IT Security Administrator Contracts

IT Security Administrator
UK

The median IT Security Administrator daily rate in the UK is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 701 858
Rank change year-on-year +113 +157 -157
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Administrator 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.004% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £233 £280
Median % change year-on-year +46.24% -16.96% -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £215 £280
% change year-on-year - -23.21% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

IT Security Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Administrator in the UK

IT Security Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Security Administrator.

Daily rate trend for IT Security Administrator in the UK

IT Security Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Administrator.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Administrator in the UK

IT Security Administrator
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +125 2 £340 +46.24%
London +95 2 £340 +36.00%

IT Security Administrator Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, IT Security Administrator contract 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 contract job ads featuring IT Security Administrator in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) GRC

IT Security Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST