Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Cybersecurity
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 11 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 6.08% 2.14% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.01% 2.82% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - £620 -
25th Percentile £325 £650 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +21.74% +11.11%
75th Percentile £375 £988 £588
90th Percentile £525 £1,160 -
South West median daily rate £539 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -17.15% - +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
South West median hourly rate £33.76 £45.25 £83.40
% change year-on-year -25.40% -45.74% +13.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 142 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 86.74% 75.94% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 94 103
10th Percentile £160 £200 £158
25th Percentile £225 £298 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -5.13% -7.14%
75th Percentile £538 £634 £598
90th Percentile £649 £718 £698
South West median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 26
10th Percentile £20.50 £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £47.00 £13.25 £46.71
Median hourly rate £62.50 £20.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +204.88% -60.49% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.88 £62.22
90th Percentile £64.28 £57.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cybersecurity

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 5 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath +5 3 £350 -46.15% 13
Taunton - 3 £750 - 4
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) DHCP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) VLAN
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (27.27%) Patch Management
2 3 (27.27%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Server Patching
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
1 2 (18.18%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
1 1 (9.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) Qualys
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) VMware