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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 9 17
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 132 122 92
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 18.33% 16.03% 10.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.09% 17.76% 11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 86 69
10th Percentile £334 £301 £344
25th Percentile £402 £360 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £465
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £529 £500 £500
90th Percentile £588 £594 £580
Scotland median daily rate £450 £440 £460
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £18.26 £19.18 -
25th Percentile £21.39 £20.19 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.92 £22.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% +26.39% -24.21%
75th Percentile £34.37 £25.69 £19.50
90th Percentile £43.75 £26.93 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.00 £24.18 £19.50
% change year-on-year -46.24% +24.00% +29.22%

All Process and 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 626 687 808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 86.94% 90.28% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 436 542
10th Percentile £291 £304 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £625
90th Percentile £625 £658 £700
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile £14.66 £16.75 £12.09
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.32 £12.95
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +22.44% -46.16%
75th Percentile £46.61 £26.86 £19.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £40.10 £32.40
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

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 18 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

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 6 (4.55%) CMS
2 3 (2.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.76%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.76%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.76%) Camunda
3 1 (0.76%) Confluence
3 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.76%) InDesign
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.24%) Azure
2 22 (16.67%) AWS
3 11 (8.33%) Serverless
3 11 (8.33%) Snowflake
4 8 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.27%) GCP
6 3 (2.27%) SaaS
7 2 (1.52%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 2 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.52%) IaaS
7 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.55%) WAN
2 4 (3.03%) VPN
3 3 (2.27%) DNS
3 3 (2.27%) LAN
3 3 (2.27%) Network Security
3 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.52%) Firewall
4 2 (1.52%) MPLS
4 2 (1.52%) SDH
5 1 (0.76%) DHCP
5 1 (0.76%) NAS
5 1 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (19.70%) Relational Database
2 17 (12.88%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (10.61%) DB2
3 14 (10.61%) MongoDB
4 11 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (6.06%) Power BI
6 7 (5.30%) Tableau
7 5 (3.79%) GIS
8 4 (3.03%) Big Data
8 4 (3.03%) MySQL
9 3 (2.27%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.27%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.27%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.52%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.52%) Power Query
10 2 (1.52%) QlikView
10 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.76%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (11.36%) JUnit
2 10 (7.58%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.06%) Git
4 4 (3.03%) JIRA
5 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.76%) Mockito
5 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (35.61%) Finance
3 42 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (22.73%) Banking
5 23 (17.42%) Investment Banking
6 17 (12.88%) Public Sector
7 13 (9.85%) Front Office
8 9 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.52%) Legal
11 2 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Retail
12 1 (0.76%) Billing
12 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.76%) French Language
12 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.76%) Marketing
12 1 (0.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (28.79%) Developer
2 25 (18.94%) Java Developer
3 22 (16.67%) Analyst
4 13 (9.85%) Python Engineer
4 13 (9.85%) SQL Developer
5 12 (9.09%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 12 (9.09%) Sybase Developer
6 11 (8.33%) Data Analyst
7 9 (6.82%) Architect
7 9 (6.82%) Senior
8 8 (6.06%) Data Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (5.30%) Lead
9 7 (5.30%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.55%) Data Architect
10 6 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
11 5 (3.79%) Snowflake Architect
12 4 (3.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (18.94%) Kafka
2 22 (16.67%) Spring
3 13 (9.85%) JMS
4 9 (6.82%) Spring Boot
5 8 (6.06%) FastAPI
5 8 (6.06%) React
6 7 (5.30%) Ext JS
6 7 (5.30%) Hibernate
7 6 (4.55%) REST
8 5 (3.79%) Middleware
9 3 (2.27%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.27%) CSS
9 3 (2.27%) Flask
9 3 (2.27%) HTML
9 3 (2.27%) Node.js
9 3 (2.27%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.52%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 1 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.12%) Data Structures
2 14 (10.61%) Equities
3 12 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 10 (7.58%) CMDB
4 10 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (6.82%) Virtual Team
6 8 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (4.55%) Data Centre
7 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.03%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.27%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.52%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.52%) Fixed Income
10 2 (1.52%) Market Risk
10 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.94%) Linux
2 11 (8.33%) Windows
3 8 (6.06%) Unix
4 3 (2.27%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.27%) Agile
2 28 (21.21%) CI/CD
3 24 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 22 (16.67%) AI
5 19 (14.39%) DevOps
5 19 (14.39%) Multithreading
6 18 (13.64%) SDLC
7 17 (12.88%) Computer Science
8 15 (11.36%) Migration
8 15 (11.36%) Open Source
9 14 (10.61%) Analytics
9 14 (10.61%) ITIL
9 14 (10.61%) Machine Learning
9 14 (10.61%) Visualisation
10 13 (9.85%) Data Modelling
10 13 (9.85%) Database Tuning
10 13 (9.85%) Software Engineering
11 12 (9.09%) Data Architecture
11 12 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
12 11 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 52 (39.39%) Python
2 41 (31.06%) SQL
3 33 (25.00%) Java
4 14 (10.61%) Shell Script
5 8 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.79%) Go
7 5 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.27%) Bicep
8 3 (2.27%) Perl
9 2 (1.52%) C++
9 2 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.76%) Bash
10 1 (0.76%) PHP
10 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (15.15%) Degree
2 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 7 (5.30%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.79%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.27%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.52%) CISSP
8 2 (1.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.76%) CCIE
9 1 (0.76%) CISA
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.76%) CISM
9 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.76%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.30%) QA
2 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.27%) SLA
4 2 (1.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (9.09%) Docker
2 5 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 10 (7.58%) Ansible
1 10 (7.58%) Kubernetes
1 10 (7.58%) Terraform
2 4 (3.03%) Grafana
3 3 (2.27%) NetBackup
3 3 (2.27%) SCCM
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.76%) Kibana
5 1 (0.76%) logstash
5 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (9.85%) Sybase
2 12 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 11 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.33%) Oracle
4 9 (6.82%) Greenplum
5 8 (6.06%) Splunk
6 5 (3.79%) SAP
7 3 (2.27%) Cisco
8 2 (1.52%) Ab Initio
8 2 (1.52%) Databricks
8 2 (1.52%) IBM
8 2 (1.52%) IFS
8 2 (1.52%) MobileIron
9 1 (0.76%) Adobe
9 1 (0.76%) Canon
9 1 (0.76%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.76%) Dell
9 1 (0.76%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.76%) HP
9 1 (0.76%) Workday