The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Administrator
Rank 815 836 817
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Administrator 25 36 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.025% 0.031% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.033% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 21
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £25,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Administrator
UK

Security Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Administrator across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Security Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Security Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Administrator across the England region.

England Security Administrator Salary Trend

Security Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Administrator across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Security Administrator Salary Histogram

Security Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Administrator within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +26 7 £47,500 +18.75%
East of England +12 7 £42,500 -10.52%
South West - 7 £38,000 -
South East +9 2 £16,500 -31.95%
Yorkshire - 2 £42,500 -
Security Administrator
UK

Security Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Administrator in their job title.

1 40 (51.95%) Windows
2 36 (46.75%) Finance
3 32 (41.56%) Information Security
4 28 (36.36%) Firewall
5 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
5 26 (33.77%) Active Directory
6 24 (31.17%) Degree
7 20 (25.97%) DNS
7 20 (25.97%) LDAP
8 19 (24.68%) HTTP
8 19 (24.68%) Cisco
8 19 (24.68%) Change Control
9 18 (23.38%) Internet
10 17 (22.08%) SMTP
11 16 (20.78%) TCP/IP
12 15 (19.48%) Juniper
12 15 (19.48%) ISA Server
12 15 (19.48%) Load Balancing
12 15 (19.48%) Squid
13 14 (18.18%) Linux
13 14 (18.18%) MS Exchange
14 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (15.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
16 10 (12.99%) UNIX
16 10 (12.99%) SNMP
17 9 (11.69%) SAN
17 9 (11.69%) NetApp
17 9 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (11.69%) ITIL

Security Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (5.195%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.299%) ASP
2 1 (1.299%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.299%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.18%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.597%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.299%) IIS
3 1 (1.299%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (6.494%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.195%) MS Office
3 1 (1.299%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.195%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.299%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 28 (36.36%) Firewall
2 20 (25.97%) DNS
2 20 (25.97%) LDAP
3 19 (24.68%) HTTP
4 18 (23.38%) Internet
5 17 (22.08%) SMTP
6 16 (20.78%) TCP/IP
7 10 (12.99%) SNMP
8 9 (11.69%) SAN
9 4 (5.195%) VPN
9 4 (5.195%) WAN
9 4 (5.195%) LAN
10 3 (3.896%) Network Security
10 3 (3.896%) DHCP
10 3 (3.896%) FTP
11 2 (2.597%) IPsec
11 2 (2.597%) HTTPS
11 2 (2.597%) Ethernet
11 2 (2.597%) Kerberos
12 1 (1.299%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.195%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.299%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 36 (46.75%) Finance
2 3 (3.896%) Legal
3 2 (2.597%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.597%) Advertising
3 2 (2.597%) Publishing
4 1 (1.299%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Clustering
2 8 (10.39%) Hedge funds
3 7 (9.091%) Management Information System
4 6 (7.792%) Computer Science
5 5 (6.494%) SecurID
6 2 (2.597%) Mainframe
6 2 (2.597%) Statistics
7 1 (1.299%) Derivative
7 1 (1.299%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.299%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 40 (51.95%) Windows
2 14 (18.18%) Linux
3 10 (12.99%) UNIX
4 3 (3.896%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.896%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.597%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.597%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.597%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.299%) CentOS
6 1 (1.299%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.299%) AIX
6 1 (1.299%) Solaris
6 1 (1.299%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (41.56%) Information Security
2 19 (24.68%) Change Control
3 15 (19.48%) Load Balancing
4 9 (11.69%) ITIL
5 8 (10.39%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (7.792%) CRM
6 6 (7.792%) SAP Security
7 4 (5.195%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (5.195%) Identity Management
7 4 (5.195%) Service Management
8 3 (3.896%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.896%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (3.896%) SIEM
8 3 (3.896%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.896%) Project Management
8 3 (3.896%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (2.597%) Business Continuity
9 2 (2.597%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.597%) BCP
9 2 (2.597%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) Shell Script
2 8 (10.39%) Bash shell
3 7 (9.091%) Python
3 7 (9.091%) Perl
4 4 (5.195%) ABAP
5 3 (3.896%) SQL
6 1 (1.299%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 24 (31.17%) Degree
2 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 9 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.39%) MCSA
5 8 (10.39%) CCNA
6 5 (6.494%) CISSP
7 4 (5.195%) MCSE
8 2 (2.597%) CISM
8 2 (2.597%) MCP
8 2 (2.597%) MCITP
8 2 (2.597%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.299%) CCNP
9 1 (1.299%) Security+ Certification
9 1 (1.299%) RHCE
9 1 (1.299%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.195%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.597%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.597%) QA
4 1 (1.299%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 26 (33.77%) Active Directory
2 15 (19.48%) ISA Server
2 15 (19.48%) Squid
3 7 (9.091%) qmail
3 7 (9.091%) Postfix
3 7 (9.091%) Sendmail
4 2 (2.597%) VMware ESX
4 2 (2.597%) RACF
4 2 (2.597%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.299%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.39%) Zenoss
2 2 (2.597%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.299%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 19 (24.68%) Cisco
3 15 (19.48%) Juniper
4 9 (11.69%) NetApp
5 7 (9.091%) SAP
6 4 (5.195%) VMware
6 4 (5.195%) Oracle
6 4 (5.195%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.597%) HP
7 2 (2.597%) Lotus
7 2 (2.597%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.597%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.597%) CA
7 2 (2.597%) Siebel
8 1 (1.299%) F5
8 1 (1.299%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.299%) Citrix
8 1 (1.299%) Symantec
8 1 (1.299%) Remedy