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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 98 110 143
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 13.86% 13.46% 15.25%
As % of the General category 21.97% 19.40% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 75 100
10th Percentile £279 £283 £153
25th Percentile £358 £394 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year - -3.65% +3.79%
75th Percentile £570 £519 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
Scotland median daily rate £450 £449 £475
% change year-on-year +0.28% -5.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £19.62 -
25th Percentile £27.03 £19.67 -
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.83 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.65% - -
75th Percentile £29.16 £23.83 -
90th Percentile - £26.18 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.31 £24.26 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.15% +38.60% +15.97%

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 446 567 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 63.08% 69.40% 58.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 366 368
10th Percentile £283 £313 £277
25th Percentile £358 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -8.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £546 £613
90th Percentile £658 £608 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £457 £475
% change year-on-year -1.53% -3.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 18
10th Percentile £15.57 £19.65 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.75 £15.42
Median hourly rate £24.09 £26.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +47.22% -48.57%
75th Percentile £27.48 £65.00 £30.19
90th Percentile £36.69 £75.92 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.82 £24.09 £19.50
% change year-on-year -30.18% +23.54% +13.97%

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 28 March 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 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.06%) Confluence
3 2 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.02%) Apache
4 1 (1.02%) CICS
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.02%) InDesign
3 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.02%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.02%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (1.02%) iTrent
2 1 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 30 (30.61%) AWS
2 15 (15.31%) Azure
3 8 (8.16%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (7.14%) GCP
4 7 (7.14%) Serverless
5 6 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (6.12%) Power Platform
6 5 (5.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 5 (5.10%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (4.08%) Amazon EventBridge
7 4 (4.08%) Amazon Kinesis
7 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.08%) SaaS
8 3 (3.06%) OCI
8 3 (3.06%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) MPLS
1 4 (4.08%) WAN
2 3 (3.06%) LAN
2 3 (3.06%) SDH
3 2 (2.04%) Network Security
3 2 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.02%) DNS
4 1 (1.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (1.02%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.02%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.02%) Multicast
4 1 (1.02%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (1.02%) SSH
4 1 (1.02%) SSL
4 1 (1.02%) VoIP
4 1 (1.02%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.18%) MySQL
1 9 (9.18%) Relational Database
2 6 (6.12%) DynamoDB
2 6 (6.12%) Power BI
3 5 (5.10%) Amazon Athena
3 5 (5.10%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.08%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.06%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (2.04%) MariaDB
6 2 (2.04%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.04%) Tableau
7 1 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.02%) Delta Lake
7 1 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.02%) HBase
7 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Git
1 2 (2.04%) GitLab
1 2 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.02%) JUnit
2 1 (1.02%) MLflow
2 1 (1.02%) Mockito
2 1 (1.02%) NUnit
2 1 (1.02%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.02%) Terragrunt
2 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.41%) Finance
3 16 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.06%) Banking
6 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Police
7 1 (1.02%) Billing
7 1 (1.02%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.02%) Legal
7 1 (1.02%) Military
7 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (15.31%) Analyst
2 13 (13.27%) Architect
3 9 (9.18%) Senior
4 5 (5.10%) Developer
4 5 (5.10%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (5.10%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 4 (4.08%) Business Analyst
5 4 (4.08%) Consultant
5 4 (4.08%) DBA
5 4 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (4.08%) Lead
5 4 (4.08%) Site Engineer
5 4 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (4.08%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (3.06%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (3.06%) Configuration Manager
6 3 (3.06%) Designer
6 3 (3.06%) Oracle Consultant
6 3 (3.06%) Systems Accountant
6 3 (3.06%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.12%) React
2 4 (4.08%) JSON
2 4 (4.08%) Node.js
3 3 (3.06%) REST
3 3 (3.06%) Spring
3 3 (3.06%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.06%) XML
4 2 (2.04%) .NET
5 1 (1.02%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.02%) 802.1X
5 1 (1.02%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.02%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.02%) HTML
5 1 (1.02%) J2EE
5 1 (1.02%) JPA
5 1 (1.02%) Middleware
5 1 (1.02%) OAuth
5 1 (1.02%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.14%) NHS
3 5 (5.10%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.08%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.08%) IVR
5 3 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.06%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.06%) Replication
6 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.02%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.02%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.02%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.18%) Linux
2 6 (6.12%) Windows
3 3 (3.06%) Unix
3 3 (3.06%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.02%) Android
4 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (18.37%) Migration
1 18 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (14.29%) Agile
3 13 (13.27%) CI/CD
3 13 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (12.24%) SDLC
5 11 (11.22%) Decision-Making
5 11 (11.22%) DevOps
5 11 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
6 10 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (10.20%) Microservices
7 9 (9.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (8.16%) Roadmaps
8 8 (8.16%) Runbook
9 7 (7.14%) Data Protection
9 7 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (7.14%) ERP
9 7 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.33%) Python
2 15 (15.31%) Java
3 11 (11.22%) SQL
4 6 (6.12%) TypeScript
5 5 (5.10%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.06%) Bash
6 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.04%) C#
7 2 (2.04%) Go
8 1 (1.02%) Bicep
8 1 (1.02%) COBOL
8 1 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.02%) JCL
8 1 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.02%) Perl
8 1 (1.02%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 41 (41.84%) Security Cleared
2 18 (18.37%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (7.14%) Degree
5 5 (5.10%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.08%) CISSP
7 3 (3.06%) CCAB
8 2 (2.04%) CIPD
8 2 (2.04%) CISM
8 2 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.04%) GIAC
8 2 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.04%) SSCP
9 1 (1.02%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.02%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.02%) IIBA
9 1 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.02%) NCDA
9 1 (1.02%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.22%) QA
2 7 (7.14%) GDPR
3 6 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (4.08%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.06%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (3.06%) HIPAA
5 3 (3.06%) NCSC
5 3 (3.06%) PMO
6 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.04%) NIST
6 2 (2.04%) SLA
7 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 8 (8.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.10%) Docker
3 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.02%) Ceph
4 1 (1.02%) HDFS
4 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.02%) Squid
4 1 (1.02%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) Terraform
2 6 (6.12%) Ansible
2 6 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.04%) Istio
4 1 (1.02%) Argo
4 1 (1.02%) Grafana
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.02%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.02%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.02%) SCCM
4 1 (1.02%) vMotion
4 1 (1.02%) vRealize
Vendors
1 23 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) Oracle
3 8 (8.16%) Cisco
3 8 (8.16%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.08%) Google
4 4 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.06%) Avaya
5 3 (3.06%) Genesys
5 3 (3.06%) Greenplum
5 3 (3.06%) Informatica
5 3 (3.06%) Pega
5 3 (3.06%) Talend
6 2 (2.04%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.04%) Splunk
6 2 (2.04%) VMware
7 1 (1.02%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.02%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.02%) F5
7 1 (1.02%) Fiserv
7 1 (1.02%) Meraki