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 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 23 | 25 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | - | - |
| Permanent Data Engineer jobs | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham | 5.75% | 0.74% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 6.10% | 0.74% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £57,500 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £90,750 | £53,500 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £57,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.44% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £60,500 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | - | - |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £85,000 | £78,500 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +8.28% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Cheltenham matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Cheltenham matching a recognised job title | 935 | 136 | 254 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.25% | 100.00% | 96.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 618 | 108 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £32,000 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £48,750 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £70,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +16.67% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £90,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £100,000 | £89,750 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £65,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.81% | -4.55% | +1.85% |
Data Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Data Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Data Engineer Salary Trend in Cheltenham
Salary distribution trend for Data Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.
Data Engineer Salary Histogram in Cheltenham
Salary distribution for Data Engineer jobs in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.
Data Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Data Engineer job ads cited 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 Data Engineer job ads across the Cheltenham region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 40.4% | 23 |
| 1 | Security Cleared | 40.4% | 23 |
| 3 | AI | 33.3% | 19 |
| 4 | Analytics | 31.6% | 18 |
| 5 | Batch Processing | 24.6% | 14 |
| 6 | SC Cleared | 21.1% | 12 |
| 7 | Agile | 17.5% | 10 |
| 7 | Cost Reduction | 17.5% | 10 |
| 9 | Decision-Making | 15.8% | 9 |
| 10 | Open Source | 14.0% | 8 |
| 10 | Terraform | 14.0% | 8 |
| 12 | DV Cleared | 12.3% | 7 |
| 13 | Azure | 10.5% | 6 |
| 13 | Machine Learning | 10.5% | 6 |
| 15 | CI/CD | 8.8% | 5 |
| 15 | Data Modelling | 8.8% | 5 |
| 15 | Data Pipeline | 8.8% | 5 |
| 15 | Databricks | 8.8% | 5 |
| 15 | Python | 8.8% | 5 |
| 20 | Amazon Athena | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Amazon EC2 | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Amazon RDS | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Ansible | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | AWS Lambda | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Azure Machine Learning | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Computer Vision | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Continuous Improvement | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Customer Engagement | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Data Science | 7.0% | 4 |
| 20 | Deep Learning | 7.0% | 4 |
Data Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead Data Engineer | 29.8% | 17 |
| 2 | Security Engineer | 28.1% | 16 |
| 3 | AWS Data Engineer | 24.6% | 14 |
| 4 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 15.8% | 9 |
| 4 | Senior Data Engineer | 15.8% | 9 |
| 6 | Principal Data Engineer | 12.3% | 7 |
| 7 | Artificial Intelligence Architect | 8.8% | 5 |
| 7 | Data Architect | 8.8% | 5 |
| 9 | Data Scientist | 7.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Platform Engineer | 1.8% | 1 |