Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 30 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.10% 1.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 2.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £850 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% - -
South West median daily rate £531 £750 £625
% change year-on-year -29.17% +20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - £62.50

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 156 140 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 86.19% 75.68% 86.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 92 103
10th Percentile £160 £200 £158
25th Percentile £228 £281 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £538 £624 £598
90th Percentile £649 £723 £698
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 26
10th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £35.00
25th Percentile £34.33 £13.25 £46.71
Median hourly rate £62.50 £20.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +204.88% -60.49% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.88 £62.22
90th Percentile £64.20 £57.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Somerset

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Security Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Security Operations

Security Operations
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 Operations 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
Yeovil - 1 - -
Security Operations
South West

Security Operations
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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft