Degree Job Trends in Swindon

Academic Degree
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Swindon with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Degree 18 20 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 10.17% 9.57% 11.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.86% 46.51% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 15
10th Percentile - £31,750 -
25th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £39,748
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.92% -19.44%
75th Percentile £70,752 £59,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - £62,100 £63,500
Wiltshire median annual salary £37,396 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.51% -33.33% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 43 43 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 24.29% 20.57% 32.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24 14 50
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,750 £26,587
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,875 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,029 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.14% +19.17% -1.11%
75th Percentile £70,752 £67,364 £53,242
90th Percentile £92,500 £68,568 £57,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -5.31%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Degree job vacancy trend in Swindon

Degree
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Swindon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Swindon over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Degree in Swindon

Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (44.44%) Azure
3 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (11.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) BGP
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
2 3 (16.67%) MPLS
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) OSPF
2 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 3 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (11.11%) NGFW
3 2 (11.11%) VLAN
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Back Office
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) IT Support
1 6 (33.33%) Lead
1 6 (33.33%) Support Team Leader
1 6 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 5 (27.78%) Head of Digital
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 3 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Network Engineering Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Site Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.11%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 8 (44.44%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (33.33%) Logistics
3 6 (33.33%) Service Management
4 5 (27.78%) Asset Management
4 5 (27.78%) Budget Management
4 5 (27.78%) Business Case
4 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
4 5 (27.78%) Scorecard
5 3 (16.67%) Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 3 (16.67%) People Management
5 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Bash
1 3 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) MCP
2 3 (16.67%) CCNP
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (16.67%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto