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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 135 128 90
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 19.40% 16.91% 10.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.28% 18.63% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 90 65
10th Percentile £323 £301 £325
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £436 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -6.18% -2.11%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £500
90th Percentile £609 £589 £572
Scotland median daily rate £450 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +2.27% -7.37% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £18.26 £19.18 -
25th Percentile £21.39 £20.19 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.92 £22.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% +26.39% -24.21%
75th Percentile £34.37 £25.69 £19.50
90th Percentile £43.75 £26.93 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.00 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -46.24% +24.00% +29.22%

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 606 687 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 87.07% 90.75% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 427 532
10th Percentile £290 £311 £350
25th Percentile £397 £363 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £568 £538 £625
90th Percentile £637 £651 £700
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 15
10th Percentile £14.66 £16.75 £12.05
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.32 £15.42
Median hourly rate £28.09 £21.87 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.44% +36.69% -46.16%
75th Percentile £55.00 £32.81 £19.50
90th Percentile £62.12 £43.58 £45.30
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
% change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%

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 1 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

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 6 (4.44%) CMS
2 4 (2.96%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.48%) Apache
3 2 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.74%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.74%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.74%) Camunda
4 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) InDesign
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.74%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.67%) Azure
2 23 (17.04%) AWS
3 12 (8.89%) Snowflake
4 11 (8.15%) Serverless
5 8 (5.93%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.96%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.22%) GCP
8 2 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.48%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.48%) SaaS
8 2 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.74%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.67%) WAN
2 4 (2.96%) VPN
3 3 (2.22%) LAN
3 3 (2.22%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.48%) DNS
4 2 (1.48%) MPLS
4 2 (1.48%) NAS
4 2 (1.48%) Network Security
4 2 (1.48%) SAN
4 2 (1.48%) SDH
4 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.74%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.04%) Relational Database
2 18 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (9.63%) DB2
3 13 (9.63%) MongoDB
4 11 (8.15%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.93%) Power BI
6 6 (4.44%) Tableau
7 5 (3.70%) Big Data
8 4 (2.96%) GIS
8 4 (2.96%) MySQL
9 3 (2.22%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.22%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.22%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.22%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.48%) Power Query
10 2 (1.48%) QlikView
10 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.74%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (10.37%) JUnit
2 11 (8.15%) Jenkins
3 10 (7.41%) Git
4 3 (2.22%) JIRA
5 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.74%) Mockito
5 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 61 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 49 (36.30%) Finance
3 45 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (20.00%) Banking
5 21 (15.56%) Investment Banking
6 17 (12.59%) Public Sector
7 12 (8.89%) Front Office
8 9 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.96%) Legal
11 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Retail
13 1 (0.74%) Billing
13 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.74%) French Language
13 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.74%) Law
13 1 (0.74%) Marketing
13 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (26.67%) Developer
2 23 (17.04%) Java Developer
3 21 (15.56%) Analyst
4 12 (8.89%) Architect
4 12 (8.89%) Python Engineer
4 12 (8.89%) SQL Developer
5 11 (8.15%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 11 (8.15%) Sybase Developer
6 9 (6.67%) Data Analyst
6 9 (6.67%) Data Engineer
6 9 (6.67%) Senior
7 8 (5.93%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) Lead
9 6 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Data Architect
9 6 (4.44%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.70%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.70%) Python Software Engineer
10 5 (3.70%) Snowflake Architect
10 5 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (17.04%) Kafka
2 21 (15.56%) Spring
3 12 (8.89%) JMS
4 9 (6.67%) Spring Boot
5 8 (5.93%) FastAPI
5 8 (5.93%) React
5 8 (5.93%) REST
6 7 (5.19%) Ext JS
6 7 (5.19%) Hibernate
7 4 (2.96%) Middleware
8 3 (2.22%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.22%) CSS
8 3 (2.22%) Flask
8 3 (2.22%) HTML
8 3 (2.22%) Node.js
8 3 (2.22%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.48%) Loki
9 2 (1.48%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.74%) Hugging Face
10 1 (0.74%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Data Structures
2 12 (8.89%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.89%) Equities
3 10 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (6.67%) CMDB
5 8 (5.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.93%) Virtual Team
6 7 (5.19%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.96%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.22%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.22%) PMI
9 2 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.48%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.48%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.78%) Linux
2 15 (11.11%) Windows
3 10 (7.41%) Unix
4 4 (2.96%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.89%) Agile
2 29 (21.48%) CI/CD
3 24 (17.78%) Performance Tuning
4 22 (16.30%) AI
5 21 (15.56%) DevOps
6 18 (13.33%) Multithreading
7 16 (11.85%) Computer Science
7 16 (11.85%) SDLC
8 15 (11.11%) ITIL
9 14 (10.37%) Machine Learning
9 14 (10.37%) Migration
9 14 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (10.37%) Visualisation
10 13 (9.63%) Analytics
10 13 (9.63%) Open Source
11 12 (8.89%) Data Modelling
11 12 (8.89%) Data Visualisation
11 12 (8.89%) Database Tuning
12 11 (8.15%) Critical Thinking
12 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 53 (39.26%) Python
2 36 (26.67%) SQL
3 31 (22.96%) Java
4 13 (9.63%) Shell Script
5 11 (8.15%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.19%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.70%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.96%) Go
8 4 (2.96%) Perl
9 3 (2.22%) Bicep
10 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.74%) Bash
11 1 (0.74%) C++
11 1 (0.74%) PHP
11 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (14.81%) Degree
2 9 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.96%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.22%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.22%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.74%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.74%) CCIE
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.74%) CISSP
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.74%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.74%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.44%) QA
2 4 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.22%) SLA
4 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Docker
2 4 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.74%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 11 (8.15%) Ansible
2 10 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.41%) Terraform
3 4 (2.96%) Grafana
3 4 (2.96%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.96%) SCCM
4 3 (2.22%) FortiGate
4 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.74%) Kibana
6 1 (0.74%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft
1 12 (8.89%) Sybase
2 11 (8.15%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.41%) Oracle
4 9 (6.67%) Greenplum
5 8 (5.93%) Splunk
6 6 (4.44%) Cisco
7 4 (2.96%) SAP
8 3 (2.22%) Databricks
8 3 (2.22%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.48%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.48%) Aruba
9 2 (1.48%) IBM
9 2 (1.48%) IFS
9 2 (1.48%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.48%) Veritas
10 1 (0.74%) Adobe
10 1 (0.74%) Apple
10 1 (0.74%) Google
10 1 (0.74%) Nokia