Degree Jobs in Scotland

Academic Degree
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -30 +8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Degree 679 746 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.00% 16.68% 13.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.82% 53.25% 49.37%
Number of salaries quoted 312 233 267
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,100 £50,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +9.63% +4.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £58,125
90th Percentile £81,125 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,084 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.19% +9.09% +0.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,195 1,401 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.60% 31.32% 27.42%
Number of salaries quoted 538 418 524
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,772 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,608 £50,939 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +10.74% +2.22%
75th Percentile £64,688 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,564 £81,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Scotland.

Salary trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -49 322 £42,500 -22.73% 114
Edinburgh +9 165 £60,000 +13.21% 91
Aberdeen -2 65 £35,000 -26.32% 52
Dundee 0 31 £47,500 +6.61% 8
Fife -4 15 £42,850 -22.09% 20
Renfrewshire +5 12 £36,083 - 3
Lanarkshire 0 12 £42,500 +6.57% 51
Midlothian +5 7 £42,500 +6.90% 25
Stirling +1 7 £32,500 -31.74% 6
Aberdeenshire -5 7 £28,500 +15.15% 27
North Lanarkshire 0 5 £35,000 - 9
South Lanarkshire - 5 - - 3
West Lothian -8 4 £27,500 -8.33% 1
Perthshire +3 3 £30,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 2 £37,214 -
South Ayrshire - 2 £65,000 - 11
Dumfries and Galloway -8 1 - - 3
East Ayrshire - 1 £25,000 - 1
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
Degree
UK

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 36 (5.30%) Confluence
2 29 (4.27%) FileNet
3 15 (2.21%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.59%) OpenEdge
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) SAS
8 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (7.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (4.57%) UserZoom
3 16 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.18%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.03%) Simulink
7 4 (0.59%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.44%) InVision
8 3 (0.44%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (1.77%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.29%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 78 (11.49%) Figma
2 74 (10.90%) SurveyMonkey
3 64 (9.43%) Azure
4 47 (6.92%) AWS
5 34 (5.01%) SaaS
6 33 (4.86%) GitHub
7 32 (4.71%) Amazon S3
8 31 (4.57%) Power Platform
9 23 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (1.77%) Entra ID
11 12 (1.77%) Serverless
12 9 (1.33%) GCP
13 7 (1.03%) Amazon MSK
13 7 (1.03%) Datadog
13 7 (1.03%) IaaS
14 5 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
15 4 (0.59%) Miro
16 3 (0.44%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 47 (6.92%) Wireless
2 15 (2.21%) LAN
2 15 (2.21%) WAN
3 14 (2.06%) Network Security
4 12 (1.77%) Firewall
5 9 (1.33%) DHCP
5 9 (1.33%) DNS
6 8 (1.18%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.03%) HTTP
7 7 (1.03%) MQTT
8 6 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.88%) VLAN
8 6 (0.88%) VPN
8 6 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.29%) Internet
10 2 (0.29%) SAN
11 1 (0.15%) SDH
11 1 (0.15%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.57%) Power BI
2 30 (4.42%) SQL Server
3 29 (4.27%) Apache Cassandra
3 29 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
3 29 (4.27%) NoSQL
4 18 (2.65%) Big Data
5 14 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.77%) Apache Hive
6 12 (1.77%) MySQL
7 11 (1.62%) DB2
8 10 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.33%) MS Access
10 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (0.88%) OLAP
12 5 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.74%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.59%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
15 2 (0.29%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 66 (9.72%) Jenkins
2 63 (9.28%) JIRA
3 30 (4.42%) Jasmine
4 29 (4.27%) JUnit
4 29 (4.27%) Mockito
5 27 (3.98%) Git
6 15 (2.21%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.03%) MSTest
7 7 (1.03%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.59%) GitLab
9 4 (0.59%) Maven
10 3 (0.44%) Selenium
11 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.15%) JMeter
11 1 (0.15%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.15%) TestComplete
General
1 337 (49.63%) Social Skills
2 292 (43.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 279 (41.09%) Finance
4 204 (30.04%) Law
5 173 (25.48%) Marketing
6 94 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
7 53 (7.81%) Manufacturing
8 45 (6.63%) Public Sector
9 37 (5.45%) Banking
10 35 (5.15%) Legal
11 33 (4.86%) Electronics
11 33 (4.86%) Social Science
12 26 (3.83%) Telecoms
13 18 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.36%) Retail
15 15 (2.21%) Military
16 13 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.91%) Private Banking
17 12 (1.77%) Aerospace
17 12 (1.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (12.22%) Software Engineer
2 82 (12.08%) Developer
3 69 (10.16%) Analyst
4 67 (9.87%) Senior
5 65 (9.57%) Lead
6 48 (7.07%) Graduate
7 44 (6.48%) User Experience Researcher
8 43 (6.33%) Embedded Engineer
9 36 (5.30%) Junior
10 25 (3.68%) Project Manager
11 23 (3.39%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 22 (3.24%) Full Stack Developer
12 22 (3.24%) Software Developer
13 21 (3.09%) Architect
14 20 (2.95%) Java Engineer
14 20 (2.95%) Java Software Engineer
14 20 (2.95%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.65%) Consultant
15 18 (2.65%) Full Stack Engineer
15 18 (2.65%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.46%) AngularJS
2 61 (8.98%) React
3 54 (7.95%) Spring
4 39 (5.74%) Kafka
5 35 (5.15%) HTML
6 34 (5.01%) CSS
7 29 (4.27%) GraphQL
7 29 (4.27%) Hibernate
7 29 (4.27%) J2EE
7 29 (4.27%) Spring Integration
8 21 (3.09%) .NET
8 21 (3.09%) Node.js
9 12 (1.77%) Django
10 10 (1.47%) RESTful
11 8 (1.18%) Express.js
11 8 (1.18%) JPA
11 8 (1.18%) Vue
12 7 (1.03%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.03%) Flask
12 7 (1.03%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.63%) Market Risk
2 43 (6.33%) Algorithms
2 43 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 35 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 32 (4.71%) Cloud Native
5 18 (2.65%) Data Structures
5 18 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.06%) IoT
7 12 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.77%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
8 11 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.47%) Life Science
10 8 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.03%) Arduino
11 7 (1.03%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.13%) Windows
2 57 (8.39%) Linux
3 30 (4.42%) Unix
4 28 (4.12%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.06%) Mac OS X
6 10 (1.47%) Android
7 4 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.29%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (36.23%) Computer Science
2 225 (33.14%) Agile
3 171 (25.18%) Software Engineering
4 163 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (17.23%) User Experience
6 109 (16.05%) Actionable Insight
7 104 (15.32%) Mentoring
8 103 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 100 (14.73%) Project Management
10 93 (13.70%) DevOps
10 93 (13.70%) SDLC
11 92 (13.55%) Decision-Making
12 90 (13.25%) UX Research
13 89 (13.11%) Roadmaps
14 84 (12.37%) Service Design
15 81 (11.93%) User Research
16 79 (11.63%) Analytics
17 78 (11.49%) Artificial Intelligence
17 78 (11.49%) Product Management
18 76 (11.19%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 100 (14.73%) SQL
2 88 (12.96%) C
3 86 (12.67%) Java
4 60 (8.84%) Python
5 46 (6.77%) C++
6 44 (6.48%) Embedded C
7 42 (6.19%) C#
7 42 (6.19%) JavaScript
8 35 (5.15%) R
9 17 (2.50%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.62%) Rust
12 10 (1.47%) PHP
13 9 (1.33%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.03%) Go
14 7 (1.03%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.88%) Haskell
16 5 (0.74%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.74%) VBA
17 4 (0.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 129 (19.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 109 (16.05%) Master's Degree
3 73 (10.75%) PhD
4 32 (4.71%) Security Cleared
5 27 (3.98%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.09%) CISSP
7 20 (2.95%) CISM
8 15 (2.21%) GCIA
8 15 (2.21%) GCIH
9 14 (2.06%) GREM
10 11 (1.62%) CISA
11 9 (1.33%) PMP
12 8 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.18%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.88%) ACCA
15 5 (0.74%) HND
15 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.59%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.01%) QA
2 31 (4.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 17 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 12 (1.77%) PMO
5 11 (1.62%) ITGC
6 9 (1.33%) GMP
7 7 (1.03%) ISO 14001
7 7 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.59%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.59%) DICOM
9 4 (0.59%) GDPR
9 4 (0.59%) HL7
9 4 (0.59%) ISO 13485
10 3 (0.44%) NCSC
10 3 (0.44%) NIST
10 3 (0.44%) WCAG
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) GRC
11 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (8.54%) Firmware
2 23 (3.39%) Embedded Firmware
3 16 (2.36%) Docker
4 15 (2.21%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.15%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 45 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.44%) Ansible
3 3 (0.44%) Autotask
3 3 (0.44%) Terraform
4 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.29%) Puppet
5 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 103 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 63 (9.28%) Qualtrics
3 47 (6.92%) Oracle
4 26 (3.83%) SAP
5 19 (2.80%) VMware
6 15 (2.21%) Sage
7 14 (2.06%) Dell
8 10 (1.47%) Google
8 10 (1.47%) Splunk
9 9 (1.33%) Cisco
10 7 (1.03%) NVIDIA
11 5 (0.74%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.59%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.59%) ANSYS
12 4 (0.59%) Apple
12 4 (0.59%) Xero
13 3 (0.44%) Facebook
13 3 (0.44%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.44%) Juniper
13 3 (0.44%) Palo Alto