The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Administrator role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 23 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Administrator
Rank 838 862 852
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Administrator 24 36 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.030% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.031% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 16 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
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Security Administrator Salary Trend

Security Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Administrator over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Security Administrator Salary Histogram

Security Administrator
Top 23 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +12 24 £42,500 +6.25%
London +15 7 £47,500 +18.75%
East of England +13 7 £42,500 -10.52%
South West - 5 £43,500 -
Gloucestershire - 4 £43,500 -
Essex - 4 £42,500 -
South East +4 3 £16,500 -31.95%
Cambridge +8 2 £40,000 -
City of London +6 2 £70,000 +55.55%
Cambridgeshire +3 2 £40,000 -15.78%
Berkshire - 2 - -
Reading - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £42,500 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £42,500 -
Docklands, London - 1 £22,500 -
Hampshire - 1 £16,500 -
Devon - 1 - -
Plymouth - 1 - -
Luton - 1 £34,000 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £34,000 -
Romford - 1 £57,500 -
Cheltenham - 1 £43,500 -
Bradford - 1 - -

Security Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 39 (51.32%) Windows
2 35 (46.05%) Finance
3 31 (40.79%) Information Security
4 27 (35.53%) Firewall
5 26 (34.21%) Microsoft
5 26 (34.21%) Active Directory
6 24 (31.58%) Degree
7 19 (25.00%) Change Control
7 19 (25.00%) Cisco
7 19 (25.00%) DNS
7 19 (25.00%) LDAP
8 18 (23.68%) HTTP
9 17 (22.37%) Internet
10 16 (21.05%) SMTP
10 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
11 14 (18.42%) Juniper
11 14 (18.42%) Linux
11 14 (18.42%) MS Exchange
11 14 (18.42%) ISA Server
11 14 (18.42%) Squid
11 14 (18.42%) Load Balancing
12 12 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
14 10 (13.16%) ITIL
14 10 (13.16%) UNIX
15 9 (11.84%) SAN
15 9 (11.84%) NetApp
15 9 (11.84%) SNMP
15 9 (11.84%) Shell Script

Security Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 (5.263%) SAP Basis
2 2 (2.632%) .NET
2 2 (2.632%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.316%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.42%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.632%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (2.632%) IIS
3 1 (1.316%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (7.895%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.263%) MS Office
3 1 (1.316%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.263%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.316%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 27 (35.53%) Firewall
2 19 (25.00%) DNS
2 19 (25.00%) LDAP
3 18 (23.68%) HTTP
4 17 (22.37%) Internet
5 16 (21.05%) SMTP
5 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
6 9 (11.84%) SAN
6 9 (11.84%) SNMP
7 5 (6.579%) LAN
7 5 (6.579%) WAN
8 4 (5.263%) VPN
9 3 (3.947%) Network Security
9 3 (3.947%) FTP
9 3 (3.947%) DHCP
10 2 (2.632%) BIG-IP
10 2 (2.632%) IPsec
10 2 (2.632%) Ethernet
10 2 (2.632%) Kerberos
10 2 (2.632%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.632%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (2.632%) SQL Server
General
1 35 (46.05%) Finance
2 3 (3.947%) Legal
3 2 (2.632%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.632%) Advertising
3 2 (2.632%) Publishing
4 1 (1.316%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Clustering
2 7 (9.211%) Hedge funds
2 7 (9.211%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.895%) Computer Science
4 5 (6.579%) SecurID
5 2 (2.632%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.632%) Statistics
6 1 (1.316%) Derivative
6 1 (1.316%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.316%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 39 (51.32%) Windows
2 14 (18.42%) Linux
3 10 (13.16%) UNIX
4 3 (3.947%) Windows 7
4 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.947%) Windows XP
4 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.632%) Windows 2000
5 2 (2.632%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.316%) CentOS
6 1 (1.316%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (1.316%) AIX
6 1 (1.316%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.79%) Information Security
2 19 (25.00%) Change Control
3 14 (18.42%) Load Balancing
4 10 (13.16%) ITIL
5 8 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (7.895%) CRM
6 6 (7.895%) SAP Security
7 4 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (5.263%) Identity Management
7 4 (5.263%) Service Management
7 4 (5.263%) Project Management
8 3 (3.947%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.947%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (3.947%) SIEM
8 3 (3.947%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.947%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 2 (2.632%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.632%) Business Continuity
9 2 (2.632%) Security Management
9 2 (2.632%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.84%) Shell Script
2 8 (10.53%) Bash shell
3 7 (9.211%) Perl
3 7 (9.211%) Python
4 4 (5.263%) ABAP
5 3 (3.947%) SQL
6 1 (1.316%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 24 (31.58%) Degree
2 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (14.47%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (9.211%) CCNA
5 7 (9.211%) MCSA
6 5 (6.579%) CISSP
6 5 (6.579%) MCSE
7 3 (3.947%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.947%) MCITP
8 2 (2.632%) CISM
8 2 (2.632%) MCP
9 1 (1.316%) CCNP
9 1 (1.316%) RHCE
9 1 (1.316%) Security+ Certification
9 1 (1.316%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.263%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.947%) QA
4 2 (2.632%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.316%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 26 (34.21%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.42%) ISA Server
2 14 (18.42%) Squid
3 7 (9.211%) qmail
3 7 (9.211%) Postfix
3 7 (9.211%) Sendmail
4 3 (3.947%) VMware ESX
5 2 (2.632%) RACF
5 2 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.316%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (9.211%) Zenoss
2 2 (2.632%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.316%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.00%) Cisco
3 14 (18.42%) Juniper
4 9 (11.84%) NetApp
5 7 (9.211%) SAP
6 5 (6.579%) VMware
7 4 (5.263%) Oracle
7 4 (5.263%) Business Objects
8 3 (3.947%) HP
9 2 (2.632%) Symantec
9 2 (2.632%) Lotus
9 2 (2.632%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.632%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.632%) CA
9 2 (2.632%) Siebel
9 2 (2.632%) F5
10 1 (1.316%) Hitachi
10 1 (1.316%) Citrix
10 1 (1.316%) Remedy