Computer Science Job Trends in Glasgow

Computer Science
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Computer Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 46 37
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 2 39 198
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.15% 5.25% 10.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 5.79% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 22
10th Percentile - £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £95,000 £44,063 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £51,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +95.12% -24.07% +22.73%
75th Percentile £105,000 £65,938 £90,000
90th Percentile - £69,600 £91,250
Scotland median annual salary £85,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +47.83% +4.55% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,018 673 1,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 75.35% 90.58% 91.31%
Number of salaries quoted 642 267 562
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £82,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £38,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +38.16% -30.91% +4.76%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Computer Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Computer Science

Computer Science
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%) 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%) Problem-Solving
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%) Computer Science Degree
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