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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing SQL 21 5 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 3.45% 4.55% 10.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.65% 9.62% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 36
10th Percentile £40,500 - £35,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £87,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 119 52 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 19.54% 47.27% 48.98%
Number of salaries quoted 72 29 173
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £95,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

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 job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

SQL
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing SQL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing SQL

SQL
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:

Applications
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (19.05%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (19.05%) Magento
1 4 (19.05%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) Azure
2 16 (76.19%) Azure AI
2 16 (76.19%) Power Platform
3 4 (19.05%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (76.19%) Power BI
1 16 (76.19%) Tableau
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (95.24%) Analyst
2 16 (76.19%) Data Analyst
2 16 (76.19%) Junior
2 16 (76.19%) Junior Analyst
2 16 (76.19%) Junior Data Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Applications Support
3 4 (19.05%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Middleware
1 4 (19.05%) REST
1 4 (19.05%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) AI
2 16 (76.19%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (23.81%) Data Management
4 4 (19.05%) API Integration
4 4 (19.05%) Change Management
4 4 (19.05%) CRM
4 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
4 4 (19.05%) ERP
4 4 (19.05%) ITSM
4 4 (19.05%) Service Management
4 4 (19.05%) User Experience
5 1 (4.76%) Agile
5 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) ETL
5 1 (4.76%) Line Management
5 1 (4.76%) Machine Learning
5 1 (4.76%) Migration
5 1 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) Python
2 4 (19.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) ConnectWise
2 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 4 (19.05%) WooCommerce
3 1 (4.76%) Google