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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 104 92 115
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.79% 12.12% 14.18%
As % of the General category 19.92% 17.01% 25.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 60 84
10th Percentile £306 £233 £184
25th Percentile £406 £374 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £482
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.35% -3.70%
75th Percentile £580 £520 £582
90th Percentile £775 £600 £633
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -2.70%
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 522 541 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.21% 71.28% 55.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 349 306
10th Percentile £290 £300 £221
25th Percentile £358 £386 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +3.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £549 £579
90th Percentile £675 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £470 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.51% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 17
10th Percentile £13.43 £14.73 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.70 £18.47 £12.38
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.90 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.34% +10.56% -48.57%
75th Percentile £16.39 £31.23 £65.00
90th Percentile £29.40 £70.46 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £18.07
% change year-on-year -18.63% +10.55% -9.13%

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 30 May 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 7 (6.73%) Confluence
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) CICS
3 1 (0.96%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) IntelliMatch
1 1 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 29 (27.88%) AWS
2 13 (12.50%) OCI
3 12 (11.54%) Azure
4 8 (7.69%) GCP
5 6 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.88%) SaaS
8 3 (2.88%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.92%) BrowserStack
9 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.92%) Serverless
9 2 (1.92%) Slack
9 2 (1.92%) SonarCloud
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon Neptune
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.92%) DNS
2 2 (1.92%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.92%) SSH
2 2 (1.92%) SSL
3 1 (0.96%) DSL
3 1 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.96%) MPLS
3 1 (0.96%) Network Security
3 1 (0.96%) SAN
3 1 (0.96%) SDH
3 1 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) MySQL
2 6 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.77%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.88%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.88%) MariaDB
3 3 (2.88%) Metadata
3 3 (2.88%) Power BI
3 3 (2.88%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.92%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.92%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.92%) SQLPlus
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.96%) DB2
5 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.96%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) JIRA
2 3 (2.88%) Git
2 3 (2.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.92%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.96%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.96%) GitLab
4 1 (0.96%) Selenium
4 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.35%) Finance
3 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.88%) Banking
6 3 (2.88%) Police
7 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.96%) Legal
8 1 (0.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Military
8 1 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (12.50%) Analyst
2 12 (11.54%) Architect
3 10 (9.62%) Consultant
4 9 (8.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (8.65%) Senior
5 7 (6.73%) Cloud Consultant
5 7 (6.73%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (5.77%) Help Desk Consultant
6 6 (5.77%) HR Consultant
6 6 (5.77%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
7 5 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.85%) Administrator
8 4 (3.85%) DBA
8 4 (3.85%) Lead
8 4 (3.85%) Salesforce Architect
9 3 (2.88%) Accountant
9 3 (2.88%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 3 (2.88%) Senior Salesforce Architect
9 3 (2.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) Middleware
2 3 (2.88%) JSON
2 3 (2.88%) Playwright
2 3 (2.88%) React
2 3 (2.88%) Spring
2 3 (2.88%) Spring Boot
2 3 (2.88%) XML
3 2 (1.92%) ADO
4 1 (0.96%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.96%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.96%) JWT
4 1 (0.96%) OAuth
4 1 (0.96%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.96%) REST
4 1 (0.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.88%) Replication
4 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) CCTV
5 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.96%) MISP
5 1 (0.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) NVMe
5 1 (0.96%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.96%) STIX
5 1 (0.96%) TAXII
5 1 (0.96%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.69%) Linux
1 8 (7.69%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.96%) Android
4 1 (0.96%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.96%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.42%) Agile
1 15 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (13.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (12.50%) DevOps
3 13 (12.50%) Migration
4 12 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (9.62%) Decision-Making
5 10 (9.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (8.65%) Configuration Management
6 9 (8.65%) ERP
6 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (6.73%) Coaching
7 7 (6.73%) SDLC
7 7 (6.73%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (5.77%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.77%) Microservices
8 6 (5.77%) Project Delivery
8 6 (5.77%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.50%) Python
2 12 (11.54%) Java
3 10 (9.62%) SQL
4 4 (3.85%) Bash
5 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.96%) Bicep
7 1 (0.96%) COBOL
7 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.96%) Go
7 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.96%) JCL
7 1 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.96%) Perl
7 1 (0.96%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 44 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 27 (25.96%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.81%) Degree
6 3 (2.88%) CCAB
7 2 (1.92%) CIPD
7 2 (1.92%) IIBA
7 2 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.96%) CIMA
8 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.96%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.96%) GCIH
8 1 (0.96%) GIAC
8 1 (0.96%) NCDA
8 1 (0.96%) VCAP
8 1 (0.96%) VCP6
8 1 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) QA
2 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.88%) PMO
3 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.92%) GDPR
3 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.92%) NCSC
3 2 (1.92%) NIST
4 1 (0.96%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.96%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.96%) SLA
4 1 (0.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.92%) Ceph
3 2 (1.92%) Docker
3 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.92%) Squid
4 1 (0.96%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (9.62%) Terraform
2 7 (6.73%) Ansible
2 7 (6.73%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.81%) Istio
4 2 (1.92%) Argo
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.96%) Grafana
5 1 (0.96%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.96%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.96%) SCCM
5 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.96%) vMotion
5 1 (0.96%) vRealize
Vendors
1 18 (17.31%) Oracle
2 15 (14.42%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.62%) Salesforce
4 6 (5.77%) Google
5 3 (2.88%) Greenplum
5 3 (2.88%) Informatica
5 3 (2.88%) Talend
5 3 (2.88%) VMware
6 1 (0.96%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.96%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.96%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.96%) Brocade
6 1 (0.96%) BT
6 1 (0.96%) Cisco
6 1 (0.96%) Commvault
6 1 (0.96%) Dell
6 1 (0.96%) Fiserv
6 1 (0.96%) NetApp
6 1 (0.96%) SmartStream
6 1 (0.96%) Splunk