Postgraduate Jobs in Scotland

Postgraduate
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 280 225
Rank change year-on-year +122 -55 +14
Permanent jobs citing Postgraduate 3 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.099% 0.045% 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.25% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £28,946 £38,887
25th Percentile £51,168 £30,841 £40,159
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,086 £36,000 £44,186
Median % change year-on-year +47.46% -18.53% -
75th Percentile £55,003 £37,878 £48,413
90th Percentile - £37,951 £49,806
UK median annual salary £61,543 £47,560 £43,619
% change year-on-year +29.40% +9.04% -17.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Postgraduate 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 1,328 1,219 1,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 44.00% 18.17% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 650 550 426
10th Percentile £37,574 £26,700 £28,625
25th Percentile £47,683 £34,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +16.21%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £67,603
90th Percentile £63,750 £79,600 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.86% +7.73%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Scotland

Postgraduate
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Postgraduate in Scotland

Postgraduate
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Postgraduate within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Edinburgh - 2 - - 4
Glasgow - 1 £53,086 - 3
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) LaTeX
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Transformation Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Credit Risk
1 2 (66.67%) Market Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Model Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Physics
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree