Data Engineer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Data Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Data Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £57,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 1 0 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.76% - 5.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £48,125
25th Percentile £53,500 - £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.64%
75th Percentile £60,500 - £77,250
90th Percentile - - £90,300
Gloucestershire median annual salary £78,500 - £99,000
% change year-on-year - - +80.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 131 257 374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.25% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 100 147 188
10th Percentile £32,000 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £89,063 £70,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,000 £80,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +5.77%

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 Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

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 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL