Public Sector Contracts 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 6 2
Rank change year-on-year -12 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 98 113 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 12.25% 14.75% 21.26%
As % of the General category 17.31% 27.49% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 88 155
10th Percentile £200 £196 £299
25th Percentile £370 £320 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -6.86% +7.37%
75th Percentile £531 £578 £589
90th Percentile £608 £653 £668
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £15.99 £17.45 -
25th Percentile £17.34 £18.26 -
Median hourly rate £19.59 £19.59 -
75th Percentile £19.75 £22.38 -
90th Percentile £19.85 £24.06 -
Scotland median hourly rate £22.08 £16.92 £15.36
% change year-on-year +30.50% +10.19% -39.78%

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 566 411 587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 70.75% 53.66% 64.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 291 425
10th Percentile £300 £208 £350
25th Percentile £375 £346 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £638 £695
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 17
10th Percentile £15.09 £11.50 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.67 £11.94 £12.75
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +5.89% -50.57%
75th Percentile £26.21 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £62.96
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £17.50 £18.11
% change year-on-year +14.11% -3.37% -49.99%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Glasgow

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Glasgow

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Glasgow

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Glasgow

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.10%) Confluence
3 4 (4.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (2.04%) JBoss
4 2 (2.04%) OpenROAD
5 1 (1.02%) CMS
5 1 (1.02%) Drupal
5 1 (1.02%) Joomla!
5 1 (1.02%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.02%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.02%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.02%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) Azure
2 14 (14.29%) AWS
3 13 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.16%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.08%) Slack
7 3 (3.06%) OCI
8 2 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.04%) Figma
8 2 (2.04%) GitHub
8 2 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.02%) Datadog
9 1 (1.02%) GCP
9 1 (1.02%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) WAN
2 2 (2.04%) VPN
3 1 (1.02%) 4G
3 1 (1.02%) Network Security
3 1 (1.02%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) MySQL
2 3 (3.06%) MariaDB
2 3 (3.06%) Power BI
3 2 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.04%) Power Query
3 2 (2.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.02%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.02%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.02%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.02%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Git
2 8 (8.16%) JIRA
3 4 (4.08%) Terragrunt
4 3 (3.06%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.04%) webpack
6 1 (1.02%) Axure RP
6 1 (1.02%) Balsamiq
6 1 (1.02%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.02%) Gatling
6 1 (1.02%) GitLab
6 1 (1.02%) JMeter
6 1 (1.02%) Selenium
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (17.35%) Finance
4 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.06%) Back Office
5 3 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.04%) Banking
6 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.04%) Local Government
6 2 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.02%) Legal
7 1 (1.02%) Marketing
7 1 (1.02%) Military
7 1 (1.02%) Publishing
7 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (27.55%) Analyst
2 11 (11.22%) Developer
3 8 (8.16%) Business Analyst
3 8 (8.16%) Project Manager
4 6 (6.12%) Senior
4 6 (6.12%) Service Analyst
4 6 (6.12%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (5.10%) Administrator
5 5 (5.10%) Designer
5 5 (5.10%) Service Manager
6 4 (4.08%) Consultant
6 4 (4.08%) Deployment Engineer
6 4 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (4.08%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (3.06%) IT Services Manager
7 3 (3.06%) Lead
7 3 (3.06%) Senior Designer
7 3 (3.06%) Service Designer
7 3 (3.06%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.12%) CSS
1 6 (6.12%) HTML
1 6 (6.12%) Node.js
2 4 (4.08%) AngularJS
2 4 (4.08%) React
2 4 (4.08%) REST
2 4 (4.08%) RESTful
2 4 (4.08%) X-Windows
3 3 (3.06%) HTML5
3 3 (3.06%) LDAP
3 3 (3.06%) Spring
3 3 (3.06%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.04%) CSS3
4 2 (2.04%) Java SE
4 2 (2.04%) JSON
4 2 (2.04%) Kafka
4 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.04%) Redux
4 2 (2.04%) Vue
5 1 (1.02%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.06%) Device Driver
1 3 (3.06%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.04%) NHS
2 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.02%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.02%) CMDB
3 1 (1.02%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.35%) Linux
2 16 (16.33%) Windows
3 8 (8.16%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.12%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.10%) Mac OS
6 4 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (3.06%) Unix
8 1 (1.02%) Android
8 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.47%) Agile
2 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (15.31%) CI/CD
4 13 (13.27%) DevOps
5 12 (12.24%) Project Management
5 12 (12.24%) Service Delivery
6 11 (11.22%) ITIL
7 10 (10.20%) Service Management
8 9 (9.18%) Coaching
8 9 (9.18%) Mentoring
9 8 (8.16%) Decision-Making
9 8 (8.16%) Microservices
9 8 (8.16%) Migration
10 7 (7.14%) Configuration Management
10 7 (7.14%) Prototyping
11 6 (6.12%) Line Management
11 6 (6.12%) Service Design
11 6 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (6.12%) Test Automation
11 6 (6.12%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.22%) Java
2 10 (10.20%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.18%) Python
4 8 (8.16%) Shell Script
5 7 (7.14%) SQL
6 5 (5.10%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.08%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.04%) Bicep
8 2 (2.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (2.04%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.02%) Bash
9 1 (1.02%) C#
9 1 (1.02%) ProC
Qualifications
1 20 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.22%) Degree
2 11 (11.22%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.06%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.06%) MCSA
6 2 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.04%) CIPD
6 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.04%) HNC
7 1 (1.02%) APMP
7 1 (1.02%) CCNA
7 1 (1.02%) CCNP
7 1 (1.02%) CISSP
7 1 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.02%) HND
7 1 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) Accessibility
1 5 (5.10%) Disclosure Scotland
1 5 (5.10%) GDPR
2 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (3.06%) PMO
2 3 (3.06%) WCAG
3 2 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.04%) GRC
3 2 (2.04%) QA
3 2 (2.04%) SLA
4 1 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 11 (11.22%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.10%) Docker
3 3 (3.06%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.06%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.02%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) Terraform
2 6 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.08%) Argo
3 4 (4.08%) Istio
3 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.06%) SCCM
5 2 (2.04%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.02%) Grafana
Vendors
1 30 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Oracle
3 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.04%) Adobe
4 2 (2.04%) Apple
4 2 (2.04%) Cisco
4 2 (2.04%) Snow
5 1 (1.02%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.02%) BT
5 1 (1.02%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.02%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.02%) Workday