Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Problem Solving
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 141 184 86
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 11.85% 24.63% 12.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.13% 26.98% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 98 63
10th Percentile £156 £262 £169
25th Percentile £325 £409 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £473 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% +11.18% -10.53%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £513
90th Percentile £625 £588 £611
Scotland median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 -
25th Percentile £13.48 £14.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% -20.58% -60.19%
75th Percentile £15.59 £19.73 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.45 £22.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.50 £20.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -34.94% +38.33% -73.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Problem-Solving 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 998 682 614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.87% 91.30% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 417 434
10th Percentile £268 £290 £249
25th Percentile £363 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £567 £538 £561
90th Percentile £675 £613 £674
Scotland median daily rate £470 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 13
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.40 £15.56
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.72 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +97.49% -9.53% +35.10%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 £25.17
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.37 £40.90
Scotland median hourly rate £16.49 £19.99 £19.59
% change year-on-year -17.51% +2.02% +2.14%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Problem-Solving.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Problem-Solving

Problem-Solving
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 12 (8.51%) Confluence
2 5 (3.55%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.84%) Apache
4 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.71%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (7.09%) MS Visio
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 17 (12.06%) Azure
2 13 (9.22%) AWS
3 11 (7.80%) GCP
3 11 (7.80%) GitHub
4 8 (5.67%) ChatGPT
4 8 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.96%) Anthropic Claude
5 7 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.26%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.55%) Google Play
7 5 (3.55%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.13%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.13%) Serverless
9 3 (2.13%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.26%) MPLS
2 5 (3.55%) SAN
2 5 (3.55%) SDH
3 4 (2.84%) HTTP
3 4 (2.84%) LAN
3 4 (2.84%) Network Security
3 4 (2.84%) WAN
4 3 (2.13%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.13%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.42%) DHCP
5 2 (1.42%) DNS
5 2 (1.42%) Firewall
5 2 (1.42%) NAS
6 1 (0.71%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.71%) VoIP
6 1 (0.71%) VSAN
6 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.64%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.93%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.67%) Metadata
4 7 (4.96%) Db2
4 7 (4.96%) Power BI
5 4 (2.84%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.84%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.13%) Tableau
7 2 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.42%) Big Data
7 2 (1.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.42%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.42%) Flink
7 2 (1.42%) MySQL
7 2 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.42%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 22 (15.60%) Git
2 18 (12.77%) JIRA
3 8 (5.67%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.96%) Gradle
5 5 (3.55%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.13%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.13%) Postman
6 3 (2.13%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.13%) Selenium
7 2 (1.42%) Appium
7 2 (1.42%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.42%) GitLab
7 2 (1.42%) JUnit
7 2 (1.42%) Maven
7 2 (1.42%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.71%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.71%) GoCD
8 1 (0.71%) Mocha
8 1 (0.71%) TestNG
General
1 86 (60.99%) Social Skills
2 58 (41.13%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (34.04%) Finance
4 19 (13.48%) Banking
5 12 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.80%) Investment Banking
7 9 (6.38%) Front Office
8 7 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.26%) Billing
9 6 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.55%) Legal
11 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.13%) Military
13 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.71%) Electronics
14 1 (0.71%) Local Government
14 1 (0.71%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.71%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.71%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 29 (20.57%) Developer
2 22 (15.60%) Analyst
3 15 (10.64%) Senior
4 10 (7.09%) Data Engineer
4 10 (7.09%) Java Developer
5 9 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.38%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.67%) Administrator
6 8 (5.67%) Python Developer
7 6 (4.26%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.26%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.26%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Android Developer
8 5 (3.55%) Business Systems Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Field Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Senior Integration Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (2.84%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.22%) REST
2 10 (7.09%) Kafka
2 10 (7.09%) RESTful
3 6 (4.26%) PySpark
4 5 (3.55%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.55%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.55%) JSON
4 5 (3.55%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.55%) Spring
4 5 (3.55%) Terraform
4 5 (3.55%) Web Services
5 4 (2.84%) Celery
5 4 (2.84%) Core Data
5 4 (2.84%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.84%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.84%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.84%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.84%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.84%) UIKit
6 3 (2.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (5.67%) Derivative
2 8 (5.67%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.96%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.55%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.55%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.84%) CCTV
6 4 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.84%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.13%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.42%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.60%) Linux
2 15 (10.64%) Windows
3 12 (8.51%) Android
4 7 (4.96%) Unix
5 5 (3.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.84%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.13%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.42%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.21%) Agile
2 30 (21.28%) CI/CD
3 27 (19.15%) Scrum
4 25 (17.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (17.02%) DevOps
5 24 (17.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (14.89%) Test Automation
7 18 (12.77%) Risk Management
8 17 (12.06%) Customer Service
8 17 (12.06%) Project Delivery
9 16 (11.35%) AI
9 16 (11.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (10.64%) Data Pipeline
10 15 (10.64%) Machine Learning
11 14 (9.93%) Asset Management
11 14 (9.93%) Data Analysis
11 14 (9.93%) Data Governance
12 13 (9.22%) Data Protection
12 13 (9.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 35 (24.82%) Python
2 32 (22.70%) SQL
3 27 (19.15%) Java
4 13 (9.22%) C++
5 9 (6.38%) Perl
6 5 (3.55%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.55%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.55%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.55%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.84%) Swift
8 3 (2.13%) Bash
8 3 (2.13%) C#
8 3 (2.13%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.42%) C
9 2 (1.42%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.42%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.71%) Go
10 1 (0.71%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (13.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.38%) Degree
4 6 (4.26%) CCNA
4 6 (4.26%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.84%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.84%) HND
6 3 (2.13%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.13%) CCNP
6 3 (2.13%) MCSE
6 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.71%) APMG
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) IIBA
8 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.35%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.51%) SLA
3 5 (3.55%) QA
4 4 (2.84%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.13%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.13%) GDPR
5 3 (2.13%) GRC
5 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.42%) COBIT
6 2 (1.42%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.42%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.42%) NCSC
6 2 (1.42%) NIST
6 2 (1.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.67%) Docker
3 6 (4.26%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.13%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (11.35%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.67%) Ansible
3 4 (2.84%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.13%) SCCM
4 3 (2.13%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.42%) SCOM
6 1 (0.71%) Grafana
6 1 (0.71%) logstash
6 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 42 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.22%) Oracle
3 10 (7.09%) VMware
4 8 (5.67%) Google
5 7 (4.96%) Databricks
5 7 (4.96%) Sybase
6 6 (4.26%) Cisco
6 6 (4.26%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.26%) IBM
7 5 (3.55%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.55%) Nokia
7 5 (3.55%) SaltStack
7 5 (3.55%) Splunk
8 3 (2.13%) Citrix
8 3 (2.13%) Dell
9 2 (1.42%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.42%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.42%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.42%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.42%) Veritas