SQL Job Trends in Cheltenham

SQL (Structured Query Language)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	55	18	30
Rank change year-on-year	-37	+12	-6
Permanent jobs citing SQL	14	8	21
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	1.50%	6.56%	7.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category	7.25%	16.67%	15.79%
Number of salaries quoted	10	6	8
10^th Percentile	£38,400	£51,250	£35,875
25^th Percentile	£43,125	£51,813	£54,063
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£66,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-16.67%	+10.00%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£62,813	£80,000	-
90^th Percentile	£66,250	-	£69,375
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£60,000	£49,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+21.21%	-17.50%	+9.09%

All Programming Languages
Cheltenham

SQL falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cheltenham.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	193	48	133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	20.64%	39.34%	47.84%
Number of salaries quoted	152	36	72
10^th Percentile	£56,275	£35,000	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£60,938	£51,250	£43,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£85,313	£80,000	£73,125
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£91,875	£82,400
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£75,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+30.43%	-4.17%	+4.35%

SQL Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

SQL Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing SQL.

SQL Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

SQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing SQL also mentioned 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 with a requirement for SQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Intelligence	57.1%	8
1	Power BI	57.1%	8
1	Power Platform	57.1%	8
4	AI	42.9%	6
4	Data Engineering	42.9%	6
4	Microsoft	42.9%	6
7	ACCA	35.7%	5
7	Analytics	35.7%	5
7	Azure	35.7%	5
7	CIMA	35.7%	5
7	Dashboard Development	35.7%	5
7	Data Extraction	35.7%	5
7	IBM	35.7%	5
7	IBM Planning Analytics	35.7%	5
7	Kalman Filter	35.7%	5
7	Planning and Forecasting	35.7%	5
7	Storytelling	35.7%	5
7	Task Automation	35.7%	5
19	Data Analysis	28.6%	4
19	Python	28.6%	4
21	Agile	21.4%	3
21	AWS	21.4%	3
21	Data Integration	21.4%	3
21	Data Quality	21.4%	3
21	Data Warehouse	21.4%	3
21	ETL	21.4%	3
21	Machine Learning	21.4%	3
21	Microsoft 365	21.4%	3
21	Microsoft Excel	21.4%	3
30	Analytical Thinking	14.3%	2

SQL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	28.6%	4
2	C#	7.1%	1