Administrator Job Trends in Cheltenham

Administrator
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Administrator salary in Cheltenham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 33 45
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 9 5 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 4.95% 3.45% 5.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.14% 3.60% 6.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile £37,750 - £23,750
25th Percentile £49,375 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £22,400 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +145.54% -57.33% +23.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £38,075 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £47,480 -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £37,450 £52,500
% change year-on-year +46.86% -28.67% +16.67%

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 175 139 375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 95.86% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 138 66 233
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,000 £34,400
25th Percentile £37,313 £46,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £83,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £53,695 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.88% +7.39% -4.76%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Administrator
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cheltenham

Administrator
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in Cheltenham

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Administrator 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 Administrator in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 6 (66.67%) Python
3 4 (44.44%) Ansible
3 4 (44.44%) Bash
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (33.33%) Unix
5 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
5 2 (22.22%) MySQL
5 2 (22.22%) Nagios
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
5 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (11.11%) CentOS
6 1 (11.11%) CoreOS
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Git
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Puppet
6 1 (11.11%) Red Hat

Administrator 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Unix
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (11.11%) CentOS
4 1 (11.11%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Data Guard
2 2 (22.22%) Nagios
3 1 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat