Cybersecurity Contracts in Somerset

Cybersecurity
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 29 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 5 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.65% 0.53% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 0.61% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £619 - £400
25th Percentile £647 £563 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £575 £518
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +11.11% +3.50%
75th Percentile £844 £588 £629
90th Percentile £1,103 - £725
South West median daily rate £650 £650 £600
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £45.25 £83.40 £70.89
% change year-on-year -45.74% +17.66% +9.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

Cybersecurity 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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 164 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.66% 86.32% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 109 146
10th Percentile £200 £158 £199
25th Percentile £316 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.75% +22.24%
75th Percentile £625 £610 £618
90th Percentile £715 £717 £740
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 26 14
10th Percentile £12.50 £35.00 £16.96
25th Percentile £13.25 £46.71 £23.06
Median hourly rate £20.50 £51.89 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.49% +3.78% +112.77%
75th Percentile £41.88 £62.22 £56.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £59.31
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +36.84%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Somerset

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 -2 2 £650 +13.04%
Taunton - 1 £675 -
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (40.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
1 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Application Security
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) ISA99
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft