IT Security Administrator Jobs in England

IT Security Administrator
UK > England

The median IT Security Administrator salary in England is £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 838 917
Rank change year-on-year +151 +79 +236
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Administrator 4 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £32,200 £28,425
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £31,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £41,000 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.54% +8.61% -11.70%
75th Percentile £49,813 £46,500 £43,188
90th Percentile £54,425 £49,800 £46,075
UK median annual salary £44,500 £41,000 £37,750
% change year-on-year +8.54% +8.61% -16.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,258 81,164 82,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.49% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,638 60,585 52,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,650 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -

IT Security Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Administrator in England

IT Security Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Security Administrator in England

IT Security Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Administrator in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Security Administrator in England

IT Security Administrator
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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
London - 3 £42,500 -
Yorkshire +70 1 £55,000 +5.77%
North of England +62 1 £55,000 +5.77%
IT Security Administrator
UK

IT Security Administrator Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring IT Security Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management

IT Security Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory