Switch Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Switch Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Switch Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £633, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Switch Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 - -
75th Percentile £649 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £633 - £425

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 142 201 176
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.54% 89.73% 98.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 125 140
10th Percentile £263 £205 £203
25th Percentile £411 £313 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% +10.29%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile £730 £604 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 13
10th Percentile £14.87 £12.30 £33.42
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.50 £37.50
Median hourly rate £21.01 £25.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% -51.46% +3.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £40.00 £60.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £58.60 £69.74
South West median hourly rate £46.73 £55.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year -15.04% -14.06% +37.63%

Switch Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Switch Engineer in Somerset

Switch 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 Switch Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 - 2 £633 - 1
Switch Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2025, Switch 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 Switch Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Switch 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (100.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware