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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 0
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 151 174 91
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.53% 23.14% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.85% 25.82% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 95 65
10th Percentile £272 £360 £175
25th Percentile £325 £413 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £488 £563 £500
90th Percentile £638 £588 £595
Scotland median daily rate £430 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -4.56% - -2.70%
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% -
75th Percentile £15.59 £19.73 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.45 £22.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £14.82 £13.45 £15.00
% change year-on-year +10.20% -10.33% -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 1,017 674 624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.40% 89.63% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 413 428
10th Percentile £281 £301 £280
25th Percentile £363 £390 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £440
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +3.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £613 £651
Scotland median daily rate £467 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -0.11% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 12
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.40 £15.39
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.11
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 £26.76
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.37 £41.70
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +6.90%

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 10 October 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 14 (9.27%) Confluence
2 5 (3.31%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.65%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.66%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.62%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.26%) Azure
2 14 (9.27%) AWS
3 13 (8.61%) GCP
4 11 (7.28%) GitHub
5 8 (5.30%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.64%) ChatGPT
7 6 (3.97%) Anthropic Claude
7 6 (3.97%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.31%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (3.31%) Google Play
9 4 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.99%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.99%) OCI
10 3 (1.99%) SaaS
10 3 (1.99%) Serverless
10 3 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.97%) MPLS
1 6 (3.97%) SAN
2 5 (3.31%) SDH
3 4 (2.65%) HTTP
3 4 (2.65%) LAN
3 4 (2.65%) Network Security
3 4 (2.65%) WAN
4 3 (1.99%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.99%) NAS
4 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.32%) DHCP
5 2 (1.32%) DNS
5 2 (1.32%) Firewall
5 2 (1.32%) VoIP
6 1 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.66%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.66%) VSAN
6 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.60%) Relational Database
2 13 (8.61%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.30%) Metadata
4 7 (4.64%) Power BI
5 6 (3.97%) Db2
6 5 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.65%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.99%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (1.32%) Big Data
9 2 (1.32%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.32%) Flink
9 2 (1.32%) MySQL
9 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (14.57%) Git
2 21 (13.91%) JIRA
3 9 (5.96%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.30%) Gradle
5 5 (3.31%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.99%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.99%) GitLab
6 3 (1.99%) JUnit
6 3 (1.99%) Maven
6 3 (1.99%) Postman
6 3 (1.99%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.99%) Selenium
7 2 (1.32%) Appium
7 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.32%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.66%) GoCD
8 1 (0.66%) Mocha
8 1 (0.66%) TestNG
General
1 92 (60.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (41.72%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (35.76%) Finance
4 25 (16.56%) Banking
5 11 (7.28%) Investment Banking
6 10 (6.62%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.96%) Front Office
8 8 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.64%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.97%) Billing
10 6 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.97%) Legal
11 4 (2.65%) Military
12 3 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.66%) Electronics
13 1 (0.66%) Local Government
13 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.66%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.66%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Developer
2 22 (14.57%) Analyst
3 19 (12.58%) Senior
4 12 (7.95%) Java Developer
5 11 (7.28%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.62%) Python Developer
7 9 (5.96%) Administrator
7 9 (5.96%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.64%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.97%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.97%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.31%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Field Engineer
10 5 (3.31%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.31%) Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.93%) REST
2 10 (6.62%) Kafka
2 10 (6.62%) RESTful
3 7 (4.64%) Spring
4 6 (3.97%) PySpark
4 6 (3.97%) Spring Boot
5 5 (3.31%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (3.31%) Jetpack Compose
5 5 (3.31%) JSON
5 5 (3.31%) Retrofit
5 5 (3.31%) Terraform
5 5 (3.31%) Web Services
6 4 (2.65%) Celery
6 4 (2.65%) Core Data
6 4 (2.65%) Playwright
6 4 (2.65%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.65%) RxSwift
6 4 (2.65%) Streamlit
6 4 (2.65%) SwiftUI
6 4 (2.65%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.93%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.30%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.64%) Derivative
4 7 (4.64%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.64%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.97%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.97%) Equity Derivative
6 5 (3.31%) CCTV
6 5 (3.31%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.31%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.65%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.65%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.32%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.32%) Equities
9 2 (1.32%) IoT
9 2 (1.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.89%) Linux
2 13 (8.61%) Android
3 12 (7.95%) Windows
4 7 (4.64%) Unix
5 6 (3.97%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.65%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.32%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (31.13%) Agile
2 33 (21.85%) CI/CD
3 29 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (19.21%) Scrum
3 29 (19.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (15.89%) DevOps
4 24 (15.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (15.23%) Test Automation
6 19 (12.58%) Project Delivery
7 18 (11.92%) AI
7 18 (11.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (11.92%) Risk Management
8 16 (10.60%) Customer Service
9 15 (9.93%) Asset Management
9 15 (9.93%) Data Analysis
9 15 (9.93%) Machine Learning
9 15 (9.93%) Validation
10 14 (9.27%) Analytics
10 14 (9.27%) Data Modelling
10 14 (9.27%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.17%) Python
2 33 (21.85%) SQL
3 29 (19.21%) Java
4 13 (8.61%) C++
5 10 (6.62%) Perl
6 6 (3.97%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.31%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.31%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.65%) Swift
8 4 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.99%) Bash
9 3 (1.99%) C#
10 2 (1.32%) C
10 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.32%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.32%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.66%) Go
11 1 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 15 (9.93%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.30%) Degree
4 6 (3.97%) CCNA
4 6 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.31%) HND
6 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.99%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.99%) CCNP
7 3 (1.99%) MCSE
7 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.32%) PMP
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.66%) HNC
9 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.26%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.95%) SLA
3 7 (4.64%) QA
4 4 (2.65%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.99%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.99%) GDPR
5 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.99%) PMO
6 2 (1.32%) GRC
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.32%) NCSC
6 2 (1.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.66%) COBIT
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (6.62%) Docker
2 9 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) GPFS
6 1 (0.66%) NFS
6 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.96%) Ansible
3 5 (3.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.65%) NetBackup
5 3 (1.99%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (1.99%) SCCM
5 3 (1.99%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (1.32%) SCOM
7 1 (0.66%) Grafana
7 1 (0.66%) logstash
7 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.93%) Oracle
3 11 (7.28%) VMware
4 9 (5.96%) Google
5 7 (4.64%) Databricks
6 6 (3.97%) Cisco
6 6 (3.97%) Computacenter
6 6 (3.97%) IBM
6 6 (3.97%) SaltStack
6 6 (3.97%) Sybase
7 5 (3.31%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.31%) Nokia
7 5 (3.31%) Splunk
8 3 (1.99%) Citrix
8 3 (1.99%) Dell
8 3 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.32%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.32%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.32%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.32%) Veritas