Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The median Software Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 17 | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | -2 | +46 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 11 | 53 | 42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 12.36% | 12.59% | 13.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 12.79% | 12.93% | 16.94% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 44 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £41,125 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £44,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £76,563 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £88,875 | £82,500 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary | £60,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -3.85% | +18.18% |
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 | 86 | 410 | 248 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 96.63% | 97.39% | 81.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 57 | 309 | 207 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,600 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £43,750 | £43,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £59,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -7.56% | +32.16% |
| 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% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheltenham.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
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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: