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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 139 200 80
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 17.10% 26.49% 9.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.50% 28.37% 10.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 132 55
10th Percentile £166 £300 £156
25th Percentile £352 £404 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £418
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +13.77% -16.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £488
90th Percentile £675 £625 £608
Scotland median daily rate £438 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -5.91% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.14 £15.92
25th Percentile £13.89 £14.50 £16.29
Median hourly rate £16.17 £15.09 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% -16.17% -62.29%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.34 £18.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.45 £22.00 £16.67
% change year-on-year -38.86% +31.97% -22.34%

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 678 705 755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.39% 93.38% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 450 495
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £363 £382 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £675 £600 £618
Scotland median daily rate £460 £460 £463
% change year-on-year - -0.54% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 36
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.61 £11.94
25th Percentile £16.11 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.79 £19.71 £36.22
Median % change year-on-year -9.74% -45.58% +161.05%
75th Percentile £77.50 £23.86 £54.69
90th Percentile - £72.17 £68.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.67 £19.97 £19.50
% change year-on-year -1.53% +2.41% +34.48%

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 2 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 8 (5.76%) Apache Spark
1 8 (5.76%) Confluence
2 4 (2.88%) Apache
3 2 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.44%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.72%) CICS
4 1 (0.72%) Moodle
4 1 (0.72%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) Azure
2 12 (8.63%) AWS
3 10 (7.19%) OpenShift
4 9 (6.47%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.76%) Anthropic Claude
5 8 (5.76%) ChatGPT
6 7 (5.04%) GitHub
6 7 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.60%) GCP
9 4 (2.88%) Collibra
9 4 (2.88%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (2.16%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.44%) Alation
11 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.63%) SAN
2 8 (5.76%) NAS
3 7 (5.04%) WAN
4 5 (3.60%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.16%) DNS
5 3 (2.16%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.44%) LAN
6 2 (1.44%) MPLS
6 2 (1.44%) SDH
6 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.72%) DHCP
7 1 (0.72%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.72%) Firewall
7 1 (0.72%) Internet
7 1 (0.72%) Intranet
7 1 (0.72%) Network Security
7 1 (0.72%) VoIP
7 1 (0.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.79%) Relational Database
2 14 (10.07%) Metadata
3 10 (7.19%) MongoDB
4 9 (6.47%) DB2
4 9 (6.47%) Power BI
5 7 (5.04%) Big Data
6 6 (4.32%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.88%) Tableau
8 3 (2.16%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.16%) Flink
8 3 (2.16%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.44%) MySQL
9 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.72%) Apache Ignite
Development Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Git
2 10 (7.19%) JIRA
3 6 (4.32%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (55.40%) Social Skills
2 62 (44.60%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (36.69%) Finance
4 18 (12.95%) Banking
5 12 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.91%) Legal
7 10 (7.19%) Investment Banking
8 9 (6.47%) Front Office
9 8 (5.76%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.60%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.88%) Billing
12 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.72%) Law
14 1 (0.72%) Local Government
14 1 (0.72%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.72%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 30 (21.58%) Analyst
2 17 (12.23%) Developer
3 15 (10.79%) Business Analyst
4 11 (7.91%) Automation Engineer
4 11 (7.91%) Data Engineer
4 11 (7.91%) Field Engineer
4 11 (7.91%) Senior
5 10 (7.19%) Java Developer
6 8 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.04%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Architect
8 6 (4.32%) Computer Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Field Hardware Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Hardware Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Printer Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.32%) Security Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.79%) REST
2 8 (5.76%) Kafka
2 8 (5.76%) Spring
3 7 (5.04%) Spring Boot
4 6 (4.32%) Loki
4 6 (4.32%) PySpark
4 6 (4.32%) Streamlit
5 5 (3.60%) RESTful
6 4 (2.88%) Celery
6 4 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (2.16%) CSS
7 3 (2.16%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (2.16%) React
8 2 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.44%) CSS3
8 2 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.44%) HTML
8 2 (1.44%) HTML5
8 2 (1.44%) Spark Streaming
9 1 (0.72%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Virtual Team
2 12 (8.63%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.19%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.76%) Derivative
4 8 (5.76%) Equity Derivative
5 7 (5.04%) Driving Licence
5 7 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (5.04%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.32%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.88%) CMDB
7 4 (2.88%) PMI
7 4 (2.88%) Reference Data
8 3 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.16%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.44%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.90%) Windows
2 12 (8.63%) Unix
3 8 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 7 (5.04%) Linux
5 5 (3.60%) Android
5 5 (3.60%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.16%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.22%) Agile
2 28 (20.14%) Decision-Making
3 27 (19.42%) CI/CD
4 25 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (17.27%) DevOps
6 23 (16.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (15.83%) Data Governance
8 21 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (15.11%) Customer Service
9 17 (12.23%) Data Modelling
9 17 (12.23%) Data Pipeline
9 17 (12.23%) Migration
10 16 (11.51%) Data Lineage
10 16 (11.51%) Data Protection
10 16 (11.51%) Risk Management
10 16 (11.51%) Scrum
11 15 (10.79%) Machine Learning
12 14 (10.07%) Analytics
12 14 (10.07%) TDD
12 14 (10.07%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.22%) Python
2 24 (17.27%) SQL
3 22 (15.83%) Java
4 12 (8.63%) PowerShell
5 9 (6.47%) Perl
6 8 (5.76%) C++
7 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.44%) PHP
9 1 (0.72%) COBOL
9 1 (0.72%) JCL
9 1 (0.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (11.51%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.79%) Degree
3 11 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.60%) CCNA
4 5 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.88%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.88%) MCSE
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.44%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.44%) HND
8 1 (0.72%) CCNP
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.83%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.47%) SLA
3 5 (3.60%) QA
4 4 (2.88%) GDPR
5 3 (2.16%) GRC
6 2 (1.44%) COBIT
6 2 (1.44%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (1.44%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.44%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.44%) ISO 8583
6 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.60%) Docker
3 2 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.44%) vSphere
4 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (15.83%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.76%) Grafana
2 8 (5.76%) NetBackup
2 8 (5.76%) Prometheus
3 6 (4.32%) Ansible
3 6 (4.32%) Terraform
4 5 (3.60%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 36 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) Databricks
3 11 (7.91%) Dell
4 10 (7.19%) Oracle
5 8 (5.76%) Sybase
5 8 (5.76%) Veritas
6 7 (5.04%) Cisco
6 7 (5.04%) IBM
6 7 (5.04%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.32%) Canon
7 6 (4.32%) HP
8 5 (3.60%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.88%) Computacenter
9 4 (2.88%) Google
9 4 (2.88%) Splunk
10 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.44%) Aruba
11 2 (1.44%) Fiserv
11 2 (1.44%) SmartStream
11 2 (1.44%) VMware