Linux Administrator Jobs in Cheltenham

Linux Administrator
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Linux Administrator salary in Cheltenham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 58 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 1 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 1.12% 2.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 2.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £46,000 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 86 409 251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 97.38% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 57 307 208
10th Percentile £27,600 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Administrator in Cheltenham

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Administrator in Cheltenham.

Salary trend for Linux Administrator in Cheltenham

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Linux Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
17 Linux Administrator jobs in England