Degree Jobs in Edinburgh

Academic Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 15 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 104 165 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.87% 10.93% 11.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.91% 53.75% 44.02%
Number of salaries quoted 46 112 128
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,313 £43,750 £37,784
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.29% +13.21% +16.21%
75th Percentile £48,135 £75,625 £68,125
90th Percentile £61,250 £97,500 £72,875
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £44,100 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -11.80% +9.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 186 307 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.23% 20.34% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 68 156 218
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,000 £30,885
25th Percentile £25,313 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £60,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +3.79% +25.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,625 £70,450
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,717 £78,025
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £48,500 £51,720
% change year-on-year +10.82% -6.22% +12.43%

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 30 May 2025.

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 5 (4.81%) SAS
2 2 (1.92%) Apache Solr
2 2 (1.92%) CMS
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (1.92%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (1.92%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Chatbot
2 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.92%) LaTeX
5 1 (0.96%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.54%) Azure
2 10 (9.62%) AWS
3 6 (5.77%) Amazon SageMaker
4 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.88%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.92%) GitHub
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.92%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.96%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.96%) GCP
6 1 (0.96%) npm
6 1 (0.96%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.81%) Network Security
2 2 (1.92%) DHCP
2 2 (1.92%) DNS
3 1 (0.96%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.54%) Big Data
2 4 (3.85%) MS Access
2 4 (3.85%) Tableau
3 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.92%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.96%) GIS
5 1 (0.96%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.96%) MySQL
5 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.96%) Power BI
5 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Git
2 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.92%) MSBuild
3 2 (1.92%) webpack
4 1 (0.96%) GitLab
4 1 (0.96%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (56.73%) Finance
2 40 (38.46%) Banking
3 29 (27.88%) Social Skills
4 24 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (15.38%) Legal
6 10 (9.62%) Front Office
7 6 (5.77%) Retail
7 6 (5.77%) Wholesale Banking
8 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.92%) Advertising
9 2 (1.92%) Electronics
9 2 (1.92%) Marketing
10 1 (0.96%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.96%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 18 (17.31%) Analyst
2 14 (13.46%) Developer
3 11 (10.58%) Data Analyst
4 10 (9.62%) Senior
5 8 (7.69%) Data Scientist
5 8 (7.69%) Risk Manager
5 8 (7.69%) Trainer
6 7 (6.73%) Risk Officer
7 6 (5.77%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.81%) Technologist
9 4 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Risk Analyst
10 3 (2.88%) Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Graduate
10 3 (2.88%) Java Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Senior Java Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Software Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.54%) Software Packaging
2 4 (3.85%) .NET
2 4 (3.85%) RESTful
3 3 (2.88%) CSS
3 3 (2.88%) scikit-learn
4 2 (1.92%) ADO
4 2 (1.92%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.92%) Google JAX
4 2 (1.92%) HTML
4 2 (1.92%) JAX
4 2 (1.92%) Next.js
4 2 (1.92%) Node.js
4 2 (1.92%) NumPy
4 2 (1.92%) PySpark
4 2 (1.92%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.92%) Sass
4 2 (1.92%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.92%) Vue
5 1 (0.96%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.77%) Credit Risk
2 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.85%) Life Science
4 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.92%) Genomics
5 2 (1.92%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.92%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.96%) FPGA
6 1 (0.96%) Hackathon
6 1 (0.96%) IoT
6 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.96%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.81%) Windows
2 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (53.85%) Mathematics
2 32 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
3 28 (26.92%) Analytics
4 26 (25.00%) Statistics
5 25 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (23.08%) Statistical Modelling
7 22 (21.15%) Software Engineering
8 21 (20.19%) Risk Management
9 20 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (19.23%) Project Management
10 19 (18.27%) Fintech
10 19 (18.27%) Line Management
11 17 (16.35%) Visualisation
12 16 (15.38%) Computer Science
13 13 (12.50%) Data Analytics
13 13 (12.50%) Quantitative Analysis
14 12 (11.54%) Data Extraction
14 12 (11.54%) Data Science
14 12 (11.54%) Model Validation
14 12 (11.54%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 35 (33.65%) Python
2 24 (23.08%) SQL
3 8 (7.69%) Java
4 6 (5.77%) C++
4 6 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.85%) C#
6 2 (1.92%) C
6 2 (1.92%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.92%) R
7 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (20.19%) Master's Degree
2 17 (16.35%) PhD
3 9 (8.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.85%) PMP
5 2 (1.92%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.92%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
2 1 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.92%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.69%) PayPal
3 2 (1.92%) Optimizely
3 2 (1.92%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.96%) Cadence
4 1 (0.96%) Google
4 1 (0.96%) IBM
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle