Computer Science Degree Jobs in Edinburgh

Computer Science Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 83 103
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 +21
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 10 27 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.09% 1.81% 1.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.05% 8.71% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10 27 26
10th Percentile £37,800 £43,750 £42,375
25th Percentile £41,563 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £65,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +6.91% +15.81%
75th Percentile £59,375 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £80,800 -
Scotland median annual salary £51,914 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.71% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 198 310 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.66% 20.82% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 79 158 217
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £29,920
25th Percentile £25,313 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,249 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% +4.22% +25.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,934 £77,715
Scotland median annual salary £51,780 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.56% -4.76% +14.13%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in Edinburgh

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Computer Science Degree in Edinburgh

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Edinburgh

Computer Science 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
4 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Big Data
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Agriculture
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Backend Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Database Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Graduate
4 1 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Research Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (10.00%) gRPC
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (30.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (20.00%) Life Science
3 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Clean Code
5 1 (10.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (10.00%) Low Latency
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) Order Management
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
5 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Java
2 6 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) Python
4 2 (20.00%) Kotlin
4 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft