Degree Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Academic Degree
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow citing Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	67	34	25
Rank change year-on-year	-33	-9	-3
Contract jobs citing Degree	33	52	56
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow	2.75%	6.95%	7.85%
As % of the Qualifications category	13.47%	28.11%	28.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	42	38
10^th Percentile	£305	£246	£341
25^th Percentile	£313	£370	£380
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£380	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-15.56%	-	-3.64%
75^th Percentile	£500	£525	£500
90^th Percentile	£603	£550	£610
Scotland median daily rate	£425	£450	£425
% change year-on-year	-5.56%	+5.88%	-5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	3
10^th Percentile	-	-	£22.30
25^th Percentile	£47.50	-	£28.00
Median hourly rate	£55.00	-	£40.00
75^th Percentile	£62.50	-	£47.50
90^th Percentile	-	-	£50.50
Scotland median hourly rate	£24.36	£20.00	£19.00
% change year-on-year	+21.80%	+5.26%	-56.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	245	185	195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow	20.38%	24.73%	27.35%
Number of daily rates quoted	128	127	117
10^th Percentile	£263	£181	£301
25^th Percentile	£325	£357	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£450	£450	£458
Median % change year-on-year	-	-1.75%	-8.40%
75^th Percentile	£613	£538	£600
90^th Percentile	£800	£638	£700
Scotland median daily rate	£477	£450	£425
% change year-on-year	+5.89%	+5.88%	-10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted	21	7	4
10^th Percentile	£19.33	£16.14	£22.40
25^th Percentile	-	£16.84	£28.25
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£17.45	£36.50
Median % change year-on-year	+151.99%	-52.21%	-
75^th Percentile	£60.91	£18.05	£45.00
90^th Percentile	-	£20.89	£49.50
Scotland median hourly rate	£43.96	£19.69	£18.50
% change year-on-year	+123.26%	+6.43%	-67.95%

Degree Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Degree Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree.

Degree Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Glasgow

Degree Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree.

Degree Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Degree also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region citing Degree.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Computer Science	48.5%	16
2	CI/CD	33.3%	11
2	Computer Science Degree	33.3%	11
4	AWS	24.2%	8
4	Java	24.2%	8
4	Kubernetes	24.2%	8
4	TypeScript	24.2%	8
8	Continuous Improvement	21.2%	7
8	Decision-Making	21.2%	7
8	Microsoft	21.2%	7
8	PostgreSQL	21.2%	7
8	Problem-Solving	21.2%	7
13	Kafka	18.2%	6
13	Mentoring	18.2%	6
13	OAuth	18.2%	6
13	OAuth2	18.2%	6
13	Software Engineering	18.2%	6
13	Test Automation	18.2%	6
19	Amazon EKS	15.2%	5
19	DevOps	15.2%	5
19	Git	15.2%	5
19	GitHub	15.2%	5
19	GitHub Actions	15.2%	5
19	Incident Response	15.2%	5
19	JavaScript	15.2%	5
19	Jenkins	15.2%	5
19	React	15.2%	5
19	Runbook	15.2%	5
19	Stakeholder Management	15.2%	5
30	Akamai	12.1%	4

Degree Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Computer Science Degree	33.3%	11
2	CCNP	12.1%	4
2	Cisco Certification	12.1%	4
4	CCNA	9.1%	3
4	Security Cleared	9.1%	3
6	DV Cleared	6.1%	2
6	HND	6.1%	2
6	ISTQB	6.1%	2
6	Master's Degree	6.1%	2
6	SC Cleared	6.1%	2
11	CIPD	3.0%	1
11	CISA	3.0%	1
11	CISM	3.0%	1
11	CISSP	3.0%	1
11	Numerate Degree	3.0%	1
11	PhD	3.0%	1
11	Postgraduate	3.0%	1