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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 103 141 161
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 13.79% 20.29% 19.56%
As % of the General category 20.93% 31.26% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 109 114
10th Percentile £197 £196 £200
25th Percentile £356 £363 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £507
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.15% +1.30%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £642 £676 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £14.05 £18.26 -
25th Percentile £14.22 - -
Median hourly rate £14.51 £19.59 £12.26
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +59.79% -77.30%
75th Percentile £14.80 £30.77 -
90th Percentile £14.97 £38.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.15 £18.26 £15.38
% change year-on-year -6.05% +18.73% -13.23%

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 492 451 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 65.86% 64.89% 60.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 297 359
10th Percentile £259 £206 £325
25th Percentile £375 £350 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £625
90th Percentile £625 £638 £725
Scotland median daily rate £458 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +3.98% -7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 10
10th Percentile £15.09 £16.47 £10.49
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.77 £12.03
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £12.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +59.92% -67.27%
75th Percentile £26.21 £31.91 £12.96
90th Percentile £57.50 £42.65 £14.93
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £16.92 £19.18
% change year-on-year +5.61% -11.78% +5.91%

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 21 October 2025.

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 (8.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.88%) Confluence
2 4 (3.88%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.91%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.94%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.97%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.97%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.97%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.97%) CMS
5 1 (0.97%) Drupal
5 1 (0.97%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.97%) nginx
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.97%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.97%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.42%) Azure
2 18 (17.48%) AWS
3 14 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.74%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.77%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (4.85%) GitHub
7 4 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.88%) SaaS
7 4 (3.88%) Slack
7 4 (3.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.91%) Serverless
9 2 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.94%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.77%) WAN
2 6 (5.83%) VPN
3 3 (2.91%) Firewall
4 2 (1.94%) LAN
4 2 (1.94%) MPLS
5 1 (0.97%) BGP
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (0.97%) IPv4
5 1 (0.97%) Multicast
5 1 (0.97%) Network Security
5 1 (0.97%) OSPF
5 1 (0.97%) SDH
5 1 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.97%) TETRA
5 1 (0.97%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.80%) Power BI
2 4 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.91%) Amazon Aurora
3 3 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.91%) MySQL
4 2 (1.94%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.94%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.94%) Power Query
5 1 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.97%) Big Data
5 1 (0.97%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.97%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.97%) GIS
5 1 (0.97%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.83%) Git
2 6 (5.83%) JIRA
3 5 (4.85%) webpack
4 4 (3.88%) Terragrunt
5 2 (1.94%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.94%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.94%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.97%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.97%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.97%) GitLab
6 1 (0.97%) JUnit
6 1 (0.97%) Mockito
6 1 (0.97%) Selenium
General
1 39 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (21.36%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.59%) Finance
4 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.94%) Local Government
5 2 (1.94%) Publishing
5 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.97%) Billing
6 1 (0.97%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.97%) Marketing
6 1 (0.97%) Military
6 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (20.39%) Analyst
2 16 (15.53%) Architect
3 10 (9.71%) Developer
4 8 (7.77%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (5.83%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (5.83%) Senior
6 5 (4.85%) Administrator
6 5 (4.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (4.85%) Service Analyst
6 5 (4.85%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (3.88%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (3.88%) Technical Specialist
8 3 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (2.91%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.80%) Node.js
1 7 (6.80%) RESTful
2 6 (5.83%) HTML
3 5 (4.85%) CSS
3 5 (4.85%) CSS3
3 5 (4.85%) HTML5
3 5 (4.85%) React
3 5 (4.85%) Redux
4 4 (3.88%) X-Windows
5 3 (2.91%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.91%) LDAP
6 2 (1.94%) J2EE
6 2 (1.94%) JSON
6 2 (1.94%) REST
6 2 (1.94%) Spring
6 2 (1.94%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.94%) Vue
7 1 (0.97%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.97%) JPA
7 1 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Device Driver
2 4 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.88%) NHS
3 3 (2.91%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (2.91%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.94%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.94%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.97%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.97%) LIMS
5 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.48%) Windows
2 15 (14.56%) Linux
3 9 (8.74%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.83%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.85%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.85%) Unix
6 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (19.42%) Agile
3 15 (14.56%) CI/CD
4 11 (10.68%) Coaching
4 11 (10.68%) Mentoring
5 10 (9.71%) DevOps
5 10 (9.71%) Migration
5 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
6 9 (8.74%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (8.74%) Microservices
6 9 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (7.77%) Service Delivery
8 7 (6.80%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (6.80%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (6.80%) Data Analysis
8 7 (6.80%) Decision-Making
8 7 (6.80%) ITIL
8 7 (6.80%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) Python
2 10 (9.71%) Java
3 7 (6.80%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.80%) TypeScript
4 6 (5.83%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.85%) Bicep
5 5 (4.85%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.91%) SQL
7 2 (1.94%) Bash
7 2 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.94%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 18 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.59%) Degree
4 8 (7.77%) CISSP
5 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (5.83%) Azure Certification
6 6 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (4.85%) MCSA
8 4 (3.88%) CISM
9 3 (2.91%) CEH
9 3 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.91%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.91%) GIAC
9 3 (2.91%) SSCP
10 2 (1.94%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.94%) CIPD
10 2 (1.94%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (1.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) GDPR
2 4 (3.88%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.88%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (3.88%) QA
3 3 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.91%) SLA
4 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.94%) PMO
4 2 (1.94%) WCAG
5 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.97%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (9.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.77%) Docker
3 5 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.91%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (8.74%) Terraform
2 8 (7.77%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.85%) SCCM
4 4 (3.88%) Argo
4 4 (3.88%) Istio
5 3 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.94%) Grafana
6 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.97%) Kibana
7 1 (0.97%) logstash
Vendors
1 41 (39.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.83%) Oracle
3 4 (3.88%) Splunk
4 3 (2.91%) Cisco
5 2 (1.94%) Apple
5 2 (1.94%) F5
5 2 (1.94%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.97%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.97%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.97%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.97%) Meraki
6 1 (0.97%) Okta
6 1 (0.97%) Pega
6 1 (0.97%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.97%) Remedy
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.97%) SAP
6 1 (0.97%) SolarWinds