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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 149 206 72
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 16.39% 27.03% 9.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.40% 29.18% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 132 49
10th Percentile £179 £300 £156
25th Percentile £327 £404 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £418
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +13.77% -16.50%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £488
90th Percentile £653 £625 £613
Scotland median daily rate £438 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -5.91% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 2
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.14 £15.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £15.88
Median hourly rate £15.45 £15.09 £17.17
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -12.11% -64.03%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £18.88
90th Percentile £16.43 £18.95 £19.25
Scotland median hourly rate £13.45 £22.00 £16.16
% change year-on-year -38.86% +36.18% -24.01%

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 768 706 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.49% 92.65% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 447 473
10th Percentile £290 £300 £271
25th Percentile £363 £370 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +3.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £558
90th Percentile £675 £600 £622
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £463
% change year-on-year - - -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 32
10th Percentile £13.49 £16.31 £11.59
25th Percentile £14.26 £16.84 £15.92
Median hourly rate £18.17 £19.90 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -51.39% +184.80%
75th Percentile £64.82 £26.21 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.07 £73.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -3.35% +2.56% +18.18%

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 19 June 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 12 (8.05%) Confluence
2 7 (4.70%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.01%) Apache
3 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.67%) CICS
4 1 (0.67%) Moodle
4 1 (0.67%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.36%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.34%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.81%) Azure
2 14 (9.40%) AWS
3 9 (6.04%) GitHub
3 9 (6.04%) OpenShift
4 8 (5.37%) Anthropic Claude
4 8 (5.37%) ChatGPT
5 7 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.70%) GCP
5 7 (4.70%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.03%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.68%) Collibra
8 3 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.01%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.01%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.34%) Alation
9 2 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.34%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.38%) SAN
2 7 (4.70%) NAS
2 7 (4.70%) WAN
3 5 (3.36%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.34%) LAN
5 2 (1.34%) MPLS
5 2 (1.34%) SDH
6 1 (0.67%) DHCP
6 1 (0.67%) DNS
6 1 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.67%) Firewall
6 1 (0.67%) Internet
6 1 (0.67%) Intranet
6 1 (0.67%) Network Security
6 1 (0.67%) VoIP
6 1 (0.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.41%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.40%) Metadata
2 14 (9.40%) MongoDB
3 9 (6.04%) Db2
4 7 (4.70%) Power BI
5 6 (4.03%) Big Data
6 4 (2.68%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.68%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.68%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.68%) Tableau
7 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.01%) Flink
7 3 (2.01%) MySQL
7 3 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.67%) Apache Ignite
9 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (10.07%) Git
2 14 (9.40%) JIRA
3 7 (4.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.34%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.34%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.34%) Postman
4 2 (1.34%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.34%) Selenium
4 2 (1.34%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.67%) Appium
5 1 (0.67%) Gradle
5 1 (0.67%) Maven
General
1 86 (57.72%) Social Skills
2 72 (48.32%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (34.23%) Finance
4 20 (13.42%) Banking
5 14 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.05%) Legal
7 10 (6.71%) Investment Banking
8 9 (6.04%) Front Office
9 8 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (3.36%) Billing
10 5 (3.36%) Financial Institution
11 4 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.67%) Law
14 1 (0.67%) Local Government
14 1 (0.67%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.67%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 33 (22.15%) Analyst
2 20 (13.42%) Developer
3 15 (10.07%) Business Analyst
4 13 (8.72%) Java Developer
5 11 (7.38%) Senior
6 10 (6.71%) Automation Engineer
6 10 (6.71%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.71%) Field Engineer
7 8 (5.37%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.70%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.70%) Windows Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Administrator
9 6 (4.03%) Architect
9 6 (4.03%) Python Developer
9 6 (4.03%) Security Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.36%) Computer Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Hardware Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.05%) REST
2 9 (6.04%) Spring
3 8 (5.37%) Kafka
3 8 (5.37%) Spring Boot
4 7 (4.70%) PySpark
4 7 (4.70%) Streamlit
5 6 (4.03%) RESTful
6 5 (3.36%) JSON
6 5 (3.36%) Loki
7 4 (2.68%) Celery
7 4 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.68%) Web Services
8 3 (2.01%) CSS
8 3 (2.01%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (2.01%) React
9 2 (1.34%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.34%) CSS3
9 2 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (1.34%) HTML5
9 2 (1.34%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.05%) Data Centre
1 12 (8.05%) Virtual Team
2 11 (7.38%) Product Ownership
3 10 (6.71%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.37%) Derivative
4 8 (5.37%) Equity Derivative
5 6 (4.03%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.36%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.68%) CMDB
7 4 (2.68%) Reference Data
8 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.01%) PMI
8 3 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.48%) Windows
2 11 (7.38%) Unix
3 7 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.03%) Android
5 5 (3.36%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.68%) Linux
7 3 (2.01%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (31.54%) Agile
2 29 (19.46%) Decision-Making
2 29 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (18.79%) CI/CD
3 28 (18.79%) DevOps
4 27 (18.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (15.44%) Data Governance
6 22 (14.77%) Scrum
7 21 (14.09%) Customer Service
8 20 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (13.42%) Migration
9 19 (12.75%) Data Analysis
10 17 (11.41%) Data Modelling
10 17 (11.41%) Data Pipeline
11 16 (10.74%) Data Lineage
11 16 (10.74%) Data Protection
11 16 (10.74%) Machine Learning
11 16 (10.74%) TDD
11 16 (10.74%) Test Automation
12 15 (10.07%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 42 (28.19%) Python
2 32 (21.48%) SQL
3 28 (18.79%) Java
4 11 (7.38%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.37%) C++
5 8 (5.37%) Perl
6 5 (3.36%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.34%) C#
8 2 (1.34%) PHP
8 2 (1.34%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.67%) COBOL
9 1 (0.67%) JCL
9 1 (0.67%) Scala
9 1 (0.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.40%) Degree
3 12 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.36%) CCNA
4 5 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.68%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.68%) HND
5 4 (2.68%) MCSE
5 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.34%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.67%) CCNP
8 1 (0.67%) IIBA
8 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.44%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.71%) SLA
3 6 (4.03%) QA
4 4 (2.68%) GDPR
5 3 (2.01%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.01%) GRC
6 2 (1.34%) COBIT
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.67%) PMO
7 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.70%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.34%) vSphere
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.70%) Grafana
2 7 (4.70%) NetBackup
2 7 (4.70%) Prometheus
3 6 (4.03%) Terraform
4 5 (3.36%) Ansible
4 5 (3.36%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.01%) SCCM
7 2 (1.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.67%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 43 (28.86%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.41%) Oracle
3 11 (7.38%) Databricks
4 10 (6.71%) Dell
5 8 (5.37%) Sybase
6 7 (4.70%) Cisco
6 7 (4.70%) IBM
6 7 (4.70%) Veritas
7 6 (4.03%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.36%) Canon
8 5 (3.36%) Computacenter
8 5 (3.36%) HP
8 5 (3.36%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.68%) Google
9 4 (2.68%) MuleSoft
10 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.34%) Aruba
11 2 (1.34%) Fiserv
11 2 (1.34%) SmartStream
11 2 (1.34%) VMware