Master's Degree Job Trends in Wiltshire

Master's Degree
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for Master's 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 59 76 69
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Master's Degree 9 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 1.61% 0.50% 0.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 1.10% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £53,400 -
25th Percentile £39,281 £54,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £59,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% - -
75th Percentile £42,304 £62,375 -
90th Percentile £58,171 £63,200 -
South West median annual salary £44,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -15.38% +42.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 268 364 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 48.03% 45.27% 52.92%
Number of salaries quoted 123 250 228
10th Percentile £30,850 £10,258 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,140 £30,219 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -5.31%
75th Percentile £70,752 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £72,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

Master's Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Master's Degree job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Master's Degree
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Master's Degree
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Master's Degree in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Master's Degree in Wiltshire

Master's Degree
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Master's Degree within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salisbury - 4 £40,792 -
Swindon +5 3 £67,500 +14.41% 12
Trowbridge - 2 - -
Master's Degree
South West

Master's Degree
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (33.33%) BGP
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) MPLS
2 3 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (33.33%) OSPF
2 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (22.22%) NGFW
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Network Engineering Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Network Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Process Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (22.22%) e-Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (22.22%) IoT
2 2 (22.22%) SCADA
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Signal Processing
3 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (44.44%) Linear Algebra
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematical Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 4 (44.44%) Signal Processing
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) C
2 4 (44.44%) C++
2 4 (44.44%) Rust
3 3 (33.33%) Bash
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
4 2 (22.22%) PMP
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto