing 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.11% - 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% - 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £475
75th Percentile - - £480
90th Percentile - - £488
Scotland median daily rate £300 - £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

Distributed Computing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 313 307 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 34.74% 40.66% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 150 148
10th Percentile £302 £312 £273
25th Percentile £363 £400 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £435
Median % change year-on-year +2.26% +6.78% -13.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £500
90th Percentile £675 £600 £613
Scotland median daily rate £475 £460 £455
% change year-on-year +3.26% +1.04% -8.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 6
10th Percentile £13.76 £17.41 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.15 £19.86 £16.50
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% -43.35% +231.61%
75th Percentile £37.24 £57.50 £56.56
90th Percentile £43.96 £67.78 £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.67 £22.00 £18.20
% change year-on-year +12.11% +20.88% +25.52%

Distributed Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Distributed Computing job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Distributed Computing
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Distributed Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Distributed Computing

Distributed Computing
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 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Scala Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Scala Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Scala