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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 130 185 83
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.40% 24.50% 12.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.67% 26.85% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 105 64
10th Percentile £156 £272 £163
25th Percentile £320 £400 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £438
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +7.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £507
90th Percentile £625 £588 £613
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.22% - -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 £15.95
25th Percentile - £14.50 £16.38
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.09 £17.67
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% -14.60% -62.98%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £18.88
90th Percentile £16.43 £18.95 £19.25
Scotland median hourly rate £13.48 £17.75 £16.42
% change year-on-year -24.08% +8.10% -69.24%

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 886 689 622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.54% 91.26% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 444 444
10th Percentile £274 £300 £252
25th Percentile £361 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £675 £600 £635
Scotland median daily rate £453 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -2.58% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 23
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.73 £15.13
25th Percentile £13.89 £16.84 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.64 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +87.79% -54.48% +182.34%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £35.60 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +2.81%

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 17 August 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 (7.69%) Confluence
2 3 (2.31%) Apache
2 3 (2.31%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.77%) Moodle
3 1 (0.77%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.92%) MS Visio
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.77%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.77%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.00%) Azure
2 11 (8.46%) GitHub
3 8 (6.15%) Anthropic Claude
3 8 (6.15%) ChatGPT
4 7 (5.38%) GCP
4 7 (5.38%) GitHub Copilot
4 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.38%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.62%) AWS
6 5 (3.85%) Google Play
6 5 (3.85%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.54%) OCI
9 2 (1.54%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.54%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.77%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.77%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.77%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.38%) SAN
2 5 (3.85%) MPLS
3 4 (3.08%) Network Security
3 4 (3.08%) SDH
4 3 (2.31%) HTTP
4 3 (2.31%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.31%) LAN
4 3 (2.31%) NAS
4 3 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.31%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.31%) WAN
5 2 (1.54%) DHCP
5 2 (1.54%) DNS
5 2 (1.54%) Firewall
6 1 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.77%) Internet
6 1 (0.77%) Intranet
6 1 (0.77%) VoIP
6 1 (0.77%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.77%) MongoDB
1 14 (10.77%) Relational Database
2 8 (6.15%) Db2
2 8 (6.15%) Metadata
3 7 (5.38%) Power BI
4 4 (3.08%) DynamoDB
4 4 (3.08%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.08%) Tableau
5 3 (2.31%) Flink
6 2 (1.54%) Big Data
6 2 (1.54%) MySQL
6 2 (1.54%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.54%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.77%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.77%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (15.38%) Git
2 11 (8.46%) JIRA
3 7 (5.38%) Gradle
4 6 (4.62%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.85%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.31%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.31%) Postman
6 3 (2.31%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.31%) Selenium
7 2 (1.54%) Appium
7 2 (1.54%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.54%) JUnit
7 2 (1.54%) Maven
7 2 (1.54%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.77%) GoCD
8 1 (0.77%) Mocha
8 1 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.77%) PVCS
8 1 (0.77%) Subversion
8 1 (0.77%) TestNG
General
1 76 (58.46%) Social Skills
2 55 (42.31%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (30.00%) Finance
4 19 (14.62%) Banking
5 12 (9.23%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.46%) Front Office
7 10 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.62%) Billing
8 6 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.62%) Legal
9 5 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.77%) Local Government
11 1 (0.77%) Prime Brokerage
11 1 (0.77%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.77%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 30 (23.08%) Developer
2 24 (18.46%) Analyst
3 11 (8.46%) Java Developer
4 10 (7.69%) Senior
5 9 (6.92%) Network Engineer
6 8 (6.15%) Administrator
6 8 (6.15%) Field Engineer
7 7 (5.38%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.62%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.85%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.85%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.85%) Lead
9 5 (3.85%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.85%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (3.08%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.08%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) REST
2 10 (7.69%) RESTful
3 8 (6.15%) Kafka
4 5 (3.85%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.85%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.85%) JSON
4 5 (3.85%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.85%) Spring
4 5 (3.85%) Web Services
5 4 (3.08%) Celery
5 4 (3.08%) Core Data
5 4 (3.08%) PySpark
5 4 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (3.08%) RxSwift
5 4 (3.08%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.08%) Streamlit
5 4 (3.08%) SwiftUI
5 4 (3.08%) UIKit
6 3 (2.31%) Playwright
7 2 (1.54%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.92%) Derivative
2 8 (6.15%) Equity Derivative
2 8 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.85%) Mobile App
6 4 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.08%) CCTV
6 4 (3.08%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.31%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.08%) Windows
2 14 (10.77%) Linux
3 12 (9.23%) Android
4 7 (5.38%) Unix
5 5 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.08%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.54%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.23%) Agile
2 24 (18.46%) Scrum
2 24 (18.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 23 (17.69%) CI/CD
4 21 (16.15%) Customer Service
5 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (13.85%) DevOps
7 17 (13.08%) Risk Management
8 15 (11.54%) Data Analysis
8 15 (11.54%) Data Governance
8 15 (11.54%) Test Automation
9 14 (10.77%) Machine Learning
10 13 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
10 13 (10.00%) TDD
11 12 (9.23%) Actionable Insight
11 12 (9.23%) AI
11 12 (9.23%) Data Protection
11 12 (9.23%) Decision-Making
11 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.31%) Python
2 28 (21.54%) Java
2 28 (21.54%) SQL
3 14 (10.77%) C++
4 6 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.85%) Kotlin
5 5 (3.85%) Perl
5 5 (3.85%) PL/SQL
6 4 (3.08%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.08%) Swift
7 3 (2.31%) C#
8 2 (1.54%) Bash
8 2 (1.54%) C
8 2 (1.54%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.54%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.54%) PHP
8 2 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.77%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.23%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.15%) Degree
4 6 (4.62%) CCNA
4 6 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.08%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.08%) HND
5 4 (3.08%) MCSE
5 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.54%) CCNP
6 2 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.54%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.77%) APMG
7 1 (0.77%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.77%) IIBA
7 1 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 12 (9.23%) SLA
3 4 (3.08%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (3.08%) QA
4 3 (2.31%) GRC
5 2 (1.54%) COBIT
5 2 (1.54%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.54%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.77%) GDPR
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.77%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.85%) Docker
3 4 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.31%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.77%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (9.23%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.85%) NetBackup
3 4 (3.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (3.08%) Terraform
4 3 (2.31%) SCCM
5 2 (1.54%) Ansible
5 2 (1.54%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.54%) SCOM
5 2 (1.54%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.77%) Grafana
6 1 (0.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.00%) Oracle
3 10 (7.69%) Google
4 8 (6.15%) Sybase
5 7 (5.38%) IBM
6 6 (4.62%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.62%) Dell
7 5 (3.85%) Cisco
7 5 (3.85%) MuleSoft
8 4 (3.08%) Databricks
8 4 (3.08%) Nokia
8 4 (3.08%) VMware
9 3 (2.31%) Citrix
9 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.31%) Splunk
9 3 (2.31%) Veritas
10 2 (1.54%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.54%) HP
10 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.54%) SolarWinds