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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -14
Permanent jobs citing Degree 120 107 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 14.10% 11.15% 9.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.54% 48.86% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 40
10th Percentile £28,325 £31,250 £28,350
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,313 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +1.45% +20.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,625 £57,813
90th Percentile £60,000 £90,000 £63,900
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.00% - +4.17%

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 195 219 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.91% 22.81% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 70 96 112
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,875 £27,100
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,188 £80,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +5.00%

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 14 November 2025.

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 9 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.83%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 60 (50.00%) Chatbot
2 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.50%) Azure
1 9 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.67%) AWS
3 7 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.17%) GitHub
4 5 (4.17%) SaaS
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon EMR
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon MSK
5 4 (3.33%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.33%) Serverless
6 3 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.83%) IaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.83%) Miro
7 1 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.50%) DHCP
1 9 (7.50%) DNS
2 8 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.83%) Firewall
4 3 (2.50%) Network Security
4 3 (2.50%) VPN
4 3 (2.50%) WAN
4 3 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.67%) LAN
5 2 (1.67%) Softphone
6 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.00%) Power BI
2 4 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (3.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (3.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.50%) Tableau
4 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.83%) Power Query
4 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Git
2 4 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.33%) JIRA
2 4 (3.33%) Maven
General
1 45 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (24.17%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.17%) Finance
4 10 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Law
7 5 (4.17%) Banking
8 4 (3.33%) Electronics
9 3 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.67%) Back Office
10 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.67%) Retail
11 1 (0.83%) Aviation
11 1 (0.83%) Avionics
11 1 (0.83%) Billing
11 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.83%) Military
11 1 (0.83%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (49.17%) Trainer
2 15 (12.50%) Developer
3 12 (10.00%) Analyst
4 9 (7.50%) IT Engineer
5 8 (6.67%) IT Support
5 8 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (6.67%) Lead
5 8 (6.67%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.00%) Java Developer
6 6 (5.00%) React Developer
6 6 (5.00%) Senior
6 6 (5.00%) Technical Leader
6 6 (5.00%) Trainee
7 5 (4.17%) Communications Manager
7 5 (4.17%) Content Editor
7 5 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Desktop Support
7 5 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Field Engineer
7 5 (4.17%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.83%) Spring
2 6 (5.00%) React
3 4 (3.33%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.33%) HTML
3 4 (3.33%) jQuery
3 4 (3.33%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.50%) Hibernate
4 3 (2.50%) RESTful
5 2 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.67%) XML
6 1 (0.83%) .NET
6 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.67%) CCTV
3 2 (1.67%) NHS
3 2 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.83%) FMCG
4 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.83%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (4.17%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (53.33%) AI
2 60 (50.00%) Conversational UI
3 31 (25.83%) Chemistry
4 24 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (18.33%) Content Writing
6 21 (17.50%) Computer Science
7 12 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (9.17%) Agile
9 9 (7.50%) Analytics
9 9 (7.50%) Customer Service
9 9 (7.50%) Statistics
10 8 (6.67%) ERP
10 8 (6.67%) Software Engineering
11 6 (5.00%) Asset Management
11 6 (5.00%) Business Strategy
11 6 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (5.00%) Test Automation
12 5 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
12 5 (4.17%) Decision-Making
12 5 (4.17%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.33%) Java
2 9 (7.50%) SQL
3 4 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.50%) C
4 3 (2.50%) C#
5 2 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.67%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.83%) Ada
6 1 (0.83%) Bash
6 1 (0.83%) Python
6 1 (0.83%) R
6 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (34.17%) Master's Degree
2 36 (30.00%) PhD
3 13 (10.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.17%) HNC
5 5 (4.17%) HND
6 3 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.50%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.67%) CCIE
7 2 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.83%) CCNA
8 1 (0.83%) CCNP
8 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.83%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.17%) SLA
2 2 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.67%) PMO
3 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.83%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 14 (11.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (50.00%) PayPal
2 19 (15.83%) Microsoft
3 11 (9.17%) VMware
4 8 (6.67%) Cisco
4 8 (6.67%) Oracle
5 6 (5.00%) Dell
6 3 (2.50%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.50%) Teradata
7 2 (1.67%) HP
8 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.83%) Datto
8 1 (0.83%) Intel
8 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.83%) Veeam