Model Context Protocol Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Model Context Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Model Context Protocol 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.58% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £423 - -
Scotland median daily rate £413 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Glasgow

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 158 174 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 23.10% 23.11% 19.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 119 111
10th Percentile £358 £350 £400
25th Percentile £402 £363 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £542 £514 £599
90th Percentile £606 £619 £700
Scotland median daily rate £500 £470 £482
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.39% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.86 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £58.73 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +317.93%
75th Percentile £60.59 - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £61.36 - £56.40
% change year-on-year - - +148.62%

Model Context Protocol
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) BDD
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Databricks
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) TOWER Software