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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 139 174 78
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.10% 23.42% 11.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.39% 25.66% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 95 61
10th Percentile £156 £279 £169
25th Percentile £318 £408 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £501
90th Percentile £618 £588 £604
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -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 966 678 625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.07% 91.25% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 423 443
10th Percentile £268 £300 £270
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £553
90th Percentile £675 £605 £671
Scotland median daily rate £465 £465 £450
% change year-on-year - +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 20 14
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.01 £15.58
25th Percentile £13.84 £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% +13.30%

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 11 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%) 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 12 (8.63%) GitHub
3 10 (7.19%) GCP
4 9 (6.47%) AWS
4 9 (6.47%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.76%) Anthropic Claude
5 8 (5.76%) ChatGPT
5 8 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.60%) Google Play
8 4 (2.88%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.16%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.44%) OCI
10 2 (1.44%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.44%) SaaS
11 1 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
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 21 (15.11%) Git
2 17 (12.23%) JIRA
3 7 (5.04%) Gradle
3 7 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.60%) Android Studio
5 3 (2.16%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.16%) Postman
5 3 (2.16%) REST Assured
5 3 (2.16%) Selenium
6 2 (1.44%) Appium
6 2 (1.44%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.44%) JUnit
6 2 (1.44%) Maven
6 2 (1.44%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.72%) GoCD
7 1 (0.72%) Mocha
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.72%) PVCS
7 1 (0.72%) Subversion
7 1 (0.72%) TestNG
General
1 84 (60.43%) Social Skills
2 60 (43.17%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (32.37%) Finance
4 20 (14.39%) Banking
5 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.63%) Investment Banking
7 10 (7.19%) Front Office
8 8 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.32%) Billing
9 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.32%) Legal
9 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.44%) Military
10 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (20.14%) Developer
2 23 (16.55%) Analyst
3 11 (7.91%) 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%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.88%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) Senior Developer
10 4 (2.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.91%) 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%) Terraform
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%) 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 7 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.32%) Data Structures
4 6 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.60%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.60%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.88%) CCTV
6 4 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.16%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.44%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 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 43 (30.94%) Agile
2 27 (19.42%) Scrum
3 25 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (17.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (16.55%) CI/CD
5 23 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (15.11%) DevOps
7 20 (14.39%) Customer Service
7 20 (14.39%) Risk Management
8 16 (11.51%) Project Delivery
8 16 (11.51%) Test Automation
9 14 (10.07%) AI
9 14 (10.07%) Data Analysis
9 14 (10.07%) Data Governance
9 14 (10.07%) Data Pipeline
9 14 (10.07%) Machine Learning
10 13 (9.35%) Actionable Insight
10 13 (9.35%) Data Protection
11 12 (8.63%) Decision-Making
11 12 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.58%) Python
2 29 (20.86%) SQL
3 27 (19.42%) Java
4 14 (10.07%) C++
5 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.60%) Kotlin
5 5 (3.60%) Perl
5 5 (3.60%) PL/SQL
5 5 (3.60%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.88%) Swift
7 3 (2.16%) Bash
7 3 (2.16%) C#
8 2 (1.44%) C
8 2 (1.44%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.44%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.72%) PHP
9 1 (0.72%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.79%) 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
6 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMP
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 6 (4.32%) Docker
3 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.44%) vSphere
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.88%) Ansible
2 4 (2.88%) NetBackup
2 4 (2.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
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 44 (31.65%) 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