Security Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Security Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.98% 0.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.51% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% - -
South West median daily rate £600 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 188 198 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 98.51% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 149 135
10th Percentile £183 £202 £225
25th Percentile £273 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £579 £650 £524
90th Percentile £606 £726 £584
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 17 10
10th Percentile £12.28 £17.60 £38.81
25th Percentile £15.23 £32.40 £47.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +14.37%
75th Percentile £40.00 £60.13 £54.69
90th Percentile £48.00 £75.70 £58.96
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% +11.76%

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
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 7 May 2024. 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 +1 1 £700 +43.59% 1
Security Engineer
South West

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) ISA99
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SCADA

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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISA99
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft