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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -14
Permanent jobs citing Degree 103 104 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 12.48% 11.23% 11.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.54% 47.71% 43.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25 41 40
10th Percentile £27,650 £31,250 £28,350
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +22.09%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £59,063
90th Percentile £60,000 £87,500 £65,475
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -33.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 179 218 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.70% 23.54% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 68 96 116
10th Percentile £27,275 £37,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +12.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,438 £78,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £65,125
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +0.48%

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 29 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 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.97%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 49 (47.57%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.74%) Azure
2 7 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.83%) AWS
3 6 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 5 (4.85%) GitHub
4 5 (4.85%) SaaS
5 3 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.91%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.94%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (1.94%) Amazon MSK
6 2 (1.94%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.94%) Serverless
7 1 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.97%) IaaS
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.97%) Miro
7 1 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.80%) DHCP
1 7 (6.80%) DNS
1 7 (6.80%) Firewall
2 6 (5.83%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.91%) Network Security
3 3 (2.91%) VPN
3 3 (2.91%) WAN
3 3 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.94%) LAN
4 2 (1.94%) Softphone
5 1 (0.97%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.97%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.85%) Power BI
2 4 (3.88%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (3.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (3.88%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.91%) Tableau
4 2 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.94%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.88%) JIRA
2 3 (2.91%) Git
3 2 (1.94%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.94%) Maven
General
1 37 (35.92%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.59%) Finance
4 8 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Law
7 3 (2.91%) Banking
7 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Electronics
8 2 (1.94%) Back Office
8 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.97%) Aviation
9 1 (0.97%) Avionics
9 1 (0.97%) Billing
9 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Military
9 1 (0.97%) Private Banking
9 1 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (46.60%) Trainer
2 13 (12.62%) Developer
3 11 (10.68%) Analyst
4 8 (7.77%) Lead
5 7 (6.80%) IT Engineer
6 6 (5.83%) IT Support
6 6 (5.83%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (5.83%) Senior
6 6 (5.83%) Support Engineer
6 6 (5.83%) Technical Leader
6 6 (5.83%) Trainee
7 4 (3.88%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.88%) Customer Service Representative
7 4 (3.88%) Insight Analyst
7 4 (3.88%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.88%) Oracle Developer
7 4 (3.88%) React Developer
8 3 (2.91%) Account Executive
8 3 (2.91%) Sales Account Executive
8 3 (2.91%) Telesales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.85%) Spring
2 4 (3.88%) React
3 3 (2.91%) Hibernate
3 3 (2.91%) RESTful
4 2 (1.94%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.94%) HTML
4 2 (1.94%) jQuery
4 2 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.94%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.94%) XML
5 1 (0.97%) .NET
5 1 (0.97%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.71%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.94%) CCTV
3 2 (1.94%) NHS
3 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.97%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.97%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.71%) Windows
2 3 (2.91%) Windows 10
2 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.46%) AI
2 49 (47.57%) Conversational UI
3 25 (24.27%) Chemistry
4 22 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (17.48%) Computer Science
5 18 (17.48%) Content Writing
6 11 (10.68%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.74%) Agile
8 8 (7.77%) Analytics
8 8 (7.77%) Statistics
9 7 (6.80%) Customer Service
9 7 (6.80%) ERP
10 6 (5.83%) Asset Management
10 6 (5.83%) Business Strategy
10 6 (5.83%) Software Engineering
10 6 (5.83%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (4.85%) Business Analysis
11 5 (4.85%) OOP
11 5 (4.85%) Project Management
11 5 (4.85%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.77%) Java
1 8 (7.77%) SQL
2 3 (2.91%) C
2 3 (2.91%) C#
3 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.94%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.97%) Ada
4 1 (0.97%) Bash
4 1 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.97%) Python
4 1 (0.97%) R
4 1 (0.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (33.01%) Master's Degree
2 29 (28.16%) PhD
3 11 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.85%) HNC
4 5 (4.85%) HND
5 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.91%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.94%) CCIE
7 2 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.94%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.97%) CCNA
8 1 (0.97%) CCNP
8 1 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) SLA
2 2 (1.94%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.94%) PMO
3 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 12 (11.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.85%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (47.57%) PayPal
2 17 (16.50%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.74%) VMware
4 8 (7.77%) Cisco
5 6 (5.83%) Oracle
6 5 (4.85%) Dell
7 3 (2.91%) Alteryx
7 3 (2.91%) Teradata
8 2 (1.94%) HP
9 1 (0.97%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.97%) Datto
9 1 (0.97%) Intel
9 1 (0.97%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.97%) Veeam