Shadow IT Job Trends in Glasgow

Shadow IT
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Shadow IT in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Shadow IT over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Shadow IT 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.094% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,479 - -
Scotland median annual salary £24,479 - -

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

Shadow IT falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 274 269 2,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.75% 38.16% 60.84%
Number of salaries quoted 179 87 302
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -11.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,360 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,250 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Shadow IT
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) QA