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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 122 80
Rank change year-on-year +8 -42 +54
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 31 85 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.22% 1.95% 3.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.58% 11.04% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 16 37 82
10th Percentile £44,500 £37,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,938 £48,750 £46,335
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +15.81%
75th Percentile £72,050 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £91,350 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +18.18%

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 471 770 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.61% 17.62% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 178 311 421
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,034
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £50,309 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% +0.34% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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
Glasgow +37 14 £50,000 -41.18% 7
Edinburgh +1 8 £57,500 -4.17% 6
Aberdeen +21 2 - - 5
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
Fife - 1 £52,500 - 2
Moray - 1 - -
East Ayrshire - 1 £85,700 -
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) AWS
1 9 (29.03%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) GitHub
2 5 (16.13%) SaaS
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon EMR
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon MSK
3 4 (12.90%) Amazon S3
3 4 (12.90%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (12.90%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (12.90%) Serverless
4 2 (6.45%) AWS IoT
4 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.45%) GCP
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Bluetooth
1 2 (6.45%) DHCP
1 2 (6.45%) DNS
1 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.45%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (6.45%) Modbus
1 2 (6.45%) MQTT
2 1 (3.23%) 802.11
2 1 (3.23%) BGP
2 1 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) HSRP
2 1 (3.23%) IPsec
2 1 (3.23%) OSPF
2 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) WAN
2 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (12.90%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (12.90%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Git
2 4 (12.90%) Jenkins
2 4 (12.90%) Maven
3 3 (9.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 6 (19.35%) Law
5 4 (12.90%) Banking
5 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (9.68%) Telecoms
7 2 (6.45%) Agriculture
7 2 (6.45%) Back Office
7 2 (6.45%) Electronics
7 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.45%) Marketing
7 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) Developer
2 9 (29.03%) Java Developer
2 9 (29.03%) Software Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) React Developer
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Java Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (12.90%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 4 (12.90%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
5 4 (12.90%) Java Software Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
5 4 (12.90%) Software Architect
5 4 (12.90%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.68%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (22.58%) Spring
2 6 (19.35%) React
3 4 (12.90%) AngularJS
3 4 (12.90%) HTML
3 4 (12.90%) jQuery
3 4 (12.90%) Middleware
3 4 (12.90%) Spring Boot
4 3 (9.68%) Hibernate
4 3 (9.68%) RESTful
5 2 (6.45%) XML
6 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
6 1 (3.23%) ADO
6 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (3.23%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (9.68%) Data Structures
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.68%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.45%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.45%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (6.45%) IoT
3 2 (6.45%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.23%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 18 (58.06%) Agile
2 18 (58.06%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (38.71%) Software Engineering
4 10 (32.26%) DevOps
5 8 (25.81%) Scrum
6 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (22.58%) CI/CD
6 7 (22.58%) Design Patterns
6 7 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 7 (22.58%) SDLC
7 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (19.35%) Open Source
7 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
8 5 (16.13%) Configuration Management
8 5 (16.13%) OOP
9 4 (12.90%) Kanban
9 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
9 4 (12.90%) UML
9 4 (12.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Java
2 8 (25.81%) C++
3 7 (22.58%) C
4 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.90%) SQL
5 3 (9.68%) C#
6 2 (6.45%) Bash
6 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
6 2 (6.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.90%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CCNA
5 1 (3.23%) CCNP
5 1 (3.23%) CEH
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.45%) ISO 9001
3 2 (6.45%) JTAG
4 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Firmware
2 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
1 7 (22.58%) Oracle
2 2 (6.45%) Google
2 2 (6.45%) NVIDIA
2 2 (6.45%) SAP
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco