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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 136 170 78
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.15% 23.13% 11.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.50% 25.37% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 92 60
10th Percentile £156 £269 £168
25th Percentile £318 £407 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £473 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% +8.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £501
90th Percentile £618 £588 £613
Scotland median daily rate £439 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 1
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 -
25th Percentile £13.49 £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 £15.78 £19.73 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.44 £22.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.50 £17.75 £15.75
% change year-on-year -23.94% +12.70% -71.36%

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 938 670 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.82% 91.16% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 526 412 437
10th Percentile £269 £300 £269
25th Percentile £363 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £567 £538 £553
90th Percentile £675 £600 £661
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 13
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.01 £15.38
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.71 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +87.09% -22.63% +66.76%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.21 £44.04
90th Percentile £77.50 £58.00 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £20.80 £20.94
% change year-on-year -18.25% -0.68% +18.16%

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 5 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 10 (7.35%) Confluence
2 3 (2.21%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.74%) Moodle
4 1 (0.74%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.35%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 15 (11.03%) Azure
2 11 (8.09%) GitHub
3 9 (6.62%) GCP
4 8 (5.88%) Anthropic Claude
4 8 (5.88%) AWS
4 8 (5.88%) ChatGPT
4 8 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.15%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.68%) Google Play
7 4 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.94%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.21%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.47%) OCI
9 2 (1.47%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.74%) Apple Pay
10 1 (0.74%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.74%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) MPLS
1 6 (4.41%) SAN
2 5 (3.68%) SDH
3 4 (2.94%) HTTP
3 4 (2.94%) LAN
3 4 (2.94%) Network Security
3 4 (2.94%) WAN
4 3 (2.21%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.21%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.21%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.47%) DHCP
5 2 (1.47%) DNS
5 2 (1.47%) Firewall
5 2 (1.47%) NAS
6 1 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.74%) Internet
6 1 (0.74%) Intranet
6 1 (0.74%) VoIP
6 1 (0.74%) VSAN
6 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.03%) Relational Database
2 14 (10.29%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.88%) Db2
3 8 (5.88%) Metadata
3 8 (5.88%) Power BI
4 4 (2.94%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.94%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.94%) Tableau
5 2 (1.47%) Big Data
5 2 (1.47%) Flink
5 2 (1.47%) MySQL
5 2 (1.47%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.74%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (14.71%) Git
2 15 (11.03%) JIRA
3 7 (5.15%) Gradle
4 6 (4.41%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.68%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.21%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.21%) Postman
6 3 (2.21%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.21%) Selenium
7 2 (1.47%) Appium
7 2 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.47%) JUnit
7 2 (1.47%) Maven
7 2 (1.47%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.74%) GoCD
8 1 (0.74%) Mocha
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.74%) PVCS
8 1 (0.74%) Subversion
8 1 (0.74%) TestNG
General
1 81 (59.56%) Social Skills
2 57 (41.91%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (32.35%) Finance
4 20 (14.71%) Banking
5 12 (8.82%) Investment Banking
6 10 (7.35%) Front Office
7 9 (6.62%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.41%) Billing
9 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.41%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.68%) Legal
11 2 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.74%) Local Government
12 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (21.32%) Developer
2 23 (16.91%) Analyst
3 12 (8.82%) Senior
4 10 (7.35%) Java Developer
5 9 (6.62%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.88%) Administrator
6 8 (5.88%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.15%) Field Engineer
7 7 (5.15%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.15%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.41%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.68%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.68%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.68%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.68%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.94%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.82%) REST
2 10 (7.35%) RESTful
3 7 (5.15%) Kafka
4 5 (3.68%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.68%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.68%) JSON
4 5 (3.68%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.68%) Web Services
5 4 (2.94%) Celery
5 4 (2.94%) Core Data
5 4 (2.94%) PySpark
5 4 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.94%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.94%) Spring
5 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.94%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.94%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.94%) Terraform
5 4 (2.94%) UIKit
6 3 (2.21%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Derivative
2 8 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (5.88%) Equity Derivative
2 8 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.68%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.68%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.94%) CCTV
5 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.21%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.50%) Linux
2 16 (11.76%) Windows
3 12 (8.82%) Android
4 6 (4.41%) Unix
5 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.94%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.21%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.88%) Agile
2 26 (19.12%) Scrum
3 24 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (16.91%) CI/CD
4 23 (16.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 21 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (15.44%) Customer Service
6 19 (13.97%) DevOps
7 18 (13.24%) Risk Management
8 16 (11.76%) Test Automation
9 15 (11.03%) Project Delivery
10 14 (10.29%) AI
10 14 (10.29%) Data Analysis
10 14 (10.29%) Data Governance
10 14 (10.29%) Data Pipeline
10 14 (10.29%) Machine Learning
11 13 (9.56%) Actionable Insight
12 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (8.82%) TDD
13 11 (8.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.06%) Python
2 29 (21.32%) SQL
3 27 (19.85%) Java
4 14 (10.29%) C++
5 6 (4.41%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.68%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.68%) Perl
6 5 (3.68%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.94%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.94%) Swift
8 3 (2.21%) C#
9 2 (1.47%) Bash
9 2 (1.47%) C
9 2 (1.47%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.47%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.47%) PHP
9 2 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (11.03%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.62%) Degree
4 7 (5.15%) CCNA
4 7 (5.15%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.94%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.94%) HND
5 4 (2.94%) MCSE
5 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.21%) CCNP
7 2 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.47%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) APMG
8 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.74%) IIBA
8 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.29%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.82%) SLA
3 4 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.94%) QA
4 3 (2.21%) GRC
5 2 (1.47%) COBIT
5 2 (1.47%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.47%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (1.47%) PMO
6 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.74%) GDPR
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (5.15%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.68%) Docker
2 5 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.21%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.47%) vSphere
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.74%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.94%) NetBackup
2 4 (2.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (2.21%) Ansible
3 3 (2.21%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (2.21%) SCCM
3 3 (2.21%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.47%) SCOM
5 1 (0.74%) Grafana
5 1 (0.74%) logstash
Vendors
1 42 (30.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.82%) Oracle
3 10 (7.35%) Google
4 8 (5.88%) Sybase
5 7 (5.15%) IBM
6 6 (4.41%) Cisco
6 6 (4.41%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.41%) VMware
7 5 (3.68%) Dell
7 5 (3.68%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.68%) Nokia
7 5 (3.68%) Splunk
8 4 (2.94%) Databricks
9 3 (2.21%) Citrix
9 3 (2.21%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.47%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.47%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.47%) Veritas
11 1 (0.74%) SaltStack