Network Security Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Network Security
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.51% - 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile - - £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £594
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.79%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

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 18 23 41
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 4.58% 13.61% 18.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 17
10th Percentile £165 £225 £190
25th Percentile £400 £325 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £506
90th Percentile - £649 £595
South West median daily rate £495 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.47% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 11
10th Percentile - - £12.50
25th Percentile £14.85 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £20.43 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.15%
75th Percentile £30.46 - -
90th Percentile £38.48 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £17.79 £56.49
% change year-on-year +237.27% -68.51% -5.54%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Somerset

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Network 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 Network Security within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Bath - 1 £550 - 1
Network Security
South West

Network 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware