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 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 11 54
Rank change year-on-year -16 +43 -47
Permanent jobs citing Degree 40 43 317
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 4.31% 10.34% 8.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.69% 34.40% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 72
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,275
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £58,125
90th Percentile £72,100 £67,500 £73,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,543
% change year-on-year -5.00% +9.79% -11.94%

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 162 125 523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 17.44% 30.05% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 40 51 207
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £42,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +25.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £69,688 £80,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,750 £78,000
Scotland median annual salary £37,500 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.39% +3.29% -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 18 April 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 (10.00%) WebSphere
1 4 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.00%) Chatbot
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.00%) Azure
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) AWS
2 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.50%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.00%) Mimecast
4 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.50%) Asana
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (2.50%) DHCP
3 1 (2.50%) DNS
3 1 (2.50%) LAN
3 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.50%) VLAN
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) Git
General
1 29 (72.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Finance
4 7 (17.50%) Electronics
5 4 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Marketing
7 2 (5.00%) Back Office
7 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.50%) Avionics
8 1 (2.50%) Banking
8 1 (2.50%) Billing
8 1 (2.50%) Games
8 1 (2.50%) Law
8 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.50%) Military
8 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Private Banking
8 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Sales Executive
2 7 (17.50%) Account Executive
2 7 (17.50%) Analyst
2 7 (17.50%) Sales Account Executive
2 7 (17.50%) Telesales Executive
3 5 (12.50%) Lead
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Support
4 4 (10.00%) Applications Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.00%) Head of Sales
6 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (7.50%) IoT
2 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.50%) FMCG
4 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) PropTech
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) ITIL
2 10 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (17.50%) Change Management
3 7 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (17.50%) Telesales
4 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 5 (12.50%) CRM
5 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (12.50%) ERP
5 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (10.00%) ITSM
6 4 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (10.00%) Server Management
6 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.00%) Service Management
6 4 (10.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) Java
2 4 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.50%) Ada
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) C
4 1 (2.50%) C#
4 1 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) HNC
1 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) MBA
2 2 (5.00%) MCSE
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (5.00%) MOS
2 2 (5.00%) PhD
2 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) CCIE
3 1 (2.50%) CCNA
3 1 (2.50%) CCNP
3 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.50%) HND
3 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) SLA
2 4 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.50%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) Cisco
2 7 (17.50%) Dell
3 6 (15.00%) VMware
4 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.00%) Citrix
5 2 (5.00%) PayPal
6 1 (2.50%) Anaplan
6 1 (2.50%) Datto
6 1 (2.50%) Genesys
6 1 (2.50%) Veeam
6 1 (2.50%) Verint