Software Engineer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Software Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 12 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 29 10 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 8.81% 13.70% 10.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.42% 14.29% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 27 7 38
10th Percentile £48,750 - £41,250
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £87,375
Gloucestershire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 308 70 409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 95.89% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 226 49 307
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.51% +9.09% -1.35%
75th Percentile £79,375 £78,750 £66,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Cheltenham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 18 (62.07%) Security Cleared
3 16 (55.17%) Java
4 12 (41.38%) Python
5 10 (34.48%) AWS
6 9 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
6 9 (31.03%) Kubernetes
7 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
8 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
9 5 (17.24%) AI
9 5 (17.24%) AngularJS
9 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
9 5 (17.24%) React
9 5 (17.24%) TypeScript
10 4 (13.79%) Azure
10 4 (13.79%) C
10 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Engineering
10 4 (13.79%) Docker
10 4 (13.79%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (13.79%) Kotlin
10 4 (13.79%) MERN Stack
10 4 (13.79%) Neo4j
11 3 (10.34%) DevOps
11 3 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
12 2 (6.90%) C++
12 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
12 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
12 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (6.90%) Git

Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.45%) OpenShift
3 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (13.79%) Neo4j
2 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Gradle
2 1 (3.45%) Maven
General
1 2 (6.90%) Electronics
2 1 (3.45%) Law
2 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) AngularJS
1 5 (17.24%) React
2 4 (13.79%) MERN Stack
3 2 (6.90%) HTML
3 2 (6.90%) Spring
3 2 (6.90%) Spring Boot
4 1 (3.45%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (3.45%) Hibernate
4 1 (3.45%) JPA
4 1 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (17.24%) AI
3 5 (17.24%) Machine Learning
4 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Engineering
5 3 (10.34%) DevOps
5 3 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.90%) Microservices
6 2 (6.90%) OO
6 2 (6.90%) OOP
7 1 (3.45%) Agile
7 1 (3.45%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (3.45%) Integration Patterns
7 1 (3.45%) Platform Engineering
7 1 (3.45%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 16 (55.17%) Java
2 12 (41.38%) Python
3 8 (27.59%) JavaScript
4 5 (17.24%) TypeScript
5 4 (13.79%) C
5 4 (13.79%) Kotlin
6 2 (6.90%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (62.07%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) DV Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Kubernetes
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