Information Security Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Information Security 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.57% 3.28% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 4.35% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £484 £242
25th Percentile - £614 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £738 £408
Median % change year-on-year -52.54% +80.98% -61.19%
75th Percentile - £864 £543
90th Percentile - £875 £607
South West median daily rate £425 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -37.04% +12.50% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

Information 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 148 138 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 84.57% 75.41% 85.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 91 104
10th Percentile £160 £206 £158
25th Percentile £225 £372 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £495 £488
Median % change year-on-year -29.29% +1.54% -6.97%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £603
90th Percentile £649 £725 £697
South West median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 26
10th Percentile £28.82 £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £57.50 £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 £64.35 £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%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Somerset

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Information Security

Information 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki