Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Retrieval-Augmented Generation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 81 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.69% 0.12% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £413 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile - £550 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £500 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Retrieval-Augmented Generation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 616 746 834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 84.50% 92.10% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 452 544
10th Percentile £306 £313 £344
25th Percentile £385 £365 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +3.84%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £600
90th Percentile £639 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 28
10th Percentile £14.17 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.17 £15.07
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.15 £16.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +47.71% +53.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.13 £35.55
90th Percentile £61.35 £65.00 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Model Context Protocol
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) Data Science
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) TOWER Software