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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 42 49
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 -22
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 24 39 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 3.02% 4.37% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 4.93% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 17
10th Percentile - £38,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £59,063 £90,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,875 £91,250 £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,249 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.78% -18.18% -

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 649 791 687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 81.64% 88.68% 96.62%
Number of salaries quoted 341 406 459
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,800
25th Percentile £32,851 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,156 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,250
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

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 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 (12.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) AWS
2 7 (29.17%) GitHub
3 5 (20.83%) SaaS
4 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (8.33%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (8.33%) Amazon MSK
6 2 (8.33%) Amazon S3
6 2 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (8.33%) Serverless
7 1 (4.17%) Azure
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) Tableau
3 2 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (8.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (8.33%) KDB
3 2 (8.33%) Kdb+
3 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.33%) Git
2 2 (8.33%) Maven
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Law
3 8 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (25.00%) Banking
5 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Back Office
6 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Front Office
6 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 2 (8.33%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 7 (29.17%) Java Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Java Developer
4 6 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
4 6 (25.00%) Lead
4 6 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Java Software Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Lead Java Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
5 4 (16.67%) React Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Senior
5 4 (16.67%) Software Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Insight Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) RESTful
1 7 (29.17%) Spring
2 4 (16.67%) React
2 4 (16.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 2 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (8.33%) HTML
4 2 (8.33%) jQuery
4 2 (8.33%) Kafka
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.33%) Derivative
3 2 (8.33%) Distributed Applications
3 2 (8.33%) NHS
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (45.83%) Software Engineering
3 10 (41.67%) Agile
4 9 (37.50%) AI
4 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 9 (37.50%) Mathematics
5 7 (29.17%) Analytics
6 6 (25.00%) Operational Stability
7 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (20.83%) OOP
8 4 (16.67%) SDLC
8 4 (16.67%) Tech Ops
8 4 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 3 (12.50%) Data Analytics
9 3 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (12.50%) Statistics
9 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
9 3 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) Java
2 8 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (8.33%) C
4 2 (8.33%) C#
4 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Degree
2 11 (45.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 3 (12.50%) PhD
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Grafana
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.33%) Netcool
1 2 (8.33%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
1 2 (8.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Alteryx
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) PayPal
2 3 (12.50%) Teradata
3 2 (8.33%) Dynatrace
3 2 (8.33%) IBM
3 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) Splunk