Security Administrator
UK
The median Security Administrator salary in the UK is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 706 | 887 | 964 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +181 | +77 | +260 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Administrator | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.008% | 0.015% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.010% | 0.009% | 0.016% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £33,857 | £27,825 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,690 | £28,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,500 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.25% | - | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £42,500 | £47,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,500 | £45,350 | £58,575 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £40,000 | £28,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +43.75% | +42.86% | -28.21% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Security Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Security Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Security Administrator
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Administrator.
Security Administrator
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Administrator over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Security Administrator
Top 7 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 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +149 | 5 | £46,500 | +16.25% | 7 |
| London | +108 | 3 | £42,500 | +19.68% | |
| UK excluding London | +183 | 2 | £57,500 | +43.75% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +121 | 2 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +68 | 1 | £55,000 | +5.77% | |
| North of England | +51 | 1 | £55,000 | +5.77% | 1 |
| East of England | +40 | 1 | £60,000 | +50.00% | 2 |
Security Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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.
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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: