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 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -16
Permanent jobs citing Degree 127 115 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 16.14% 10.52% 8.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.06% 51.57% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 41 44
10th Percentile £28,100 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,876 £38,496
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% - +20.21%
75th Percentile £53,000 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £91,250 £64,800
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,186 £48,628
% change year-on-year -35.81% +7.32% +2.37%

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 208 223 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.43% 20.40% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 72 92 105
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £29,188 £40,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60,313 £77,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £67,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +9.38%

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 15 October 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 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.57%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 68 (53.54%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (6.30%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.51%) AWS
3 6 (4.72%) SaaS
4 5 (3.94%) Azure
4 5 (3.94%) GitHub
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon EMR
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon MSK
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.15%) Serverless
6 3 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.79%) IaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.79%) Miro
8 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.30%) DHCP
1 8 (6.30%) DNS
2 7 (5.51%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.36%) Firewall
3 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.57%) Softphone
4 2 (1.57%) VPN
5 1 (0.79%) LAN
5 1 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) Power BI
2 4 (3.15%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.15%) Electronic Patient Records
2 4 (3.15%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (3.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (3.15%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.36%) Tableau
4 1 (0.79%) Power Query
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Git
1 4 (3.15%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.15%) Maven
2 3 (2.36%) JIRA
General
1 50 (39.37%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.60%) Finance
4 10 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.09%) Electronics
6 5 (3.94%) Law
7 4 (3.15%) Banking
8 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Back Office
9 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Retail
10 1 (0.79%) Aviation
10 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Legal
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 67 (52.76%) Trainer
2 16 (12.60%) Developer
3 10 (7.87%) Analyst
4 9 (7.09%) Account Executive
4 9 (7.09%) IT Engineer
4 9 (7.09%) Sales Account Executive
4 9 (7.09%) Sales Executive
4 9 (7.09%) Telesales Executive
5 8 (6.30%) IT Support
5 8 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (6.30%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.51%) Senior
7 6 (4.72%) Java Developer
7 6 (4.72%) React Developer
7 6 (4.72%) Trainee
8 5 (3.94%) Communications Manager
8 5 (3.94%) Content Editor
8 5 (3.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Field Support Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.51%) Spring
2 6 (4.72%) React
3 4 (3.15%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.15%) HTML
3 4 (3.15%) jQuery
3 4 (3.15%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.36%) Hibernate
4 3 (2.36%) RESTful
5 2 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.57%) XML
6 1 (0.79%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.30%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.15%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.57%) CCTV
3 2 (1.57%) NHS
4 1 (0.79%) FMCG
4 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.79%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.66%) Windows
2 5 (3.94%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (57.48%) AI
2 68 (53.54%) Conversational UI
3 38 (29.92%) Chemistry
4 22 (17.32%) Computer Science
4 22 (17.32%) Content Writing
4 22 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (8.66%) Agile
7 10 (7.87%) Telesales
8 9 (7.09%) Customer Service
9 8 (6.30%) Analytics
9 8 (6.30%) Software Engineering
10 7 (5.51%) Mathematics
10 7 (5.51%) Project Management
11 6 (4.72%) Statistics
11 6 (4.72%) Test Automation
12 5 (3.94%) Business Analysis
12 5 (3.94%) Performance Tuning
12 5 (3.94%) Strategic Planning
12 5 (3.94%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.09%) Java
2 8 (6.30%) SQL
3 4 (3.15%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.57%) C
4 2 (1.57%) C#
5 1 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (38.58%) Master's Degree
2 44 (34.65%) PhD
3 13 (10.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.72%) HND
5 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.57%) HNC
7 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) CCIE
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.57%) ISO 9001
1 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.57%) PMO
2 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 68 (53.54%) PayPal
2 13 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.45%) Dell
4 8 (6.30%) Oracle
5 6 (4.72%) VMware
6 3 (2.36%) Alteryx
6 3 (2.36%) Teradata
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco
7 2 (1.57%) HP
8 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.79%) Intel
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow