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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing Problem-Solving 137 196 75
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 13.07% 25.16% 10.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.32% 27.68% 12.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 114 58
10th Percentile £176 £288 £163
25th Percentile £313 £400 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +4.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £501
90th Percentile £610 £600 £613
Scotland median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 2
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.14 £15.95
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.50 £16.38
Median hourly rate £14.07 £15.09 £17.67
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -14.60% -62.98%
75th Percentile £16.27 £17.50 £18.88
90th Percentile £16.41 £18.95 £19.25
Scotland median hourly rate £13.45 £17.75 £16.34
% change year-on-year -24.23% +8.63% -69.39%

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 894 708 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 85.31% 90.89% 89.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 457 432
10th Percentile £281 £300 £259
25th Percentile £351 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £453 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.83% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 23
10th Percentile £13.46 £15.73 £15.13
25th Percentile £13.89 £16.84 £19.05
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.64 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +87.79% -54.48% +154.13%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.95 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £35.60 £61.50
Scotland median hourly rate £17.06 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.70% +2.09% +2.14%

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 12 August 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 10 (7.30%) Confluence
2 3 (2.19%) Apache
2 3 (2.19%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) Moodle
3 1 (0.73%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.57%) MS Visio
3 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.22%) Azure
2 11 (8.03%) GitHub
3 8 (5.84%) Anthropic Claude
3 8 (5.84%) ChatGPT
4 7 (5.11%) GCP
4 7 (5.11%) GitHub Copilot
4 7 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.38%) AWS
5 6 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.65%) Google Play
6 5 (3.65%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.46%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.46%) OCI
9 2 (1.46%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.46%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.11%) SAN
2 5 (3.65%) MPLS
3 4 (2.92%) Network Security
3 4 (2.92%) SDH
4 3 (2.19%) HTTP
4 3 (2.19%) HTTPS
4 3 (2.19%) LAN
4 3 (2.19%) NAS
4 3 (2.19%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.19%) WAN
5 2 (1.46%) DHCP
5 2 (1.46%) DNS
5 2 (1.46%) Firewall
6 1 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.73%) Internet
6 1 (0.73%) Intranet
6 1 (0.73%) VoIP
6 1 (0.73%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.22%) MongoDB
1 14 (10.22%) Relational Database
2 9 (6.57%) Metadata
3 8 (5.84%) Db2
4 7 (5.11%) Power BI
5 4 (2.92%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.92%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.92%) Tableau
6 3 (2.19%) Flink
7 2 (1.46%) Big Data
7 2 (1.46%) MySQL
7 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.46%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.73%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (14.60%) Git
2 11 (8.03%) JIRA
3 7 (5.11%) Gradle
4 6 (4.38%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.65%) Android Studio
6 3 (2.19%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.19%) Postman
6 3 (2.19%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.19%) Selenium
7 2 (1.46%) Appium
7 2 (1.46%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.46%) JUnit
7 2 (1.46%) Maven
7 2 (1.46%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.73%) GoCD
8 1 (0.73%) Mocha
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.73%) PVCS
8 1 (0.73%) Subversion
8 1 (0.73%) TestNG
General
1 80 (58.39%) Social Skills
2 58 (42.34%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (31.39%) Finance
4 19 (13.87%) Banking
5 12 (8.76%) Investment Banking
6 11 (8.03%) Front Office
6 11 (8.03%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.84%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (5.84%) Legal
8 7 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (4.38%) Billing
10 5 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.65%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.73%) Local Government
12 1 (0.73%) Prime Brokerage
12 1 (0.73%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.73%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 30 (21.90%) Developer
2 27 (19.71%) Analyst
3 11 (8.03%) Java Developer
4 10 (7.30%) Senior
5 9 (6.57%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.57%) Field Engineer
5 9 (6.57%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.84%) Administrator
7 7 (5.11%) Data Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.38%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Android Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Business Systems Analyst
9 5 (3.65%) Lead
9 5 (3.65%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (2.92%) Field Service Engineer
10 4 (2.92%) Systems Administrator
10 4 (2.92%) Technical Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) REST
2 10 (7.30%) RESTful
3 8 (5.84%) Kafka
4 5 (3.65%) Android Jetpack
4 5 (3.65%) Jetpack Compose
4 5 (3.65%) JSON
4 5 (3.65%) Retrofit
4 5 (3.65%) Spring
4 5 (3.65%) Web Services
5 4 (2.92%) Celery
5 4 (2.92%) Core Data
5 4 (2.92%) PySpark
5 4 (2.92%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (2.92%) RxSwift
5 4 (2.92%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.92%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.92%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.92%) UIKit
6 3 (2.19%) Playwright
7 2 (1.46%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.57%) Derivative
2 8 (5.84%) Equity Derivative
2 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (5.11%) Driving Licence
4 5 (3.65%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.65%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.92%) CCTV
5 4 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.19%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.73%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.87%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Linux
3 12 (8.76%) Android
4 7 (5.11%) Unix
5 5 (3.65%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.65%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.46%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.47%) Agile
2 26 (18.98%) Scrum
2 26 (18.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 23 (16.79%) CI/CD
3 23 (16.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (16.06%) Customer Service
5 21 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.14%) DevOps
7 17 (12.41%) Risk Management
8 16 (11.68%) Data Analysis
8 16 (11.68%) Data Governance
9 15 (10.95%) Test Automation
10 14 (10.22%) Machine Learning
11 13 (9.49%) Data Pipeline
11 13 (9.49%) Decision-Making
11 13 (9.49%) TDD
12 12 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
12 12 (8.76%) AI
12 12 (8.76%) Data Protection
12 12 (8.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.17%) Python
2 28 (20.44%) Java
2 28 (20.44%) SQL
3 13 (9.49%) C++
4 6 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.65%) Kotlin
5 5 (3.65%) Perl
5 5 (3.65%) PL/SQL
6 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.92%) Swift
7 3 (2.19%) C#
8 2 (1.46%) Bash
8 2 (1.46%) PHP
8 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.73%) C
9 1 (0.73%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.73%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.73%) Scala
9 1 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (13.14%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.49%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.84%) Degree
4 6 (4.38%) CCNA
4 6 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.92%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.92%) HND
5 4 (2.92%) MCSE
5 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.46%) CCNP
7 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.46%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.73%) IIBA
8 1 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.73%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.73%) PMP
8 1 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.95%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.76%) SLA
3 4 (2.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (2.92%) QA
4 3 (2.19%) GRC
5 2 (1.46%) COBIT
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.46%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.73%) GDPR
6 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.73%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.65%) Docker
3 4 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.46%) vSphere
6 1 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.73%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.65%) NetBackup
3 4 (2.92%) SCCM
3 4 (2.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (2.92%) Terraform
4 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.46%) Ansible
5 2 (1.46%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.46%) SCOM
5 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.73%) Grafana
6 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.49%) Oracle
3 10 (7.30%) Google
4 8 (5.84%) Sybase
5 7 (5.11%) Dell
5 7 (5.11%) IBM
6 6 (4.38%) Computacenter
7 5 (3.65%) Cisco
7 5 (3.65%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.92%) Databricks
8 4 (2.92%) Nokia
8 4 (2.92%) VMware
9 3 (2.19%) Canon
9 3 (2.19%) Citrix
9 3 (2.19%) HP
9 3 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.19%) Splunk
9 3 (2.19%) Veritas
10 2 (1.46%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds