Software Engineering Contracts in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 55 25
Rank change year-on-year +15 -30 +43
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 32 24 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.53% 2.87% 6.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.10% 3.13% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 37
10th Percentile £320 £464 £428
25th Percentile £350 £500 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% -3.64% +7.58%
75th Percentile - £638 £638
90th Percentile £500 £750 £725
Scotland median daily rate £440 £528 £505
% change year-on-year -16.59% +4.46% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £40.85
25th Percentile - £57.50 £41.75
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year - +36.36% -26.67%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £46.75
90th Percentile - - £47.95
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £49.86
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.35% -16.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Software Engineering 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 628 766 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.95% 91.63% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 515 628
10th Percentile £280 £346 £300
25th Percentile £356 £411 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £684
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 17 15
10th Percentile £16.92 £11.40 £21.64
25th Percentile £19.05 £12.13 £30.49
Median hourly rate £19.59 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +35.10% -61.26% -1.57%
75th Percentile £29.34 £17.72 £45.84
90th Percentile £42.50 £36.36 £56.00
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £19.50 £18.75
% change year-on-year +17.31% +4.00% -6.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Glasgow over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Glasgow

Software Engineering
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) AWS
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Azure AKS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (6.25%) Amazon S3
3 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.25%) npm
3 2 (6.25%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.13%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) NAS
1 2 (6.25%) SAN
2 1 (3.13%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (3.13%) Internet
2 1 (3.13%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Tableau
2 3 (9.38%) Big Data
3 2 (6.25%) BusinessObjects XI
3 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.13%) DB2
4 1 (3.13%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.25%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.13%) GitLab
4 1 (3.13%) JUnit
General
1 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Banking
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.13%) French Language
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Developer
2 16 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 8 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (25.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Linux Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Linux Scripter
5 3 (9.38%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Business Developer
6 2 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Integration Architect
7 1 (3.13%) SAP BusinessObjects Analyst (SAP BO Analyst)
7 1 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.13%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) Spring
2 4 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 2 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 2 (6.25%) PySpark
3 2 (6.25%) React
3 2 (6.25%) REST
3 2 (6.25%) Web Services
4 1 (3.13%) .NET
4 1 (3.13%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.13%) Kafka
4 1 (3.13%) LangChain
4 1 (3.13%) Node.js
4 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
4 1 (3.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
1 6 (18.75%) Unix
2 4 (12.50%) Windows
3 3 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.13%) Android
4 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 8 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.63%) Analytics
5 5 (15.63%) DevOps
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) SDLC
6 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.50%) Data Management
6 4 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.38%) Change Management
7 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.38%) Design Patterns
7 3 (9.38%) Machine Learning
7 3 (9.38%) Multithreading
7 3 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) Java
2 10 (31.25%) SQL
3 8 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.13%) Bash
5 1 (3.13%) C
5 1 (3.13%) C#
5 1 (3.13%) C++
5 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.13%) Perl
5 1 (3.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.13%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 5 (15.63%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (21.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.38%) Terraform
3 2 (6.25%) NetBackup
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (3.13%) Ansible
4 1 (3.13%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (6.25%) Dataiku
1 2 (6.25%) Veritas
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe
2 1 (3.13%) DocuSign
2 1 (3.13%) EMC
2 1 (3.13%) Google
2 1 (3.13%) IBM
2 1 (3.13%) NetApp
2 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.13%) Sybase
2 1 (3.13%) Xamarin