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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 99 51
Rank change year-on-year +30 -48 +60
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 14 51 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.87% 2.72% 2.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.25% 17.23% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 18
10th Percentile £44,250 £39,825 £42,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £60,375 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +54.55% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £91,250 £60,600
90th Percentile £83,350 - £66,675
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +15.81%

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 193 296 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.84% 15.80% 22.01%
Number of salaries quoted 67 99 106
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £34,188
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - +14.82%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £43,250 £50,309 £50,139
% change year-on-year -14.03% +0.34% +5.56%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Glasgow over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Glasgow

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) AWS
2 5 (35.71%) GitHub
2 5 (35.71%) SaaS
3 4 (28.57%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (28.57%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (28.57%) Amazon EMR
3 4 (28.57%) Amazon MSK
3 4 (28.57%) Amazon S3
3 4 (28.57%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (28.57%) Serverless
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (7.14%) Azure
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
1 4 (28.57%) Jenkins
1 4 (28.57%) Maven
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Law
3 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Back Office
4 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Java Developer
2 6 (42.86%) React Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Java Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (28.57%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 4 (28.57%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 4 (28.57%) Java Software Developer
4 4 (28.57%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Software Developer
4 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
5 3 (21.43%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV Developer
6 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 2 (14.29%) SaaS Developer
7 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 1 (7.14%) Power Platform Consultant
7 1 (7.14%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Spring
2 6 (42.86%) React
3 4 (28.57%) AngularJS
3 4 (28.57%) HTML
3 4 (28.57%) jQuery
3 4 (28.57%) Spring Boot
4 3 (21.43%) Hibernate
4 3 (21.43%) RESTful
5 2 (14.29%) XML
6 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Agile
4 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 6 (42.86%) Test Automation
6 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (35.71%) OOP
6 5 (35.71%) Scrum
7 4 (28.57%) Front End Development
7 4 (28.57%) Kanban
7 4 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
7 4 (28.57%) TDD
7 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
8 3 (21.43%) Design Patterns
8 3 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (21.43%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (21.43%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) SQL
4 2 (14.29%) C
4 2 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft