Degree Jobs in Scotland

Academic Degree
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 +11
Permanent jobs citing Degree 522 609 1,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.16% 16.05% 18.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.62% 48.41% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 250 238 282
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £26,525
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,608 £49,838 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% +4.92% +11.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,899 £60,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 992 1,258 1,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.41% 33.16% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 467 426 550
10th Percentile £27,950 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,091 £32,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,629
90th Percentile £81,550 £79,375 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Degree in Scotland.

Salary trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Degree in Scotland

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 Degree within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 -43 246 £51,000 -7.27% 47
Edinburgh +1 136 £60,000 +19.67% 29
Aberdeen -1 45 £35,000 -30.00% 6
Dundee -1 19 £47,500 -1.29% 3
Renfrewshire +4 10 £35,500 -25.26% 4
Aberdeenshire -2 10 £30,000 +21.21% 7
Fife -10 9 £43,200 -21.45% 7
Midlothian +5 7 £42,500 +6.90% 19
Lanarkshire -8 7 £42,500 +21.43% 34
Stirling -1 6 £32,500 -35.07% 1
South Ayrshire - 5 £58,033 - 8
West Lothian -11 4 £78,750 +197.17% 2
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 3 £32,500 - 7
Argyll and Bute - 2 £37,214 - 1
Clackmannanshire - 2 £50,000 - 1
East Lothian - 1 - - 2
Degree
UK

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 29 (5.56%) FileNet
2 26 (4.98%) Confluence
3 10 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.57%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 36 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.11%) Simulink
5 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 7 (1.34%) UserZoom
7 4 (0.77%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.57%) InVision
8 3 (0.57%) Sketch
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.19%) Revit
9 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.72%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.57%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.19%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 52 (9.96%) Figma
2 48 (9.20%) SurveyMonkey
3 33 (6.32%) Amazon S3
4 32 (6.13%) GitHub
5 31 (5.94%) AWS
6 30 (5.75%) Azure
7 25 (4.79%) Power Platform
8 16 (3.07%) SaaS
9 15 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.92%) Entra ID
13 9 (1.72%) Serverless
14 7 (1.34%) Amazon MSK
14 7 (1.34%) Datadog
14 7 (1.34%) GCP
15 5 (0.96%) IaaS
16 4 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
16 4 (0.77%) AWS Lambda
16 4 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.17%) Wireless
2 14 (2.68%) LAN
2 14 (2.68%) WAN
3 11 (2.11%) Network Security
4 7 (1.34%) Firewall
5 6 (1.15%) VPN
5 6 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.96%) DHCP
6 5 (0.96%) DNS
7 3 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.57%) VLAN
8 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.38%) SAN
9 1 (0.19%) HTTP
9 1 (0.19%) Internet
9 1 (0.19%) IPsec
9 1 (0.19%) NGFW
9 1 (0.19%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.13%) NoSQL
2 29 (5.56%) Apache Cassandra
2 29 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
3 25 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 23 (4.41%) Power BI
5 16 (3.07%) MS Access
6 14 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 13 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.92%) Big Data
9 10 (1.92%) MySQL
10 9 (1.72%) DB2
11 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (1.15%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (0.96%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.96%) OLAP
13 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.77%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (8.05%) JIRA
2 40 (7.66%) Jenkins
3 29 (5.56%) Jasmine
3 29 (5.56%) JUnit
3 29 (5.56%) Mockito
4 20 (3.83%) Git
5 15 (2.87%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.34%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.15%) MSTest
8 3 (0.57%) GitLab
8 3 (0.57%) JMeter
8 3 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.57%) Selenium
9 2 (0.38%) Maven
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 240 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 198 (37.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 194 (37.16%) Finance
4 132 (25.29%) Law
5 113 (21.65%) Marketing
6 92 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (9.20%) Manufacturing
8 41 (7.85%) Public Sector
9 34 (6.51%) Legal
10 31 (5.94%) Social Science
11 27 (5.17%) Electronics
12 20 (3.83%) Banking
13 18 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (3.26%) Aerospace
15 15 (2.87%) Retail
16 13 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (2.30%) Telecoms
18 9 (1.72%) Automotive
19 7 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
20 6 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (11.88%) Software Engineer
2 60 (11.49%) Senior
3 59 (11.30%) Lead
4 53 (10.15%) Developer
5 31 (5.94%) Analyst
6 28 (5.36%) Junior
7 27 (5.17%) Graduate
8 24 (4.60%) Architect
9 21 (4.02%) Embedded Engineer
10 18 (3.45%) Project Manager
10 18 (3.45%) User Experience Researcher
11 16 (3.07%) Electronics Engineer
12 15 (2.87%) Designer
12 15 (2.87%) IT Manager
12 15 (2.87%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 15 (2.87%) Software Design Engineer
13 14 (2.68%) Agile Coach
13 14 (2.68%) Senior Designer
13 14 (2.68%) Senior UX Designer
13 14 (2.68%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.77%) React
2 41 (7.85%) AngularJS
3 40 (7.66%) Spring
4 37 (7.09%) Kafka
5 31 (5.94%) .NET
6 29 (5.56%) GraphQL
6 29 (5.56%) Hibernate
6 29 (5.56%) J2EE
6 29 (5.56%) Spring Integration
7 26 (4.98%) CSS
7 26 (4.98%) HTML
8 8 (1.53%) JPA
8 8 (1.53%) Node.js
8 8 (1.53%) RESTful
8 8 (1.53%) Web Services
9 7 (1.34%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.34%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.15%) Vue
11 5 (0.96%) TensorFlow
12 4 (0.77%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.28%) Market Risk
2 32 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 30 (5.75%) Cloud Native
4 27 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.79%) Algorithms
6 11 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 9 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.53%) IoT
10 7 (1.34%) Credit Risk
11 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.96%) FPGA
13 4 (0.77%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.77%) PMI
13 4 (0.77%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.00%) Windows
2 41 (7.85%) Linux
3 18 (3.45%) Unix
4 17 (3.26%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.15%) Android
5 6 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.96%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (37.74%) Computer Science
2 139 (26.63%) Agile
3 126 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
4 115 (22.03%) Software Engineering
5 87 (16.67%) Project Management
6 80 (15.33%) User Experience
7 76 (14.56%) Decision-Making
8 68 (13.03%) Actionable Insight
9 62 (11.88%) Mentoring
9 62 (11.88%) UX Research
10 58 (11.11%) Service Design
11 56 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (10.54%) SDLC
13 53 (10.15%) User Research
14 52 (9.96%) Artificial Intelligence
14 52 (9.96%) Interaction Design
14 52 (9.96%) Roadmaps
15 51 (9.77%) Coaching
16 50 (9.58%) Machine Learning
17 49 (9.39%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 98 (18.77%) SQL
2 61 (11.69%) C
3 60 (11.49%) Java
4 56 (10.73%) Python
5 49 (9.39%) C#
6 44 (8.43%) C++
7 30 (5.75%) R
8 29 (5.56%) JavaScript
9 27 (5.17%) Embedded C
10 14 (2.68%) MATLAB
11 13 (2.49%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.72%) VBA
13 5 (0.96%) PHP
13 5 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.96%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.96%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.77%) Rust
15 3 (0.57%) Haskell
15 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.38%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 112 (21.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 106 (20.31%) Master's Degree
3 61 (11.69%) PhD
4 26 (4.98%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.83%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.68%) CISM
7 12 (2.30%) CISA
7 12 (2.30%) CISSP
8 9 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (1.34%) HND
10 7 (1.34%) PMI Certification
10 7 (1.34%) PMP
11 6 (1.15%) HNC
12 5 (0.96%) CCNA
12 5 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (0.96%) GCIA
12 5 (0.96%) GCIH
12 5 (0.96%) GREM
12 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.56%) QA
2 17 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.92%) PMO
4 9 (1.72%) ITGC
5 8 (1.53%) GMP
5 8 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.34%) ISO 14001
6 7 (1.34%) ISO 9001
7 6 (1.15%) GDPR
7 6 (1.15%) NIST
8 4 (0.77%) DICOM
8 4 (0.77%) HL7
8 4 (0.77%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.77%) NCSC
9 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.57%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.57%) WCAG
10 2 (0.38%) COSHH
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 30 (5.75%) Firmware
2 15 (2.87%) Docker
3 12 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
4 11 (2.11%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.77%) Ansible
2 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.77%) Terraform
3 3 (0.57%) Autotask
4 2 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.58%) Oracle
3 37 (7.09%) Qualtrics
4 18 (3.45%) SAP
5 12 (2.30%) VMware
6 10 (1.92%) Sage
6 10 (1.92%) Splunk
7 9 (1.72%) Cisco
7 9 (1.72%) Google
8 8 (1.53%) ANSYS
9 5 (0.96%) Dell
9 5 (0.96%) Juniper
9 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.77%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.57%) Adobe
11 3 (0.57%) Apple
11 3 (0.57%) Citrix
11 3 (0.57%) Facebook
11 3 (0.57%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.38%) Alteryx