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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 107 87 114
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 12.80% 11.58% 14.29%
As % of the General category 19.89% 16.38% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 57 85
10th Percentile £313 £230 £198
25th Percentile £425 £370 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.66% -3.40%
75th Percentile £583 £538 £588
90th Percentile £775 £604 £645
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 538 531 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 64.35% 70.71% 54.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 340 298
10th Percentile £283 £300 £213
25th Percentile £358 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £469 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% +4.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £470 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 15
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.85 £11.50
25th Percentile £13.70 £19.59 £11.94
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +10.94% -48.57%
75th Percentile £21.00 £26.21 £70.00
90th Percentile £43.96 £68.64 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £19.99 £18.07
% change year-on-year -18.69% +10.63% -5.81%

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 8 June 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 (6.54%) Confluence
2 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) CICS
3 1 (0.93%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) IntelliMatch
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 28 (26.17%) AWS
2 13 (12.15%) OCI
3 12 (11.21%) Azure
4 8 (7.48%) GCP
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.67%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.80%) SaaS
8 2 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.87%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.87%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.87%) GitHub
8 2 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.87%) Serverless
8 2 (1.87%) Slack
8 2 (1.87%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.87%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.93%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (1.87%) DNS
2 2 (1.87%) HTTPS
2 2 (1.87%) SSH
2 2 (1.87%) SSL
3 1 (0.93%) DSL
3 1 (0.93%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.93%) MPLS
3 1 (0.93%) Network Security
3 1 (0.93%) SAN
3 1 (0.93%) SDH
3 1 (0.93%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) MySQL
2 6 (5.61%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.74%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.80%) MariaDB
4 3 (2.80%) Metadata
4 3 (2.80%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.80%) Power BI
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.87%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.87%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.87%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.93%) Db2
6 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.93%) QlikView
6 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (5.61%) JIRA
2 5 (4.67%) Git
3 4 (3.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.87%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.87%) Selenium
4 2 (1.87%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.93%) Appium
5 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.93%) GoCD
5 1 (0.93%) Gradle
5 1 (0.93%) JProfiler
5 1 (0.93%) JUnit
5 1 (0.93%) Maven
5 1 (0.93%) Postman
5 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.93%) Subversion
5 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.89%) Finance
3 9 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Banking
6 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.80%) Police
7 2 (1.87%) Military
7 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.93%) Legal
8 1 (0.93%) Marketing
8 1 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (12.15%) Analyst
1 13 (12.15%) Architect
2 12 (11.21%) Senior
3 10 (9.35%) Consultant
4 8 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (6.54%) Cloud Consultant
5 7 (6.54%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (5.61%) Help Desk Consultant
6 6 (5.61%) HR Consultant
6 6 (5.61%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
6 6 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.74%) Administrator
7 4 (3.74%) Lead
7 4 (3.74%) Salesforce Architect
8 3 (2.80%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (2.80%) Configuration Manager
8 3 (2.80%) DBA
8 3 (2.80%) Senior Technical Architect
8 3 (2.80%) Senior Tester
8 3 (2.80%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.74%) Middleware
1 4 (3.74%) Playwright
1 4 (3.74%) React
1 4 (3.74%) Spring
1 4 (3.74%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.87%) ADO
2 2 (1.87%) JSON
2 2 (1.87%) REST
2 2 (1.87%) XML
3 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.93%) FreeMarker
3 1 (0.93%) Gherkin
3 1 (0.93%) JSF
3 1 (0.93%) JWT
3 1 (0.93%) Node.js
3 1 (0.93%) OAuth
3 1 (0.93%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.93%) RESTful
3 1 (0.93%) SOAP
3 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.61%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.80%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.87%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.87%) Replication
4 2 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.93%) CCTV
5 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.93%) MISP
5 1 (0.93%) NHS
5 1 (0.93%) NVMe
5 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.93%) STIX
5 1 (0.93%) TAXII
5 1 (0.93%) VSAM
5 1 (0.93%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.48%) Windows
2 7 (6.54%) Linux
3 4 (3.74%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Android
5 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (14.02%) Agile
1 15 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (12.15%) DevOps
3 13 (12.15%) Migration
4 12 (11.21%) CI/CD
4 12 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
5 10 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (8.41%) ERP
7 8 (7.48%) Configuration Management
7 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (6.54%) Coaching
8 7 (6.54%) Mentoring
8 7 (6.54%) Microservices
8 7 (6.54%) Test Automation
8 7 (6.54%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (5.61%) AI
9 6 (5.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.15%) Java
2 12 (11.21%) Python
3 8 (7.48%) SQL
4 4 (3.74%) TypeScript
5 3 (2.80%) Bash
5 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) Bicep
6 1 (0.93%) C#
6 1 (0.93%) COBOL
6 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.93%) JCL
6 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.93%) Perl
6 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.93%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 43 (40.19%) Security Cleared
2 29 (27.10%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (6.54%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.67%) Degree
5 3 (2.80%) CCAB
6 2 (1.87%) CIPD
6 2 (1.87%) IIBA
6 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CIMA
7 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.93%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.93%) GCIH
7 1 (0.93%) GIAC
7 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.93%) NCDA
7 1 (0.93%) VCAP
7 1 (0.93%) VCP6
7 1 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.48%) QA
2 4 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.80%) PMO
4 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.87%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.87%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) NCSC
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.93%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.87%) Ceph
3 2 (1.87%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.87%) Squid
4 1 (0.93%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (7.48%) Terraform
2 6 (5.61%) Ansible
2 6 (5.61%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.67%) Istio
4 2 (1.87%) Argo
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.93%) SCCM
5 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.93%) vMotion
5 1 (0.93%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (17.76%) Oracle
2 14 (13.08%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.35%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.67%) Google
5 3 (2.80%) VMware
6 2 (1.87%) Greenplum
6 2 (1.87%) Informatica
6 2 (1.87%) Talend
7 1 (0.93%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.93%) Brocade
7 1 (0.93%) BT
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco
7 1 (0.93%) Commvault
7 1 (0.93%) Dell
7 1 (0.93%) Fiserv
7 1 (0.93%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.93%) NetApp
7 1 (0.93%) Openreach
7 1 (0.93%) SmartStream