Public Sector Jobs in Cheltenham

Public Sector
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Cheltenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 23 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 +34 +14
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Public Sector 17 36 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 12.14% 11.11% 1.84%
As % of the General category 30.91% 25.71% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 6
10th Percentile £53,125 - £48,625
25th Percentile £55,938 £50,000 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £72,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -23.88% -3.67%
75th Percentile £82,813 £60,000 £88,438
90th Percentile £101,375 £70,375 £103,125
Gloucestershire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -9.84% +31.18%

All General Skills
Cheltenham

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Cheltenham.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 55 140 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 39.29% 43.21% 59.58%
Number of salaries quoted 29 65 99
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £78,250 £78,550
Gloucestershire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +16.67%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cheltenham

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Cheltenham

Public Sector
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 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
2 2 (11.76%) Serverless
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Senior
2 10 (58.82%) Java Engineer
2 10 (58.82%) Senior Java Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React
1 1 (5.88%) Spring
1 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 12 (70.59%) Artificial Intelligence
3 10 (58.82%) SDLC
4 4 (23.53%) DevOps
5 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
6 2 (11.76%) Coaching
6 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
6 2 (11.76%) Microservices
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security
7 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
7 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
7 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Kubernetes
1 3 (17.65%) Terraform
2 2 (11.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) IBM
1 6 (35.29%) Red Hat