Cyber Threat Contracts in Somerset

Cyber Threats
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cyber Threat 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.12% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
South West median daily rate £750 £690 £900
% change year-on-year +8.70% -23.33% +44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year +73.33% - -

All Generic Skills
Somerset

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Somerset.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 62 40 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 34.64% 21.51% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 23 37
10th Percentile £240 £164 £299
25th Percentile £539 £294 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £675 £649 £591
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £24.66 - £31.63
25th Percentile £30.13 £12.50 £32.19
Median hourly rate £43.01 £19.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +126.34% -43.70% -13.11%
75th Percentile £59.63 £41.88 £34.69
90th Percentile £67.35 £57.50 £34.88
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -73.04% - +66.67%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Somerset

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
DemandTrendContract 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 Cyber Threat within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Taunton - 1 £750 - 1
Yeovil - 1 - -
Cyber Threat
South West

Cyber Threat
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) FMEA
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft