Software Engineer Jobs in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Software Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 14 57
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 52 44 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 12.50% 14.62% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.90% 17.81% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 43 43 3
10th Percentile £40,750 £50,000 £44,800
25th Percentile £44,250 £52,500 £48,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £76,875 £74,375 £74,125
90th Percentile £89,250 £82,500 £79,600
Gloucestershire median annual salary £61,750 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +18.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 403 247 375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 82.06% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 306 212 309
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £62,827
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £74,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +1.01%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 29 (55.77%) Java
3 28 (53.85%) Security Cleared
4 25 (48.08%) AWS
5 24 (46.15%) Python
6 22 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (42.31%) JavaScript
7 17 (32.69%) C++
8 16 (30.77%) Kubernetes
9 15 (28.85%) Docker
9 15 (28.85%) C#
9 15 (28.85%) Agile
10 12 (23.08%) Azure
10 12 (23.08%) React
10 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (21.15%) Jenkins
12 10 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (19.23%) Full Stack Development
12 10 (19.23%) MongoDB
12 10 (19.23%) DV Cleared
13 9 (17.31%) AngularJS
13 9 (17.31%) DevOps
14 8 (15.38%) CI/CD
14 8 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (15.38%) SQL
14 8 (15.38%) .NET
15 7 (13.46%) C
15 7 (13.46%) CSS
15 7 (13.46%) Spring
15 7 (13.46%) Scrum

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 25 (48.08%) AWS
2 12 (23.08%) Azure
3 7 (13.46%) OpenShift
4 3 (5.77%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (5.77%) SaaS
4 3 (5.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) AMQP
1 1 (1.92%) Internet
1 1 (1.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) MongoDB
2 7 (13.46%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.85%) Big Data
5 1 (1.92%) Apache Accumulo
5 1 (1.92%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Jenkins
2 7 (13.46%) Cucumber
2 7 (13.46%) Cypress.io
2 7 (13.46%) Selenium
3 3 (5.77%) GitLab
4 2 (3.85%) Git
5 1 (1.92%) GCC
General
1 10 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (9.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.92%) Electronics
6 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) React
2 9 (17.31%) AngularJS
3 8 (15.38%) .NET
4 7 (13.46%) CSS
4 7 (13.46%) Spring
4 7 (13.46%) Spring Boot
5 5 (9.62%) HTML
6 4 (7.69%) OpenAPI
6 4 (7.69%) RESTful
6 4 (7.69%) Swagger
6 4 (7.69%) Vue
7 3 (5.77%) .NET Core
7 3 (5.77%) .NET Framework
7 3 (5.77%) Kafka
7 3 (5.77%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (1.92%) Hibernate
8 1 (1.92%) Node.js
8 1 (1.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) NHS
1 3 (5.77%) Private Cloud
2 1 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Android
1 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (28.85%) Agile
4 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.23%) Full Stack Development
6 9 (17.31%) DevOps
7 8 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 8 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (13.46%) Scrum
9 6 (11.54%) Analytics
10 5 (9.62%) Product Roadmap
10 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
11 4 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
11 4 (7.69%) Creative Thinking
11 4 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
11 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
11 4 (7.69%) SDLC
11 4 (7.69%) User Experience
12 3 (5.77%) Coaching
12 3 (5.77%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 29 (55.77%) Java
2 24 (46.15%) Python
3 22 (42.31%) JavaScript
4 17 (32.69%) C++
5 15 (28.85%) C#
6 8 (15.38%) SQL
7 7 (13.46%) C
8 2 (3.85%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.92%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) Degree
System Software
1 15 (28.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.62%) Terraform
3 1 (1.92%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (1.92%) Xamarin