Safety Engineering Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Safety Engineering
South West > Somerset

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Safety Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

Safety Engineering 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 350 153 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 77.26% 91.07% 70.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 89 81
10th Percentile £353 £225 £200
25th Percentile £413 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.32% +7.75%
75th Percentile £654 £675 £600
90th Percentile £730 £741 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 26 10
10th Percentile £31.85 £16.47 £12.48
25th Percentile £52.50 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -9.71% -60.34%
75th Percentile £72.09 £62.81 £57.81
90th Percentile £98.94 £63.75 £68.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Safety Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Safety Engineering job vacancy trend in Somerset

Safety Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Safety Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Safety Engineering

Safety Engineering
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 Safety Engineering within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
Yeovil - 1 - -
Safety Engineering
South West

Safety Engineering
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Safety Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAE
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CCA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans