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 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 123 130
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -45
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 3 27 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.089% 1.08% 2.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 5.67% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 15 49
10th Percentile £52,075 £41,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £60,063 £43,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £51,914 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.03% -13.48% -1.32%
75th Percentile £87,563 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,025 £65,000 £91,250
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 635 476 852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.85% 19.06% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 178 187 465
10th Percentile £27,425 £25,196 £27,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £44,128 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.87% -11.74% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £77,104 £81,700
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -3 2 £48,500 -6.58% 3
Lanarkshire - 1 £100,000 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Redis
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) WebDriver
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Research Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker