Master's Degree Job Trends in Swindon

Master's Degree
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Swindon with a requirement for Master's 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 27 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 1.68% 1.94% -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.82% 8.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £53,400 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £54,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,375 -
90th Percentile - £63,200 -
Wiltshire median annual salary £40,792 £59,000 -
% change year-on-year -30.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Swindon

Master's 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%

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Swindon

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Master's Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Master's Degree

Master's 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) NGFW
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Engineering Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineering Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) e-Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto