Security Administrator Contracts

Security Administrator
UK

The median Security Administrator daily rate in the UK is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 689 849
Rank change year-on-year +120 +160 -184
Contract jobs requiring a Security Administrator 10 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.018% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.019% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile - £224 £338
25th Percentile £313 £245 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £363 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -30.95% +90.91%
75th Percentile - £441 £700
90th Percentile £376 £488 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £475 £403
% change year-on-year - +18.01% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £21.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Security Administrator in the UK

Security Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Administrator in the UK

Security Administrator
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +112 6 £333 +0.38% 4
UK excluding London +70 5 - - 2
London +111 4 £333 +26.67% 2
Scotland - 3 - -
North of England +28 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
Work from Home +117 1 £400 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Security Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) GRC
2 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) CTC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Police
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Security
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management

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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Police
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 4 (40.00%) Information Security
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Security
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GRC
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
1 1 (10.00%) SAP