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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 40 68
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -46
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 12 31 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.76% 4.26% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 4.63% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 12
10th Percentile - £37,500 £39,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.28% -14.00%
75th Percentile £56,875 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,250 £88,250 £59,750
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -

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 519 670 1,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 76.32% 92.03% 96.75%
Number of salaries quoted 319 307 457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,650 £28,920
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,625 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,450 £76,250
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.54%

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) GitHub
1 5 (41.67%) SaaS
2 3 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 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%) Power BI
2 3 (25.00%) Tableau
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Back Office
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Insight Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Report Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Report Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Dynamics NAV Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 2 (16.67%) React Developer
4 2 (16.67%) SaaS Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) Hibernate
1 3 (25.00%) RESTful
1 3 (25.00%) Spring
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (16.67%) React
2 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 9 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (58.33%) Analytics
3 5 (41.67%) OOP
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) AI
5 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (25.00%) Agile
5 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Data Extraction
5 3 (25.00%) Data Management
5 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) ETL
5 3 (25.00%) OO
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Java
3 2 (16.67%) C
3 2 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Alteryx
2 3 (25.00%) Teradata
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft