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 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 98 81
Rank change year-on-year -35 -17 +56
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science Degree 24 54 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.92% 1.63% 3.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.34% 7.65% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10 30 70
10th Percentile £44,900 £45,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £45,313 £48,796 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,625 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +3.00% +15.81%
75th Percentile £85,700 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £91,275 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.61%

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 553 706 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.11% 21.30% 22.85%
Number of salaries quoted 199 281 394
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £39,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.81%
75th Percentile £61,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,500 £74,700
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 -6 13 £51,250 -39.71% 9
Edinburgh -12 3 £55,500 +0.91% 14
East Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
South Ayrshire - 2 £85,700 -
Aberdeen +18 1 - - 2
Moray - 1 - -
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) AWS
2 5 (20.83%) GitHub
2 5 (20.83%) SaaS
3 4 (16.67%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (16.67%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (16.67%) Amazon EMR
3 4 (16.67%) Amazon MSK
3 4 (16.67%) Amazon S3
3 4 (16.67%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (16.67%) Serverless
4 3 (12.50%) Azure
5 2 (8.33%) AWS IoT
5 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Bluetooth
1 2 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (8.33%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (8.33%) Modbus
1 2 (8.33%) MQTT
2 1 (4.17%) 802.11
2 1 (4.17%) BGP
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) HSRP
2 1 (4.17%) IPsec
2 1 (4.17%) OSPF
2 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.17%) VPN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
2 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Amazon Athena
1 4 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (16.67%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Git
2 4 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 4 (16.67%) Maven
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Banking
4 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (16.67%) Law
5 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Agriculture
6 2 (8.33%) Back Office
6 2 (8.33%) Electronics
6 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) Software Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Java Developer
3 6 (25.00%) React Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Architect
4 5 (20.83%) Java Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Architect
5 4 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 4 (16.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 4 (16.67%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
5 4 (16.67%) Java Software Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Software Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (8.33%) Dynamics NAV Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (8.33%) SaaS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) Spring
2 6 (25.00%) React
3 5 (20.83%) Middleware
4 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 4 (16.67%) HTML
4 4 (16.67%) jQuery
4 4 (16.67%) Spring Boot
5 3 (12.50%) Hibernate
5 3 (12.50%) RESTful
6 2 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (8.33%) XML
7 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
7 1 (4.17%) ADO
7 1 (4.17%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Structures
2 3 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.33%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (8.33%) IoT
3 2 (8.33%) NHS
4 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 15 (62.50%) Agile
3 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (41.67%) Software Engineering
5 8 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 8 (33.33%) DevOps
5 8 (33.33%) SDLC
6 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
7 6 (25.00%) Configuration Management
7 6 (25.00%) Open Source
7 6 (25.00%) Test Automation
8 5 (20.83%) Analytics
8 5 (20.83%) OOP
8 5 (20.83%) UML
8 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
9 4 (16.67%) Kanban
9 4 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) Java
2 5 (20.83%) C
3 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) C#
4 3 (12.50%) C++
5 2 (8.33%) Bash
5 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (20.83%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) CCNA
3 1 (4.17%) CCNP
3 1 (4.17%) CEH
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.17%) CISM
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) CSSLP
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001
3 2 (8.33%) JTAG
4 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Google
3 2 (8.33%) NVIDIA
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco