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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Degree 63 135 120
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 4.25% 17.09% 10.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.72% 63.38% 52.86%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 43
10th Percentile £25,900 £28,775 £32,200
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,000 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £68,500 £61,750 £91,000
Scotland median annual salary £51,962 £33,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +55.11% -33.00% +5.14%

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 151 213 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 10.18% 26.96% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 63 73 95
10th Percentile £25,375 £28,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -34.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £67,293 £60,000 £76,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £33,750 £50,654
% change year-on-year +62.96% -33.37% -3.52%

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 9 October 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 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) AutoCAD
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.59%) Autodesk Smoke
3 1 (1.59%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.59%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) DNS
2 3 (4.76%) MPLS
2 3 (4.76%) SDH
2 3 (4.76%) Unified Communications
2 3 (4.76%) Wireless
3 1 (1.59%) Firewall
3 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.59%) LAN
3 1 (1.59%) Modbus
3 1 (1.59%) Network Security
3 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.17%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.17%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.59%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.59%) GIS
2 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.59%) Redis
2 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.59%) JIRA
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (23.81%) Finance
3 15 (23.81%) Law
4 9 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.11%) Banking
6 6 (9.52%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.35%) Private Banking
8 3 (4.76%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Front Office
9 2 (3.17%) Local Government
9 2 (3.17%) Marketing
10 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (12.70%) Developer
1 8 (12.70%) RPG Developer
1 8 (12.70%) Senior
2 6 (9.52%) Lead
3 5 (7.94%) Architect
3 5 (7.94%) Industrial Engineer
3 5 (7.94%) Junior
3 5 (7.94%) Sales Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) IT Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) IT Systems Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) Senior IT Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) Senior Systems Administrator
4 4 (6.35%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.76%) Analyst
5 3 (4.76%) CAD Technician
5 3 (4.76%) IT Support
5 3 (4.76%) Network Architect
5 3 (4.76%) Software Manager
5 3 (4.76%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) Hugging Face
1 4 (6.35%) PyTorch
2 2 (3.17%) SAP Basis
2 2 (3.17%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.59%) Kafka
3 1 (1.59%) NestJS
3 1 (1.59%) Node.js
3 1 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) AS400
2 6 (9.52%) AI Agents
3 5 (7.94%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.94%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.76%) SCADA
6 2 (3.17%) CCTV
6 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.17%) Credit Risk
6 2 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.17%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.17%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.59%) Autonomous Agent
7 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.59%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.59%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.59%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (30.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (22.22%) ITIL
4 13 (20.63%) Mentoring
5 10 (15.87%) AI
6 8 (12.70%) Machine Learning
7 7 (11.11%) Data Science
7 7 (11.11%) Validation
8 6 (9.52%) Customer Service
8 6 (9.52%) Data Analysis
8 6 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.52%) Project Management
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.94%) Agile
9 5 (7.94%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.94%) Pricing Strategy
9 5 (7.94%) Software Engineering
9 5 (7.94%) Telesales
10 4 (6.35%) Decision Tree
10 4 (6.35%) Semantic Search
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) Python
2 9 (14.29%) RPG
3 3 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) C
4 1 (1.59%) C#
4 1 (1.59%) C++
4 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) City & Guilds
2 4 (6.35%) HNC
2 4 (6.35%) HND
2 4 (6.35%) PhD
3 3 (4.76%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.59%) CISSP
5 1 (1.59%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.59%) PMP
5 1 (1.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) QA
2 3 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) IBM
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.76%) Siemens
4 2 (3.17%) Databricks
4 2 (3.17%) SAP
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) DIgSILENT
5 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.59%) NEC
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.59%) Qualys
5 1 (1.59%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.59%) Splunk