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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 16
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 131 198 77
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 16.90% 25.78% 9.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.31% 27.50% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 128 53
10th Percentile £170 £300 £156
25th Percentile £352 £406 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £473 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +11.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £554 £557 £488
90th Percentile £675 £623 £610
Scotland median daily rate £438 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -5.91% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.14 £15.92
25th Percentile £16.15 £14.50 £16.29
Median hourly rate £16.25 £15.09 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -16.17% -62.29%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £26.43 £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 645 720 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.23% 93.75% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 448 505
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £375 £391 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% -2.21% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £455 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -1.62% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.42 £12.03
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £19.59 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.95% -37.81% +121.05%
75th Percentile £77.50 £25.15 £53.75
90th Percentile - £73.19 £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.83 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.86% +1.69% +21.95%

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 20 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

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 9 (6.87%) Apache Spark
2 7 (5.34%) Confluence
3 4 (3.05%) Apache
4 2 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.76%) CICS
5 1 (0.76%) Moodle
5 1 (0.76%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 28 (21.37%) Azure
2 15 (11.45%) AWS
3 9 (6.87%) OpenShift
3 9 (6.87%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.34%) Snowflake
5 6 (4.58%) Anthropic Claude
5 6 (4.58%) ChatGPT
5 6 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.82%) GCP
6 5 (3.82%) GitHub
6 5 (3.82%) GitHub Copilot
7 4 (3.05%) Collibra
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (2.29%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.29%) Serverless
9 2 (1.53%) Apple Pay
9 2 (1.53%) Google Pay
9 2 (1.53%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.40%) SAN
2 7 (5.34%) NAS
3 6 (4.58%) WAN
4 5 (3.82%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.29%) DNS
5 3 (2.29%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.76%) DHCP
7 1 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.76%) Internet
7 1 (0.76%) Intranet
7 1 (0.76%) LAN
7 1 (0.76%) MPLS
7 1 (0.76%) SDH
7 1 (0.76%) VoIP
7 1 (0.76%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) Relational Database
2 12 (9.16%) Metadata
3 9 (6.87%) Power BI
4 8 (6.11%) MongoDB
5 7 (5.34%) Big Data
5 7 (5.34%) DB2
5 7 (5.34%) Hadoop
6 5 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.05%) Tableau
8 3 (2.29%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.29%) Flink
8 3 (2.29%) MySQL
8 3 (2.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.53%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.76%) Apache Ignite
10 1 (0.76%) HBase
Development Applications
1 17 (12.98%) Git
2 9 (6.87%) JIRA
3 6 (4.58%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (50.38%) Social Skills
2 56 (42.75%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (37.40%) Finance
4 18 (13.74%) Banking
5 13 (9.92%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.40%) Legal
7 9 (6.87%) Investment Banking
8 8 (6.11%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (5.34%) Front Office
10 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (3.82%) Financial Institution
12 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.76%) Billing
14 1 (0.76%) Law
14 1 (0.76%) Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.76%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
14 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (22.14%) Analyst
2 21 (16.03%) Developer
3 14 (10.69%) Business Analyst
4 11 (8.40%) Automation Engineer
4 11 (8.40%) Java Developer
4 11 (8.40%) Senior
5 10 (7.63%) Field Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Data Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.34%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Architect
8 6 (4.58%) Computer Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Field Hardware Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Hardware Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Printer Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.21%) REST
2 8 (6.11%) Kafka
2 8 (6.11%) Spring
3 7 (5.34%) Spring Boot
4 6 (4.58%) Loki
5 5 (3.82%) RESTful
6 4 (3.05%) CSS
7 3 (2.29%) Celery
7 3 (2.29%) CSS3
7 3 (2.29%) HTML
7 3 (2.29%) HTML5
7 3 (2.29%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (2.29%) PySpark
7 3 (2.29%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (2.29%) React
7 3 (2.29%) Streamlit
8 2 (1.53%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.53%) JSON
8 2 (1.53%) JWT
8 2 (1.53%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Cloud Native
1 13 (9.92%) Virtual Team
2 12 (9.16%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.34%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.58%) Derivative
4 6 (4.58%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.58%) Equity Derivative
4 6 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.82%) CMDB
5 5 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.05%) PMI
6 4 (3.05%) Reference Data
7 3 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.29%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 35 (26.72%) Windows
2 11 (8.40%) Unix
3 8 (6.11%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.82%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.29%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.53%) Android
7 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.77%) Agile
2 29 (22.14%) CI/CD
3 28 (21.37%) Decision-Making
4 21 (16.03%) DevOps
4 21 (16.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (15.27%) Data Governance
6 19 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (14.50%) Migration
7 18 (13.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 17 (12.98%) Customer Service
9 15 (11.45%) Machine Learning
9 15 (11.45%) Scrum
10 14 (10.69%) AI
10 14 (10.69%) Data Lineage
10 14 (10.69%) Data Modelling
10 14 (10.69%) Data Protection
10 14 (10.69%) Risk Management
11 13 (9.92%) Data Engineering
11 13 (9.92%) Data Pipeline
11 13 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (29.77%) Python
2 21 (16.03%) Java
3 19 (14.50%) SQL
4 12 (9.16%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.11%) Perl
6 6 (4.58%) C++
7 5 (3.82%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.29%) PHP
9 1 (0.76%) COBOL
9 1 (0.76%) JCL
9 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (12.21%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.69%) Degree
3 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) CCNA
4 5 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.05%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.05%) MCSE
5 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (3.05%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.53%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.76%) CCNP
8 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.82%) QA
3 4 (3.05%) GDPR
3 4 (3.05%) SLA
4 3 (2.29%) GRC
5 2 (1.53%) COBIT
5 2 (1.53%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.53%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.53%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.34%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.58%) Docker
3 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.53%) vSphere
4 1 (0.76%) HDFS
4 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (16.79%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.87%) Ansible
2 9 (6.87%) Terraform
3 8 (6.11%) Grafana
3 8 (6.11%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.34%) NetBackup
5 5 (3.82%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.29%) SCCM
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 28 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.40%) Dell
3 10 (7.63%) Oracle
4 9 (6.87%) Databricks
5 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.34%) Veritas
6 6 (4.58%) Canon
6 6 (4.58%) Cisco
6 6 (4.58%) HP
6 6 (4.58%) Sybase
7 5 (3.82%) Google
7 5 (3.82%) IBM
7 5 (3.82%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.05%) Splunk
9 3 (2.29%) Greenplum
10 2 (1.53%) Alteryx
10 2 (1.53%) Aruba
10 2 (1.53%) Fiserv
10 2 (1.53%) IFS
10 2 (1.53%) VMware