Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Skill Sets
Period
to 19 December 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 December 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 Dec 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 30 22 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 114 93 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 6.64% 7.45% 9.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 8.43% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 53 27
Glasgow median daily rate £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - -6.25% +14.29%
10th Percentile £200 £228 £179
90th Percentile £519 £500 £490
Scotland median daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
Glasgow median hourly rate £30.25 £11.75 £10.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +157.45% +17.50% -81.82%
10th Percentile £26.53 £10.00 £9.13
90th Percentile £34.52 £27.50 £39.51
Scotland median hourly rate £32.00 £20.75 £16.16
% change year-on-year +54.22% +28.42% -2.08%

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 1,545 1,103 971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 90.03% 88.38% 85.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 620 490
Glasgow median daily rate £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -
10th Percentile £263 £255 £212
90th Percentile £538 £513 £463
Scotland median daily rate £400 £390 £370
% change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 36 22
Glasgow median hourly rate £26.00 £24.00 £19.16
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +8.33% +25.26% -6.54%
10th Percentile £13.00 £10.00 £10.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £34.13 £45.63
Scotland median hourly rate £25.00 £23.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year +7.53% +10.71% +10.41%

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 December 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

For the 6 months to 19 December 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 59 (51.75%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (38.60%) Agile Software Development
3 42 (36.84%) Finance
3 42 (36.84%) Java
4 26 (22.81%) Degree
5 23 (20.18%) SQL
6 22 (19.30%) Oracle
6 22 (19.30%) Spring
7 20 (17.54%) Data Analysis
8 19 (16.67%) Python
9 17 (14.91%) Hibernate
10 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
11 15 (13.16%) OO
11 15 (13.16%) Microsoft
11 15 (13.16%) Relational Database
12 14 (12.28%) SOAP
12 14 (12.28%) Banking
13 13 (11.40%) Project Management
14 12 (10.53%) XML
14 12 (10.53%) Investment Banking
14 12 (10.53%) Software Engineering
14 12 (10.53%) Scrum
14 12 (10.53%) AngularJS
14 12 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (9.65%) JavaScript
16 10 (8.77%) Business Analysis
16 10 (8.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
16 10 (8.77%) QA
16 10 (8.77%) Multithreading

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 4 (3.51%) SharePoint
1 4 (3.51%) Tomcat
1 4 (3.51%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.75%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) JBoss
3 1 (0.88%) Jetty
3 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (14.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (8.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.88%) InVision
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (6.14%) AquaLogic BPM
1 7 (6.14%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.39%) PaaS
2 3 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (1.75%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (1.75%) GitHub
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Azure
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.88%) Datadog
4 1 (0.88%) Google Cloud Platform
4 1 (0.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) DHCP
1 2 (1.75%) DNS
1 2 (1.75%) Firewall
1 2 (1.75%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.88%) 3G
2 1 (0.88%) 4G
2 1 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (0.88%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.88%) DWDM
2 1 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.88%) LAN
2 1 (0.88%) Network Security
2 1 (0.88%) WAN
2 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.16%) Relational Database
2 8 (7.02%) RDBMS
3 6 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (5.26%) DB2
4 5 (4.39%) MySQL
4 5 (4.39%) Oracle Database
4 5 (4.39%) QlikView
5 4 (3.51%) Big Data
5 4 (3.51%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.63%) Oracle Database 10g
6 3 (2.63%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.88%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.88%) KDB
8 1 (0.88%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Hudson
2 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.63%) Eclipse
3 3 (2.63%) MagicDraw
3 3 (2.63%) Subversion
4 2 (1.75%) Axure RP
4 2 (1.75%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 2 (1.75%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.75%) JDeveloper
4 2 (1.75%) JIRA
5 1 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.88%) JUnit
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.88%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.88%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.88%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 42 (36.84%) Finance
2 14 (12.28%) Banking
3 12 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 7 (6.14%) Front Office
5 5 (4.39%) Games
6 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.88%) Back Office
7 1 (0.88%) Legal
7 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (42.98%) Developer
2 26 (22.81%) Java Developer
3 19 (16.67%) Analyst
4 9 (7.89%) Python Developer
5 8 (7.02%) Angular Developer
6 6 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Designer
6 6 (5.26%) Oracle Developer
6 6 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.26%) Risk Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.39%) Full Stack Developer
7 5 (4.39%) Lead Developer
7 5 (4.39%) Lead Java Developer
7 5 (4.39%) Network Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Solutions Designer
8 4 (3.51%) Data Analyst
8 4 (3.51%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (3.51%) Technology Risk Analyst
9 3 (2.63%) J2EE Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.30%) Spring
2 17 (14.91%) Hibernate
3 14 (12.28%) SOAP
4 12 (10.53%) AngularJS
4 12 (10.53%) XML
5 9 (7.89%) JMS
6 8 (7.02%) J2EE
6 8 (7.02%) Web Services
7 7 (6.14%) Apache Camel
7 7 (6.14%) Apache MINA
7 7 (6.14%) RESTful
8 5 (4.39%) .NET
8 5 (4.39%) HTML
8 5 (4.39%) JPA
8 5 (4.39%) JSON
9 4 (3.51%) React
10 3 (2.63%) CSS
10 3 (2.63%) Kafka
11 2 (1.75%) ASP.NET
11 2 (1.75%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 59 (51.75%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (6.14%) Reference Data
5 6 (5.26%) User Experience
6 5 (4.39%) Derivative
7 4 (3.51%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.63%) Credit Risk
8 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.75%) EMC VMAX
9 2 (1.75%) Equity Derivative
9 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.88%) DTCC
10 1 (0.88%) Eurex
10 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.02%) Windows
2 4 (3.51%) Linux
2 4 (3.51%) Unix
2 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.75%) Android
4 2 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) AIX
5 1 (0.88%) CentOS
5 1 (0.88%) DC/OS
5 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (38.60%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (17.54%) Data Analysis
3 16 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (13.16%) OO
5 13 (11.40%) Project Management
6 12 (10.53%) Scrum
6 12 (10.53%) Software Engineering
7 10 (8.77%) Business Analysis
7 10 (8.77%) Multithreading
7 10 (8.77%) SDLC
8 9 (7.89%) Analytics
8 9 (7.89%) Mentoring
9 8 (7.02%) Computer Science
9 8 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.02%) OOP
9 8 (7.02%) PRINCE2
9 8 (7.02%) Risk Management
10 7 (6.14%) BPMN
10 7 (6.14%) Data Protection
10 7 (6.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (36.84%) Java
2 23 (20.18%) SQL
3 19 (16.67%) Python
4 11 (9.65%) JavaScript
5 10 (8.77%) Scala
6 8 (7.02%) Java 8
7 7 (6.14%) XPath
8 6 (5.26%) C#
9 5 (4.39%) C++
10 4 (3.51%) C
11 3 (2.63%) Perl
11 3 (2.63%) PL/SQL
11 3 (2.63%) VB
11 3 (2.63%) VBA
12 2 (1.75%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.75%) VBScript
13 1 (0.88%) PHP
13 1 (0.88%) Ruby
13 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (22.81%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) PMP
3 4 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.75%) CCNA
5 2 (1.75%) CCNP
5 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.88%) MCSE
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.77%) PMO
1 10 (8.77%) QA
2 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.75%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.88%) JSP 440
System Software
1 3 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.63%) XenApp
2 2 (1.75%) vSphere
2 2 (1.75%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) Firmware
3 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.88%) VirtualBox
3 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Ansible
1 1 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (0.88%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) MOM
1 1 (0.88%) Opscode Chef
1 1 (0.88%) Packer
1 1 (0.88%) Puppet
1 1 (0.88%) SCCM
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (19.30%) Oracle
2 15 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.39%) Tableau
4 4 (3.51%) Salesforce.com
5 3 (2.63%) Adobe
5 3 (2.63%) Cisco
5 3 (2.63%) Citrix
5 3 (2.63%) VMware
6 2 (1.75%) HP
6 2 (1.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.88%) Apple
7 1 (0.88%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.88%) IBM
7 1 (0.88%) Juniper
7 1 (0.88%) Lotus
7 1 (0.88%) McAfee
7 1 (0.88%) Nokia
7 1 (0.88%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.88%) Remedy
7 1 (0.88%) TIBCO