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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 145 171 75
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.54% 23.36% 11.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.93% 25.64% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 92 59
10th Percentile £156 £269 £168
25th Percentile £325 £410 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £473 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.92% +11.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £513 £556 £501
90th Percentile £613 £588 £606
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 -
25th Percentile £13.48 £14.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £15.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% -20.58% -60.19%
75th Percentile £15.59 £19.73 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.45 £22.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.50 £20.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -34.94% +38.33% -72.73%

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 971 667 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.00% 91.12% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 533 413 434
10th Percentile £271 £300 £272
25th Percentile £363 £370 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £561
90th Percentile £675 £611 £674
Scotland median daily rate £470 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +1.08% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 21 13
10th Percentile £13.35 £14.32 £15.38
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.45 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +100.63% -27.76% +66.55%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £34.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £26.21 £58.81
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £20.94
% change year-on-year -15.70% -4.48% +6.88%

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 16 September 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 (7.59%) Confluence
2 5 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.76%) Apache
3 4 (2.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.69%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.90%) MS Visio
3 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.34%) Azure
2 12 (8.28%) GitHub
3 11 (7.59%) AWS
3 11 (7.59%) GCP
4 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.52%) Anthropic Claude
5 8 (5.52%) ChatGPT
6 7 (4.83%) GitHub Copilot
6 7 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.45%) Google Play
7 5 (3.45%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.07%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (2.07%) Serverless
9 3 (2.07%) Snowflake
9 3 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.38%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) MPLS
1 6 (4.14%) SAN
2 5 (3.45%) SDH
3 4 (2.76%) HTTP
3 4 (2.76%) LAN
3 4 (2.76%) Network Security
3 4 (2.76%) WAN
4 3 (2.07%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.07%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.38%) DHCP
5 2 (1.38%) DNS
5 2 (1.38%) Firewall
5 2 (1.38%) NAS
5 2 (1.38%) VoIP
6 1 (0.69%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.69%) Internet
6 1 (0.69%) Intranet
6 1 (0.69%) VSAN
6 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.03%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.66%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.52%) Db2
3 8 (5.52%) Metadata
3 8 (5.52%) Power BI
4 4 (2.76%) DynamoDB
4 4 (2.76%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.76%) Tableau
5 3 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.38%) Big Data
6 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.38%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.38%) Flink
6 2 (1.38%) MySQL
6 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database 10g
6 2 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 21 (14.48%) Git
2 17 (11.72%) JIRA
3 8 (5.52%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.83%) Gradle
5 5 (3.45%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.07%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.07%) Postman
6 3 (2.07%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.07%) Selenium
7 2 (1.38%) Appium
7 2 (1.38%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.38%) GitLab
7 2 (1.38%) JUnit
7 2 (1.38%) Maven
7 2 (1.38%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.69%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.69%) GoCD
8 1 (0.69%) Mocha
8 1 (0.69%) TestNG
General
1 86 (59.31%) Social Skills
2 61 (42.07%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (33.10%) Finance
4 21 (14.48%) Banking
5 14 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 13 (8.97%) Investment Banking
7 10 (6.90%) Front Office
8 8 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.14%) Billing
9 6 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (4.14%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.45%) Legal
11 3 (2.07%) Military
12 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.69%) Electronics
13 1 (0.69%) Local Government
13 1 (0.69%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.69%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.69%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 29 (20.00%) Developer
2 24 (16.55%) Analyst
3 13 (8.97%) Senior
4 11 (7.59%) Java Developer
5 10 (6.90%) Data Engineer
6 9 (6.21%) Network Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Administrator
8 7 (4.83%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.83%) Python Developer
9 6 (4.14%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.14%) Field Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Android Developer
10 5 (3.45%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Field Service Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) IT Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) Senior Developer
11 4 (2.76%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.28%) REST
2 10 (6.90%) Kafka
2 10 (6.90%) RESTful
3 6 (4.14%) PySpark
3 6 (4.14%) Terraform
4 5 (3.45%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.45%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.45%) JSON
4 5 (3.45%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.45%) Spring
4 5 (3.45%) Web Services
5 4 (2.76%) Celery
5 4 (2.76%) Core Data
5 4 (2.76%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.76%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.76%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.76%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.76%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.76%) UIKit
6 3 (2.07%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.90%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (6.21%) Derivative
3 8 (5.52%) Equity Derivative
3 8 (5.52%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.83%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.14%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.76%) CCTV
7 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.76%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.07%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.38%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.79%) Linux
2 16 (11.03%) Windows
3 13 (8.97%) Android
4 7 (4.83%) Unix
5 6 (4.14%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.76%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.76%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.34%) Agile
2 28 (19.31%) CI/CD
3 27 (18.62%) Scrum
3 27 (18.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (16.55%) DevOps
4 24 (16.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (13.79%) Risk Management
6 19 (13.10%) Customer Service
6 19 (13.10%) Test Automation
7 17 (11.72%) Project Delivery
8 16 (11.03%) AI
8 16 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
8 16 (11.03%) Machine Learning
9 14 (9.66%) Data Analysis
9 14 (9.66%) Data Governance
9 14 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 13 (8.97%) Actionable Insight
10 13 (8.97%) Data Protection
11 12 (8.28%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) Python
2 32 (22.07%) SQL
3 28 (19.31%) Java
4 14 (9.66%) C++
5 7 (4.83%) Perl
6 5 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.45%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.45%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.76%) Swift
8 3 (2.07%) Bash
8 3 (2.07%) C#
9 2 (1.38%) C
9 2 (1.38%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.38%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.38%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) PHP
10 1 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.21%) Degree
4 7 (4.83%) CCNA
4 7 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.76%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.76%) HND
5 4 (2.76%) MCSE
5 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.07%) CCNP
6 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.38%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.69%) PMP
8 1 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.03%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.28%) SLA
3 5 (3.45%) QA
4 4 (2.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.07%) GRC
5 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.38%) COBIT
6 2 (1.38%) GDPR
6 2 (1.38%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.38%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.38%) NCSC
6 2 (1.38%) NIST
6 2 (1.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (4.83%) Docker
1 7 (4.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.07%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.38%) vSphere
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.14%) Ansible
3 4 (2.76%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.07%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.07%) SCCM
4 3 (2.07%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.38%) SCOM
6 1 (0.69%) Grafana
6 1 (0.69%) logstash
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (29.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.66%) Oracle
3 11 (7.59%) Google
4 8 (5.52%) Sybase
4 8 (5.52%) VMware
5 7 (4.83%) IBM
6 6 (4.14%) Cisco
6 6 (4.14%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.14%) Databricks
7 5 (3.45%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.45%) Nokia
7 5 (3.45%) Splunk
8 4 (2.76%) Dell
9 3 (2.07%) Citrix
9 3 (2.07%) SaltStack
9 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.38%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.38%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.38%) Veritas