SFIA Job Trends in Somerset

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring SFIA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SFIA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.52% +17.39% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

SFIA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 688 241 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 74.54% 92.34% 62.11%
Number of salaries quoted 387 152 446
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,204 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,360 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +9.48% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,357 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,360 £75,000 £66,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,058 £51,500
% change year-on-year +7.72% -0.86% -5.02%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

SFIA job vacancy trend in Somerset

SFIA
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SFIA within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Weston-super-Mare - 1 £55,000 -
SFIA
South West

SFIA
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft