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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 145 170 79
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.31% 23.84% 11.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.72% 26.19% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 90 61
10th Percentile £169 £260 £169
25th Percentile £325 £409 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +11.76% -12.82%
75th Percentile £513 £569 £501
90th Percentile £615 £589 £604
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%
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% -73.07%

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 985 649 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.62% 91.02% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 397 432
10th Percentile £277 £300 £271
25th Percentile £363 £375 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £570 £538 £559
90th Percentile £675 £613 £675
Scotland median daily rate £475 £467 £450
% change year-on-year +1.71% +3.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 14
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.32 £15.73
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.77
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.45 £21.87
Median % change year-on-year +100.63% -20.23% +50.83%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £32.17
90th Percentile £77.50 £26.21 £43.58
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year -15.70% +0.31% +1.77%

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 22 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 12 (8.28%) 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 16 (11.03%) Azure
2 12 (8.28%) AWS
3 11 (7.59%) GCP
3 11 (7.59%) GitHub
4 9 (6.21%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.52%) ChatGPT
6 7 (4.83%) Anthropic Claude
6 7 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.14%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.45%) Google Play
8 5 (3.45%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.76%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.07%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.07%) Serverless
10 3 (2.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) MPLS
2 5 (3.45%) 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 15 (10.34%) Relational Database
2 13 (8.97%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.52%) Metadata
3 8 (5.52%) Power BI
4 7 (4.83%) Db2
5 4 (2.76%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.76%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.76%) Tableau
6 3 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.38%) Big Data
7 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.38%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.38%) Flink
7 2 (1.38%) MySQL
7 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.38%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (15.17%) Git
2 18 (12.41%) 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%) GoCD
8 1 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.69%) PVCS
8 1 (0.69%) Subversion
General
1 86 (59.31%) Social Skills
2 60 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (33.79%) Finance
4 20 (13.79%) Banking
5 14 (9.66%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.28%) Investment Banking
7 9 (6.21%) 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 15 (10.34%) Senior
4 10 (6.90%) Data Engineer
4 10 (6.90%) Java Developer
5 9 (6.21%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.52%) Administrator
6 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.52%) Python Developer
7 7 (4.83%) Business Analyst
7 7 (4.83%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.14%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.45%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.45%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.45%) Field Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.45%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.76%) Lead
10 4 (2.76%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.97%) REST
2 10 (6.90%) Kafka
2 10 (6.90%) RESTful
3 6 (4.14%) JSON
3 6 (4.14%) PySpark
4 5 (3.45%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.45%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.45%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.45%) Spring
4 5 (3.45%) Terraform
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 11 (7.59%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (5.52%) Derivative
2 8 (5.52%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.83%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.14%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.14%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.76%) CCTV
6 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.76%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.76%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.38%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.48%) 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 45 (31.03%) Agile
2 29 (20.00%) 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%) Test Automation
6 19 (13.10%) Risk Management
7 18 (12.41%) Customer Service
8 17 (11.72%) Project Delivery
9 16 (11.03%) AI
10 15 (10.34%) Data Pipeline
10 15 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (10.34%) Machine Learning
11 14 (9.66%) Data Analysis
11 14 (9.66%) Data Governance
12 13 (8.97%) Asset Management
12 13 (8.97%) Data Protection
13 12 (8.28%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 34 (23.45%) Python
2 32 (22.07%) SQL
3 27 (18.62%) Java
4 13 (8.97%) C++
5 8 (5.52%) 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 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.21%) Degree
4 6 (4.14%) CCNA
4 6 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.76%) HND
6 3 (2.07%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.07%) CCNP
6 3 (2.07%) MCSE
6 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
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%) APMG
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.69%) IIBA
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%) GDPR
5 3 (2.07%) GRC
5 3 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.38%) COBIT
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 8 (5.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.83%) Docker
3 6 (4.14%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.07%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.38%) vSphere
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.83%) 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 10 (6.90%) Google
4 9 (6.21%) VMware
5 7 (4.83%) Databricks
5 7 (4.83%) Sybase
6 6 (4.14%) Cisco
6 6 (4.14%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.14%) IBM
7 5 (3.45%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.45%) Nokia
7 5 (3.45%) Splunk
8 4 (2.76%) SaltStack
9 3 (2.07%) Citrix
9 3 (2.07%) Dell
9 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.38%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.38%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.38%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.38%) Veritas