Software Architecture Job Trends in Cheltenham

Software Architecture
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring Software Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.12% - 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59,250 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £40,000 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

Software Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 683 115 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 81.50% 85.19% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 478 72 203
10th Percentile £40,000 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £86,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Software Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Architecture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Software Architecture job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Software Architecture
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Software Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Software Architecture

Software Architecture
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%) NoSQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++/Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker