Cyber Defence Job Trends in Somerset

Cyber Defence
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.17% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
South West median annual salary £31,330 - £105,000
% change year-on-year - - +13.92%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 185 189 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 30.83% 45.76% 27.69%
Number of salaries quoted 76 74 124
10th Percentile £25,927 - £26,750
25th Percentile £29,938 £10,258 £30,471
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -13.51% -15.28%
75th Percentile £49,063 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £59,537 £85,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Somerset

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath - 1 £60,000 - 1
Cyber Defence
South West

Cyber Defence
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering