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 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 59 51
Rank change year-on-year -7 -8 +58
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 12 20 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.45% 2.14% 2.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.52% 9.39% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 14
10th Percentile - £38,750 £39,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £49,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +54.55% -
75th Percentile £59,063 £91,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,625 - £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +14.29%

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 184 213 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.28% 22.83% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 71 93 118
10th Percentile £27,500 £37,000 £27,700
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,875 £80,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,250
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% -0.30% +0.96%

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (41.67%) GitHub
2 5 (41.67%) SaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon EMR
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon MSK
3 3 (25.00%) Amazon S3
3 3 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (25.00%) Serverless
4 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (25.00%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (25.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
1 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (25.00%) Maven
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (25.00%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Back Office
3 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Java Developer
2 5 (41.67%) React Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Java Engineer
3 4 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (25.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 3 (25.00%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 3 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 3 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 2 (16.67%) SaaS Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (8.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) Spring
2 5 (41.67%) React
3 3 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (25.00%) Hibernate
3 3 (25.00%) HTML
3 3 (25.00%) jQuery
3 3 (25.00%) RESTful
3 3 (25.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (41.67%) OOP
4 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
5 4 (33.33%) AI
5 4 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
6 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
6 3 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (25.00%) Kanban
6 3 (25.00%) OO
6 3 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft