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 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 -35
Permanent jobs citing Degree 86 80 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 12.50% 11.68% 9.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.21% 44.69% 52.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 29 43
10th Percentile £28,775 £31,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £39,347
Median % change year-on-year - +14.37% -28.46%
75th Percentile £55,125 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £69,000 £64,950
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -33.00% +5.26% -12.04%

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 153 179 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 22.24% 26.13% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 52 73 132
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,396 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £57,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.39% +22.34% -15.20%
75th Percentile £57,438 £80,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 19 January 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 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.49%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.49%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 38 (44.19%) Chatbot
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.79%) Azure
2 6 (6.98%) AWS
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.81%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.81%) SaaS
4 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.16%) IaaS
6 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) Firewall
2 3 (3.49%) DHCP
2 3 (3.49%) DNS
2 3 (3.49%) Network Security
2 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.49%) VPN
2 3 (3.49%) WAN
2 3 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.33%) LAN
3 2 (2.33%) Softphone
4 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) Power BI
2 4 (4.65%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (4.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (4.65%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.65%) Tableau
3 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) JIRA
2 3 (3.49%) Git
General
1 26 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.95%) Finance
4 7 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.65%) Electronics
7 3 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Avionics
9 1 (1.16%) Back Office
9 1 (1.16%) Banking
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Games
9 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (43.02%) Trainer
2 13 (15.12%) Analyst
3 9 (10.47%) Developer
4 8 (9.30%) Lead
5 6 (6.98%) Sales Executive
5 6 (6.98%) Senior
5 6 (6.98%) Technical Leader
6 5 (5.81%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Account Executive
7 4 (4.65%) Customer Service Representative
7 4 (4.65%) Insight Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (4.65%) Sales Account Executive
7 4 (4.65%) Telesales Executive
8 3 (3.49%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (3.49%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (3.49%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.49%) Report Analyst
8 3 (3.49%) Report Developer
8 3 (3.49%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) .NET
1 3 (3.49%) Hibernate
1 3 (3.49%) RESTful
1 3 (3.49%) Spring
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.65%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.33%) CCTV
3 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.16%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.30%) Windows
2 3 (3.49%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (48.84%) AI
2 38 (44.19%) Conversational UI
3 19 (22.09%) Chemistry
3 19 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (18.60%) Content Writing
5 10 (11.63%) Computer Science
6 9 (10.47%) Analytics
6 9 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (9.30%) ITIL
8 6 (6.98%) Asset Management
8 6 (6.98%) Customer Service
8 6 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (5.81%) Business Strategy
9 5 (5.81%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.81%) Decision-Making
9 5 (5.81%) ERP
9 5 (5.81%) Project Management
9 5 (5.81%) Statistics
10 4 (4.65%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) Java
3 3 (3.49%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) Ada
5 1 (1.16%) Bash
5 1 (1.16%) C
5 1 (1.16%) C#
5 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (24.42%) Master's Degree
2 20 (23.26%) PhD
3 7 (8.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.81%) HNC
4 5 (5.81%) HND
5 3 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.49%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.33%) CCIE
6 2 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.16%) CCNA
7 1 (1.16%) CCNP
7 1 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.16%) MCP
7 1 (1.16%) MCSE
7 1 (1.16%) MOS
7 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.16%) PMP
7 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (44.19%) PayPal
2 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.47%) Cisco
4 6 (6.98%) Dell
4 6 (6.98%) VMware
5 4 (4.65%) Oracle
6 3 (3.49%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.49%) Teradata
7 2 (2.33%) HP
7 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.16%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.16%) Citrix
8 1 (1.16%) Datto
8 1 (1.16%) Genesys
8 1 (1.16%) Intel
8 1 (1.16%) Veeam
8 1 (1.16%) Verint