Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Security Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 31 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 2.76% 1.08% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 1.23% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £328 - -
25th Percentile £331 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £700 £338
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +107.41% -
75th Percentile £369 - £356
90th Percentile £373 - -
South West median daily rate £531 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -15.04% -3.85% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 -
75th Percentile £72.50 £67.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £83.40
% change year-on-year - -22.06% -

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 166 162 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 87.57% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 113 117
10th Percentile £200 £200 £158
25th Percentile £225 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £588
90th Percentile £667 £675 £690
South West median daily rate £525 £515 £538
% change year-on-year +1.94% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 28
10th Percentile £23.09 - £30.50
25th Percentile £34.33 £12.50 £45.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £60.82
90th Percentile £67.70 £59.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £28.79 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -55.71% +15.06% -8.15%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Security Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies 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 3 November 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
Taunton - 2 - - 2
Bath +4 1 £350 -50.00% 2
Yeovil - 1 - -
Security Engineer
South West

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Somerset region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Management
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 3 (60.00%) Privileged Identity Management
3 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (40.00%) Bicep
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (40.00%) Key Management
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) NCSC
4 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 2 (40.00%) Patch Management

Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (60.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Key Management
2 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (40.00%) RBAC
2 2 (40.00%) Runbook
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bicep
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Qualys