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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 42 49
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 -22
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 35 40 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 4.33% 4.11% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.87% 4.78% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 18
10th Percentile - £41,500 £37,625
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +54.55% -7.95%
75th Percentile £59,063 £91,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,875 - £60,240
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £51,245 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.89% -14.59% +9.09%

All Process and 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 718 837 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.86% 86.02% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 312 452 497
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £29,600
25th Percentile £32,313 £38,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -30.91% +7.32% -6.82%

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
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Glasgow over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Glasgow

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:

Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) AWS
2 9 (25.71%) GitHub
3 5 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (14.29%) SaaS
3 5 (14.29%) Serverless
4 4 (11.43%) Amazon ECS
4 4 (11.43%) Amazon EMR
4 4 (11.43%) Amazon MSK
4 4 (11.43%) Amazon S3
4 4 (11.43%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.86%) Azure
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.86%) Amazon Athena
1 8 (22.86%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (11.43%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (11.43%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (11.43%) KDB
2 4 (11.43%) Kdb+
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (11.43%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (11.43%) Relational Database
3 3 (8.57%) Power BI
3 3 (8.57%) Tableau
4 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (2.86%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Jenkins
2 4 (11.43%) Git
2 4 (11.43%) Maven
General
1 22 (62.86%) Finance
2 19 (54.29%) Law
3 18 (51.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (37.14%) Banking
5 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (14.29%) Marketing
7 4 (11.43%) Front Office
7 4 (11.43%) Private Banking
8 2 (5.71%) Back Office
8 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Developer
2 18 (51.43%) Software Engineer
3 13 (37.14%) Java Engineer
3 13 (37.14%) Lead
3 13 (37.14%) Lead Software Engineer
4 12 (34.29%) Java Software Engineer
5 10 (28.57%) Java Developer
6 9 (25.71%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 9 (25.71%) Software Developer
7 8 (22.86%) Java Software Developer
7 8 (22.86%) Lead Java Engineer
8 7 (20.00%) Senior
9 6 (17.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (17.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 6 (17.14%) React Developer
10 5 (14.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 5 (14.29%) Senior Developer
10 5 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (11.43%) Lead Developer
11 4 (11.43%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (31.43%) RESTful
1 11 (31.43%) Spring
2 8 (22.86%) Spring Boot
3 6 (17.14%) React
4 4 (11.43%) AngularJS
4 4 (11.43%) HTML
4 4 (11.43%) jQuery
4 4 (11.43%) Kafka
5 3 (8.57%) Hibernate
6 2 (5.71%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (5.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.43%) Data Structures
2 4 (11.43%) Derivative
2 4 (11.43%) Distributed Applications
3 2 (5.71%) NHS
4 1 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 18 (51.43%) Agile
3 18 (51.43%) Mathematics
4 16 (45.71%) Decision-Making
5 14 (40.00%) AI
5 14 (40.00%) Operational Stability
6 9 (25.71%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (25.71%) SDLC
6 9 (25.71%) Tech Ops
7 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
8 7 (20.00%) Analytics
8 7 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (17.14%) Machine Learning
9 6 (17.14%) Test Automation
10 5 (14.29%) OOP
11 4 (11.43%) Asset Management
11 4 (11.43%) Product Management
11 4 (11.43%) TDD
11 4 (11.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) Java
2 10 (28.57%) SQL
3 9 (25.71%) Python
4 4 (11.43%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.71%) C
5 2 (5.71%) C#
6 1 (2.86%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 21 (60.00%) Degree
2 13 (37.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 4 (11.43%) PhD
5 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) ISO 9001
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 5 (14.29%) Terraform
2 4 (11.43%) Grafana
2 4 (11.43%) Netcool
2 4 (11.43%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 4 (11.43%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Oracle
2 4 (11.43%) Dynatrace
2 4 (11.43%) IBM
2 4 (11.43%) PayPal
2 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
2 4 (11.43%) Splunk
3 3 (8.57%) Alteryx
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Teradata