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 24 May 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 27 52
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 49 38 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 12.69% 11.11% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.03% 13.15% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 41 31 6
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £28,363
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +28.08% -3.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £74,125
Gloucestershire median annual salary £62,500 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +15.91% -

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 376 289 386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.41% 84.50% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 299 200 321
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +33.21% +0.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £62,827
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +4.17%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 49 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (55.10%) Java
3 26 (53.06%) Security Cleared
4 21 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 21 (42.86%) AWS
5 20 (40.82%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (38.78%) Python
7 16 (32.65%) C#
8 14 (28.57%) Kubernetes
9 13 (26.53%) React
9 13 (26.53%) Docker
9 13 (26.53%) Agile
10 12 (24.49%) C++
11 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (20.41%) Full Stack Development
12 10 (20.41%) AngularJS
13 9 (18.37%) Azure
13 9 (18.37%) .NET
13 9 (18.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (18.37%) Jenkins
14 8 (16.33%) CSS
14 8 (16.33%) Scrum
14 8 (16.33%) MongoDB
14 8 (16.33%) DV Cleared
15 7 (14.29%) Spring
15 7 (14.29%) DevOps
15 7 (14.29%) Spring Boot
15 7 (14.29%) CI/CD
16 6 (12.24%) HTML
16 6 (12.24%) SQL

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 21 (42.86%) AWS
2 9 (18.37%) Azure
3 5 (10.20%) OpenShift
4 3 (6.12%) SaaS
5 2 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (4.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) AMQP
1 1 (2.04%) Internet
1 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) MongoDB
2 5 (10.20%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (10.20%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.08%) Big Data
4 1 (2.04%) Apache Accumulo
4 1 (2.04%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Jenkins
2 5 (10.20%) Cucumber
2 5 (10.20%) Cypress.io
2 5 (10.20%) Selenium
3 3 (6.12%) GitLab
4 2 (4.08%) Git
5 1 (2.04%) GCC
General
1 9 (18.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Finance
2 4 (8.16%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Aerospace
3 3 (6.12%) Legal
4 1 (2.04%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (26.53%) React
2 10 (20.41%) AngularJS
3 9 (18.37%) .NET
4 8 (16.33%) CSS
5 7 (14.29%) Spring
5 7 (14.29%) Spring Boot
6 6 (12.24%) HTML
7 5 (10.20%) Vue
8 4 (8.16%) OpenAPI
8 4 (8.16%) RESTful
8 4 (8.16%) Swagger
9 3 (6.12%) .NET Core
9 3 (6.12%) .NET Framework
9 3 (6.12%) Kafka
9 3 (6.12%) Tailwind CSS
10 1 (2.04%) Hibernate
10 1 (2.04%) Node.js
10 1 (2.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) NHS
1 3 (6.12%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
2 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Android
1 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (40.82%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (26.53%) Agile
4 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (20.41%) Full Stack Development
6 8 (16.33%) Scrum
7 7 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (12.24%) Analytics
8 6 (12.24%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (10.20%) SDLC
10 4 (8.16%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (8.16%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (8.16%) User Experience
11 3 (6.12%) Coaching
11 3 (6.12%) Code Quality
11 3 (6.12%) Cost Reduction
11 3 (6.12%) Microservices
11 3 (6.12%) Product Roadmap
11 3 (6.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (55.10%) Java
2 21 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 19 (38.78%) Python
4 16 (32.65%) C#
5 12 (24.49%) C++
6 6 (12.24%) SQL
7 5 (10.20%) C
8 2 (4.08%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.04%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (53.06%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (26.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (2.04%) Xamarin