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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 153 209 69
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 14.93% 25.49% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.67% 27.76% 10.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 129 49
10th Percentile £200 £279 £156
25th Percentile £325 £404 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £440
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £501
90th Percentile £634 £623 £613
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 1
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 -
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £15.67
Median hourly rate £14.65 £15.09 £16.34
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -7.65% -65.77%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £17.01
90th Percentile £16.40 £18.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.45 £18.79 £15.49
% change year-on-year -28.42% +21.34% -28.54%

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 866 753 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.49% 91.83% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 483 477
10th Percentile £285 £300 £266
25th Percentile £358 £379 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -8.16%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £563
90th Percentile £675 £613 £633
Scotland median daily rate £451 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.59% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 30
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.49 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £15.93
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.83 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% -51.56% +195.06%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.21 £56.56
90th Percentile £77.50 £59.00 £63.75
Scotland median hourly rate £18.92 £20.00 £22.91
% change year-on-year -5.43% -12.70% +50.28%

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 15 July 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 13 (8.50%) Confluence
2 7 (4.58%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.96%) Apache
3 3 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) CICS
4 1 (0.65%) Moodle
4 1 (0.65%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.58%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.31%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (15.69%) Azure
2 13 (8.50%) AWS
3 10 (6.54%) GitHub
4 8 (5.23%) Anthropic Claude
4 8 (5.23%) ChatGPT
4 8 (5.23%) GCP
5 7 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.58%) GitHub Copilot
5 7 (4.58%) OpenShift
5 7 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.61%) Collibra
7 4 (2.61%) Google Play
8 3 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.96%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.31%) Alation
9 2 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.88%) SAN
2 5 (3.27%) NAS
3 3 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.31%) DHCP
4 2 (1.31%) DNS
4 2 (1.31%) LAN
4 2 (1.31%) MPLS
4 2 (1.31%) Network Security
4 2 (1.31%) SDH
4 2 (1.31%) WAN
5 1 (0.65%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.65%) Firewall
5 1 (0.65%) Internet
5 1 (0.65%) Intranet
5 1 (0.65%) VoIP
5 1 (0.65%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.15%) Metadata
2 14 (9.15%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.88%) Db2
4 7 (4.58%) Power BI
5 6 (3.92%) Big Data
5 6 (3.92%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.61%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.61%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.61%) Tableau
7 3 (1.96%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.96%) Flink
7 3 (1.96%) MySQL
7 3 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.31%) Oracle Database 10g
9 1 (0.65%) Apache Ignite
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (15.03%) Git
2 14 (9.15%) JIRA
3 7 (4.58%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.92%) Gradle
5 4 (2.61%) Android Studio
6 3 (1.96%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.96%) Postman
6 3 (1.96%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.96%) Selenium
7 2 (1.31%) Appium
7 2 (1.31%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.31%) JUnit
7 2 (1.31%) Maven
7 2 (1.31%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.65%) GoCD
8 1 (0.65%) Mocha
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.65%) PVCS
8 1 (0.65%) Subversion
8 1 (0.65%) TestNG
General
1 84 (54.90%) Social Skills
2 65 (42.48%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (33.33%) Finance
4 26 (16.99%) Banking
5 14 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.84%) Investment Banking
7 10 (6.54%) Front Office
8 9 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (5.88%) Legal
9 8 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.92%) Billing
10 6 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (3.27%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.65%) Local Government
14 1 (0.65%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.65%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 32 (20.92%) Analyst
2 29 (18.95%) Developer
3 16 (10.46%) Business Analyst
4 15 (9.80%) Senior
5 14 (9.15%) Java Developer
6 10 (6.54%) Data Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Field Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Administrator
9 7 (4.58%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.58%) Python Developer
9 7 (4.58%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.92%) Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Business Systems Analyst
11 5 (3.27%) Lead
11 5 (3.27%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.27%) Systems Analyst
12 4 (2.61%) Field Service Engineer
12 4 (2.61%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.15%) REST
2 11 (7.19%) RESTful
3 10 (6.54%) Spring
4 9 (5.88%) Spring Boot
5 8 (5.23%) Kafka
6 7 (4.58%) PySpark
6 7 (4.58%) Streamlit
7 5 (3.27%) JSON
8 4 (2.61%) Android Jetpack
8 4 (2.61%) Celery
8 4 (2.61%) Jetpack Compose
8 4 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.61%) React
8 4 (2.61%) Retrofit
8 4 (2.61%) Web Services
9 3 (1.96%) Loki
9 3 (1.96%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (1.96%) Playwright
9 3 (1.96%) RxSwift
9 3 (1.96%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.50%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.19%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.23%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.23%) Derivative
3 8 (5.23%) Equity Derivative
4 6 (3.92%) Data Structures
4 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.27%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.61%) CCTV
6 4 (2.61%) CMDB
6 4 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.61%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.69%) Windows
2 11 (7.19%) Android
3 8 (5.23%) Unix
4 6 (3.92%) Linux
5 5 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.27%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.61%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.31%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (33.33%) Agile
2 30 (19.61%) CI/CD
2 30 (19.61%) Scrum
2 30 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 29 (18.95%) Decision-Making
3 29 (18.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (18.30%) DevOps
5 27 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (15.03%) Data Governance
7 21 (13.73%) Customer Service
7 21 (13.73%) Data Analysis
7 21 (13.73%) Migration
8 18 (11.76%) Test Automation
9 17 (11.11%) Data Modelling
9 17 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
9 17 (11.11%) Machine Learning
9 17 (11.11%) TDD
10 16 (10.46%) Data Lineage
10 16 (10.46%) Data Protection
11 15 (9.80%) AI
Programming Languages
1 40 (26.14%) Python
2 36 (23.53%) SQL
3 35 (22.88%) Java
4 9 (5.88%) C++
5 7 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.58%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.92%) Perl
7 5 (3.27%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.61%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.96%) C#
9 3 (1.96%) Swift
10 2 (1.31%) PHP
10 2 (1.31%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.65%) Bash
11 1 (0.65%) COBOL
11 1 (0.65%) JCL
11 1 (0.65%) Scala
11 1 (0.65%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (12.42%) Security Cleared
2 15 (9.80%) Degree
3 12 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.27%) CCNA
4 5 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.61%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.61%) HND
5 4 (2.61%) MCSE
5 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.61%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.31%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.65%) APMG
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.65%) IIBA
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.03%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.19%) SLA
3 6 (3.92%) QA
4 5 (3.27%) GDPR
5 4 (2.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (2.61%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.96%) GRC
7 2 (1.31%) COBIT
7 2 (1.31%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.31%) ISO 8583
7 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.23%) Active Directory
1 8 (5.23%) Docker
2 3 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.31%) vSphere
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (15.03%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.23%) Terraform
3 6 (3.92%) NetBackup
4 5 (3.27%) Grafana
4 5 (3.27%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.61%) Ansible
5 4 (2.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.96%) SCCM
7 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.65%) SCOM
7 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 42 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.42%) Oracle
3 10 (6.54%) Databricks
4 9 (5.88%) Dell
4 9 (5.88%) Google
5 8 (5.23%) Sybase
6 7 (4.58%) IBM
7 6 (3.92%) Computacenter
7 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.27%) MuleSoft
8 5 (3.27%) Veritas
9 4 (2.61%) Canon
9 4 (2.61%) HP
10 3 (1.96%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.96%) VMware
11 2 (1.31%) Cisco
11 2 (1.31%) Citrix
11 2 (1.31%) Fiserv
11 2 (1.31%) SmartStream
11 2 (1.31%) SolarWinds