Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Glasgow

Computer Science Degree
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 68 64
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2 15 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.14% 1.90% 2.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.33% 7.08% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 13
10th Percentile - £44,375 £38,550
25th Percentile £95,000 £45,000 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £51,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +95.12% -39.71% +54.55%
75th Percentile £105,000 £59,688 £91,250
90th Percentile - £79,875 -
Scotland median annual salary £82,500 £56,250 £63,375
% change year-on-year +46.67% -11.24% +4.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 150 212 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 10.13% 26.84% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 63 74 95
10th Percentile £25,375 £28,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -34.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £67,293 £60,938 £76,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £33,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +64.18% -33.41% -4.17%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (50.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (50.00%) Redis
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Messaging Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) NestJS
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Autonomous Agent
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SOLID
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle