Low Latency Contracts in Glasgow

Low Latency
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Low Latency skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Low Latency over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 76 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 +18
Contract jobs citing Low Latency 5 6 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.63% 0.68% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.74% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 23
10th Percentile £293 £662 -
25th Percentile £356 £738 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £780 £750
Median % change year-on-year -39.74% +4.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile £696 - -
Scotland median daily rate £470 £780 £750
% change year-on-year -39.74% +4.00% +87.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Low Latency falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency in Glasgow

Low Latency
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Low Latency in Glasgow

Low Latency
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Low Latency in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Low Latency in Glasgow

Low Latency
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (20.00%) DB2
2 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Scripter
2 1 (20.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
2 2 (40.00%) JMS
2 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) Java EE
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Equities
2 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (40.00%) OO
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Concurrent Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Sybase
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle