Security Administrator Contracts

Security Administrator
UK

The median Security Administrator daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 683 838
Rank change year-on-year +106 +155 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Security Administrator 7 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.025% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.027% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £352 £224 £338
25th Percentile £370 £267 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -35.71% +41.89%
75th Percentile £444 £400 £700
90th Percentile £470 £431 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £338 £403
% change year-on-year +40.74% -16.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Median hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.50 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Administrator over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 12 June 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
UK excluding London +27 4 £475 +40.74% 2
England +78 3 £408 +20.74% 2
Scotland +51 3 - -
London +78 2 £340 +0.74%
Work from Home +108 1 £400 +18.52%
North of England +17 1 £475 -
North West +15 1 £475 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Police
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (14.29%) SAP Security
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (14.29%) CISSP
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office

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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Police
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Email Filtering
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Security
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) CTC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) ForeScout
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) VMware