Security Administrator
UK

The median Security Administrator salary in the UK is £40,000 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 903 985 1203
Rank change year-on-year +82 +218 -329
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Administrator 8 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.014% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.015% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £33,857 £27,650 £25,675
25th Percentile £35,690 £28,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £45,350 £59,150 £50,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £34,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.82% +22.83%

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%

Security Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Administrator in the UK

Security Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Administrator in the UK

Security Administrator
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Administrator in the UK

Security Administrator
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 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 +85 8 £40,000 - 3
UK excluding London -12 7 £40,000 +17.65% 1
Work from Home +77 5 £40,000 +42.86%
East of England - 4 £40,000 - 1
Midlands +17 2 £33,250 -
East Midlands -12 2 £33,250 -
London +118 1 £35,510 -26.02% 2
Yorkshire +90 1 £52,000 +30.00%
North of England +34 1 £52,000 +1.46%

Security Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (12.50%) ISMS
4 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) SAN

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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) ISMS
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware