Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 19 October 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 19 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Problem-Solving
Scotland > Glasgow
6 months to
19 Oct 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 22 21 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -6 +5
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 123 111 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.32% 8.27% 9.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.17% 9.37% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 58 51
Glasgow median daily rate £385 £375 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +2.67% -6.25% +14.29%
10th Percentile £183 £198 £226
90th Percentile £495 £500 £475
Scotland median daily rate £385 £400 £350
% change year-on-year -3.75% +14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 7
Glasgow median hourly rate £18.20 £11.75 £9.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +54.91% +23.68% -82.73%
10th Percentile £11.78 £10.00 £9.15
90th Percentile £24.46 £27.50 £12.90
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £16.16
% change year-on-year +33.33% +39.25% +0.98%

Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,505 1,185 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 89.53% 88.24% 84.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 623 578
Glasgow median daily rate £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -
10th Percentile £251 £263 £218
90th Percentile £538 £500 £475
Scotland median daily rate £400 £390 £355
% change year-on-year +2.56% +9.86% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 35 18
Glasgow median hourly rate £18.25 £24.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -23.96% +57.38% -43.16%
10th Percentile £11.33 £10.00 £9.25
90th Percentile £35.23 £34.20 £43.83
Scotland median hourly rate £25.00 £26.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +25.00%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 19 October 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 19 October 2018.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 19 October 2018, IT contractor jobs citing Problem-Solving also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region with a requirement for Problem-Solving.

1 67 (54.47%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (43.09%) Java
3 47 (38.21%) Agile Software Development
4 43 (34.96%) Finance
5 34 (27.64%) SQL
6 30 (24.39%) Spring
6 30 (24.39%) Oracle
7 28 (22.76%) Degree
8 27 (21.95%) OO
8 27 (21.95%) Python
9 26 (21.14%) Relational Database
10 23 (18.70%) Data Analysis
10 23 (18.70%) Hibernate
11 18 (14.63%) SOAP
11 18 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (13.01%) Scrum
13 15 (12.20%) XML
13 15 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
13 15 (12.20%) SDLC
13 15 (12.20%) AngularJS
14 14 (11.38%) Analytics
14 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
14 14 (11.38%) OOP
14 14 (11.38%) JavaScript
15 13 (10.57%) Software Engineering
15 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (10.57%) Unit Testing
15 13 (10.57%) Scala
15 13 (10.57%) Mentoring
16 12 (9.76%) Oracle Database

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.44%) Tomcat
1 3 (2.44%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.63%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.81%) Apache
3 1 (0.81%) JBoss
3 1 (0.81%) Jetty
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (8.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.07%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.81%) InVision
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (8.13%) AquaLogic BPM
1 10 (8.13%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.44%) GitHub
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Azure
3 1 (0.81%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (0.81%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (0.81%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.63%) Firewall
2 1 (0.81%) 3G
2 1 (0.81%) 4G
2 1 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (0.81%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.81%) DWDM
2 1 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (0.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.81%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.81%) LAN
2 1 (0.81%) Network Security
2 1 (0.81%) SAN
2 1 (0.81%) SSL
2 1 (0.81%) WAN
2 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.14%) Relational Database
2 12 (9.76%) Oracle Database
3 11 (8.94%) RDBMS
4 7 (5.69%) BusinessObjects
4 7 (5.69%) DB2
5 6 (4.88%) QlikView
6 5 (4.07%) MySQL
7 4 (3.25%) Big Data
7 4 (3.25%) NoSQL
7 4 (3.25%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (3.25%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (2.44%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (2.44%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.81%) KDB
10 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.25%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (3.25%) webpack
3 3 (2.44%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.44%) Hudson
3 3 (2.44%) MagicDraw
3 3 (2.44%) Subversion
4 2 (1.63%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.63%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 2 (1.63%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.63%) JIRA
5 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.81%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.81%) JUnit
5 1 (0.81%) Selenium
5 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (34.96%) Finance
2 11 (8.94%) Games
3 10 (8.13%) Banking
3 10 (8.13%) Front Office
4 9 (7.32%) Investment Banking
5 4 (3.25%) Legal
6 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Marketing
7 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 66 (53.66%) Developer
2 32 (26.02%) Java Developer
3 15 (12.20%) Analyst
4 14 (11.38%) Python Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Angular Developer
6 9 (7.32%) Oracle Developer
7 6 (4.88%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.88%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.07%) Full Stack Developer
8 5 (4.07%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.25%) Data Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) Lead Developer
9 4 (3.25%) Lead Java Developer
9 4 (3.25%) Senior Java Developer
9 4 (3.25%) UI Developer
10 3 (2.44%) Consultant
10 3 (2.44%) J2EE Developer
10 3 (2.44%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 3 (2.44%) Network Engineer
10 3 (2.44%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (24.39%) Spring
2 23 (18.70%) Hibernate
3 18 (14.63%) SOAP
4 15 (12.20%) AngularJS
4 15 (12.20%) XML
5 12 (9.76%) JMS
6 11 (8.94%) RESTful
7 10 (8.13%) Apache Camel
7 10 (8.13%) Apache MINA
8 9 (7.32%) JSON
9 8 (6.50%) HTML
9 8 (6.50%) J2EE
9 8 (6.50%) JPA
10 7 (5.69%) .NET
11 6 (4.88%) CSS
12 5 (4.07%) HTML5
12 5 (4.07%) React
12 5 (4.07%) REST
13 4 (3.25%) Sass
13 4 (3.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 67 (54.47%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (9.76%) Computer Science
4 10 (8.13%) Reference Data
5 9 (7.32%) Derivative
5 9 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.88%) Equity Derivative
6 6 (4.88%) User Experience
7 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.63%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.81%) Clustering
9 1 (0.81%) DataPower
9 1 (0.81%) DTCC
9 1 (0.81%) Eurex
9 1 (0.81%) Minimum Viable Product
9 1 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.88%) Linux
1 6 (4.88%) Windows
2 5 (4.07%) Unix
3 3 (2.44%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.63%) AIX
5 1 (0.81%) Android
5 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (38.21%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (21.95%) OO
3 23 (18.70%) Data Analysis
4 16 (13.01%) Scrum
5 15 (12.20%) SDLC
6 14 (11.38%) Analytics
6 14 (11.38%) OOP
7 13 (10.57%) Mentoring
7 13 (10.57%) Software Engineering
7 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (10.57%) Unit Testing
8 12 (9.76%) Project Management
9 10 (8.13%) BPMN
9 10 (8.13%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (8.13%) Multithreading
10 8 (6.50%) Business Analysis
10 8 (6.50%) PRINCE2
10 8 (6.50%) Risk Management
10 8 (6.50%) TDD
11 7 (5.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 53 (43.09%) Java
2 34 (27.64%) SQL
3 27 (21.95%) Python
4 14 (11.38%) JavaScript
5 13 (10.57%) Scala
6 12 (9.76%) C++
7 11 (8.94%) Java 8
8 10 (8.13%) XPath
9 7 (5.69%) C#
10 5 (4.07%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.44%) C
12 2 (1.63%) Bash Shell
12 2 (1.63%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.63%) Ruby
12 2 (1.63%) VB
12 2 (1.63%) VBA
13 1 (0.81%) Perl
13 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.81%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (22.76%) Degree
2 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.07%) PMP
3 4 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.63%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) CCNA
6 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.81%) MCSE
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) PMO
1 11 (8.94%) QA
2 5 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.81%) Docker
1 1 (0.81%) Firmware
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (0.81%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) Ansible
1 1 (0.81%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.81%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.81%) MOM
1 1 (0.81%) Nagios
1 1 (0.81%) Opscode Chef
1 1 (0.81%) Puppet
1 1 (0.81%) SCCM
1 1 (0.81%) Terraform
1 1 (0.81%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.81%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (24.39%) Oracle
2 14 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.88%) Tableau
4 3 (2.44%) Adobe
5 2 (1.63%) Cisco
5 2 (1.63%) HP
5 2 (1.63%) IBM
5 2 (1.63%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (0.81%) Apple
6 1 (0.81%) CA
6 1 (0.81%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.81%) Citrix
6 1 (0.81%) Juniper
6 1 (0.81%) McAfee
6 1 (0.81%) Nokia
6 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.81%) Remedy
6 1 (0.81%) SAP
6 1 (0.81%) Sybase
6 1 (0.81%) TIBCO