Developer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Developer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Developer salary in Cheltenham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 7 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 3.65% 14.84% 9.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.80% 15.57% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 35
10th Percentile £44,500 £42,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,313 £69,375
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,125 £71,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +30.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 184 122 403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.83% 95.31% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 143 59 267
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,375 £45,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £83,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,800 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +5.60% -4.76%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Developer job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Developer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Cheltenham

Developer
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Cheltenham

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Docker
2 4 (57.14%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) CSS
3 3 (42.86%) Git
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) RESTful
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Apache
4 2 (28.57%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (28.57%) Blazor
4 2 (28.57%) Bootstrap
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Flask
4 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning

Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub
2 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MongoDB
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
2 3 (42.86%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
1 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (28.57%) Blazor
2 2 (28.57%) Bootstrap
2 2 (28.57%) Flask
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (14.29%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (14.29%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
3 2 (28.57%) MVC
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) B2B
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Docker
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
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