Degree Job Trends in Cheltenham

Academic Degree
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 32 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -24 +16
Permanent jobs citing Degree 6 7 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 3.28% 4.86% 21.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.00% 7.95% 31.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 32
10th Percentile £44,000 £53,750 £30,209
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £72,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% +29.46% -4.68%
75th Percentile £100,625 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £101,000 £88,750 £85,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £53,250 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.39% +27.78% -18.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheltenham

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 75 88 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 40.98% 61.11% 68.03%
Number of salaries quoted 57 39 145
10th Percentile £41,500 £45,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,500 £93,500 £88,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Degree relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Degree job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Degree
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Degree.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Degree

Degree
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Degree in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Degree in Cheltenham

Degree
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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Ataccama
3 1 (16.67%) Power Query
3 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Accountant
1 2 (33.33%) Data Governance Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Data Governance Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Accountant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Data Management
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) ERP
4 2 (33.33%) Information Management
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 1 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ACCA
2 2 (33.33%) CIMA
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Sage
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Veeam
2 1 (16.67%) VMware