Pair Programming Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Pair Programming
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 80 79
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Pair Programming 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.27% 0.25% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.27% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £467
25th Percentile £675 - £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £486
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.99%
75th Percentile £725 - £497
90th Percentile - - £502
Scotland median daily rate £553 £460 £463
% change year-on-year +20.16% -0.54% -3.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Pair Programming 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 616 743 809
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 82.68% 93.81% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 479 518
10th Percentile £307 £308 £281
25th Percentile £367 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £603 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 40
10th Percentile £16.12 £16.18 £13.75
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.83 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year +41.65% -6.14% +56.50%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £44.14
90th Percentile £70.74 £76.83 £63.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.59 £19.34
% change year-on-year -7.36% +11.66% +9.11%

Pair Programming
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Pair Programming job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Pair Programming
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Pair Programming.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Pair Programming

Pair Programming
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 (50.00%) Apache
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Ignite
1 1 (50.00%) Flink
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Prime Brokerage
2 1 (50.00%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle