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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 39 60
Rank change year-on-year -2 +21 -37
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 16 34 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.29% 4.51% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 4.91% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 17
10th Percentile - £38,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £59,063 £88,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,875 £91,250 £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,498 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.84% -13.64% -

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 542 693 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 77.43% 91.91% 97.51%
Number of salaries quoted 336 326 459
10th Percentile £28,625 £35,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,625 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,875 £74,938 £64,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £75,250
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -5.64%

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 20 December 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 3 (18.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) GitHub
1 5 (31.25%) SaaS
2 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) Azure
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (18.75%) Power BI
2 3 (18.75%) Tableau
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Back Office
3 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Insight Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Report Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Report Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Trainer
4 2 (12.50%) Dynamics NAV Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 2 (12.50%) React Developer
4 2 (12.50%) SaaS Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Java Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Power Platform Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Hibernate
1 3 (18.75%) RESTful
1 3 (18.75%) Spring
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (12.50%) React
2 2 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) AI
2 7 (43.75%) Analytics
3 5 (31.25%) OOP
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (18.75%) Conversational UI
5 3 (18.75%) Data Analytics
5 3 (18.75%) Data Extraction
5 3 (18.75%) Data Management
5 3 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (18.75%) ETL
5 3 (18.75%) Mathematics
5 3 (18.75%) OO
5 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (18.75%) Statistics
5 3 (18.75%) Visualisation
5 3 (18.75%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) C
3 2 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 9 (56.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (18.75%) PhD
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) ISO 9001
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) Alteryx
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) PayPal
2 3 (18.75%) Teradata