Computer Science Degree Job Trends in Scotland

Computer Science Degree
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 123 140
Rank change year-on-year -15 +17 -44
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 4 22 131
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.12% 0.99% 2.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 4.55% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 59
10th Percentile £31,350 £41,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,125 £43,750 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £51,914 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% -13.48% -1.32%
75th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,050 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 642 483 1,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 19.79% 21.78% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 169 173 559
10th Percentile £27,200 £25,313 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.09% -4.03%
75th Percentile £66,000 £63,750 £64,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Scotland

Computer Science Degree
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Computer Science Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Computer Science Degree in Scotland

Computer Science Degree
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +11 4 £48,500 -6.58% 9
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
1 1 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Junior
1 1 (25.00%) Junior Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Research Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) Distributed Algorithms
4 1 (25.00%) Fund Management
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Network Design
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) FIS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto