Degree Jobs in Edinburgh

Academic Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 27 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Degree 175 221 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.41% 10.29% 10.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.18% 44.83% 53.10%
Number of salaries quoted 115 126 88
10th Percentile £33,800 £35,366 £25,000
25th Percentile £43,817 £40,000 £37,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +21.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,274 £76,385 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,543 £50,469 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.76% +12.15% +2.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 323 493 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.06% 22.96% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 163 216 173
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,733 £26,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,810 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +26.76% -3.99%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £77,715 £89,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.90% +21.96% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 6 (3.43%) Confluence
2 4 (2.29%) SAS
2 4 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.14%) Apache
3 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.71%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.57%) EViews
5 1 (0.57%) Revit
5 1 (0.57%) Simulink
5 1 (0.57%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (7.43%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.57%) Azure
2 23 (13.14%) AWS
2 23 (13.14%) SaaS
3 11 (6.29%) GCP
4 7 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.43%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.86%) GitHub
6 5 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.86%) Serverless
7 4 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (2.29%) IaaS
7 4 (2.29%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.71%) ChatGPT
9 2 (1.14%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.14%) Miro
9 2 (1.14%) Vertex AI
9 2 (1.14%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.14%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.43%) Wireless
2 12 (6.86%) Network Security
3 10 (5.71%) Firewall
4 8 (4.57%) DHCP
4 8 (4.57%) DNS
5 6 (3.43%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.71%) Internet
6 3 (1.71%) LAN
6 3 (1.71%) WAN
7 2 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.57%) IPsec
8 1 (0.57%) NGFW
8 1 (0.57%) OSPF
8 1 (0.57%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.43%) DB2
2 6 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.71%) Big Data
4 2 (1.14%) MySQL
4 2 (1.14%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.43%) Git
1 6 (3.43%) JIRA
2 5 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.86%) Maven
3 4 (2.29%) Selenium
4 1 (0.57%) GitLab
4 1 (0.57%) IntelliJ
General
1 97 (55.43%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.14%) Finance
3 40 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.43%) Public Sector
6 14 (8.00%) Banking
6 14 (8.00%) Military
7 12 (6.86%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.57%) Legal
9 7 (4.00%) Electronics
9 7 (4.00%) Marketing
9 7 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (3.43%) Games
11 4 (2.29%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.29%) Retail
11 4 (2.29%) Tech for Good
12 2 (1.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 44 (25.14%) Senior
2 29 (16.57%) Analyst
3 28 (16.00%) Software Engineer
4 16 (9.14%) Developer
5 15 (8.57%) Support Analyst
6 14 (8.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 14 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 13 (7.43%) IT Manager
8 12 (6.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (6.29%) Graduate
10 9 (5.14%) Audit Manager
10 9 (5.14%) IT Audit Manager
11 8 (4.57%) Architect
11 8 (4.57%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) C/C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Senior C Software Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Junior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.71%) React
2 6 (3.43%) .NET
2 6 (3.43%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.86%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.86%) Django
4 4 (2.29%) CSS
4 4 (2.29%) Express.js
4 4 (2.29%) FHIR
4 4 (2.29%) HTML
4 4 (2.29%) JSON
4 4 (2.29%) Kafka
4 4 (2.29%) Node.js
4 4 (2.29%) REST
4 4 (2.29%) RESTful
4 4 (2.29%) Spring
4 4 (2.29%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.29%) Web Services
4 4 (2.29%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.14%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.14%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.29%) Algorithms
2 10 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.43%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.86%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.86%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.29%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.71%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.57%) ASIC
9 1 (0.57%) CCTV
9 1 (0.57%) FPGA
9 1 (0.57%) Life Science
9 1 (0.57%) Verilog
9 1 (0.57%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 45 (25.71%) Linux
2 41 (23.43%) Windows
3 28 (16.00%) Unix
4 24 (13.71%) Windows Server
5 18 (10.29%) Mac OS X
6 3 (1.71%) CentOS
7 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (41.71%) Computer Science
2 48 (27.43%) Agile
3 46 (26.29%) Software Engineering
4 32 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (17.14%) Project Management
6 28 (16.00%) Mathematics
7 27 (15.43%) Actionable Insight
7 27 (15.43%) DevOps
8 23 (13.14%) Analytics
9 22 (12.57%) ERP
9 22 (12.57%) ITIL
10 21 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (12.00%) Mentoring
11 20 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (10.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 19 (10.86%) Physics
12 19 (10.86%) Service Delivery
12 19 (10.86%) Threat Intelligence
13 18 (10.29%) Data Privacy
13 18 (10.29%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.43%) C
2 28 (16.00%) Python
3 25 (14.29%) C++
4 23 (13.14%) SQL
5 21 (12.00%) Java
6 14 (8.00%) Embedded C
7 12 (6.86%) Rust
8 8 (4.57%) Go
9 7 (4.00%) Haskell
10 6 (3.43%) C#
11 5 (2.86%) JavaScript
12 4 (2.29%) Bash
13 3 (1.71%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.71%) R
14 2 (1.14%) MATLAB
14 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.57%) Tcl
15 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (18.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 24 (13.71%) Master's Degree
3 17 (9.71%) PhD
4 15 (8.57%) CISM
4 15 (8.57%) CISSP
5 14 (8.00%) GCIA
5 14 (8.00%) GCIH
5 14 (8.00%) GREM
6 13 (7.43%) CISA
7 10 (5.71%) SC Cleared
7 10 (5.71%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.29%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.29%) PMP
9 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.57%) CCNA
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.57%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.57%) MCSE
9 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.43%) ITGC
1 13 (7.43%) PMO
2 6 (3.43%) QA
3 4 (2.29%) DICOM
3 4 (2.29%) HL7
3 4 (2.29%) ISO 13485
4 2 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.14%) CRD IV
4 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.14%) IFRS
4 2 (1.14%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.57%) Basel III
5 1 (0.57%) GLP
5 1 (0.57%) GMP
5 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (10.86%) Firmware
2 11 (6.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (4.00%) Docker
4 5 (2.86%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.29%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.00%) Ansible
3 6 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.29%) vRealize
4 4 (2.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 3 (1.71%) Terraform
6 2 (1.14%) Autotask
7 1 (0.57%) CASB
7 1 (0.57%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 41 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.43%) SAP
3 18 (10.29%) Dell
4 15 (8.57%) Oracle
5 13 (7.43%) Sage
6 11 (6.29%) Google
7 7 (4.00%) VMware
8 4 (2.29%) Anaplan
8 4 (2.29%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.29%) Citrix
8 4 (2.29%) IBM
9 3 (1.71%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.14%) Apple
10 2 (1.14%) ConnectWise
10 2 (1.14%) Facebook
10 2 (1.14%) HubSpot
10 2 (1.14%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.57%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.57%) Intel
11 1 (0.57%) Juniper