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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 12
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 -4
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 147 181 84
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.23% 24.46% 12.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.57% 26.81% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 96 61
10th Percentile £268 £261 £170
25th Percentile £325 £410 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £415
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +14.46% -12.63%
75th Percentile £513 £556 £501
90th Percentile £644 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £440 £450 £430
% change year-on-year -2.22% +4.65% -7.48%
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 £17.75 £15.00
% change year-on-year -18.65% +18.33% -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 1,009 675 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.94% 91.22% 88.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 410 422
10th Percentile £277 £300 £268
25th Percentile £363 £377 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £447
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +1.57% -10.60%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £614 £650
Scotland median daily rate £470 £472 £450
% change year-on-year -0.32% +4.78% -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 30 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 (8.16%) Confluence
2 5 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.72%) Apache
4 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.68%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 10 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (6.80%) MS Visio
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.24%) Azure
2 14 (9.52%) AWS
3 13 (8.84%) GCP
4 11 (7.48%) GitHub
5 8 (5.44%) ChatGPT
5 8 (5.44%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.76%) Anthropic Claude
7 6 (4.08%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (4.08%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.40%) Google Play
8 5 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.04%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.04%) OCI
10 3 (2.04%) Serverless
10 3 (2.04%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.08%) MPLS
1 6 (4.08%) SAN
2 5 (3.40%) SDH
3 4 (2.72%) HTTP
3 4 (2.72%) LAN
3 4 (2.72%) Network Security
3 4 (2.72%) WAN
4 3 (2.04%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.04%) NAS
4 3 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.36%) DHCP
5 2 (1.36%) DNS
5 2 (1.36%) Firewall
5 2 (1.36%) VoIP
6 1 (0.68%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.68%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.68%) VSAN
6 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.88%) Relational Database
2 14 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 9 (6.12%) Metadata
4 7 (4.76%) Db2
4 7 (4.76%) Power BI
5 4 (2.72%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.72%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.04%) Tableau
7 2 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.36%) Big Data
7 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.36%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.36%) Flink
7 2 (1.36%) MySQL
7 2 (1.36%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.36%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 22 (14.97%) Git
2 18 (12.24%) JIRA
3 8 (5.44%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.76%) Gradle
5 5 (3.40%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.04%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.04%) Postman
6 3 (2.04%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.04%) Selenium
7 2 (1.36%) Appium
7 2 (1.36%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.36%) GitLab
7 2 (1.36%) JUnit
7 2 (1.36%) Maven
7 2 (1.36%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.68%) GoCD
8 1 (0.68%) Mocha
8 1 (0.68%) TestNG
General
1 88 (59.86%) Social Skills
2 59 (40.14%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (34.01%) Finance
4 21 (14.29%) Banking
5 12 (8.16%) Investment Banking
6 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 9 (6.12%) Front Office
8 7 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.08%) Billing
9 6 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.40%) Legal
11 4 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.72%) Military
12 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Electronics
13 1 (0.68%) Local Government
13 1 (0.68%) Prime Brokerage
13 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.68%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) Developer
2 22 (14.97%) Analyst
3 17 (11.56%) Senior
4 10 (6.80%) Data Engineer
4 10 (6.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (6.80%) Java Developer
4 10 (6.80%) Python Developer
5 9 (6.12%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.44%) Administrator
7 7 (4.76%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.08%) Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.08%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.08%) Senior Integration Engineer
9 5 (3.40%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.40%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.40%) Field Engineer
9 5 (3.40%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.40%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.52%) REST
2 10 (6.80%) Kafka
2 10 (6.80%) RESTful
3 6 (4.08%) PySpark
4 5 (3.40%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.40%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.40%) JSON
4 5 (3.40%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.40%) Spring
4 5 (3.40%) Terraform
4 5 (3.40%) Web Services
5 4 (2.72%) Celery
5 4 (2.72%) Core Data
5 4 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.72%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.72%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.72%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.72%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.72%) UIKit
6 3 (2.04%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (5.44%) Derivative
2 8 (5.44%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 7 (4.76%) Equity Derivative
3 7 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.08%) Private Cloud
5 5 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.72%) CCTV
6 4 (2.72%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.04%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.36%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.36%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.36%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.33%) Linux
2 14 (9.52%) Windows
3 13 (8.84%) Android
4 7 (4.76%) Unix
5 6 (4.08%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (1.36%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (29.93%) Agile
2 32 (21.77%) CI/CD
3 27 (18.37%) Scrum
4 26 (17.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (16.33%) DevOps
6 24 (16.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (14.97%) Test Automation
8 18 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (12.24%) Risk Management
9 17 (11.56%) Customer Service
9 17 (11.56%) Project Delivery
10 16 (10.88%) AI
11 15 (10.20%) Asset Management
11 15 (10.20%) Data Governance
11 15 (10.20%) Data Pipeline
11 15 (10.20%) Machine Learning
12 14 (9.52%) Data Analysis
12 14 (9.52%) Validation
13 13 (8.84%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.85%) Python
2 33 (22.45%) SQL
3 28 (19.05%) Java
4 14 (9.52%) C++
5 10 (6.80%) Perl
6 5 (3.40%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.40%) Kotlin
6 5 (3.40%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.40%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.72%) Swift
8 3 (2.04%) Bash
8 3 (2.04%) C#
8 3 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.36%) C
9 2 (1.36%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.36%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.68%) Go
10 1 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.12%) Degree
4 6 (4.08%) CCNA
4 6 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.72%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.72%) HND
6 3 (2.04%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.04%) CCNP
6 3 (2.04%) MCSE
6 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.36%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.68%) HNC
8 1 (0.68%) IIBA
8 1 (0.68%) PMP
8 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.56%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.16%) SLA
3 6 (4.08%) QA
4 4 (2.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.04%) GDPR
5 3 (2.04%) GRC
5 3 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.36%) COBIT
6 2 (1.36%) ISO 20022
6 2 (1.36%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.36%) NCSC
6 2 (1.36%) NIST
6 2 (1.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (6.12%) Docker
1 9 (6.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.72%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.36%) vSphere
5 1 (0.68%) GPFS
5 1 (0.68%) NFS
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 17 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.12%) Ansible
3 4 (2.72%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.04%) Cisco Prime
4 3 (2.04%) SCCM
4 3 (2.04%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.36%) SCOM
6 1 (0.68%) Grafana
6 1 (0.68%) logstash
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (27.21%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.20%) Oracle
3 11 (7.48%) VMware
4 9 (6.12%) Google
5 7 (4.76%) Databricks
5 7 (4.76%) IBM
5 7 (4.76%) Sybase
6 6 (4.08%) Cisco
6 6 (4.08%) Computacenter
6 6 (4.08%) SaltStack
7 5 (3.40%) MuleSoft
7 5 (3.40%) Nokia
7 5 (3.40%) Splunk
8 3 (2.04%) Citrix
8 3 (2.04%) Dell
9 2 (1.36%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.36%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.36%) Veritas