Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Public Sector
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -10 -4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 113 90 110
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.36% 11.78% 14.14%
As % of the General category 19.06% 16.33% 26.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 58 83
10th Percentile £310 £218 £205
25th Percentile £419 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.50% -4.31%
75th Percentile £593 £525 £588
90th Percentile £775 £600 £658
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £15.99 -
25th Percentile - £17.34 £23.34
Median hourly rate - £19.59 £24.26
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% -
75th Percentile - £19.75 £25.17
90th Percentile - £19.85 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.23 £22.08 £17.50
% change year-on-year -21.97% +26.17% +13.97%

All General Skills
Glasgow

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 593 551 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.88% 72.12% 53.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 357 292
10th Percentile £275 £300 £214
25th Percentile £340 £370 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 14
10th Percentile £13.44 £15.09 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.67 £11.72
Median hourly rate £16.17 £19.97 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% -5.48% -39.64%
75th Percentile £21.88 £41.86 £72.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £65.00 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £18.07
% change year-on-year -18.75% +10.71% -5.81%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Glasgow

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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 9 (7.96%) Confluence
2 3 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) CICS
3 1 (0.88%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.88%) InDesign
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) IntelliMatch
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 30 (26.55%) AWS
2 13 (11.50%) OCI
3 12 (10.62%) Azure
4 8 (7.08%) GCP
5 6 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.42%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.77%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.77%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.77%) GitHub
8 2 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.77%) SaaS
8 2 (1.77%) Serverless
8 2 (1.77%) Slack
8 2 (1.77%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.77%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.88%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.65%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.77%) DNS
2 2 (1.77%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.77%) SSH
2 2 (1.77%) SSL
3 1 (0.88%) DSL
3 1 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.88%) MPLS
3 1 (0.88%) Network Security
3 1 (0.88%) SAN
3 1 (0.88%) SDH
3 1 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Relational Database
2 7 (6.19%) MySQL
3 6 (5.31%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.65%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.65%) MariaDB
5 3 (2.65%) Metadata
5 3 (2.65%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.65%) Power BI
6 2 (1.77%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.77%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.77%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.88%) Db2
7 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database 10g
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Git
1 8 (7.08%) JIRA
2 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.54%) Subversion
4 3 (2.65%) GoCD
4 3 (2.65%) Gradle
4 3 (2.65%) JProfiler
4 3 (2.65%) JUnit
4 3 (2.65%) Maven
5 2 (1.77%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.77%) Selenium
5 2 (1.77%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.88%) Appium
6 1 (0.88%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.88%) Postman
6 1 (0.88%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.88%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.70%) Finance
3 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Banking
6 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Military
7 2 (1.77%) Police
7 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.88%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (13.27%) Analyst
1 15 (13.27%) Architect
2 14 (12.39%) Senior
3 10 (8.85%) Consultant
4 8 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (7.08%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (6.19%) Cloud Consultant
5 7 (6.19%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) Help Desk Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) HR Consultant
6 6 (5.31%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
7 5 (4.42%) Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.54%) Administrator
8 4 (3.54%) DBA
8 4 (3.54%) Lead
8 4 (3.54%) Salesforce Architect
9 3 (2.65%) Accountant
9 3 (2.65%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 3 (2.65%) Senior Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) React
1 6 (5.31%) Spring
1 6 (5.31%) Spring Boot
2 4 (3.54%) Middleware
2 4 (3.54%) Playwright
2 4 (3.54%) REST
2 4 (3.54%) Web Services
3 3 (2.65%) FreeMarker
3 3 (2.65%) Jest
3 3 (2.65%) JSF
3 3 (2.65%) JSON
3 3 (2.65%) Node.js
3 3 (2.65%) RESTful
4 2 (1.77%) ADO
4 2 (1.77%) XML
5 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.88%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.88%) JWT
5 1 (0.88%) OAuth
5 1 (0.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.77%) Replication
5 1 (0.88%) CCTV
5 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.88%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.88%) MISP
5 1 (0.88%) NHS
5 1 (0.88%) NVMe
5 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.88%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.88%) TAXII
5 1 (0.88%) VSAM
5 1 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.08%) Linux
1 8 (7.08%) Windows
2 4 (3.54%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (18.58%) Agile
2 17 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (13.27%) DevOps
3 15 (13.27%) Migration
4 14 (12.39%) CI/CD
4 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (9.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (7.96%) Decision-Making
7 9 (7.96%) ERP
7 9 (7.96%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.96%) Microservices
7 9 (7.96%) Test Automation
8 8 (7.08%) Configuration Management
8 8 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (7.08%) Scrum
8 8 (7.08%) SDLC
9 7 (6.19%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (6.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.16%) Java
2 12 (10.62%) Python
3 11 (9.73%) SQL
4 5 (4.42%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.65%) Bash
7 2 (1.77%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.88%) Bicep
8 1 (0.88%) C#
8 1 (0.88%) COBOL
8 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.88%) JCL
8 1 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.88%) Perl
8 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.88%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 43 (38.05%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.42%) Degree
6 3 (2.65%) CCAB
6 3 (2.65%) IIBA
7 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.88%) CIMA
8 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.88%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.88%) GCIH
8 1 (0.88%) GIAC
8 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.88%) NCDA
8 1 (0.88%) VCAP
8 1 (0.88%) VCP6
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.85%) QA
2 6 (5.31%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.65%) PMO
4 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.77%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.77%) GDPR
4 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.77%) NCSC
4 2 (1.77%) NIST
4 2 (1.77%) WCAG
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.88%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.77%) Ceph
3 2 (1.77%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.77%) Squid
4 1 (0.88%) Docker
4 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (7.08%) Ansible
1 8 (7.08%) Terraform
2 6 (5.31%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.42%) Istio
4 2 (1.77%) Argo
4 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.88%) SCCM
5 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.88%) vMotion
5 1 (0.88%) vRealize
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) Oracle
2 16 (14.16%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.85%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.42%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.65%) VMware
6 2 (1.77%) Greenplum
6 2 (1.77%) Informatica
6 2 (1.77%) Talend
7 1 (0.88%) Adobe
7 1 (0.88%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.88%) Brocade
7 1 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.88%) FIS
7 1 (0.88%) Fiserv
7 1 (0.88%) NetApp
7 1 (0.88%) Okta
7 1 (0.88%) Openreach
7 1 (0.88%) Workday