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

6 months to
17 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 101 94 124
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 13.29% 12.13% 14.69%
As % of the General category 20.61% 17.31% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 62 91
10th Percentile £301 £250 £156
25th Percentile £375 £381 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -3.52%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £588
90th Percentile £775 £609 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £15.99 -
25th Percentile £27.03 £17.34 £23.34
Median hourly rate £28.09 £19.59 £24.26
Median % change year-on-year +43.39% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £29.16 £19.75 £25.17
90th Percentile - £19.85 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.31 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -7.36% +31.43% +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 490 543 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.47% 70.06% 54.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 346 322
10th Percentile £303 £304 £213
25th Percentile £360 £389 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £466 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -1.89% -1.04%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £671
Scotland median daily rate £465 £463 £465
% change year-on-year +0.43% -0.43% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 17
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.61 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.09 £17.34 £12.38
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.83 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +10.17% -48.57%
75th Percentile £21.00 £42.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £33.83 £72.28 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £20.94 £19.17
% change year-on-year -22.40% +9.23% -9.83%

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 17 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 5 (4.95%) Confluence
2 2 (1.98%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) Apache
3 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.99%) CICS
3 1 (0.99%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.99%) InDesign
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.99%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) IntelliMatch
1 1 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (26.73%) AWS
2 13 (12.87%) OCI
3 11 (10.89%) Azure
4 6 (5.94%) GCP
4 6 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (4.95%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.96%) Serverless
7 3 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.97%) SaaS
7 3 (2.97%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.98%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.98%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.98%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.98%) Slack
8 2 (1.98%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.97%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.99%) DNS
2 1 (0.99%) DSL
2 1 (0.99%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (0.99%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.99%) MPLS
2 1 (0.99%) Network Security
2 1 (0.99%) SAN
2 1 (0.99%) SDH
2 1 (0.99%) SSH
2 1 (0.99%) SSL
2 1 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.92%) MySQL
1 8 (7.92%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.96%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.96%) Power BI
4 3 (2.97%) Metadata
4 3 (2.97%) Snowflake Schema
4 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.98%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.98%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.99%) DB2
6 1 (0.99%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.99%) Power Query
6 1 (0.99%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) JIRA
2 3 (2.97%) Git
3 2 (1.98%) GitLab
3 2 (1.98%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.99%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.99%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.99%) MLflow
4 1 (0.99%) NUnit
4 1 (0.99%) Selenium
4 1 (0.99%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.99%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.83%) Finance
3 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Banking
5 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Police
6 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.99%) Legal
7 1 (0.99%) Marketing
7 1 (0.99%) Military
7 1 (0.99%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (11.88%) Analyst
2 11 (10.89%) Consultant
3 10 (9.90%) Senior
4 9 (8.91%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (6.93%) Architect
5 7 (6.93%) Cloud Consultant
5 7 (6.93%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) Help Desk Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) HR Consultant
6 6 (5.94%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
7 5 (4.95%) Lead
8 4 (3.96%) Administrator
8 4 (3.96%) DBA
8 4 (3.96%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Salesforce Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Configuration Manager
9 3 (2.97%) Developer
9 3 (2.97%) Support Analyst
9 3 (2.97%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) JSON
1 4 (3.96%) React
1 4 (3.96%) Spring
1 4 (3.96%) Spring Boot
2 3 (2.97%) Middleware
2 3 (2.97%) Playwright
2 3 (2.97%) REST
2 3 (2.97%) XML
3 2 (1.98%) .NET
3 2 (1.98%) ADO
4 1 (0.99%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.99%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.99%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.99%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.99%) HTML
4 1 (0.99%) JWT
4 1 (0.99%) OAuth
4 1 (0.99%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.94%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.96%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.97%) Replication
5 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.99%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.99%) MISP
6 1 (0.99%) NHS
6 1 (0.99%) NVMe
6 1 (0.99%) STIX
6 1 (0.99%) TAXII
6 1 (0.99%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.92%) Windows
2 7 (6.93%) Linux
3 4 (3.96%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.99%) Android
5 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.99%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.99%) Unix
5 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (13.86%) Agile
3 14 (13.86%) CI/CD
3 14 (13.86%) Migration
4 12 (11.88%) DevOps
5 10 (9.90%) Decision-Making
5 10 (9.90%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (8.91%) Configuration Management
6 9 (8.91%) ERP
6 9 (8.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (8.91%) SDLC
7 8 (7.92%) AI
8 7 (6.93%) Microservices
8 7 (6.93%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (5.94%) Coaching
9 6 (5.94%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (5.94%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (5.94%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.85%) Java
2 14 (13.86%) Python
3 10 (9.90%) SQL
4 5 (4.95%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.97%) Bash
5 3 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.98%) C#
6 2 (1.98%) Go
7 1 (0.99%) Bicep
7 1 (0.99%) COBOL
7 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.99%) JCL
7 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.99%) Perl
7 1 (0.99%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 42 (41.58%) Security Cleared
2 22 (21.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.94%) Degree
5 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.97%) CCAB
7 2 (1.98%) CIPD
7 2 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.99%) CIMA
8 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.99%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.99%) GCIH
8 1 (0.99%) GIAC
8 1 (0.99%) IIBA
8 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.99%) NCDA
8 1 (0.99%) VCAP
8 1 (0.99%) VCP6
8 1 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) QA
2 3 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.98%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.98%) GDPR
3 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) NCSC
3 2 (1.98%) NIST
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.99%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.99%) PMO
4 1 (0.99%) SLA
4 1 (0.99%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.96%) Docker
3 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.99%) Ceph
4 1 (0.99%) HDFS
4 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.99%) Squid
4 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) Kubernetes
1 8 (7.92%) Terraform
2 6 (5.94%) Ansible
3 5 (4.95%) Istio
4 2 (1.98%) Argo
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.99%) Grafana
5 1 (0.99%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.99%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.99%) SCCM
5 1 (0.99%) vMotion
5 1 (0.99%) vRealize
Vendors
1 18 (17.82%) Oracle
2 16 (15.84%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.90%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.95%) Google
5 3 (2.97%) Greenplum
5 3 (2.97%) Informatica
5 3 (2.97%) Talend
6 2 (1.98%) VMware
7 1 (0.99%) Adobe
7 1 (0.99%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.99%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.99%) Brocade
7 1 (0.99%) BT
7 1 (0.99%) Cisco
7 1 (0.99%) Commvault
7 1 (0.99%) Fiserv
7 1 (0.99%) NetApp
7 1 (0.99%) Openreach
7 1 (0.99%) SmartStream
7 1 (0.99%) Splunk