Systems Administrator Jobs in Gloucestershire

System Administrator (Sysadmin)
South West > Gloucestershire

The median System Administrator (Sysadmin) salary in Gloucestershire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 118 86
Rank change year-on-year +62 -32 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Administrator 13 15 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.47% 0.87% 2.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 0.90% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 4
10th Percentile £30,938 £38,500 £32,375
25th Percentile - £43,750 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile - £56,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £46,250 - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £43,750 £45,375
% change year-on-year +14.29% -3.58% -9.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 495 1,667 1,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 96.92% 84.75%
Number of salaries quoted 304 1,228 474
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,000 £61,250 £72,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £75,000 £81,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Administrator in Gloucestershire

Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Administrator in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Systems Administrator in Gloucestershire

Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Administrator in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Administrator in Gloucestershire

Systems Administrator
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Administrator within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester - 6 £35,000 - 2
Cheltenham +34 1 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Systems Administrator
South West

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Systems 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
2 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (38.46%) Ansible
3 5 (38.46%) Linux
3 5 (38.46%) Python
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) Bash
4 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
4 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Docker
4 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
4 4 (30.77%) Terraform
4 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) SQL
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (15.38%) Citrix
6 2 (15.38%) NetApp
6 2 (15.38%) Middleware

Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (46.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
2 2 (15.38%) Aviation
2 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
1 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
2 5 (38.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Containerisation
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (30.77%) Machine Learning
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) PLM
2 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.69%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Bash
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Docker
1 4 (30.77%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Ansible
2 4 (30.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) NetApp