Technical Manager Job Trends in Cheltenham

Technical Manager
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Technical Manager salary in Cheltenham is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 34 67
Rank change year-on-year -2 +33 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.44% 0.78% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.81% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile - - £73,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -13.46% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

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 217 124 395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.02% 96.12% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 166 59 272
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £66,313
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -9.09%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Cheltenham

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, Technical Manager job roles required 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 featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Technical Manager Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft