The median Software Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
23 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
10 |
13 |
39 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+3 |
+26 |
-26 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
15 |
47 |
34 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham |
12.50% |
17.03% |
8.70% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
12.50% |
17.54% |
9.04% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
15 |
27 |
16 |
| 10th Percentile |
£52,500 |
£40,000 |
£45,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£55,625 |
£55,625 |
£48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
£58,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+19.15% |
-2.08% |
| 75th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£80,000 |
£71,438 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£90,000 |
£72,000 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary |
£76,250 |
£70,000 |
£62,450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.93% |
+12.09% |
+13.55% |
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 |
120 |
268 |
376 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
100.00% |
97.10% |
96.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
92 |
152 |
187 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,000 |
£32,625 |
£32,337 |
| 25th Percentile |
£48,750 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
+7.14% |
+9.80% |
| 75th Percentile |
£87,813 |
£70,000 |
£72,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£84,750 |
£79,250 |
| Gloucestershire median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,918 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-0.79% |
-3.79% |
+7.84% |
