Security Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Security Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.88% 0.99% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 1.07% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £330 - -
25th Percentile £427 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -27.68% +43.59% -
75th Percentile £538 - £506
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £488 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -12.50%

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 123 187 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 92.12% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 156
10th Percentile £263 £164 £196
25th Percentile £413 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £650
90th Percentile £724 £605 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £17.38
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Somerset

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Somerset

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Somerset

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Somerset

Security 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 Security Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -6 2 £384 -45.18% 3
Street - 2 £525 - 3
Security Engineer
South West

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) IPv6
1 2 (50.00%) CCIE
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Nagios
1 2 (50.00%) MPLS
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Multicast
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys

Security 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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (50.00%) IPv6
1 2 (50.00%) MPLS
1 2 (50.00%) Multicast
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCIE
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nagios
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys