Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Skill Sets
Period
to 19 June 2019

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 June 2019 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 Jun 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 21 28 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +6
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 110 113 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.52% 7.07% 8.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.44% 8.15% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 56 49
Glasgow median daily rate £363 £389 £370
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -6.75% +5.07% -2.63%
10th Percentile £281 £204 £190
90th Percentile £481 £460 £450
Scotland median daily rate £375 £390 £370
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.41% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Glasgow median hourly rate £32.50 £10.20 £17.39
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +218.55% -41.33% +83.05%
Scotland median hourly rate £17.90 £18.50 £17.39
% change year-on-year -3.24% +6.38% -53.63%

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 1,304 1,386 1,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 89.19% 86.73% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 828 541
Glasgow median daily rate £425 £390 £373
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +8.97% +4.70% +6.43%
10th Percentile £278 £263 £250
90th Percentile £588 £525 £475
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 28 10
Glasgow median hourly rate £25.50 £16.68 £17.36
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +52.88% -3.89% -44.46%
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.41 £13.75
90th Percentile £41.50 £36.37 £41.03
Scotland median hourly rate £23.50 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.29% -36.36% -23.61%

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 June 2019.

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2019, 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 40 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
2 36 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (27.27%) Java
4 22 (20.00%) SQL
5 19 (17.27%) Finance
6 17 (15.45%) RDBMS
6 17 (15.45%) JIRA
6 17 (15.45%) Relational Database
7 16 (14.55%) Oracle
7 16 (14.55%) JavaScript
8 15 (13.64%) Unix
9 14 (12.73%) Microsoft
9 14 (12.73%) Unit Testing
9 14 (12.73%) Scala
9 14 (12.73%) Hadoop
9 14 (12.73%) Apache Hive
9 14 (12.73%) Apache Spark
9 14 (12.73%) HDFS
9 14 (12.73%) Impala
10 13 (11.82%) Amazon AWS
10 13 (11.82%) Degree
10 13 (11.82%) .NET
11 12 (10.91%) C#
11 12 (10.91%) XML
11 12 (10.91%) Project Management
11 12 (10.91%) Spring
11 12 (10.91%) Software Engineering
11 12 (10.91%) Banking
11 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Azure
11 12 (10.91%) Algorithms

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 14 (12.73%) Apache Spark
2 8 (7.27%) OpenEdge
3 5 (4.55%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.73%) IBM Domino
5 2 (1.82%) Confluence
5 2 (1.82%) IBM Notes
5 2 (1.82%) JBoss
5 2 (1.82%) NetWeaver
5 2 (1.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.82%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.82%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.82%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.82%) WordPress
6 1 (0.91%) CMS
6 1 (0.91%) MODX
6 1 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.91%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (0.91%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.91%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.82%) Amazon AWS
2 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Azure
3 9 (8.18%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (4.55%) GitHub
5 3 (2.73%) Office 365
6 2 (1.82%) Azure Active Directory
6 2 (1.82%) PaaS
7 1 (0.91%) Akamai
7 1 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.73%) DNS
2 2 (1.82%) BIG-IP
2 2 (1.82%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (1.82%) HSRP
2 2 (1.82%) IPsec
2 2 (1.82%) LAN
2 2 (1.82%) Network Security
2 2 (1.82%) SSL
2 2 (1.82%) Unified Communications
2 2 (1.82%) VLAN
2 2 (1.82%) VPN
2 2 (1.82%) WAN
3 1 (0.91%) FTP
3 1 (0.91%) HTTP
3 1 (0.91%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.91%) SSH
3 1 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.91%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.45%) RDBMS
1 17 (15.45%) Relational Database
2 14 (12.73%) Apache Hive
2 14 (12.73%) Hadoop
2 14 (12.73%) Impala
3 12 (10.91%) NoSQL
4 10 (9.09%) MongoDB
5 9 (8.18%) Apache Cassandra
5 9 (8.18%) CouchDB
6 8 (7.27%) Big Data
7 5 (4.55%) HBase
7 5 (4.55%) Oracle Database
7 5 (4.55%) Spark SQL
8 4 (3.64%) SQL Server
8 4 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.73%) DB2
9 3 (2.73%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (1.82%) Informix
11 1 (0.91%) MySQL
11 1 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (15.45%) JIRA
2 10 (9.09%) Git (software)
3 7 (6.36%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.45%) JUnit
5 4 (3.64%) Subversion
6 3 (2.73%) ClearCase
6 3 (2.73%) Hudson
6 3 (2.73%) Maven
6 3 (2.73%) Mockito
7 2 (1.82%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.91%) Ant
8 1 (0.91%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.91%) Gradle
8 1 (0.91%) MagicDraw
8 1 (0.91%) MorphX
8 1 (0.91%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (17.27%) Finance
2 12 (10.91%) Banking
3 8 (7.27%) Investment Banking
4 3 (2.73%) Front Office
4 3 (2.73%) Law
4 3 (2.73%) Legal
4 3 (2.73%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (2.73%) Retail Banking
5 2 (1.82%) Back Office
5 2 (1.82%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.91%) Games
6 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.91%) Retail
6 1 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (51.82%) Developer
2 13 (11.82%) Analyst
3 12 (10.91%) Java Developer
3 12 (10.91%) Scala Developer
4 10 (9.09%) .NET Developer
4 10 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 10 (9.09%) Python Developer
5 7 (6.36%) Hadoop Developer
6 6 (5.45%) Consultant
6 6 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (5.45%) OpenEdge Developer
6 6 (5.45%) Progress Developer
6 6 (5.45%) Project Manager
7 3 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (2.73%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (2.73%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (2.73%) Network Engineer
7 3 (2.73%) Senior Developer
7 3 (2.73%) Service Manager
7 3 (2.73%) Services Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.82%) .NET
2 12 (10.91%) Spring
2 12 (10.91%) XML
3 11 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 10 (9.09%) HTML
5 9 (8.18%) Django
5 9 (8.18%) Flask
5 9 (8.18%) J2EE
5 9 (8.18%) MLlib
5 9 (8.18%) Natural Language Processing
5 9 (8.18%) NumPy
5 9 (8.18%) Pyramid
5 9 (8.18%) scikit-learn
6 8 (7.27%) JMS
6 8 (7.27%) Web Services
7 6 (5.45%) Hibernate
7 6 (5.45%) REST
8 5 (4.55%) Kafka
8 5 (4.55%) SOAP
9 4 (3.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (10.91%) Algorithms
3 11 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.27%) User Experience
5 4 (3.64%) Equity Derivative
6 3 (2.73%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.73%) Derivative
6 3 (2.73%) Equities
6 3 (2.73%) SWIFT
7 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.91%) Apple TV
8 1 (0.91%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.64%) Unix
2 5 (4.55%) Windows
3 3 (2.73%) Linux
4 2 (1.82%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.91%) Android
5 1 (0.91%) CentOS
5 1 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.91%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (12.73%) Unit Testing
3 12 (10.91%) Project Management
3 12 (10.91%) Software Engineering
4 11 (10.00%) Business Analysis
4 11 (10.00%) OO
4 11 (10.00%) SDLC
5 10 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 10 (9.09%) ETL
5 10 (9.09%) Machine Learning
5 10 (9.09%) Time Management
6 9 (8.18%) Decision Tree
6 9 (8.18%) Deep Learning
6 9 (8.18%) MapReduce
7 8 (7.27%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (6.36%) Data Management
9 6 (5.45%) Data Modelling
9 6 (5.45%) ITIL
9 6 (5.45%) Kanban
9 6 (5.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.27%) Java
2 22 (20.00%) SQL
3 16 (14.55%) JavaScript
4 14 (12.73%) Scala
5 12 (10.91%) C#
6 10 (9.09%) Python
7 9 (8.18%) R
8 7 (6.36%) Groovy
9 6 (5.45%) PL/SQL
10 4 (3.64%) Perl
11 2 (1.82%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.91%) C++
12 1 (0.91%) PHP
12 1 (0.91%) RPG
12 1 (0.91%) RPG/400
12 1 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.91%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.91%) VB
12 1 (0.91%) VBA
12 1 (0.91%) X++
Qualifications
1 13 (11.82%) Degree
2 3 (2.73%) CCNA
2 3 (2.73%) CCNP
2 3 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.91%) ACCA
3 1 (0.91%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (0.91%) CIMA
3 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.91%) MCITP
3 1 (0.91%) MCSE
3 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.64%) QA
3 2 (1.82%) PMO
4 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.73%) HDFS
2 7 (6.36%) Docker
3 3 (2.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.91%) NFS
4 1 (0.91%) Samba
4 1 (0.91%) XenApp
4 1 (0.91%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (1.82%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (0.91%) Ansible
2 1 (0.91%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.91%) Opscode Chef
2 1 (0.91%) SCCM
2 1 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (14.55%) Oracle
2 14 (12.73%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.36%) Sybase
4 5 (4.55%) IBM
5 4 (3.64%) SAP
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco
6 3 (2.73%) Lotus
6 3 (2.73%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.82%) Citrix
7 2 (1.82%) F5
7 2 (1.82%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (1.82%) VMware
8 1 (0.91%) Apple
8 1 (0.91%) Infor
8 1 (0.91%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.91%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.91%) Remedy
8 1 (0.91%) Sage