Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Security Operations (SecOps)
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 1.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate £600 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 9 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 83.05% 100.00% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 8 24
10th Percentile £400 £614 £550
25th Percentile £431 £620 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £883 £600
Median % change year-on-year -49.01% +47.08% -9.06%
75th Percentile £600 £925 £606
90th Percentile £630 £1,045 £621
Somerset median daily rate £516 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.14% +10.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -25.71%
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Taunton

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC