Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 25 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +3 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Security Operations | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | - | 1.94% | 1.51% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 2.52% | 1.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £621 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £623 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £640 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £668 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £672 |
| South West median daily rate | £658 | £570 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.35% | -8.80% | +19.05% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset
Security Operations 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 | 137 | 159 | 181 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 93.20% | 77.18% | 90.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 91 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £180 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £398 | £383 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £519 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -3.61% | +15.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £600 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £625 | £738 |
| South West median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 29 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.42 | £12.50 | £17.60 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £25.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.96% | -50.00% | +0.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £40.00 | £60.13 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.65 | £75.70 |
| South West median hourly rate | £62.50 | £55.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | +23.08% |
Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Somerset.