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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 149 185 84
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.37% 24.67% 12.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.69% 27.13% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 99 61
10th Percentile £270 £293 £170
25th Percentile £328 £410 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £415
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +14.46% -12.63%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £501
90th Percentile £640 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £445 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -1.11% +2.27% -4.86%
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% -
75th Percentile £15.59 £19.73 £19.50
90th Percentile £16.45 £22.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £14.44 £17.63 £15.00
% change year-on-year -18.07% +17.50% -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 1,014 682 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.15% 90.93% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 414 427
10th Percentile £279 £300 £269
25th Percentile £363 £381 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £452 £440
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +2.73% -12.00%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
Scotland median daily rate £470 £470 £450
% change year-on-year - +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 13
10th Percentile £13.39 £14.40 £15.56
25th Percentile £13.70 £16.84 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.72 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +97.49% -9.53% +35.10%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 £25.17
90th Percentile £77.50 £54.37 £40.90
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +3.49%

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 October 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 (8.05%) Confluence
2 5 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.68%) Apache
4 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (6.71%) MS Visio
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.08%) Azure
2 14 (9.40%) AWS
3 13 (8.72%) GCP
4 10 (6.71%) GitHub
5 8 (5.37%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.70%) ChatGPT
7 6 (4.03%) Anthropic Claude
7 6 (4.03%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.36%) GitHub Copilot
8 5 (3.36%) Google Play
8 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.01%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.01%) OCI
10 3 (2.01%) Serverless
10 3 (2.01%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.03%) MPLS
1 6 (4.03%) SAN
2 5 (3.36%) SDH
3 4 (2.68%) HTTP
3 4 (2.68%) LAN
3 4 (2.68%) Network Security
3 4 (2.68%) WAN
4 3 (2.01%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.01%) NAS
4 3 (2.01%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.34%) DHCP
5 2 (1.34%) DNS
5 2 (1.34%) Firewall
5 2 (1.34%) VoIP
6 1 (0.67%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.67%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.67%) VSAN
6 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.74%) Relational Database
2 13 (8.72%) MongoDB
3 8 (5.37%) Metadata
4 7 (4.70%) Power BI
5 6 (4.03%) Db2
6 4 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.68%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.68%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.01%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.01%) Tableau
8 2 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.34%) Big Data
8 2 (1.34%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.34%) Flink
8 2 (1.34%) MySQL
8 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (14.77%) Git
2 18 (12.08%) JIRA
3 8 (5.37%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.70%) Gradle
5 5 (3.36%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.01%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.01%) Postman
6 3 (2.01%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.01%) Selenium
7 2 (1.34%) Appium
7 2 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.34%) GitLab
7 2 (1.34%) JUnit
7 2 (1.34%) Maven
7 2 (1.34%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.67%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.67%) GoCD
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.67%) PVCS
General
1 89 (59.73%) Social Skills
2 60 (40.27%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (34.23%) Finance
4 22 (14.77%) Banking
5 11 (7.38%) Investment Banking
5 11 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.37%) Front Office
7 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.70%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.03%) Billing
8 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.36%) Legal
10 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.68%) Military
11 2 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Electronics
12 1 (0.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.67%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 32 (21.48%) Developer
2 24 (16.11%) Analyst
3 18 (12.08%) Senior
4 11 (7.38%) Java Developer
5 10 (6.71%) Data Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (6.71%) Python Developer
6 9 (6.04%) Network Engineer
7 8 (5.37%) Administrator
8 7 (4.70%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.70%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.03%) Integration Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Project Manager
9 6 (4.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Android Developer
10 5 (3.36%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.36%) Field Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Lead
10 5 (3.36%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) REST
2 10 (6.71%) Kafka
2 10 (6.71%) RESTful
3 6 (4.03%) PySpark
3 6 (4.03%) Spring
4 5 (3.36%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.36%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.36%) JSON
4 5 (3.36%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.36%) Spring Boot
4 5 (3.36%) Terraform
4 5 (3.36%) Web Services
5 4 (2.68%) Celery
5 4 (2.68%) Core Data
5 4 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.68%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.68%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.68%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.68%) UIKit
6 3 (2.01%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.07%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (6.04%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.37%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.37%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.70%) Derivative
5 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.03%) Equity Derivative
5 6 (4.03%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.36%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.68%) CCTV
7 4 (2.68%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.68%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.34%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.34%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.78%) Linux
2 14 (9.40%) Windows
3 13 (8.72%) Android
4 7 (4.70%) Unix
5 6 (4.03%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.68%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.20%) Agile
2 31 (20.81%) CI/CD
3 28 (18.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (18.12%) Scrum
5 26 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (16.11%) DevOps
6 24 (16.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (14.09%) Test Automation
8 18 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (11.41%) Customer Service
9 17 (11.41%) Project Delivery
9 17 (11.41%) Risk Management
10 16 (10.74%) AI
11 15 (10.07%) Asset Management
11 15 (10.07%) Data Analysis
11 15 (10.07%) Machine Learning
12 14 (9.40%) Data Governance
12 14 (9.40%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (9.40%) Validation
13 13 (8.72%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.83%) Python
2 33 (22.15%) SQL
3 28 (18.79%) Java
4 13 (8.72%) C++
5 10 (6.71%) Perl
6 5 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.36%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.36%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.36%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.68%) Swift
8 3 (2.01%) Bash
8 3 (2.01%) C#
8 3 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.34%) C
9 2 (1.34%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.34%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.67%) Go
10 1 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.07%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.04%) Degree
4 6 (4.03%) CCNA
4 6 (4.03%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.68%) HND
6 3 (2.01%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.01%) CCNP
6 3 (2.01%) MCSE
6 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.67%) APMG
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.67%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.74%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.05%) SLA
3 7 (4.70%) QA
4 4 (2.68%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.01%) GDPR
5 3 (2.01%) GRC
5 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.34%) COBIT
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.34%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.34%) NCSC
6 2 (1.34%) NIST
6 2 (1.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (6.04%) Docker
1 9 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.68%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.01%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.34%) vSphere
5 1 (0.67%) GPFS
5 1 (0.67%) NFS
5 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (11.41%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.04%) Ansible
3 4 (2.68%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.01%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.01%) SCCM
4 3 (2.01%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.34%) SCOM
6 1 (0.67%) Grafana
6 1 (0.67%) logstash
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.67%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (26.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.07%) Oracle
3 11 (7.38%) VMware
4 9 (6.04%) Google
5 7 (4.70%) Databricks
6 6 (4.03%) Cisco
6 6 (4.03%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.03%) IBM
6 6 (4.03%) SaltStack
6 6 (4.03%) Sybase
7 5 (3.36%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.36%) Nokia
7 5 (3.36%) Splunk
8 3 (2.01%) Citrix
8 3 (2.01%) Dell
8 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.34%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.34%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.34%) Veritas