Network Security
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 26 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -1 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Network Security | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 1.93% | 2.59% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 10.00% | 11.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £515 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £584 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £700 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +43.59% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £548 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £624 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £575 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | -8.00% | +17.92% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset
Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 13 | 40 | 44 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 8.90% | 19.32% | 22.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £250 | £169 |
| 25th Percentile | £484 | £261 | £230 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £295 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +77.97% | -26.25% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £516 | £464 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £630 | £572 |
| South West median daily rate | £548 | £536 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.19% | +7.25% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.50 | £15.76 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £26.25 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +110.53% | -56.77% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £71.17 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £82.47 |
| South West median hourly rate | £75.00 | £40.00 | £9.80 |
| % change year-on-year | +87.50% | +308.16% | -80.62% |
Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Somerset.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Somerset.