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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 16
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 147 207 69
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 14.19% 25.56% 9.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.86% 27.90% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 125 54
10th Percentile £196 £300 £163
25th Percentile £325 £404 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £516 £575 £501
90th Percentile £638 £623 £613
Scotland median daily rate £429 £450 £470
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.15% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 -
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £15.67
Median hourly rate £14.07 £15.09 £16.34
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -7.65% -65.77%
75th Percentile £16.27 £17.50 £17.01
90th Percentile £16.41 £18.95 -
Scotland median hourly rate £13.48 £17.75 £15.97
% change year-on-year -24.08% +11.15% -53.70%

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 872 742 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.17% 91.60% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 480 458
10th Percentile £282 £300 £263
25th Percentile £352 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -8.16%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £607 £641
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +2.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 19 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.82 £15.07
25th Percentile £14.26 £16.84 £20.53
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.59 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +78.66% -52.15% +182.34%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.68 £43.27
90th Percentile £77.50 £32.47 £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £20.29
% change year-on-year -10.00% -1.40% +10.70%

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 27 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 11 (7.48%) Confluence
2 5 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.04%) Apache
3 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Moodle
4 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.44%) MS Visio
3 6 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.61%) Azure
2 11 (7.48%) GitHub
3 10 (6.80%) AWS
4 9 (6.12%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.44%) Anthropic Claude
5 8 (5.44%) ChatGPT
6 7 (4.76%) GCP
6 7 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.08%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.40%) Google Play
9 3 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.36%) Alation
10 2 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.36%) Collibra
10 2 (1.36%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.44%) SAN
2 4 (2.72%) LAN
2 4 (2.72%) MPLS
2 4 (2.72%) NAS
2 4 (2.72%) WAN
3 3 (2.04%) Network Security
3 3 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (2.04%) SDH
4 2 (1.36%) DHCP
4 2 (1.36%) DNS
4 2 (1.36%) Firewall
4 2 (1.36%) HTTP
4 2 (1.36%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.68%) Internet
5 1 (0.68%) Intranet
5 1 (0.68%) VoIP
5 1 (0.68%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.88%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 11 (7.48%) Metadata
4 9 (6.12%) Power BI
5 8 (5.44%) Db2
6 6 (4.08%) Tableau
7 5 (3.40%) Oracle Database
8 4 (2.72%) Big Data
8 4 (2.72%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.04%) Flink
9 3 (2.04%) MySQL
10 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.36%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.36%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.36%) Oracle Database 10g
10 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database 11g
11 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (15.65%) Git
2 12 (8.16%) JIRA
3 7 (4.76%) Gradle
3 7 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.40%) Android Studio
5 3 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.04%) Postman
5 3 (2.04%) REST Assured
5 3 (2.04%) Selenium
6 2 (1.36%) Appium
6 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.36%) JUnit
6 2 (1.36%) Maven
6 2 (1.36%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.68%) GoCD
7 1 (0.68%) Mocha
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.68%) PVCS
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) TestNG
General
1 80 (54.42%) Social Skills
2 60 (40.82%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (33.33%) Finance
4 23 (15.65%) Banking
5 12 (8.16%) Investment Banking
5 12 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.80%) Front Office
7 8 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.44%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.44%) Legal
8 6 (4.08%) Billing
9 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.04%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Local Government
12 1 (0.68%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) Developer
2 30 (20.41%) Analyst
3 13 (8.84%) Java Developer
4 12 (8.16%) Business Analyst
4 12 (8.16%) Senior
5 10 (6.80%) Data Engineer
6 9 (6.12%) Field Engineer
7 8 (5.44%) Administrator
8 7 (4.76%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Python Developer
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Android Developer
10 5 (3.40%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.40%) Lead
10 5 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.72%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 4 (2.72%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.52%) REST
2 10 (6.80%) RESTful
3 8 (5.44%) Kafka
3 8 (5.44%) Spring
4 7 (4.76%) PySpark
4 7 (4.76%) Spring Boot
4 7 (4.76%) Streamlit
5 5 (3.40%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (3.40%) Jetpack Compose
5 5 (3.40%) JSON
5 5 (3.40%) Retrofit
5 5 (3.40%) Web Services
6 4 (2.72%) Celery
6 4 (2.72%) Core Data
6 4 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (2.72%) RxSwift
6 4 (2.72%) SwiftUI
6 4 (2.72%) UIKit
7 3 (2.04%) Playwright
7 3 (2.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.80%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.44%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.44%) Derivative
2 8 (5.44%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.08%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.40%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.72%) CCTV
6 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.04%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.36%) CMDB
8 2 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.36%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.61%) Windows
2 12 (8.16%) Android
3 9 (6.12%) Linux
4 7 (4.76%) Unix
5 5 (3.40%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.40%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.72%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.36%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.61%) Agile
2 30 (20.41%) Scrum
3 28 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 28 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (18.37%) CI/CD
5 24 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (16.33%) DevOps
6 21 (14.29%) Data Governance
7 20 (13.61%) Customer Service
7 20 (13.61%) Data Analysis
7 20 (13.61%) Decision-Making
8 17 (11.56%) Data Pipeline
8 17 (11.56%) Test Automation
9 16 (10.88%) Machine Learning
9 16 (10.88%) Migration
9 16 (10.88%) Risk Management
9 16 (10.88%) TDD
10 14 (9.52%) AI
10 14 (9.52%) Data Modelling
11 13 (8.84%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.85%) Python
2 35 (23.81%) SQL
3 33 (22.45%) Java
4 11 (7.48%) C++
5 7 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.08%) Perl
7 5 (3.40%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.40%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.72%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.72%) Swift
9 3 (2.04%) C#
10 2 (1.36%) PHP
10 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.68%) Bash
11 1 (0.68%) Scala
11 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (10.88%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.80%) Degree
4 5 (3.40%) CCNA
4 5 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.72%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.72%) HND
5 4 (2.72%) MCSE
5 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.36%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.36%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.68%) APMG
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.68%) CCNP
8 1 (0.68%) IIBA
8 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.61%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.16%) SLA
3 4 (2.72%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.72%) ISO 20022
3 4 (2.72%) QA
4 3 (2.04%) GDPR
4 3 (2.04%) GRC
5 2 (1.36%) COBIT
5 2 (1.36%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.36%) ISO 8583
5 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.76%) Docker
3 4 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.04%) vSphere
5 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (12.93%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.08%) Terraform
3 5 (3.40%) NetBackup
4 4 (2.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (2.04%) Ansible
5 3 (2.04%) Grafana
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.04%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.04%) SCCM
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.68%) SCOM
6 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 42 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.56%) Oracle
3 10 (6.80%) Google
4 9 (6.12%) Databricks
5 8 (5.44%) Dell
5 8 (5.44%) Sybase
6 7 (4.76%) IBM
7 6 (4.08%) Computacenter
8 5 (3.40%) MuleSoft
9 4 (2.72%) Cisco
9 4 (2.72%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.72%) Veritas
9 4 (2.72%) VMware
10 3 (2.04%) Canon
10 3 (2.04%) HP
10 3 (2.04%) Nokia
11 2 (1.36%) FIS
11 2 (1.36%) Fiserv
11 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.36%) SolarWinds