Degree Job Trends in Glasgow

Academic Degree
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 53
Rank change year-on-year +8 +27 -43
Permanent jobs citing Degree 59 80 231
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 5.15% 11.08% 8.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.52% 43.96% 62.10%
Number of salaries quoted 22 16 65
10th Percentile £24,213 - £33,900
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £34,625 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.40% -32.11% -7.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - £66,250 £89,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £40,500 £49,990
% change year-on-year +23.46% -18.98% -0.02%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 182 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 15.37% 25.21% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48 54 157
10th Percentile £25,375 £27,425 £36,150
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.05% -33.18% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £90,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,250 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.24% -15.00% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Degree job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Degree
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Glasgow over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.39%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.69%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.56%) Azure
3 5 (8.47%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.39%) AWS
6 1 (1.69%) Asana
6 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.69%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) DNS
2 2 (3.39%) MPLS
2 2 (3.39%) SDH
2 2 (3.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.39%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Claude Code
1 2 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Git
General
1 28 (47.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.42%) Finance
3 13 (22.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (22.03%) Law
4 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.86%) Manufacturing
6 6 (10.17%) Banking
7 5 (8.47%) Electronics
8 4 (6.78%) Private Banking
9 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.39%) Front Office
10 2 (3.39%) Local Government
10 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Marketing
11 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (13.56%) Developer
1 8 (13.56%) RPG Developer
2 7 (11.86%) Senior
3 6 (10.17%) Account Executive
4 5 (8.47%) Industrial Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Lead
4 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.47%) Sales Account Executive
4 5 (8.47%) Sales Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Sales Executive
4 5 (8.47%) Telesales Executive
5 4 (6.78%) Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) IT Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) IT Manager
5 4 (6.78%) IT Systems Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) Senior IT Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 4 (6.78%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.08%) Applications Support
6 3 (5.08%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Hugging Face
1 4 (6.78%) PyTorch
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Basis
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) AS400
2 6 (10.17%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.78%) AI Agents
3 4 (6.78%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.39%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.69%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.69%) FMCG
6 1 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) IoT
6 1 (1.69%) PropTech
6 1 (1.69%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
1 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (35.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (30.51%) ITIL
4 13 (22.03%) Mentoring
5 10 (16.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (16.95%) Telesales
6 7 (11.86%) AI
7 6 (10.17%) Agile
7 6 (10.17%) Change Management
7 6 (10.17%) Customer Service
7 6 (10.17%) Data Science
7 6 (10.17%) Machine Learning
8 5 (8.47%) Data Analysis
8 5 (8.47%) Decision-Making
8 5 (8.47%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (8.47%) Pricing Strategy
8 5 (8.47%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.47%) Project Management
8 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) RPG
2 6 (10.17%) Python
3 2 (3.39%) Java
4 1 (1.69%) C
4 1 (1.69%) C#
4 1 (1.69%) C++
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.69%) R
4 1 (1.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) City & Guilds
2 4 (6.78%) PhD
3 2 (3.39%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.39%) HNC
3 2 (3.39%) HND
3 2 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.69%) CISSP
4 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.69%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.25%) IBM
3 5 (8.47%) Dell
4 2 (3.39%) SAP
4 2 (3.39%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) Databricks