Digital & IT Job Market in Cheltenham

Permanent Job Market Index in Cheltenham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	1	No change0	£82,500	-	344 36.75%	157
DV Cleared	2	No change0	£85,000	-2.85%	206 22.01%	71
Software Engineering	3	Up 4 places+4	£80,000	+10.34%	199 21.26%	101
Software Engineer	4	Up 6 places+6	£85,000	+21.42%	150 16.03%	51
SC Cleared	5	Up 3 places+3	£77,750	+24.40%	135 14.42%	51
Cybersecurity	6	Up 7 places+7	£55,000	+4.76%	128 13.68%	65
Developer	7	Down 3 places-3	£70,000	+16.66%	102 10.90%	20
Linux	8	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+25.00%	99 10.58%	64
DevOps	8	Down 3 places-3	£87,500	+40.00%	99 10.58%	40
AWS	9	Down 6 places-6	£87,500	+34.61%	97 10.36%	87
Java	10	Down 1 place-1	£75,000	+15.38%	87 9.29%	44
Lead	10	Up 4 places+4	£100,000	+56.86%	87 9.29%	47
Senior	11	Down 4 places-4	£75,000	-11.76%	82 8.76%	72
C++	12	Up 8 places+8	£75,000	+25.00%	75 8.01%	43
CI/CD	13	Down 1 place-1	£85,000	+41.66%	71 7.59%	69
Infrastructure Engineering	14	Up 10 places+10	£75,000	+11.11%	70 7.48%	15
Analyst	15	Up 6 places+6	£60,000	+30.43%	69 7.37%	21
Agile	16	Down 12 places-12	£85,000	+41.66%	65 6.94%	71
DevOps Engineer	17	Up 4 places+4	£90,000	+16.12%	62 6.62%	14
Python	18	Down 12 places-12	£75,000	+25.00%	61 6.52%	70
Public Sector	19	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-5.88%	60 6.41%	30
Architect	20	Down 8 places-8	£100,000	-	59 6.30%	14
AI	21	Down 5 places-5	£95,000	+55.10%	58 6.20%	59
Problem-Solving	22	Down 7 places-7	£65,000	-13.33%	55 5.88%	65
Security Engineer	23	New entry-	£90,000	-	54 5.77%	24
Azure	23	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	+27.27%	54 5.77%	49
Social Skills	24	Down 11 places-11	£59,853	-22.77%	53 5.66%	63
Data Engineer	25	Down 1 place-1	£100,000	+75.43%	52 5.56%	9
Kubernetes	25	Down 13 places-13	£85,000	+30.76%	52 5.56%	45
Infrastructure Engineer	26	Down 2 places-2	£75,000	+11.11%	48 5.13%	11
Software Developer	26	Down 11 places-11	£75,000	+81.81%	48 5.13%	9
Containerisation	26	Down 15 places-15	£82,500	-	48 5.13%	39
Terraform	27	Down 8 places-8	£82,500	+24.52%	46 4.91%	24
Infrastructure as Code	28	Down 7 places-7	£81,250	-7.14%	45 4.81%	31
Microsoft	28	Down 10 places-10	£57,500	+9.52%	45 4.81%	40
Business Development	28	Down 10 places-10	£45,000	-42.85%	45 4.81%	9
Docker	29	Down 14 places-14	£85,000	+25.92%	42 4.49%	47
Machine Learning	30	Down 12 places-12	£70,000	+12.00%	41 4.38%	24
Cloud Engineer	31	New entry-	£60,000	-	39 4.17%	19
Stakeholder Management	31	Down 12 places-12	£90,000	+9.09%	39 4.17%	21
Open Source	32	New entry-	£100,000	-	38 4.06%	10
Test Automation	33	Down 13 places-13	£73,750	+145.83%	35 3.74%	31
Ansible	33	Down 18 places-18	£92,500	+42.30%	35 3.74%	25
Consultant	33	Down 15 places-15	£63,500	-25.29%	35 3.74%	14
Data Architect	33	New entry-	£100,000	-	35 3.74%	4
Finance	33	Down 12 places-12	£65,000	+8.78%	35 3.74%	53
Principal Engineer	34	Down 17 places-17	£100,000	-	34 3.63%	17
Continuous Improvement	34	Down 15 places-15	£53,750	-28.33%	34 3.63%	52
Business Analyst	35	Down 11 places-11	£130,446	-	33 3.53%	5
Analytical Skills	36	Down 13 places-13	£56,250	-4.25%	32 3.42%	40