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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 43 15
Rank change year-on-year +29 -28 -10
Permanent jobs citing Degree 109 191 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 14.85% 9.63% 9.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.29% 63.88% 44.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23 45 44
10th Percentile - £32,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £39,876 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,186 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% -5.12% +22.22%
75th Percentile £59,375 £73,750 £60,800
90th Percentile £66,000 £90,750 £66,825
Scotland median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,610
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.02% +0.23%

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 187 299 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.48% 15.07% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 62 104 106
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £34,188
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - +14.82%
75th Percentile £64,375 £72,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £44,000 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.54% +0.62% +4.39%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Degree 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Glasgow

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 56 (51.38%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.92%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.83%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
2 7 (6.42%) AWS
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.50%) Azure
3 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (5.50%) SaaS
4 5 (4.59%) GitHub
5 4 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (3.67%) Amazon EMR
5 4 (3.67%) Amazon MSK
5 4 (3.67%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (3.67%) Serverless
6 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.92%) IaaS
8 1 (0.92%) Miro
8 1 (0.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) DHCP
1 7 (6.42%) DNS
2 6 (5.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.92%) Firewall
3 1 (0.92%) LAN
3 1 (0.92%) Network Security
3 1 (0.92%) Softphone
3 1 (0.92%) VPN
3 1 (0.92%) WAN
3 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (3.67%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.67%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (2.75%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.75%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.92%) Power Query
4 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Git
1 4 (3.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.67%) Maven
2 3 (2.75%) JIRA
General
1 41 (37.61%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (24.77%) Social Skills
3 14 (12.84%) Finance
4 10 (9.17%) Electronics
5 9 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (7.34%) Law
7 4 (3.67%) Banking
8 2 (1.83%) Back Office
8 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Retail
9 1 (0.92%) Aviation
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 55 (50.46%) Trainer
2 13 (11.93%) Developer
3 10 (9.17%) Account Executive
3 10 (9.17%) Sales Account Executive
3 10 (9.17%) Sales Executive
3 10 (9.17%) Telesales Executive
4 9 (8.26%) Senior
5 8 (7.34%) IT Engineer
6 7 (6.42%) IT Support
6 7 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (6.42%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.50%) Communications Manager
7 6 (5.50%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.50%) React Developer
8 5 (4.59%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Desktop Support
8 5 (4.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Field Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Field Support Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.42%) Spring
2 6 (5.50%) React
3 4 (3.67%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.67%) HTML
3 4 (3.67%) jQuery
3 4 (3.67%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.75%) Hibernate
4 3 (2.75%) RESTful
5 2 (1.83%) XML
6 1 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.92%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.83%) NHS
4 1 (0.92%) CCTV
4 1 (0.92%) FMCG
4 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.92%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.42%) Windows
2 5 (4.59%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.92%) Unix
3 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (55.05%) Artificial Intelligence
2 56 (51.38%) Conversational UI
3 32 (29.36%) Chemistry
4 24 (22.02%) Computer Science
5 16 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (13.76%) Content Writing
7 12 (11.01%) Agile
7 12 (11.01%) Telesales
8 11 (10.09%) Mathematics
9 10 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (8.26%) Software Engineering
11 7 (6.42%) Customer Service
12 6 (5.50%) Project Management
12 6 (5.50%) Statistics
12 6 (5.50%) Test Automation
13 5 (4.59%) Analytics
13 5 (4.59%) OOP
13 5 (4.59%) Performance Tuning
13 5 (4.59%) Strategic Planning
13 5 (4.59%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.26%) Java
2 6 (5.50%) SQL
3 4 (3.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.75%) C
5 2 (1.83%) C#
6 1 (0.92%) C++
6 1 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.92%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.92%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.92%) Perl
6 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.92%) Python
6 1 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 45 (41.28%) Master's Degree
2 40 (36.70%) PhD
3 14 (12.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.59%) HND
5 5 (4.59%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.67%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.75%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.92%) CCIE
8 1 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.92%) HNC
8 1 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.92%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.83%) ISO 9001
1 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.83%) PMO
2 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (8.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.59%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (51.38%) PayPal
2 14 (12.84%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.93%) Dell
4 7 (6.42%) Oracle
5 5 (4.59%) VMware
6 1 (0.92%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.92%) Cisco
6 1 (0.92%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.92%) HP
6 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.92%) Teradata