Research Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Research Engineer
South West > Somerset

As of 18 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Research Engineer daily rate in Somerset.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Research Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - £800

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Somerset with a recognized job title 169 173 188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.56% 86.93% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 113 134
10th Percentile £213 £201 £161
25th Percentile £313 £270 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.76% -0.52%
75th Percentile £675 £599 £625
90th Percentile £715 £649 £720
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 30
10th Percentile £31.62 £12.50 £32.28
25th Percentile £41.33 £13.25 £39.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%
75th Percentile £66.25 £57.81 £64.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £64.38 £65.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

Research Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings that featured Research Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Research Engineer in Somerset

Research Engineer
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 Research Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath - 1 - -
Research Engineer
South West

Research Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Research Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Somerset region featuring Research Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer

Research Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft