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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Degree 17 19 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 9.50% 9.22% 10.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.64% 38.00% 32.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile - £31,750 £33,799
25th Percentile £32,000 £34,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £48,750 £39,748
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% +22.65% -20.50%
75th Percentile - £60,125 £57,500
90th Percentile - £62,375 -
Wiltshire median annual salary £40,792 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.98% -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 44 50 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 24.58% 24.27% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 56
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £25,124
25th Percentile £32,000 £48,165 £33,342
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,752 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.20% +47.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile - £68,568 £51,912
90th Percentile £92,500 - £58,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.04% -3.92%

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 14 January 2026.

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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (35.29%) Azure
3 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.76%) AWS
4 2 (11.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) BGP
2 3 (17.65%) LAN
2 3 (17.65%) MPLS
2 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) OSPF
2 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
2 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) WAN
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (11.76%) NGFW
3 2 (11.76%) VLAN
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
1 7 (41.18%) Retail
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Head of Digital
2 4 (23.53%) IT Support
2 4 (23.53%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Support Team Leader
2 4 (23.53%) Team Leader
3 3 (17.65%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Desktop Support
3 3 (17.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Network Engineering Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Network Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Site Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 2 (11.76%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (58.82%) ITIL
1 10 (58.82%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Asset Management
2 7 (41.18%) Budget Management
2 7 (41.18%) Business Case
2 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 7 (41.18%) Information Security
2 7 (41.18%) Roadmaps
2 7 (41.18%) Scorecard
3 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
4 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (23.53%) Logistics
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Analytics
5 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
5 3 (17.65%) People Management
5 3 (17.65%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Bash
1 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) MCP
2 3 (17.65%) CCNP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (17.65%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) Ansible
2 3 (17.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Fortinet
3 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto