Degree Jobs in Scotland

Academic Degree
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -25 +8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 701 756 703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.41% 16.06% 12.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.85% 55.22% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 315 237 258
10th Percentile £27,050 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,543 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £57,188
90th Percentile £78,250 £76,385 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,233 1,369 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.31% 29.08% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 551 423 508
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,800 £25,888
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,680 £32,378
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £45,397
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +16.75% +0.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,649 £60,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,715 £81,625
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -48 332 £42,500 -22.73% 87
Edinburgh +9 171 £60,000 +13.21% 92
Aberdeen -2 66 £35,000 -26.32% 51
Dundee 0 33 £47,500 +6.61% 7
Fife -2 18 £42,500 -15.00% 9
Lanarkshire -1 11 £42,500 +6.57% 33
Renfrewshire +4 10 £36,083 - 2
Midlothian +5 7 £42,500 +6.90% 17
Stirling +1 7 £50,000 +5.02% 9
Aberdeenshire -5 6 £28,500 +15.15% 28
North Lanarkshire -2 5 £35,000 - 5
West Lothian -10 5 £38,750 +93.75% 5
South Lanarkshire - 5 - - 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 4 - - 1
Perthshire +2 3 £30,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 2 £37,214 -
South Ayrshire - 2 £65,000 - 6
East Ayrshire - 1 £25,000 - 1
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
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 36 (5.14%) Confluence
2 29 (4.14%) FileNet
3 18 (2.57%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.00%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.57%) OpenEdge
6 4 (0.57%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) Apache
7 2 (0.29%) CMS
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (4.56%) UserZoom
4 16 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (1.71%) Simulink
7 9 (1.28%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.43%) InVision
9 3 (0.43%) Sketch
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.14%) EViews
10 1 (0.14%) Revit
10 1 (0.14%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.85%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.57%) Primavera
2 4 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (11.27%) Figma
2 75 (10.70%) SurveyMonkey
3 74 (10.56%) Azure
4 53 (7.56%) AWS
5 36 (5.14%) SaaS
6 35 (4.99%) GitHub
7 32 (4.56%) Amazon S3
8 28 (3.99%) Power Platform
9 22 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 13 (1.85%) Serverless
13 11 (1.57%) GCP
14 8 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.00%) Amazon MSK
15 7 (1.00%) Datadog
15 7 (1.00%) IaaS
16 4 (0.57%) ChatGPT
16 4 (0.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.56%) Wireless
2 14 (2.00%) Firewall
2 14 (2.00%) LAN
2 14 (2.00%) WAN
3 11 (1.57%) Network Security
4 10 (1.43%) DHCP
4 10 (1.43%) DNS
5 8 (1.14%) HTTP
5 8 (1.14%) MQTT
5 8 (1.14%) TCP/IP
6 6 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (0.86%) VLAN
6 6 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.71%) VPN
8 4 (0.57%) Internet
8 4 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (0.57%) SMS
9 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.14%) MPLS
10 1 (0.14%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.14%) Apache Cassandra
2 29 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
2 29 (4.14%) NoSQL
3 28 (3.99%) Power BI
4 19 (2.71%) Big Data
5 14 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.85%) Apache Hive
6 13 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.71%) DB2
7 12 (1.71%) MySQL
8 10 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.86%) MS Access
10 6 (0.86%) OLAP
11 5 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.57%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.43%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.29%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 69 (9.84%) Jenkins
2 63 (8.99%) JIRA
3 30 (4.28%) Git
3 30 (4.28%) Jasmine
4 29 (4.14%) JUnit
4 29 (4.14%) Mockito
5 15 (2.14%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.00%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.00%) MSTest
6 7 (1.00%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.57%) GitLab
8 4 (0.57%) Maven
8 4 (0.57%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
General
1 350 (49.93%) Social Skills
2 294 (41.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 292 (41.65%) Finance
4 208 (29.67%) Law
5 175 (24.96%) Marketing
6 102 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (7.28%) Manufacturing
8 44 (6.28%) Public Sector
9 42 (5.99%) Banking
10 38 (5.42%) Electronics
10 38 (5.42%) Legal
11 33 (4.71%) Social Science
12 26 (3.71%) Telecoms
13 20 (2.85%) Retail
14 17 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.14%) Military
15 15 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (2.00%) Private Banking
17 11 (1.57%) Financial Institution
17 11 (1.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (12.84%) Software Engineer
2 86 (12.27%) Analyst
3 82 (11.70%) Developer
4 71 (10.13%) Lead
5 68 (9.70%) Senior
6 57 (8.13%) Graduate
7 48 (6.85%) Embedded Engineer
8 45 (6.42%) User Experience Researcher
9 34 (4.85%) Junior
10 25 (3.57%) Project Manager
11 24 (3.42%) Full Stack Developer
11 24 (3.42%) Junior Embedded Engineer
12 23 (3.28%) Java Engineer
12 23 (3.28%) Java Software Engineer
12 23 (3.28%) Software Developer
13 22 (3.14%) Support Analyst
14 21 (3.00%) Architect
15 20 (2.85%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
15 20 (2.85%) Firmware Engineer
16 19 (2.71%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (10.27%) AngularJS
2 64 (9.13%) React
3 55 (7.85%) Spring
4 41 (5.85%) Kafka
5 36 (5.14%) HTML
6 35 (4.99%) CSS
7 29 (4.14%) GraphQL
7 29 (4.14%) Hibernate
7 29 (4.14%) J2EE
7 29 (4.14%) Spring Integration
8 18 (2.57%) .NET
8 18 (2.57%) Node.js
9 13 (1.85%) Django
10 12 (1.71%) RESTful
11 8 (1.14%) Express.js
11 8 (1.14%) Flask
11 8 (1.14%) JPA
11 8 (1.14%) Vue
12 7 (1.00%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.00%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.70%) Algorithms
2 45 (6.42%) Market Risk
3 43 (6.13%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.14%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.56%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.71%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.43%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (2.00%) IoT
9 12 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.71%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.57%) Life Science
10 11 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.14%) Arduino
11 8 (1.14%) Raspberry Pi
12 7 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.86%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (0.71%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.27%) Windows
2 58 (8.27%) Linux
3 31 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 30 (4.28%) Unix
5 14 (2.00%) Mac OS X
6 10 (1.43%) Android
7 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.57%) CentOS
7 4 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (35.09%) Computer Science
2 231 (32.95%) Agile
3 180 (25.68%) Software Engineering
4 155 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (16.98%) User Experience
6 114 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
7 111 (15.83%) Project Management
8 104 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (14.69%) Mentoring
10 95 (13.55%) Decision-Making
11 94 (13.41%) DevOps
11 94 (13.41%) SDLC
12 91 (12.98%) UX Research
13 87 (12.41%) Roadmaps
14 85 (12.13%) Artificial Intelligence
14 85 (12.13%) Service Design
15 82 (11.70%) User Research
16 80 (11.41%) Analytics
17 78 (11.13%) Product Management
18 77 (10.98%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 103 (14.69%) SQL
2 94 (13.41%) C
3 88 (12.55%) Java
4 62 (8.84%) Python
5 50 (7.13%) C++
6 49 (6.99%) Embedded C
7 42 (5.99%) JavaScript
8 39 (5.56%) C#
9 38 (5.42%) R
10 18 (2.57%) TypeScript
11 17 (2.43%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.85%) MATLAB
13 12 (1.71%) Rust
14 10 (1.43%) PHP
15 9 (1.28%) PowerShell
16 8 (1.14%) Go
17 7 (1.00%) Haskell
18 6 (0.86%) Bash
19 5 (0.71%) Kotlin
19 5 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (17.97%) Computer Science Degree
2 114 (16.26%) Master's Degree
3 74 (10.56%) PhD
4 31 (4.42%) Security Cleared
5 26 (3.71%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.00%) CISSP
7 20 (2.85%) CISM
8 15 (2.14%) GCIA
8 15 (2.14%) GCIH
9 14 (2.00%) GREM
10 12 (1.71%) CISA
11 9 (1.28%) PMP
12 8 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.00%) HNC
13 7 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.86%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.71%) HND
16 4 (0.57%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.85%) Actionable Recommendations
2 28 (3.99%) QA
3 17 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.85%) PMO
5 12 (1.71%) ITGC
6 7 (1.00%) ISO 14001
6 7 (1.00%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.86%) GMP
7 6 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.57%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.57%) DICOM
8 4 (0.57%) GDPR
8 4 (0.57%) HL7
8 4 (0.57%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.57%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.57%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) WCAG
10 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (8.84%) Firmware
2 25 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
3 20 (2.85%) Active Directory
4 18 (2.57%) Docker
5 11 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.14%) pfSense
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.57%) Ansible
3 4 (0.57%) Terraform
4 3 (0.43%) Autotask
5 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.29%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) CASB
6 1 (0.14%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (15.55%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.13%) Qualtrics
3 47 (6.70%) Oracle
4 28 (3.99%) SAP
5 23 (3.28%) Dell
6 18 (2.57%) VMware
7 16 (2.28%) Sage
8 12 (1.71%) Google
9 8 (1.14%) Cisco
9 8 (1.14%) NVIDIA
9 8 (1.14%) Splunk
10 5 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.57%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.57%) ANSYS
11 4 (0.57%) Apple
11 4 (0.57%) Citrix
11 4 (0.57%) IBM
11 4 (0.57%) Xero
12 3 (0.43%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.43%) OpenAI