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 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 18 5
Rank change year-on-year +11 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 161 95 122
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 13.52% 12.79% 17.76%
As % of the General category 20.59% 18.85% 29.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 66 98
10th Percentile £351 £223 £196
25th Percentile £375 £381 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -9.31%
75th Percentile £576 £575 £588
90th Percentile £775 £638 £682
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £14.05 £18.52
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.22 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £14.51 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -25.93% +59.79%
75th Percentile £13.75 £14.80 £29.84
90th Percentile - £14.97 £37.70
Scotland median hourly rate £13.50 £19.37 £19.38
% change year-on-year -30.29% -0.08% +12.61%

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 782 504 411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 65.66% 67.83% 59.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 326 291
10th Percentile £255 £264 £200
25th Percentile £359 £392 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% +3.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £638 £618 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 12 12
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.05 £17.08
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.77 £19.32
Median hourly rate £32.34 £21.86 £21.87
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% -0.05% +78.38%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.21 £36.50
90th Percentile - £54.37 £43.89
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -31.19%

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 25 September 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 14 (8.70%) Confluence
2 7 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.11%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.62%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.62%) InDesign
3 1 (0.62%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 28 (17.39%) AWS
2 13 (8.07%) Azure
2 13 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (8.07%) OCI
3 8 (4.97%) GCP
4 6 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.11%) SaaS
6 4 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.86%) Boomi
7 3 (1.86%) GitHub
8 2 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.24%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.24%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.24%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.24%) IaaS
8 2 (1.24%) PaaS
8 2 (1.24%) Serverless
8 2 (1.24%) Slack
8 2 (1.24%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.86%) DNS
1 3 (1.86%) HTTPS
1 3 (1.86%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (1.86%) SSH
1 3 (1.86%) SSL
2 1 (0.62%) Network Security
2 1 (0.62%) TETRA
2 1 (0.62%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.97%) MySQL
1 8 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.73%) Amazon Aurora
2 6 (3.73%) MariaDB
2 6 (3.73%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.48%) Power BI
4 3 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.86%) Metadata
4 3 (1.86%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.24%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.62%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (8.70%) JIRA
2 10 (6.21%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.97%) Git
4 6 (3.73%) Gradle
4 6 (3.73%) Maven
5 4 (2.48%) Subversion
6 3 (1.86%) GoCD
6 3 (1.86%) JProfiler
6 3 (1.86%) JUnit
6 3 (1.86%) webpack
7 2 (1.24%) Cucumber
7 2 (1.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.62%) Appium
8 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.62%) Postman
8 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.62%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.62%) Terragrunt
General
1 40 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.83%) Finance
4 9 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.48%) Military
6 3 (1.86%) Publishing
6 3 (1.86%) Retail
7 2 (1.24%) Legal
7 2 (1.24%) Marketing
8 1 (0.62%) Banking
8 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 31 (19.25%) Architect
2 21 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
3 15 (9.32%) Technical Architect
4 14 (8.70%) Analyst
4 14 (8.70%) Senior
5 10 (6.21%) Administrator
5 10 (6.21%) Consultant
5 10 (6.21%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 9 (5.59%) DBA
7 7 (4.35%) Cloud Consultant
7 7 (4.35%) Lead
7 7 (4.35%) Linux Administrator
7 7 (4.35%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 7 (4.35%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (4.35%) SQL DBA
7 7 (4.35%) SQL Server DBA
7 7 (4.35%) Systems Administrator
8 6 (3.73%) Developer
8 6 (3.73%) Help Desk Consultant
8 6 (3.73%) HR Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) Spring
1 12 (7.45%) Spring Boot
2 7 (4.35%) Terraform
3 6 (3.73%) Jest
3 6 (3.73%) Node.js
3 6 (3.73%) React
3 6 (3.73%) RESTful
4 5 (3.11%) Middleware
4 5 (3.11%) REST
5 4 (2.48%) Playwright
5 4 (2.48%) Web Services
6 3 (1.86%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.86%) FreeMarker
6 3 (1.86%) JSF
6 3 (1.86%) Redux
6 3 (1.86%) Vue
7 2 (1.24%) ADO
8 1 (0.62%) Gherkin
8 1 (0.62%) HTML
8 1 (0.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.48%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.86%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.86%) NHS
6 2 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.24%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.62%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.62%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.62%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.62%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) SUSE
2 7 (4.35%) Windows
3 3 (1.86%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.62%) Android
5 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (21.74%) Agile
2 27 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 20 (12.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (10.56%) CI/CD
6 15 (9.32%) DevOps
6 15 (9.32%) Roadmaps
7 14 (8.70%) Decision-Making
7 14 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 13 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (7.45%) Coaching
9 12 (7.45%) Microservices
9 12 (7.45%) Scrum
10 11 (6.83%) Project Delivery
10 11 (6.83%) Risk Management
11 10 (6.21%) ERP
12 9 (5.59%) Migration
12 9 (5.59%) Test Automation
12 9 (5.59%) User Experience
13 8 (4.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.94%) Java
2 8 (4.97%) JavaScript
3 7 (4.35%) Python
4 6 (3.73%) Bash
5 5 (3.11%) SQL
5 5 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.48%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.86%) Groovy
8 2 (1.24%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.62%) C#
9 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (27.95%) Security Cleared
2 42 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.73%) Degree
4 5 (3.11%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.24%) IIBA
7 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.62%) CISA
7 1 (0.62%) CISM
7 1 (0.62%) CISSP
7 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.62%) HND
7 1 (0.62%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.62%) LFCS
7 1 (0.62%) RHCE
7 1 (0.62%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.45%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.97%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (3.73%) QA
3 6 (3.73%) WCAG
4 5 (3.11%) GDPR
4 5 (3.11%) PMO
5 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.86%) NCSC
5 3 (1.86%) NIST
6 2 (1.24%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.24%) SLA
7 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (3.73%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.86%) Ceph
3 3 (1.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.24%) Squid
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.35%) Ansible
2 5 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.86%) Istio
4 1 (0.62%) Argo
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (16.77%) Oracle
2 19 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.59%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.11%) MuleSoft
5 4 (2.48%) Google
6 3 (1.86%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.86%) VMware
7 2 (1.24%) Adobe
7 2 (1.24%) Dell
7 2 (1.24%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.62%) Okta
8 1 (0.62%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.62%) Workday