Senior Developer Jobs in Cheltenham

Senior Developer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Senior Developer salary in Cheltenham is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 57 52
Rank change year-on-year +35 -5 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 2.27% 2.38% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 2.44% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - £43,625
25th Percentile £71,250 £58,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £61,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% +4.68% +11.90%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,750 £66,875
90th Percentile - £66,050 £70,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% - -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 85 409 256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.59% 97.38% 82.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57 307 213
10th Percentile £27,600 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Cheltenham

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Cheltenham.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Cheltenham

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared

Senior Developer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle