Senior Contracts in Glasgow

Senior
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior daily rate in Glasgow is £439, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 29 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 67 60 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 8.40% 6.84% 8.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.80% 7.20% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 40 58
10th Percentile £362 £403 £420
25th Percentile £410 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £475 £581
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -18.28% +25.68%
75th Percentile £558 £578 £671
90th Percentile £614 £601 £750
Scotland median daily rate £433 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -13.45% -0.99% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.39 - -
Median hourly rate £71.32 - £35.00
75th Percentile £75.24 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year - +238.60% -66.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Glasgow with a recognized job title 761 833 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 94.98% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 548 646
10th Percentile £308 £268 £313
25th Percentile £379 £377 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £590
90th Percentile £600 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 39 16
10th Percentile £16.75 £13.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.17 £16.00 £13.97
Median hourly rate £19.83 £24.26 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.24% -15.63% +12.55%
75th Percentile £46.38 £47.35 £58.75
90th Percentile £69.10 £65.00 £63.56
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Glasgow

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Glasgow

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 30 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (38.81%) Finance
3 22 (32.84%) Linux
3 22 (32.84%) Python
4 21 (31.34%) Banking
5 20 (29.85%) Windows
6 14 (20.90%) SDLC
7 13 (19.40%) Azure
7 13 (19.40%) Kubernetes
8 12 (17.91%) Docker
9 11 (16.42%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (16.42%) KDB
9 11 (16.42%) C++
9 11 (16.42%) Investment Banking
9 11 (16.42%) Agile
9 11 (16.42%) Kdb+
9 11 (16.42%) Data Science
9 11 (16.42%) Containerisation
10 10 (14.93%) SQL
10 10 (14.93%) ServiceNow
11 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
11 9 (13.43%) Java
11 9 (13.43%) ITIL
11 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
12 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
12 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
12 8 (11.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (10.45%) AWS
13 7 (10.45%) ITSM

Senior Skill Set
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 2 (2.99%) Confluence
1 2 (2.99%) JBoss
1 2 (2.99%) SAS
1 2 (2.99%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.49%) CICS
2 1 (1.49%) Moodle
2 1 (1.49%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.49%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.40%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) AWS
3 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (4.48%) IaaS
3 3 (4.48%) PaaS
4 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.99%) OCI
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.49%) Figma
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.49%) Miro
5 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) SAN
1 3 (4.48%) WAN
2 2 (2.99%) BGP
2 2 (2.99%) LAN
2 2 (2.99%) Network Security
2 2 (2.99%) OSPF
2 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.99%) VPN
2 2 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.99%) Wireless
3 1 (1.49%) 4G
3 1 (1.49%) Firewall
3 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.42%) KDB
1 11 (16.42%) Kdb+
2 3 (4.48%) Relational Database
2 3 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.99%) CockroachDB
3 2 (2.99%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.49%) DB2
4 1 (1.49%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.49%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.49%) MySQL
4 1 (1.49%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) JIRA
2 4 (5.97%) Git
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.99%) PVCS
3 2 (2.99%) Subversion
4 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) JUnit
4 1 (1.49%) SoapUI
General
1 30 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (38.81%) Finance
3 21 (31.34%) Banking
4 11 (16.42%) Investment Banking
5 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (11.94%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.49%) Electronics
8 1 (1.49%) Front Office
8 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.49%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
8 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) React
1 5 (7.46%) REST
2 4 (5.97%) SOAP
2 4 (5.97%) XML
3 3 (4.48%) JSON
3 3 (4.48%) Middleware
3 3 (4.48%) Spring
3 3 (4.48%) Spring Boot
3 3 (4.48%) Web Services
4 2 (2.99%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.99%) Django
4 2 (2.99%) IBM Integration Bus
4 2 (2.99%) Java EE
4 2 (2.99%) Node.js
5 1 (1.49%) .NET
5 1 (1.49%) CSS
5 1 (1.49%) EntireX
5 1 (1.49%) J2EE
5 1 (1.49%) Kafka
5 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.97%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.48%) Clustering
3 3 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) CMDB
4 2 (2.99%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.99%) Replication
5 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.49%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.49%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (1.49%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.49%) PKI
5 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Robotics
5 1 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (32.84%) Linux
2 20 (29.85%) Windows
3 8 (11.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.48%) AIX
5 2 (2.99%) Solaris
5 2 (2.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) SDLC
2 11 (16.42%) Agile
2 11 (16.42%) Containerisation
2 11 (16.42%) Data Science
3 9 (13.43%) ITIL
3 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (11.94%) Project Delivery
5 7 (10.45%) ITSM
5 7 (10.45%) Service Management
6 6 (8.96%) Problem Management
7 5 (7.46%) Change Management
7 5 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.46%) Data Security
7 5 (7.46%) Microservices
7 5 (7.46%) Project Management
7 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.97%) CI/CD
8 4 (5.97%) Event-Driven
8 4 (5.97%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (32.84%) Python
2 11 (16.42%) C++
3 10 (14.93%) SQL
4 9 (13.43%) Java
5 5 (7.46%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.99%) C
6 2 (2.99%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.99%) ProC
6 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.99%) VBA
7 1 (1.49%) Bash
7 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (7.46%) Degree
2 3 (4.48%) AWS Certification
2 3 (4.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (4.48%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (2.99%) CISM
3 2 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.99%) CRISC
3 2 (2.99%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (1.49%) CCNP
4 1 (1.49%) CCSP
4 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.49%) NIST
2 1 (1.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (17.91%) Docker
2 3 (4.48%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (19.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.48%) Data Guard
3 2 (2.99%) Ansible
3 2 (2.99%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle Flashback
3 2 (2.99%) Progress Chef
3 2 (2.99%) Terraform
4 1 (1.49%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.49%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.49%) Puppet
4 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) ServiceNow
2 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.45%) Oracle
4 5 (7.46%) IBM
4 5 (7.46%) VMware
5 4 (5.97%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.99%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.99%) BT
6 2 (2.99%) Cisco
6 2 (2.99%) Dell
6 2 (2.99%) Juniper
6 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.99%) Snow
7 1 (1.49%) Adobe
7 1 (1.49%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.49%) SAP
7 1 (1.49%) Software AG
7 1 (1.49%) Sybase
7 1 (1.49%) webMethods