Senior Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 44 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | +2 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 4 | 24 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 5.48% | 5.61% | 2.60% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 5.71% | 5.84% | 3.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 20 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,500 | £44,200 | £43,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,000 | £44,250 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £68,750 | £60,000 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.58% | -17.24% | +55.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £69,375 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £90,000 | £79,500 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £54,459 | £71,250 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.57% | +9.62% | +39.78% |
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 | 70 | 411 | 295 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.89% | 96.03% | 85.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 50 | 307 | 246 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,400 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £43,750 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -1.35% | +23.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £67,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £82,500 | £84,000 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £52,600 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.20% | -9.09% | +12.24% |
Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Cheltenham.
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 24 March 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Software Engineer 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: