Graduate Job Trends in Cheltenham

Graduate
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Graduate salary in Cheltenham is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £35,000 £43,000 £29,250
% change year-on-year -18.60% +47.01% +17.00%

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 176 138 378
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 95.83% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 139 65 236
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,375 £46,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £66,583
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £83,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

Graduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Graduate job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Graduate
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Graduate job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate job vacancies in Cheltenham

Graduate Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Graduate 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 Graduate in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Blazor
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Graduate 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Blazor
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance