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 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 -21
Permanent jobs citing SQL 13 16 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 7.83% 7.66% 9.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.53% 16.33% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 22
10th Percentile £38,500 - £43,750
25th Percentile £41,250 - £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,813 £67,250
90th Percentile - £81,875 £68,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +20.37% +5.37%

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 53 98 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 31.93% 46.89% 47.61%
Number of salaries quoted 46 46 96
10th Percentile £40,625 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,813 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,500 £80,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +4.76%

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

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Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL in Cheltenham

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 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Infor CloudSuite
1 3 (23.08%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (15.38%) Magento
2 2 (15.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
3 4 (30.77%) Azure AI
4 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (7.69%) AWS
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
5 1 (7.69%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (38.46%) Power BI
2 5 (38.46%) Tableau
3 3 (23.08%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (23.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (7.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Data Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Junior
3 4 (30.77%) Junior Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Junior Data Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Senior
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Graduate Software Developer
6 1 (7.69%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Support Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) Blazor
2 3 (23.08%) REST
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (15.38%) Middleware
3 2 (15.38%) SOAP
4 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
4 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (7.69%) CSS
4 1 (7.69%) CSS3
4 1 (7.69%) HTML
4 1 (7.69%) HTML5
4 1 (7.69%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (7.69%) React
4 1 (7.69%) RESTful
4 1 (7.69%) WinForms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) ERP
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) AI
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) Data Management
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
5 2 (15.38%) ITSM
5 2 (15.38%) MVC
5 2 (15.38%) Service Management
5 2 (15.38%) User Experience
6 1 (7.69%) B2B
6 1 (7.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
1 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Infor
3 2 (15.38%) ConnectWise
3 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) WooCommerce