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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 67 55
Rank change year-on-year -5 -12 +53
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 13 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.65% 2.14% 2.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.28% 10.22% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 17
10th Percentile - £47,475 £40,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £62,563 £48,500
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 £60,000
90th Percentile £59,625 - £60,800
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £62,625 £60,800
% change year-on-year -4.19% +3.00% +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 207 225 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.20% 20.93% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 73 91 109
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £66,250
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.25%

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 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 5 (38.46%) GitHub
2 5 (38.46%) SaaS
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon EMR
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon MSK
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon S3
3 4 (30.77%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (30.77%) Serverless
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (30.77%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
1 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
1 4 (30.77%) Maven
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (30.77%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Back Office
3 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Java Developer
2 6 (46.15%) React Developer
3 5 (38.46%) Java Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 4 (30.77%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 4 (30.77%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 4 (30.77%) Java Software Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Oracle Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Software Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Software Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 2 (15.38%) SaaS Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) Spring
2 6 (46.15%) React
3 4 (30.77%) AngularJS
3 4 (30.77%) HTML
3 4 (30.77%) jQuery
3 4 (30.77%) Spring Boot
4 3 (23.08%) Hibernate
4 3 (23.08%) RESTful
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (15.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Structures
2 2 (15.38%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) Software Engineering
4 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
5 5 (38.46%) OOP
6 4 (30.77%) AI
6 4 (30.77%) Analytics
6 4 (30.77%) Front End Development
6 4 (30.77%) Kanban
6 4 (30.77%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (30.77%) Scrum
6 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (30.77%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (30.77%) TDD
6 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (23.08%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) C
4 2 (15.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft