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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 139 169 77
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.26% 23.25% 11.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.60% 25.45% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 92 60
10th Percentile £156 £269 £168
25th Percentile £318 £408 £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 £605
Scotland median daily rate £440 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.22% - -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 £20.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -34.94% +38.33% -72.73%

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 952 664 619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.95% 91.33% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 409 438
10th Percentile £270 £300 £269
25th Percentile £363 £368 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £573 £538 £552
90th Percentile £675 £600 £659
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 14
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.01 £15.58
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.77
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.72 £24.17
Median % change year-on-year +97.49% -26.66% +66.66%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.42 £41.66
90th Percentile £77.50 £29.34 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.40 £21.59
% change year-on-year -17.34% -5.52% +14.05%

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 9 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 11 (7.91%) Confluence
2 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.72%) Moodle
5 1 (0.72%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.19%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.79%) Azure
2 11 (7.91%) GitHub
3 9 (6.47%) GCP
3 9 (6.47%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.76%) Anthropic Claude
4 8 (5.76%) AWS
4 8 (5.76%) ChatGPT
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
6 5 (3.60%) Google Play
7 4 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.16%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.44%) OCI
9 2 (1.44%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.44%) SaaS
10 1 (0.72%) Google App Engine
10 1 (0.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.32%) MPLS
1 6 (4.32%) SAN
2 5 (3.60%) SDH
3 4 (2.88%) HTTP
3 4 (2.88%) LAN
3 4 (2.88%) Network Security
3 4 (2.88%) WAN
4 3 (2.16%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.44%) DHCP
5 2 (1.44%) DNS
5 2 (1.44%) Firewall
5 2 (1.44%) NAS
6 1 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.72%) Internet
6 1 (0.72%) Intranet
6 1 (0.72%) VoIP
6 1 (0.72%) VSAN
6 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.79%) Relational Database
2 14 (10.07%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.76%) Db2
3 8 (5.76%) Metadata
3 8 (5.76%) Power BI
4 4 (2.88%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.88%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.88%) Tableau
5 2 (1.44%) Big Data
5 2 (1.44%) Flink
5 2 (1.44%) MySQL
5 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle Database 10g
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.72%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (14.39%) Git
2 17 (12.23%) JIRA
3 7 (5.04%) Gradle
4 6 (4.32%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.60%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.16%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.16%) Postman
6 3 (2.16%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.16%) Selenium
7 2 (1.44%) Appium
7 2 (1.44%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.44%) JUnit
7 2 (1.44%) Maven
7 2 (1.44%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.72%) GoCD
8 1 (0.72%) Mocha
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.72%) PVCS
8 1 (0.72%) Subversion
8 1 (0.72%) TestNG
General
1 84 (60.43%) Social Skills
2 59 (42.45%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (32.37%) Finance
4 20 (14.39%) Banking
5 12 (8.63%) Investment Banking
5 12 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 10 (7.19%) Front Office
7 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Billing
8 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Legal
8 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.44%) Military
9 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Local Government
10 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (20.86%) Developer
2 23 (16.55%) Analyst
3 12 (8.63%) Senior
4 10 (7.19%) Java Developer
5 9 (6.47%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Administrator
6 8 (5.76%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.04%) Field Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.04%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.32%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.60%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.88%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.63%) REST
2 10 (7.19%) RESTful
3 7 (5.04%) Kafka
4 5 (3.60%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.60%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.60%) JSON
4 5 (3.60%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.60%) Web Services
5 4 (2.88%) Celery
5 4 (2.88%) Core Data
5 4 (2.88%) PySpark
5 4 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.88%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.88%) Spring
5 4 (2.88%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.88%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.88%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.88%) Terraform
5 4 (2.88%) UIKit
6 3 (2.16%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Derivative
2 8 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (5.76%) Equity Derivative
2 8 (5.76%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.32%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.32%) Data Structures
3 6 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.60%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.60%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.88%) CCTV
5 4 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.16%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.44%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.44%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.23%) Linux
2 16 (11.51%) Windows
3 12 (8.63%) Android
4 6 (4.32%) Unix
5 5 (3.60%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.88%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.16%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.44%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.65%) Agile
2 27 (19.42%) Scrum
3 24 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 24 (17.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (16.55%) CI/CD
4 23 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (15.11%) Customer Service
6 20 (14.39%) DevOps
6 20 (14.39%) Risk Management
7 16 (11.51%) Project Delivery
7 16 (11.51%) Test Automation
8 14 (10.07%) AI
8 14 (10.07%) Data Analysis
8 14 (10.07%) Data Governance
8 14 (10.07%) Data Pipeline
8 14 (10.07%) Machine Learning
9 13 (9.35%) Actionable Insight
9 13 (9.35%) Data Protection
10 12 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (8.63%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.58%) Python
2 29 (20.86%) SQL
3 27 (19.42%) Java
4 14 (10.07%) C++
5 6 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.60%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.60%) Perl
6 5 (3.60%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.88%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.88%) Swift
8 3 (2.16%) C#
9 2 (1.44%) Bash
9 2 (1.44%) C
9 2 (1.44%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.44%) PHP
9 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.07%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.47%) Degree
4 7 (5.04%) CCNA
4 7 (5.04%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.88%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.88%) HND
5 4 (2.88%) MCSE
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.16%) CCNP
7 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.72%) APMG
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.72%) IIBA
8 1 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.07%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.63%) SLA
3 4 (2.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.88%) QA
4 3 (2.16%) GRC
4 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.44%) COBIT
5 2 (1.44%) GDPR
5 2 (1.44%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.44%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (1.44%) NCSC
5 2 (1.44%) NIST
5 2 (1.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.60%) Docker
2 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.44%) vSphere
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.88%) NetBackup
2 4 (2.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (2.16%) Ansible
3 3 (2.16%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (2.16%) SCCM
3 3 (2.16%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.44%) SCOM
5 1 (0.72%) Grafana
5 1 (0.72%) logstash
Vendors
1 43 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.07%) Oracle
3 10 (7.19%) Google
4 8 (5.76%) Sybase
5 7 (5.04%) IBM
6 6 (4.32%) Cisco
6 6 (4.32%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.32%) VMware
7 5 (3.60%) Dell
7 5 (3.60%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.60%) Nokia
7 5 (3.60%) Splunk
8 4 (2.88%) Databricks
9 3 (2.16%) Citrix
9 3 (2.16%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.44%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.44%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.44%) Veritas
11 1 (0.72%) SaltStack