Senior Contracts in Glasgow

Senior
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Senior daily rate in Glasgow is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 32 13
Rank change year-on-year +3 -19 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 51 65 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 6.29% 7.31% 10.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.63% 7.69% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 71
10th Percentile £405 £420 £400
25th Percentile £413 £459 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £589 £463
Median % change year-on-year -23.57% +27.30% +8.82%
75th Percentile £538 £712 £523
90th Percentile £584 £750 £588
Scotland median daily rate £494 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -1.20% +2.83% +8.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +238.60% +1.26% -81.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 769 845 890
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 95.05% 96.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 599 677
10th Percentile £260 £325 £215
25th Percentile £363 £410 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +6.44% +8.43%
75th Percentile £570 £583 £538
90th Percentile £623 £700 £613
Scotland median daily rate £453 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -4.63% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 18
10th Percentile £12.03 £12.13 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.16 £23.77
Median hourly rate £40.94 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +182.34% -61.26% +113.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £47.73 £43.36
90th Percentile £67.50 £60.55 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.57 £19.88 £37.43
% change year-on-year +3.47% -46.89% +7.71%

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 29 May 2024.

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 29 May 2024, 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 16 (31.37%) Agile
2 14 (27.45%) Java
3 12 (23.53%) AWS
4 11 (21.57%) JIRA
4 11 (21.57%) Spring
4 11 (21.57%) Public Sector
5 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
5 10 (19.61%) Banking
5 10 (19.61%) Atlassian
5 10 (19.61%) Finance
5 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
6 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
6 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
6 9 (17.65%) RESTful
6 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
6 9 (17.65%) Spring Boot
6 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (17.65%) Microservices
6 9 (17.65%) Power BI
7 8 (15.69%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.69%) Visualisation
8 7 (13.73%) Azure
8 7 (13.73%) Problem Management
8 7 (13.73%) IBM
8 7 (13.73%) SQL
8 7 (13.73%) PowerApps
9 6 (11.76%) Power Automate
9 6 (11.76%) PMO
9 6 (11.76%) Analytics

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 5 (9.80%) IBM HTTP Server
1 5 (9.80%) WebSphere
1 5 (9.80%) WebSphere Application Server
1 5 (9.80%) WebSphere Portal
2 4 (7.84%) Confluence
3 2 (3.92%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.53%) AWS
2 9 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 7 (13.73%) Azure
3 7 (13.73%) PowerApps
4 6 (11.76%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.96%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) HTTP
2 3 (5.88%) Firewall
3 2 (3.92%) Network Security
4 1 (1.96%) BGP
4 1 (1.96%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.96%) IPsec
4 1 (1.96%) MPLS
4 1 (1.96%) NAS
4 1 (1.96%) OSPF
4 1 (1.96%) SAN
4 1 (1.96%) SCCP
4 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.96%) VPN
4 1 (1.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) Power BI
2 3 (5.88%) MongoDB
2 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (21.57%) JIRA
2 5 (9.80%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (5.88%) Git
4 2 (3.92%) JUnit
4 2 (3.92%) Subversion
5 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.96%) Maven
General
1 11 (21.57%) Public Sector
2 10 (19.61%) Banking
2 10 (19.61%) Finance
2 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.57%) Spring
2 9 (17.65%) RESTful
2 9 (17.65%) Spring Boot
3 5 (9.80%) J2EE
3 5 (9.80%) Middleware
4 2 (3.92%) JSON
4 2 (3.92%) Kafka
4 2 (3.92%) NumPy
4 2 (3.92%) Pandas
4 2 (3.92%) PySpark
4 2 (3.92%) React
4 2 (3.92%) REST
4 2 (3.92%) XML
5 1 (1.96%) CSS
5 1 (1.96%) HTML
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.96%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Linux
3 1 (1.96%) Android
3 1 (1.96%) Unix
3 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Agile
2 9 (17.65%) Microservices
3 8 (15.69%) Data Visualisation
3 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (15.69%) Visualisation
4 7 (13.73%) Problem Management
5 6 (11.76%) Analytics
5 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (11.76%) Data Analysis
6 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (9.80%) ITIL
6 5 (9.80%) Project Management
6 5 (9.80%) Scrum
7 4 (7.84%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (7.84%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (7.84%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.84%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) Java
2 7 (13.73%) SQL
3 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
3 5 (9.80%) Python
4 3 (5.88%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.96%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.84%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) CCNA
3 1 (1.96%) CCNP
3 1 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.96%) CISSP
3 1 (1.96%) CLAS
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.96%) P3O
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Ansible
1 1 (1.96%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.96%) Grafana
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
1 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) Atlassian
1 10 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) IBM
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco
5 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.96%) Meraki
5 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.96%) Reuters
5 1 (1.96%) Splunk