Software Engineering Job Trends in Gloucestershire
Software Engineering
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire citing Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | -2 | 0 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 457 | 51 | 142 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire | 17.28% | 9.98% | 14.96% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 22.77% | 12.11% | 17.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 255 | 33 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £52,500 | £43,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £65,000 | £57,500 | £52,600 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £75,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | +11.11% | +8.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £95,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £90,000 |
| South West median annual salary | £70,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.00% | +4.17% | -4.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire
Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Gloucestershire.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 2,007 | 421 | 816 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 75.91% | 82.39% | 85.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,257 | 288 | 389 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £29,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £36,250 | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £52,750 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.22% | -4.09% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £75,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £85,000 | £81,700 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
Software Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
Software Engineering Salary Trend in Gloucestershire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 28 October 2026.
Software Engineering Job Locations in Gloucestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 28 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | +4 | 205 | £80,000 | +10.34% | 34 |
| Gloucester | +1 | 141 | £75,000 | -9.09% | 6 |
| Tewkesbury | - | 19 | £100,000 | - | 2 |
| Wotton-under-Edge | - | 8 | £55,000 | - | 2 |
| Cirencester | - | 6 | £85,000 | - | |
| Stroud | -2 | 4 | £70,000 | - | |
| Filton | - | 4 | £40,000 | - | 1 |
| Software Engineering South West |
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Software Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 18.6% | 85 |
| 2 | Cybersecurity | 12.7% | 58 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 10.5% | 48 |
| 4 | Full-Stack Development | 10.1% | 46 |
| 5 | Open Source | 8.3% | 38 |
| 6 | DevOps | 8.1% | 37 |
| 7 | Collaborative Working | 7.4% | 34 |
| 8 | Containerisation | 6.6% | 30 |
| 9 | Problem-Solving | 6.3% | 29 |
| 10 | AI | 5.9% | 27 |
| 11 | Cyber Intelligence | 5.5% | 25 |
| 11 | Microservices | 5.5% | 25 |
| 13 | DevSecOps | 5.3% | 24 |
| 13 | Test Automation | 5.3% | 24 |
| 15 | Data Pipeline | 4.8% | 22 |
| 16 | Continuous Improvement | 4.6% | 21 |
| 17 | Code Quality | 3.9% | 18 |
| 17 | Collaborative Culture | 3.9% | 18 |
| 19 | Infrastructure as Code | 3.7% | 17 |
| 20 | Deployment Automation | 3.5% | 16 |