Cybersecurity Contracts in Somerset

Cybersecurity
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 22 34
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 12 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 5.74% 4.21% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.45% 4.62% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £510 £466 -
25th Percentile £600 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -
75th Percentile £700 £656 -
90th Percentile - £659 -
South West median daily rate £550 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £54.63 - -
25th Percentile £55.94 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 £90.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.94% - -
75th Percentile £65.94 - -
90th Percentile £66.88 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -23.33% +13.98% +13.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 161 173 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 77.03% 91.05% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 133 122
10th Percentile £200 £203 £263
25th Percentile £405 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £525
90th Percentile £613 £738 £599
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 14
10th Percentile £12.50 £23.60 £17.26
25th Percentile - £34.95 £42.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +53.48%
75th Percentile £40.00 £62.06 £56.00
90th Percentile £61.88 £77.97 £57.78
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +10.48%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Bath +2 4 £700 +51.35% 2
Yeovil -3 3 - - 2
Taunton +7 1 £675 +8.00% 1
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £450 - 1
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JUnit
1 1 (8.33%) Maven
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Junior
3 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) REST
1 1 (8.33%) Spring
1 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (41.67%) SCADA
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) SIEM
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) Application Security
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Fintech
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (8.33%) SDLC
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (8.33%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 3 (25.00%) OSCP
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) JSP 440
1 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) ISA99
2 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft