Splunk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Splunk products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Splunk over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 424 440
Rank change year-on-year -21 +16 -5
Permanent jobs citing Splunk 563 717 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.76% 0.83%
As % of the Vendors category 1.52% 1.82% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 288 438 643
10th Percentile £42,238 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,970 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £92,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +8.33% -

All Vendors
UK

Splunk is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,055 39,374 65,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.21% 41.54% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,982 23,486 33,183
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Splunk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Splunk.

Salary trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Splunk over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +15 426 £56,500 -13.08% 82
England -84 353 £60,000 -14.29% 133
Scotland +40 193 £80,000 +6.67% 11
Work from Home -142 142 £60,000 -14.29% 75
London -52 124 £72,500 -3.33% 54
North of England +4 91 £57,500 -0.54% 14
South East -13 70 £55,000 -16.98% 19
Yorkshire +55 45 £65,000 -6.40% 4
North West -47 31 £61,391 +6.77% 10
East of England +14 27 £60,000 +7.62% 11
Midlands -11 22 £50,000 -23.08% 16
South West -69 20 £50,000 -17.23% 9
North East 0 17 £52,500 -38.24%
East Midlands -5 17 £50,000 -4.76% 12
West Midlands -20 5 £50,000 -25.93% 4
Wales -6 1 - -
Isle of Man -16 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Splunk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (3.73%) GemFire
2 11 (1.95%) Apache
3 8 (1.42%) JBoss
4 7 (1.24%) Confluence
4 7 (1.24%) nginx
5 5 (0.89%) IIS
5 5 (0.89%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.89%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.53%) SAS
8 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 196 (34.81%) AWS
2 144 (25.58%) Azure
3 142 (25.22%) Datadog
4 77 (13.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 37 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 33 (5.86%) IaaS
7 31 (5.51%) Cloud Computing
8 29 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
9 28 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (4.09%) GCP
12 22 (3.91%) PaaS
13 21 (3.73%) GitHub
14 19 (3.37%) BlazeMeter
15 15 (2.66%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (2.66%) SaaS
15 15 (2.66%) Serverless
16 14 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (2.31%) OpenShift
18 10 (1.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.19%) Firewall
2 52 (9.24%) TCP/IP
3 45 (7.99%) Network Security
4 21 (3.73%) VPN
4 21 (3.73%) WAN
5 20 (3.55%) DNS
6 18 (3.20%) LAN
6 18 (3.20%) Wireshark
7 15 (2.66%) SNMP
8 13 (2.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 13 (2.31%) SAN
8 13 (2.31%) SSH
9 9 (1.60%) Internet
10 7 (1.24%) SSL
11 6 (1.07%) DHCP
12 4 (0.71%) BGP
12 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.71%) tcpdump
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 47 (8.35%) NoSQL
3 42 (7.46%) Apache Cassandra
4 29 (5.15%) CockroachDB
5 21 (3.73%) Hazelcast
5 21 (3.73%) MongoDB
6 18 (3.20%) MySQL
6 18 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (2.84%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (1.78%) Power BI
10 10 (1.78%) Redis
11 6 (1.07%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.07%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.89%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.89%) Pentaho
12 5 (0.89%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.71%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 60 (10.66%) Jenkins
2 38 (6.75%) JUnit
3 32 (5.68%) GitLab
4 29 (5.15%) Git
4 29 (5.15%) Jaeger
5 27 (4.80%) JIRA
6 20 (3.55%) Bitbucket
7 16 (2.84%) Eclipse
8 12 (2.13%) JMeter
9 11 (1.95%) Maven
10 10 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (1.60%) Selenium
11 9 (1.60%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.60%) TeamCity
12 6 (1.07%) Postman
13 5 (0.89%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.89%) Mockito
14 4 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
14 4 (0.71%) Robot Framework
15 3 (0.53%) Travis CI
General
1 273 (48.49%) Finance
2 214 (38.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 200 (35.52%) Law
4 176 (31.26%) Social Skills
5 96 (17.05%) Marketing
6 72 (12.79%) Banking
7 44 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (6.22%) Investment Banking
9 33 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 20 (3.55%) Aerospace
11 19 (3.37%) Private Banking
12 12 (2.13%) Financial Institution
12 12 (2.13%) Legal
13 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.53%) Retail
15 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.18%) German Language
Job Titles
1 169 (30.02%) Software Engineer
2 119 (21.14%) Lead
3 77 (13.68%) Senior
4 73 (12.97%) Lead Software Engineer
5 70 (12.43%) Analyst
6 67 (11.90%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (9.24%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 48 (8.53%) Java Engineer
8 48 (8.53%) Java Software Engineer
9 45 (7.99%) Security Engineer
10 39 (6.93%) SOC Analyst
11 31 (5.51%) Splunk Engineer
12 28 (4.97%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 27 (4.80%) Architect
14 26 (4.62%) Support Engineer
15 24 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (4.26%) Lead Java Engineer
16 21 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (3.55%) Developer
18 19 (3.37%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (18.47%) OpenTelemetry
2 82 (14.56%) Spring
3 81 (14.39%) Kafka
4 67 (11.90%) Spring Boot
5 58 (10.30%) REST
6 33 (5.86%) HTML
7 32 (5.68%) JPA
8 29 (5.15%) .NET
9 23 (4.09%) CSS
9 23 (4.09%) Web Services
10 18 (3.20%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (2.49%) AngularJS
11 14 (2.49%) RESTful
12 13 (2.31%) Ajax
12 13 (2.31%) JDBC
12 13 (2.31%) ODBC
12 13 (2.31%) SOAP
12 13 (2.31%) XHTML
12 13 (2.31%) XML
13 12 (2.13%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 106 (18.83%) Cloud Native
2 99 (17.58%) Public Cloud
3 77 (13.68%) Management Information System
4 46 (8.17%) Algorithms
5 35 (6.22%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (6.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 25 (4.44%) Data Centre
7 21 (3.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 21 (3.73%) Replication
8 19 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.66%) Data Structures
10 13 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.31%) CMDB
10 13 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (2.13%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.78%) Cyberattack
14 9 (1.60%) PKI
14 9 (1.60%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 119 (21.14%) Windows
2 101 (17.94%) Linux
3 58 (10.30%) Unix
4 22 (3.91%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (2.49%) Android
6 14 (2.49%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.78%) CentOS
8 9 (1.60%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.60%) zOS
9 8 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.24%) Solaris
10 7 (1.24%) Ubuntu
11 6 (1.07%) Mac OS X
11 6 (1.07%) Windows 7
11 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.89%) AIX
12 5 (0.89%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (42.27%) Agile
2 233 (41.39%) CI/CD
3 210 (37.30%) Software Engineering
4 167 (29.66%) Community of Practice
5 157 (27.89%) Operational Stability
6 148 (26.29%) SDLC
7 141 (25.04%) Observability
8 140 (24.87%) Cybersecurity
9 128 (22.74%) SIEM
10 125 (22.20%) Continuous Delivery
11 120 (21.31%) Artificial Intelligence
12 104 (18.47%) Architectural Design
12 104 (18.47%) Machine Learning
13 103 (18.29%) DevOps
14 98 (17.41%) Identity Access Management
15 96 (17.05%) Information Architecture
16 90 (15.99%) Microservices
17 87 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
18 86 (15.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 84 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (34.10%) Java
2 147 (26.11%) Python
3 85 (15.10%) PowerShell
3 85 (15.10%) SQL
4 38 (6.75%) JavaScript
5 37 (6.57%) Bash
6 24 (4.26%) C#
7 21 (3.73%) Groovy
8 19 (3.37%) Perl
8 19 (3.37%) Shell Script
9 11 (1.95%) Go
10 6 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.89%) JCL
11 5 (0.89%) REXX
11 5 (0.89%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.71%) C++
12 4 (0.71%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.53%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.53%) C
14 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (12.97%) Security Cleared
2 50 (8.88%) Degree
3 47 (8.35%) CISSP
4 46 (8.17%) SC Cleared
5 29 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.84%) CEH
6 16 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (2.84%) SSCP
7 14 (2.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (2.49%) CCSP
7 14 (2.49%) SANS
8 13 (2.31%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.60%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.42%) CISM
10 8 (1.42%) GIAC
11 7 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.07%) CISA
12 6 (1.07%) JNCIA
13 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (6.93%) NIST
3 21 (3.73%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.78%) NCSC
5 9 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 8 (1.42%) QA
6 8 (1.42%) SLA
7 5 (0.89%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.53%) HMG Infosec
8 3 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.53%) RMADS
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
9 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.18%) IASME
System Software
1 85 (15.10%) Docker
2 28 (4.97%) Active Directory
3 20 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.13%) vSphere
6 9 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.89%) Time Sharing Option
8 4 (0.71%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.53%) ACF2
9 3 (0.53%) KVM
9 3 (0.53%) LXC
9 3 (0.53%) RACF
9 3 (0.53%) Squid
9 3 (0.53%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.36%) Firmware
10 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 220 (39.08%) Grafana
2 128 (22.74%) Terraform
3 117 (20.78%) Prometheus
4 82 (14.56%) Kubernetes
5 46 (8.17%) Kibana
6 42 (7.46%) Ansible
7 26 (4.62%) ITRS Geneos
8 25 (4.44%) Nagios
9 23 (4.09%) QRadar
10 21 (3.73%) HAProxy
10 21 (3.73%) Zipkin
11 18 (3.20%) logstash
11 18 (3.20%) Puppet
12 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (2.66%) Progress Chef
14 14 (2.49%) Nmap
15 13 (2.31%) WMI
16 12 (2.13%) Fluentd
17 10 (1.78%) Graphite
17 10 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 195 (34.64%) Dynatrace
2 70 (12.43%) Microsoft
3 33 (5.86%) ServiceNow
4 32 (5.68%) Oracle
4 32 (5.68%) VMware
5 30 (5.33%) IBM
6 26 (4.62%) Google
7 24 (4.26%) Cisco
8 23 (4.09%) New Relic
9 22 (3.91%) Rapid7
10 21 (3.73%) Red Hat
11 20 (3.55%) Qualys
12 18 (3.20%) AppDynamics
13 14 (2.49%) Juniper
13 14 (2.49%) Thycotic
14 13 (2.31%) Palo Alto
15 11 (1.95%) LogicMonitor
16 10 (1.78%) Atlassian
17 8 (1.42%) Ivanti
18 7 (1.24%) McAfee