Database Security Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Database Security
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Database Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Database Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.74% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £438 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

Database Security 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 185 112 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 68.52% 91.06% 79.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 77 96
10th Percentile £249 £250 £192
25th Percentile £272 £401 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £588
90th Percentile £614 £719 £625
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 4 31
10th Percentile £40.37 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £17.01 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -53.73% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.14 £42.50
90th Percentile - £20.26 £55.46
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

Database Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Database Security job vacancy trend in Somerset

Database Security
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Database Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Database Security

Database Security
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 Database Security within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
Taunton - 2 £438 - 2
Database Security
South West

Database Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Database Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft