Senior Jobs in Cheltenham

Senior
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Senior salary in Cheltenham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 11 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 22 68 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 24.18% 17.66% 15.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 18.13% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7 42 42
10th Percentile - £44,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -6.54% +13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £77,500 £77,725
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,600 £54,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.49% -5.22% +9.52%

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 88 375 265
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.70% 97.40% 83.07%
Number of salaries quoted 55 299 204
10th Percentile £27,150 £29,700 £31,625
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £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 £77,500 £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
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cheltenham

Senior
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

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

Salary trend for Senior in Cheltenham

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Java
2 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 11 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
4 9 (40.91%) Python
4 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
4 9 (40.91%) DevOps
4 9 (40.91%) Public Sector
5 8 (36.36%) SDLC
5 8 (36.36%) DV Cleared
6 7 (31.82%) AWS
6 7 (31.82%) Docker
7 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes
8 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
8 5 (22.73%) IBM
8 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
8 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
8 5 (22.73%) Red Hat
9 4 (18.18%) Degree
9 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
9 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
10 3 (13.64%) Containerisation
10 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
10 3 (13.64%) Serverless
10 3 (13.64%) React
10 3 (13.64%) Ansible
10 3 (13.64%) Azure
10 3 (13.64%) Linux
11 2 (9.09%) Telecoms

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Serverless
3 2 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Big Data
1 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 9 (40.91%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) React
2 2 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.55%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (4.55%) Jetpack Compose
3 1 (4.55%) NumPy
3 1 (4.55%) OpenAPI
3 1 (4.55%) Pandas
3 1 (4.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.09%) Private Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Android
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (40.91%) DevOps
4 8 (36.36%) SDLC
5 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
5 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
6 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 3 (13.64%) Containerisation
7 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
8 2 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (9.09%) DevSecOps
8 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (9.09%) Microservices
8 2 (9.09%) Re-Platforming
8 2 (9.09%) Task Automation
9 1 (4.55%) Coaching
9 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (68.18%) Java
2 9 (40.91%) Python
3 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 4 (18.18%) TypeScript
5 2 (9.09%) Bash
5 2 (9.09%) C++
5 2 (9.09%) Go
5 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (9.09%) R
6 1 (4.55%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.64%) Ansible
3 2 (9.09%) Puppet
3 2 (9.09%) Terraform
4 1 (4.55%) Packer
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) IBM
1 5 (22.73%) Red Hat
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle