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 25 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 13 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 -49
Permanent jobs citing Degree 54 38 269
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 6.43% 8.54% 8.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.06% 27.94% 57.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 67
10th Percentile - £31,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,100 £67,500 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £45,000 £45,543
% change year-on-year -25.56% -1.19% -14.07%

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 154 136 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 18.33% 30.56% 14.66%
Number of salaries quoted 45 54 204
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £25,725
25th Percentile £27,500 £39,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.25% +25.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,688 £62,563
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.13% +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 25 March 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 (7.41%) WebSphere
1 4 (7.41%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (27.78%) Chatbot
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.41%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 2 (3.70%) Mimecast
5 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.85%) Asana
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (3.70%) DHCP
2 2 (3.70%) DNS
2 2 (3.70%) Network Security
2 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.70%) VPN
2 2 (3.70%) WAN
3 1 (1.85%) LAN
3 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.85%) Softphone
3 1 (1.85%) VLAN
3 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) JIRA
2 4 (7.41%) Git
General
1 26 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Finance
4 7 (12.96%) Electronics
4 7 (12.96%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
7 2 (3.70%) Back Office
8 1 (1.85%) Avionics
8 1 (1.85%) Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Billing
8 1 (1.85%) Games
8 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Law
8 1 (1.85%) Military
8 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.85%) Private Banking
8 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (27.78%) Trainer
2 10 (18.52%) Sales Executive
3 9 (16.67%) Analyst
4 7 (12.96%) Account Executive
4 7 (12.96%) Lead
4 7 (12.96%) Sales Account Executive
4 7 (12.96%) Telesales Executive
5 6 (11.11%) Technical Leader
6 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.41%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Senior
8 3 (5.56%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Desktop Support
9 2 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Head of Sales
9 2 (3.70%) IT Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (3.70%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (5.56%) IoT
2 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.85%) CCTV
4 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (1.85%) PropTech
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.81%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) AI
1 15 (27.78%) Conversational UI
2 11 (20.37%) ITIL
3 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (14.81%) Chemistry
5 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (12.96%) Telesales
6 6 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 6 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 6 (11.11%) ERP
7 5 (9.26%) Content Writing
7 5 (9.26%) Customer Service
7 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
7 5 (9.26%) Statistics
8 4 (7.41%) CRM
8 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
8 4 (7.41%) Project Management
8 4 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (7.41%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 4 (7.41%) Java
2 4 (7.41%) T-SQL
3 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.85%) Ada
4 1 (1.85%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) C
4 1 (1.85%) C#
4 1 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Master's Degree
2 9 (16.67%) PhD
3 5 (9.26%) HNC
4 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) MBA
5 2 (3.70%) MCSE
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (3.70%) MOS
5 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) CCIE
6 1 (1.85%) CCNA
6 1 (1.85%) CCNP
6 1 (1.85%) HND
6 1 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) SLA
2 4 (7.41%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (27.78%) PayPal
2 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
3 9 (16.67%) Cisco
4 8 (14.81%) Dell
5 7 (12.96%) VMware
6 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.70%) Citrix
8 1 (1.85%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.85%) Datto
8 1 (1.85%) Genesys
8 1 (1.85%) HP
8 1 (1.85%) Veeam
8 1 (1.85%) Verint