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 citing SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	56	17	28
Rank change year-on-year	-39	+11	0
Permanent jobs citing SQL	13	10	18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	1.35%	7.63%	6.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category	6.22%	18.87%	15.13%
Number of salaries quoted	10	8	7
10^th Percentile	£38,400	£37,750	£50,500
25^th Percentile	£43,125	£48,438	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£54,750	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+0.46%	-8.75%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£62,813	£80,000	-
90^th Percentile	£66,250	-	£72,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£62,500	£50,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-23.08%	+22.07%

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 citing coding skills in Cheltenham.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	209	53	119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	21.75%	40.46%	44.57%
Number of salaries quoted	165	41	64
10^th Percentile	£56,350	£32,500	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£61,250	£48,750	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£90,000	£77,500	£73,125
90^th Percentile	£103,000	£87,500	£82,200
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 31 October 2026.

SQL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 31 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 citing SQL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Intelligence	53.8%	7
1	Power BI	53.8%	7
1	Power Platform	53.8%	7
4	Data Engineering	46.2%	6
5	ACCA	38.5%	5
5	AI	38.5%	5
5	Analytics	38.5%	5
5	CIMA	38.5%	5
5	Dashboard Development	38.5%	5
5	Data Extraction	38.5%	5
5	IBM	38.5%	5
5	IBM Planning Analytics	38.5%	5
5	Kalman Filter	38.5%	5
5	Microsoft	38.5%	5
5	Planning and Forecasting	38.5%	5
5	Storytelling	38.5%	5
5	Task Automation	38.5%	5
18	Azure	30.8%	4
18	Data Analysis	30.8%	4
20	Agile	23.1%	3
20	AWS	23.1%	3
20	Data Integration	23.1%	3
20	Data Quality	23.1%	3
20	Data Warehouse	23.1%	3
20	ETL	23.1%	3
20	Machine Learning	23.1%	3
20	Microsoft 365	23.1%	3
20	Python	23.1%	3
29	Analytical Thinking	15.4%	2
29	Business Strategy	15.4%	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	23.1%	3
2	C#	7.7%	1