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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 18 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 105 96 136
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 14.04% 12.05% 15.51%
As % of the General category 21.88% 17.42% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 68 98
10th Percentile £290 £259 £156
25th Percentile £379 £412 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.96% +0.31%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £775 £603 £665
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +2.78% -4.26% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £19.62 -
25th Percentile £27.03 £19.67 £23.34
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.83 £24.26
Median % change year-on-year +41.65% -18.24% -
75th Percentile £29.16 £23.83 £25.17
90th Percentile - £26.18 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.31 £24.33 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.42% +39.03% +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 480 551 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.17% 69.13% 55.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 362 327
10th Percentile £306 £308 £213
25th Percentile £358 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -0.84%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £694
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.11% -2.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 21
10th Percentile £14.80 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.63 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.63 £23.17 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +28.69% -56.48%
75th Percentile £26.64 £55.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £35.84 £74.10 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.97 £22.44 £18.27
% change year-on-year -24.37% +22.81% -1.24%

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 2 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 4 (3.81%) Confluence
2 2 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.95%) Apache
3 1 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.95%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.95%) InDesign
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.95%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.95%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (0.95%) iTrent
2 1 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (30.48%) AWS
2 11 (10.48%) OCI
3 10 (9.52%) Azure
4 8 (7.62%) AWS CloudFormation
4 8 (7.62%) Serverless
5 7 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 5 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
6 5 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.76%) GCP
6 5 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (3.81%) Amazon EventBridge
7 4 (3.81%) Amazon Kinesis
8 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.86%) SaaS
8 3 (2.86%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.90%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.90%) MPLS
2 2 (1.90%) SDH
3 1 (0.95%) DNS
3 1 (0.95%) DSL
3 1 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.95%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.95%) LAN
3 1 (0.95%) Network Security
3 1 (0.95%) SAN
3 1 (0.95%) SSH
3 1 (0.95%) SSL
3 1 (0.95%) VoIP
3 1 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) MySQL
1 10 (9.52%) Relational Database
2 6 (5.71%) DynamoDB
3 5 (4.76%) Amazon Athena
3 5 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.76%) Power BI
4 4 (3.81%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.86%) Metadata
5 3 (2.86%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.90%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.90%) Tableau
7 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.95%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.95%) HBase
7 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.95%) Power Query
7 1 (0.95%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Git
1 3 (2.86%) JIRA
2 2 (1.90%) GitLab
2 2 (1.90%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.95%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.95%) MLflow
3 1 (0.95%) NUnit
3 1 (0.95%) Selenium
3 1 (0.95%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (20.95%) Finance
1 22 (20.95%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.86%) Banking
4 3 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (2.86%) Police
4 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.95%) Legal
5 1 (0.95%) Military
5 1 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (12.38%) Analyst
2 11 (10.48%) Consultant
2 11 (10.48%) Senior
3 9 (8.57%) Architect
3 9 (8.57%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (6.67%) Cloud Consultant
4 7 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 6 (5.71%) Help Desk Consultant
5 6 (5.71%) HR Consultant
5 6 (5.71%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
6 5 (4.76%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 4 (3.81%) Administrator
7 4 (3.81%) DBA
7 4 (3.81%) Developer
7 4 (3.81%) Lead
7 4 (3.81%) Salesforce Architect
7 4 (3.81%) Site Engineer
8 3 (2.86%) Business Analyst
8 3 (2.86%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) React
2 4 (3.81%) JSON
2 4 (3.81%) Node.js
2 4 (3.81%) Spring
2 4 (3.81%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.86%) Middleware
3 3 (2.86%) Playwright
3 3 (2.86%) REST
3 3 (2.86%) XML
4 2 (1.90%) .NET
4 2 (1.90%) ADO
5 1 (0.95%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.95%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.95%) Kafka
5 1 (0.95%) OAuth
5 1 (0.95%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.95%) PySpark
5 1 (0.95%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.62%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (4.76%) NHS
3 4 (3.81%) Data Structures
3 4 (3.81%) IVR
4 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.86%) Replication
5 2 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.95%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.95%) CCTV
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.95%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.95%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.95%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.95%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Windows
2 6 (5.71%) Linux
3 4 (3.81%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.95%) Android
5 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.95%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.95%) Unix
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.10%) Migration
2 18 (17.14%) CI/CD
2 18 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.29%) DevOps
5 12 (11.43%) Agile
5 12 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (10.48%) Decision-Making
6 11 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (10.48%) SDLC
7 10 (9.52%) ERP
8 9 (8.57%) Configuration Management
8 9 (8.57%) Microservices
8 9 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (8.57%) Test Automation
9 8 (7.62%) AI
9 8 (7.62%) Runbook
10 7 (6.67%) CRM
10 7 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.14%) Java
1 18 (17.14%) Python
2 11 (10.48%) SQL
3 6 (5.71%) TypeScript
4 3 (2.86%) Bash
4 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.90%) C#
5 2 (1.90%) Go
6 1 (0.95%) Bicep
6 1 (0.95%) COBOL
6 1 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.95%) JCL
6 1 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.95%) Perl
6 1 (0.95%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 42 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (20.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.71%) Degree
5 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.86%) CCAB
7 2 (1.90%) CIPD
7 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CIMA
8 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.95%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.95%) GCIH
8 1 (0.95%) GIAC
8 1 (0.95%) IIBA
8 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.95%) NCDA
8 1 (0.95%) VCAP
8 1 (0.95%) VCP6
8 1 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.48%) QA
2 7 (6.67%) GDPR
3 5 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.81%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.86%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.86%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.86%) PMO
6 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.90%) NCSC
6 2 (1.90%) NIST
6 2 (1.90%) SLA
7 1 (0.95%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.95%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 5 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.81%) Docker
3 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.95%) Ceph
4 1 (0.95%) HDFS
4 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.95%) Squid
4 1 (0.95%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (11.43%) Terraform
2 8 (7.62%) Kubernetes
3 6 (5.71%) Ansible
4 5 (4.76%) Istio
5 2 (1.90%) Argo
5 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.95%) Grafana
6 1 (0.95%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.95%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.95%) SCCM
6 1 (0.95%) vMotion
6 1 (0.95%) vRealize
Vendors
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 14 (13.33%) Oracle
1 14 (13.33%) Salesforce
2 5 (4.76%) Cisco
3 4 (3.81%) Google
3 4 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.86%) Avaya
4 3 (2.86%) Genesys
4 3 (2.86%) Greenplum
4 3 (2.86%) Informatica
4 3 (2.86%) Pega
4 3 (2.86%) Talend
5 2 (1.90%) VMware
6 1 (0.95%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.95%) BT
6 1 (0.95%) Databricks
6 1 (0.95%) FIS
6 1 (0.95%) Fiserv
6 1 (0.95%) Openreach
6 1 (0.95%) Splunk