Computer Science Jobs in Glasgow

Computer Science
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 42 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +1 +39
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 32 356 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.04% 10.19% 6.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 10.78% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5 40 22
10th Percentile £48,250 £38,925 £40,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £43,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £86,350 £90,125 £79,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,101 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.62% -12.50% +20.00%

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 700 3,302 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.38% 94.53% 97.44%
Number of salaries quoted 304 855 641
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,300 £34,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,767 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Glasgow

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Computer Science in Glasgow

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Glasgow over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Glasgow

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (40.63%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (18.75%) GitHub
3 5 (15.63%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (15.63%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (15.63%) Serverless
4 4 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
4 4 (12.50%) Amazon EMR
4 4 (12.50%) Amazon MSK
4 4 (12.50%) Amazon S3
4 4 (12.50%) Azure
4 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (6.25%) SaaS
7 1 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) Amazon Athena
1 8 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (15.63%) Relational Database
3 4 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (12.50%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (12.50%) KDB
3 4 (12.50%) Kdb+
4 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.13%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (12.50%) Maven
General
1 22 (68.75%) Finance
1 22 (68.75%) Law
2 18 (56.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (40.63%) Banking
4 5 (15.63%) Marketing
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Front Office
5 4 (12.50%) Private Banking
5 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Back Office
6 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Software Engineer
2 13 (40.63%) Lead
2 13 (40.63%) Lead Software Engineer
3 12 (37.50%) Java Engineer
3 12 (37.50%) Java Software Engineer
4 11 (34.38%) Developer
5 9 (28.13%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 9 (28.13%) Senior
5 9 (28.13%) Software Developer
6 8 (25.00%) Java Developer
6 8 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
6 8 (25.00%) Lead Java Engineer
7 6 (18.75%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (18.75%) Trainer
8 4 (12.50%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (12.50%) Lead Developer
8 4 (12.50%) Senior Developer
8 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (12.50%) Senior Java Software Engineer
8 4 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) RESTful
1 8 (25.00%) Spring
1 8 (25.00%) Spring Boot
2 4 (12.50%) AngularJS
2 4 (12.50%) HTML
2 4 (12.50%) jQuery
2 4 (12.50%) Kafka
2 4 (12.50%) React
3 2 (6.25%) XML
4 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Cloud Native
2 4 (12.50%) Derivative
2 4 (12.50%) Distributed Applications
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Life Science
4 1 (3.13%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Mathematics
2 20 (62.50%) Software Engineering
3 17 (53.13%) Agile
3 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (43.75%) Decision-Making
4 14 (43.75%) Operational Stability
5 12 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (28.13%) SDLC
6 9 (28.13%) Tech Ops
7 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 6 (18.75%) Conversational UI
7 6 (18.75%) Machine Learning
7 6 (18.75%) Statistics
7 6 (18.75%) Test Automation
8 5 (15.63%) Microservices
8 5 (15.63%) Scrum
9 4 (12.50%) Functional Programming
9 4 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
9 4 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (43.75%) Java
2 11 (34.38%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) SQL
4 3 (9.38%) C
5 2 (6.25%) C#
5 2 (6.25%) Objective-C
6 1 (3.13%) Bicep
6 1 (3.13%) C++
6 1 (3.13%) Perl
6 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) Degree
2 9 (28.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 6 (18.75%) PhD
5 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) ISO 9001
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Kubernetes
1 6 (18.75%) Terraform
2 4 (12.50%) Grafana
2 4 (12.50%) Netcool
2 4 (12.50%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 4 (12.50%) Tivoli
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Oracle
2 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.75%) PayPal
4 4 (12.50%) Dynatrace
4 4 (12.50%) IBM
4 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 4 (12.50%) Splunk