Problem-Solving Contracts in Glasgow

Problem Solving
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 17 13
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +3
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 210 71 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.62% 9.24% 12.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.89% 10.22% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 50 84
10th Percentile £300 £156 £366
25th Percentile £404 £178 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £499 £582
90th Percentile £625 £613 £690
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.75 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.88 -
Median hourly rate £15.09 £17.17 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% -64.03% +11.00%
75th Percentile £17.50 £18.88 -
90th Percentile £18.95 £19.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £15.97 £21.26
% change year-on-year +37.76% -24.88% -55.24%

All Process and 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 727 695 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 92.14% 90.49% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 468 567
10th Percentile £300 £263 £348
25th Percentile £378 £377 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -10.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £550 £564 £577
90th Percentile £603 £625 £674
Scotland median daily rate £464 £459 £475
% change year-on-year +1.03% -3.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 33 39
10th Percentile £16.49 £11.68 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £40.94 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +187.30% -61.93%
75th Percentile £26.21 £57.50 £18.84
90th Percentile £59.00 £72.50 £58.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £15.25
% change year-on-year +2.09% +28.50% -59.27%

Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Problem-Solving in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Problem-Solving in Glasgow

Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.43%) Confluence
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.95%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) JBoss
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (0.95%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.43%) Finacle
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.14%) Azure
2 29 (13.81%) AWS
3 20 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.33%) IaaS
7 6 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.86%) GCP
8 5 (2.38%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.90%) Cohesity
10 3 (1.43%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.43%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.95%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.95%) GitHub
11 2 (0.95%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.95%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) DHCP
1 5 (2.38%) DNS
1 5 (2.38%) Network Security
1 5 (2.38%) VPN
2 3 (1.43%) NAS
2 3 (1.43%) SAN
2 3 (1.43%) WAN
3 2 (0.95%) Firewall
3 2 (0.95%) Internet
3 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.48%) BGP
4 1 (0.48%) LAN
4 1 (0.48%) OSPF
4 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (23.33%) Relational Database
2 33 (15.71%) MongoDB
3 31 (14.76%) DB2
4 7 (3.33%) Power BI
5 6 (2.86%) RDBMS
6 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.43%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.95%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.95%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.95%) MySQL
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.48%) GIS
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.48%) SQLite
9 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (16.67%) JUnit
2 17 (8.10%) JIRA
3 10 (4.76%) Git
4 8 (3.81%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.86%) Xcode
6 4 (1.90%) GitLab
7 3 (1.43%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.95%) Gradle
8 2 (0.95%) Maven
8 2 (0.95%) Mockito
9 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.48%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.48%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.48%) Selenium
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 136 (64.76%) Social Skills
2 111 (52.86%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (45.24%) Finance
4 57 (27.14%) Banking
5 39 (18.57%) Investment Banking
6 25 (11.90%) Front Office
7 22 (10.48%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.86%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Legal
11 3 (1.43%) Military
11 3 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.43%) Private Banking
12 2 (0.95%) Back Office
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.95%) Retail
12 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (32.38%) Developer
2 51 (24.29%) Java Developer
3 32 (15.24%) Analyst
4 17 (8.10%) Architect
5 15 (7.14%) Python Engineer
6 13 (6.19%) Business Analyst
6 13 (6.19%) Investment Banking Java Developer
7 12 (5.71%) Core Java Developer
7 12 (5.71%) Senior
7 12 (5.71%) SQL Developer
7 12 (5.71%) Sybase Developer
8 10 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 10 (4.76%) JavaScript Engineer
8 10 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.33%) Administrator
10 6 (2.86%) Data Analyst
10 6 (2.86%) Mobile Engineer
10 6 (2.86%) SAP Analyst
10 6 (2.86%) SAP Business Analyst
10 6 (2.86%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (19.05%) Spring
2 36 (17.14%) Kafka
3 26 (12.38%) JMS
4 8 (3.81%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.86%) React
5 6 (2.86%) SwiftUI
5 6 (2.86%) UIKit
6 5 (2.38%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.38%) J2EE
6 5 (2.38%) RESTful
7 4 (1.90%) CSS
7 4 (1.90%) HTML
7 4 (1.90%) Middleware
7 4 (1.90%) X-Windows
8 3 (1.43%) .NET
8 3 (1.43%) Hibernate
8 3 (1.43%) LDAP
8 3 (1.43%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.43%) REST
8 3 (1.43%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (20.48%) Data Structures
2 26 (12.38%) Equities
3 19 (9.05%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (9.05%) Management Information System
4 17 (8.10%) Virtual Team
5 11 (5.24%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.81%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (3.33%) Derivative
7 7 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.33%) Equity Derivative
7 7 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.86%) CMDB
8 6 (2.86%) Credit Risk
8 6 (2.86%) iPad
8 6 (2.86%) iPhone
8 6 (2.86%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 69 (32.86%) Linux
2 27 (12.86%) Windows
3 14 (6.67%) Unix
4 9 (4.29%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.86%) Android
5 6 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.86%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.95%) AIX
6 2 (0.95%) Solaris
6 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (39.52%) Agile
2 37 (17.62%) SDLC
3 34 (16.19%) Multithreading
3 34 (16.19%) Software Engineering
4 32 (15.24%) Decision-Making
5 31 (14.76%) Open Source
6 27 (12.86%) Performance Tuning
7 26 (12.38%) DevOps
7 26 (12.38%) Risk Management
8 25 (11.90%) Scrum
9 24 (11.43%) Data Protection
9 24 (11.43%) Data Security
10 23 (10.95%) Database Tuning
11 21 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (9.52%) ITIL
13 19 (9.05%) CI/CD
13 19 (9.05%) Computer Science
13 19 (9.05%) Critical Thinking
13 19 (9.05%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 69 (32.86%) Java
2 68 (32.38%) SQL
3 65 (30.95%) Python
4 29 (13.81%) Shell Script
5 20 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 12 (5.71%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.81%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.86%) Objective-C
8 6 (2.86%) Swift
9 4 (1.90%) C#
10 3 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.95%) Bicep
11 2 (0.95%) C++
11 2 (0.95%) Go
11 2 (0.95%) Groovy
12 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.48%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 18 (8.57%) Degree
2 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.29%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.33%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.33%) CISSP
5 5 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (2.38%) CISM
6 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.90%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.43%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.43%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.95%) CCNP
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.95%) HNC
8 2 (0.95%) ISACA
8 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CRISC
9 1 (0.48%) OSCP
9 1 (0.48%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.29%) Data Quality
1 9 (4.29%) QA
2 8 (3.81%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.90%) SLA
4 3 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.95%) GDPR
5 2 (0.95%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.81%) Docker
2 8 (3.81%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.90%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.43%) Grafana
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.43%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.95%) Ansible
4 2 (0.95%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Flashback
4 2 (0.95%) SCCM
4 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.95%) Terraform
5 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.48%) Podman
5 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.48%) Puppet
5 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 32 (15.24%) Sybase
2 28 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.76%) Oracle
5 7 (3.33%) SAP
6 5 (2.38%) IBM
7 4 (1.90%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.90%) Qualys
7 4 (1.90%) Splunk
7 4 (1.90%) Veritas
8 3 (1.43%) Adobe
8 3 (1.43%) Avaloq
8 3 (1.43%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.43%) Google
8 3 (1.43%) Temenos
9 2 (0.95%) Apple
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco
9 2 (0.95%) Dell
9 2 (0.95%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.95%) Sun