IT Security Administrator Jobs

IT Security Administrator
UK

The median IT Security Administrator salary in the UK is £41,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 909 997 1208
Rank change year-on-year +88 +211 -305
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Administrator 2 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £32,200 £28,425 £31,450
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,688 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £37,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.61% -16.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £46,500 £43,188 £47,500
90th Percentile £49,800 £46,075 £49,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £27,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +49.09% -32.10% +27.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Security Administrator in the UK

IT Security Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Administrator over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Administrator in the UK

IT Security Administrator
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 2 £41,000 +8.61%
UK excluding London -8 2 £41,000 +49.09%
North of England - 1 £52,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £52,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 -
Midlands - 1 £30,000 -

IT Security Administrator Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT Security 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 featuring IT Security Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ISMS
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2