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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -29 +8 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 690 758 755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.28% 16.59% 12.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.07% 54.45% 47.85%
Number of salaries quoted 311 237 259
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,543 £50,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +9.63% +4.58%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,285 £59,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +7.73% -

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 1,209 1,392 1,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.01% 30.46% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 540 423 508
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,750 £26,175
25th Percentile £34,430 £38,428 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.13% +2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 18 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 18 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 -48 331 £42,500 -22.73% 96
Edinburgh +11 166 £60,000 +13.21% 84
Aberdeen -2 65 £35,000 -30.00% 40
Dundee 0 32 £47,500 -0.23% 8
Fife -2 17 £42,500 -22.73% 12
Lanarkshire 0 11 £42,500 +6.57% 45
Renfrewshire +4 10 £36,083 - 2
Midlothian +5 7 £42,500 +6.90% 21
Stirling 0 6 £41,250 -13.36% 8
Aberdeenshire -5 6 £28,500 +15.15% 20
North Lanarkshire -2 5 £35,000 - 7
West Lothian -10 5 £38,750 +29.17% 4
South Lanarkshire - 5 - - 6
Perthshire +3 3 £30,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 - - 4
South Ayrshire - 2 £65,000 - 17
Argyll and Bute - 2 £37,214 -
East Ayrshire - 1 £25,000 -
East Lothian - 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 (5.22%) Confluence
2 29 (4.20%) FileNet
3 17 (2.46%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.88%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.58%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.43%) SAS
8 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (7.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (4.64%) UserZoom
4 16 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.16%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.87%) Simulink
8 4 (0.58%) AutoCAD
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 12 (1.74%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (0.58%) Primavera
2 4 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (11.45%) Figma
2 75 (10.87%) SurveyMonkey
3 72 (10.43%) Azure
4 53 (7.68%) AWS
5 36 (5.22%) SaaS
6 35 (5.07%) GitHub
7 32 (4.64%) Amazon S3
8 29 (4.20%) Power Platform
9 22 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.88%) Serverless
14 11 (1.59%) GCP
15 7 (1.01%) Amazon MSK
15 7 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.01%) Datadog
15 7 (1.01%) IaaS
16 4 (0.58%) ChatGPT
16 4 (0.58%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 50 (7.25%) Wireless
2 14 (2.03%) LAN
2 14 (2.03%) WAN
3 13 (1.88%) Firewall
4 11 (1.59%) Network Security
5 9 (1.30%) DHCP
5 9 (1.30%) DNS
6 8 (1.16%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.01%) HTTP
7 7 (1.01%) MQTT
8 6 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.87%) VLAN
8 6 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.72%) VPN
10 4 (0.58%) Internet
11 3 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.43%) SMS
12 2 (0.29%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.14%) MPLS
13 1 (0.14%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.20%) Apache Cassandra
2 29 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
2 29 (4.20%) NoSQL
2 29 (4.20%) Power BI
3 19 (2.75%) Big Data
4 14 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (1.88%) Apache Hive
6 12 (1.74%) MySQL
7 11 (1.59%) DB2
8 10 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.01%) MS Access
9 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (0.87%) OLAP
11 5 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.43%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.29%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 69 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 64 (9.28%) JIRA
3 30 (4.35%) Jasmine
4 29 (4.20%) Git
4 29 (4.20%) JUnit
4 29 (4.20%) Mockito
5 15 (2.17%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.01%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.01%) MSTest
6 7 (1.01%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.87%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.87%) Maven
8 4 (0.58%) GitLab
8 4 (0.58%) Selenium
9 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) TestComplete
General
1 346 (50.14%) Social Skills
2 291 (42.17%) Finance
2 291 (42.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 207 (30.00%) Law
4 175 (25.36%) Marketing
5 100 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (7.68%) Manufacturing
7 43 (6.23%) Public Sector
8 41 (5.94%) Banking
9 35 (5.07%) Legal
10 33 (4.78%) Social Science
11 32 (4.64%) Electronics
12 24 (3.48%) Telecoms
13 19 (2.75%) Retail
14 18 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.17%) Military
16 14 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 14 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
16 14 (2.03%) Private Banking
17 11 (1.59%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 88 (12.75%) Software Engineer
2 82 (11.88%) Developer
3 81 (11.74%) Analyst
4 68 (9.86%) Senior
5 65 (9.42%) Lead
6 56 (8.12%) Graduate
7 45 (6.52%) Embedded Engineer
7 45 (6.52%) User Experience Researcher
8 34 (4.93%) Junior
9 26 (3.77%) Project Manager
10 23 (3.33%) Full Stack Developer
10 23 (3.33%) Java Engineer
10 23 (3.33%) Java Software Engineer
10 23 (3.33%) Junior Embedded Engineer
10 23 (3.33%) Software Developer
11 22 (3.19%) Support Analyst
12 21 (3.04%) Architect
13 19 (2.75%) Full Stack Engineer
13 19 (2.75%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 18 (2.61%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (10.43%) AngularJS
2 62 (8.99%) React
3 57 (8.26%) Spring
4 41 (5.94%) Kafka
5 34 (4.93%) HTML
6 33 (4.78%) CSS
7 29 (4.20%) GraphQL
7 29 (4.20%) Hibernate
7 29 (4.20%) J2EE
7 29 (4.20%) Spring Integration
8 20 (2.90%) Node.js
9 19 (2.75%) .NET
10 12 (1.74%) Django
10 12 (1.74%) RESTful
11 8 (1.16%) Express.js
11 8 (1.16%) JPA
11 8 (1.16%) Vue
12 7 (1.01%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.01%) Flask
12 7 (1.01%) Serverless Framework
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.81%) Algorithms
2 45 (6.52%) Market Risk
3 43 (6.23%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.78%) Management Information System
5 32 (4.64%) Cloud Native
6 19 (2.75%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.61%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.03%) IoT
9 12 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.59%) Life Science
10 11 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
10 11 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.01%) Arduino
12 7 (1.01%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.01%) Raspberry Pi
13 6 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
13 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (9.13%) Windows
2 56 (8.12%) Linux
3 30 (4.35%) Unix
3 30 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.03%) Mac OS X
5 10 (1.45%) Android
6 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.58%) CentOS
6 4 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (35.22%) Computer Science
2 233 (33.77%) Agile
3 176 (25.51%) Software Engineering
4 159 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (17.10%) User Experience
6 113 (16.38%) Actionable Insight
7 110 (15.94%) Project Management
8 107 (15.51%) Mentoring
9 104 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (14.06%) DevOps
11 94 (13.62%) Decision-Making
11 94 (13.62%) SDLC
12 91 (13.19%) UX Research
13 89 (12.90%) Roadmaps
14 85 (12.32%) Service Design
15 82 (11.88%) User Research
16 81 (11.74%) Artificial Intelligence
17 79 (11.45%) Analytics
17 79 (11.45%) Product Management
18 77 (11.16%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 103 (14.93%) SQL
2 91 (13.19%) C
3 90 (13.04%) Java
4 62 (8.99%) Python
5 50 (7.25%) C++
6 46 (6.67%) Embedded C
7 40 (5.80%) C#
7 40 (5.80%) JavaScript
8 37 (5.36%) R
9 17 (2.46%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.46%) TypeScript
10 12 (1.74%) Rust
11 10 (1.45%) PHP
12 9 (1.30%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.16%) Go
14 7 (1.01%) Haskell
14 7 (1.01%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.87%) Bash
16 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 125 (18.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 109 (15.80%) Master's Degree
3 74 (10.72%) PhD
4 31 (4.49%) Security Cleared
5 26 (3.77%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.04%) CISSP
7 20 (2.90%) CISM
8 15 (2.17%) GCIA
8 15 (2.17%) GCIH
9 14 (2.03%) GREM
10 11 (1.59%) CISA
11 10 (1.45%) PMP
12 8 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.16%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 6 (0.87%) ACCA
14 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (0.87%) HNC
15 5 (0.72%) HND
16 4 (0.58%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.78%) Actionable Recommendations
1 33 (4.78%) QA
2 17 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.74%) PMO
4 11 (1.59%) ITGC
5 9 (1.30%) GMP
6 7 (1.01%) ISO 14001
6 7 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 5 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.58%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.58%) DICOM
8 4 (0.58%) GDPR
8 4 (0.58%) HL7
8 4 (0.58%) ISO 13485
9 3 (0.43%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) NEBOSH
9 3 (0.43%) NIST
9 3 (0.43%) WCAG
10 2 (0.29%) COSHH
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 59 (8.55%) Firmware
2 24 (3.48%) Embedded Firmware
3 18 (2.61%) Docker
4 17 (2.46%) Active Directory
5 11 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (1.30%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.14%) pfSense
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 4 (0.58%) Terraform
4 3 (0.43%) Autotask
5 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.29%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 104 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.28%) Qualtrics
3 47 (6.81%) Oracle
4 26 (3.77%) SAP
5 22 (3.19%) Dell
6 18 (2.61%) VMware
7 15 (2.17%) Sage
8 12 (1.74%) Google
9 8 (1.16%) Cisco
9 8 (1.16%) Splunk
10 7 (1.01%) NVIDIA
11 5 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.58%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.58%) ANSYS
12 4 (0.58%) Apple
12 4 (0.58%) IBM
12 4 (0.58%) Xero
13 3 (0.43%) Facebook
13 3 (0.43%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.43%) OpenAI