Data Engineer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Data Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Data Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 24 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 40 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 4.68% 0.74% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.08% 0.75% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28 1 0
10th Percentile £57,500 - -
25th Percentile £79,625 £53,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £57,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +75.44% - -
75th Percentile - £60,500 -
90th Percentile £102,700 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £85,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +49.12% +3.64% -44.72%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheltenham with a recognized job title 787 134 312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 98.53% 97.50%
Number of salaries quoted 554 93 218
10th Percentile £40,000 £27,600 £33,750
25th Percentile £51,563 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% +7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Cheltenham

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (45.00%) AWS
2 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
3 15 (37.50%) AI
4 13 (32.50%) Analytics
5 12 (30.00%) Cost Reduction
6 10 (25.00%) Agile
7 9 (22.50%) Batch Processing
8 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
8 8 (20.00%) Terraform
9 7 (17.50%) Azure
9 7 (17.50%) Decision-Making
9 7 (17.50%) Machine Learning
9 7 (17.50%) Open Source
10 5 (12.50%) Azure Machine Learning
10 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 5 (12.50%) Computer Vision
10 5 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (12.50%) Data Science
10 5 (12.50%) Databricks
10 5 (12.50%) Deep Learning
10 5 (12.50%) Docker
10 5 (12.50%) GCP
10 5 (12.50%) Generative AI
10 5 (12.50%) Graph Analytics
10 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
10 5 (12.50%) Natural Language Processing
10 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
10 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
10 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (12.50%) Time Series Analysis

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 18 (45.00%) AWS
2 7 (17.50%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) Azure Machine Learning
3 5 (12.50%) GCP
4 3 (7.50%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (7.50%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (7.50%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (7.50%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (7.50%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Linux
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) AI
2 13 (32.50%) Analytics
3 12 (30.00%) Cost Reduction
4 10 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (22.50%) Batch Processing
6 7 (17.50%) Decision-Making
6 7 (17.50%) Machine Learning
6 7 (17.50%) Open Source
7 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 5 (12.50%) Computer Vision
7 5 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (12.50%) Data Science
7 5 (12.50%) Deep Learning
7 5 (12.50%) Generative AI
7 5 (12.50%) Graph Analytics
7 5 (12.50%) Natural Language Processing
7 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
7 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (12.50%) Time Series Analysis
8 3 (7.50%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) Python
2 2 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Terraform
2 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.50%) Ansible
3 3 (7.50%) Packer
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) Databricks
2 2 (5.00%) Google