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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 152 202 73
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 16.87% 26.75% 9.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.95% 28.82% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 131 49
10th Percentile £189 £300 £156
25th Percentile £331 £404 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £418
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +13.77% -16.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £488
90th Percentile £675 £625 £613
Scotland median daily rate £443 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -4.84% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 3
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.14 £15.84
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £16.09
Median hourly rate £15.45 £15.09 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -16.17% -62.29%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.43 £18.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.45 £22.00 £16.34
% change year-on-year -38.86% +34.64% -23.14%

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 762 701 717
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.57% 92.85% 90.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 441 476
10th Percentile £299 £300 £273
25th Percentile £363 £385 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% +3.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £569
90th Percentile £675 £605 £621
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £465
% change year-on-year - -0.54% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 33
10th Percentile £13.49 £16.31 £11.68
25th Percentile £14.26 £16.84 £16.00
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 £72.50
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 17 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 11 (7.24%) Confluence
2 8 (5.26%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.63%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.66%) CICS
5 1 (0.66%) Moodle
5 1 (0.66%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.39%) Azure
2 14 (9.21%) AWS
3 9 (5.92%) GitHub
3 9 (5.92%) OpenShift
4 8 (5.26%) Anthropic Claude
4 8 (5.26%) ChatGPT
4 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.61%) GCP
5 7 (4.61%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.63%) Collibra
8 3 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.97%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (1.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.97%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.97%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.32%) Alation
9 2 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.24%) SAN
2 7 (4.61%) NAS
2 7 (4.61%) WAN
3 5 (3.29%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.97%) DNS
4 3 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.32%) LAN
5 2 (1.32%) MPLS
5 2 (1.32%) SDH
5 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.66%) DHCP
6 1 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.66%) Firewall
6 1 (0.66%) Internet
6 1 (0.66%) Intranet
6 1 (0.66%) Network Security
6 1 (0.66%) VoIP
6 1 (0.66%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.18%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.21%) Metadata
2 14 (9.21%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.92%) Db2
4 8 (5.26%) Power BI
5 7 (4.61%) Big Data
6 5 (3.29%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.63%) DynamoDB
7 4 (2.63%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.63%) Tableau
8 3 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.97%) Flink
8 3 (1.97%) MySQL
8 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.66%) Apache Ignite
10 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
10 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (10.53%) Git
2 13 (8.55%) JIRA
3 7 (4.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.32%) Postman
4 2 (1.32%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.32%) Selenium
4 2 (1.32%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.66%) Appium
5 1 (0.66%) Gradle
5 1 (0.66%) Maven
General
1 86 (56.58%) Social Skills
2 71 (46.71%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (33.55%) Finance
4 19 (12.50%) Banking
5 13 (8.55%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.89%) Legal
7 10 (6.58%) Investment Banking
8 9 (5.92%) Front Office
9 8 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.29%) Billing
11 5 (3.29%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.66%) Law
14 1 (0.66%) Local Government
14 1 (0.66%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.66%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 34 (22.37%) Analyst
2 20 (13.16%) Developer
3 15 (9.87%) Business Analyst
4 13 (8.55%) Java Developer
5 12 (7.89%) Senior
6 11 (7.24%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Automation Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Field Engineer
8 8 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.61%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.61%) Windows Engineer
10 6 (3.95%) Administrator
10 6 (3.95%) Architect
10 6 (3.95%) Python Developer
10 6 (3.95%) Security Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Computer Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Field Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Hardware Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Printer Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.55%) REST
2 9 (5.92%) Spring
3 8 (5.26%) Kafka
3 8 (5.26%) Spring Boot
4 7 (4.61%) PySpark
4 7 (4.61%) Streamlit
5 6 (3.95%) RESTful
6 5 (3.29%) JSON
6 5 (3.29%) Loki
7 4 (2.63%) Celery
7 4 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (2.63%) Web Services
8 3 (1.97%) CSS
8 3 (1.97%) Model Context Protocol
8 3 (1.97%) React
9 2 (1.32%) HTML
9 2 (1.32%) HTML5
9 2 (1.32%) Playwright
9 2 (1.32%) Spark Streaming
9 2 (1.32%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.89%) Data Centre
1 12 (7.89%) Virtual Team
2 10 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 10 (6.58%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.26%) Derivative
3 8 (5.26%) Equity Derivative
4 6 (3.95%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.29%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.63%) CMDB
6 4 (2.63%) PMI
6 4 (2.63%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.97%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.37%) Windows
2 11 (7.24%) Unix
3 7 (4.61%) Linux
3 7 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.95%) Android
5 5 (3.29%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.97%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (31.58%) Agile
2 29 (19.08%) Decision-Making
3 28 (18.42%) CI/CD
3 28 (18.42%) DevOps
3 28 (18.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (15.13%) Data Governance
6 21 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (13.82%) Customer Service
6 21 (13.82%) Scrum
7 20 (13.16%) Migration
8 18 (11.84%) Data Analysis
8 18 (11.84%) Data Modelling
8 18 (11.84%) Data Pipeline
9 16 (10.53%) Data Lineage
9 16 (10.53%) Data Protection
9 16 (10.53%) Machine Learning
9 16 (10.53%) TDD
9 16 (10.53%) Test Automation
10 15 (9.87%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 43 (28.29%) Python
2 32 (21.05%) SQL
3 27 (17.76%) Java
4 11 (7.24%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.26%) C++
5 8 (5.26%) Perl
6 5 (3.29%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.63%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.32%) C#
8 2 (1.32%) PHP
8 2 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.66%) COBOL
9 1 (0.66%) JCL
9 1 (0.66%) Scala
9 1 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 16 (10.53%) Degree
3 12 (7.89%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) CCNA
4 5 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.63%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.63%) HND
5 4 (2.63%) MCSE
5 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.66%) CCNP
8 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.13%) Data Quality
2 10 (6.58%) SLA
3 6 (3.95%) QA
4 4 (2.63%) GDPR
5 3 (1.97%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.97%) GRC
6 2 (1.32%) COBIT
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (4.61%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.61%) Docker
2 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.32%) vSphere
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (15.13%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.61%) Grafana
2 7 (4.61%) NetBackup
2 7 (4.61%) Prometheus
3 6 (3.95%) Terraform
4 5 (3.29%) Ansible
4 5 (3.29%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.97%) SCCM
7 2 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.66%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 43 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.53%) Oracle
3 12 (7.89%) Databricks
4 10 (6.58%) Dell
5 8 (5.26%) Sybase
6 7 (4.61%) Cisco
6 7 (4.61%) IBM
6 7 (4.61%) Veritas
7 6 (3.95%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.29%) Canon
8 5 (3.29%) Computacenter
8 5 (3.29%) HP
8 5 (3.29%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.63%) Google
9 4 (2.63%) Splunk
10 3 (1.97%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.97%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.32%) Alteryx
11 2 (1.32%) SmartStream
11 2 (1.32%) VMware