SIEM Contracts in England

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 174 358
Rank change year-on-year +35 +184 -66
Contract jobs citing SIEM 612 754 521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.66% 1.49% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.66% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 546 363
10th Percentile £425 £450 £382
25th Percentile £515 £505 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £783 £798
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +13.98% +19.64%
75th Percentile £63.44 £78.31 £68.75
90th Percentile £74.63 £85.40 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -46.67% +13.98% +19.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SIEM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Daily rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +2 195 £613 -4.97% 83
South West +56 167 £570 +8.57% 21
South East +34 129 £625 +7.53% 35
Midlands +54 89 £600 - 10
West Midlands +60 87 £600 - 8
North of England -55 28 £650 +18.18% 30
Yorkshire -16 19 £800 +39.74% 12
North West -34 9 £638 +15.91% 16
East of England +11 6 £600 +41.18% 6
East Midlands +9 2 £596 +9.86% 2
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (1.31%) Confluence
2 6 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.16%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 103 (16.83%) Azure
2 45 (7.35%) AWS
3 33 (5.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 18 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.61%) SaaS
6 13 (2.12%) Entra ID
7 12 (1.96%) IaaS
8 9 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.31%) AWS CloudTrail
9 8 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (1.31%) GCP
10 5 (0.82%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (0.65%) AWS KMS
11 4 (0.65%) Serverless
12 3 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.49%) PaaS
12 3 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 110 (17.97%) Firewall
2 63 (10.29%) Network Security
3 27 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 27 (4.41%) TCP/IP
4 25 (4.08%) SD-WAN
5 22 (3.59%) WAN
6 17 (2.78%) DNS
7 11 (1.80%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (1.80%) DHCP
8 10 (1.63%) HTTP
9 8 (1.31%) VPN
10 7 (1.14%) LAN
11 6 (0.98%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.82%) FTP
12 5 (0.82%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.82%) SMTP
12 5 (0.82%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.65%) ICMP
13 4 (0.65%) POP3
13 4 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (10.13%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (2.45%) Big Data
3 6 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.33%) Power BI
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.16%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.16%) MySQL
7 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (2.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.33%) Git
4 1 (0.16%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.16%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 130 (21.24%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.87%) Finance
3 77 (12.58%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.37%) Public Sector
5 34 (5.56%) Banking
6 17 (2.78%) Legal
7 15 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 12 (1.96%) Military
8 12 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.33%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.33%) Law
10 2 (0.33%) Police
10 2 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.33%) Retail
11 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.16%) Electronics
11 1 (0.16%) Marketing
11 1 (0.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 172 (28.10%) Analyst
2 83 (13.56%) SOC Analyst
3 82 (13.40%) Architect
4 73 (11.93%) Security Engineer
5 69 (11.27%) SIEM Engineer
6 43 (7.03%) Network Architect
7 41 (6.70%) Lead
8 38 (6.21%) Consultant
8 38 (6.21%) Senior
8 38 (6.21%) SOC Engineer
9 33 (5.39%) Security Analyst
10 31 (5.07%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
11 27 (4.41%) Security Architect
12 26 (4.25%) Security Consultant
13 22 (3.59%) ArcSight Engineer
14 20 (3.27%) Cyber Threat Analyst
14 20 (3.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
15 19 (3.10%) Cyber Defence Analyst
15 19 (3.10%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 16 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
2 15 (2.45%) Apache NiFi
3 8 (1.31%) SAML
4 6 (0.98%) OAuth
5 5 (0.82%) Regular Expression
6 4 (0.65%) OpenID
7 2 (0.33%) AWS SAM
7 2 (0.33%) JSON
7 2 (0.33%) Kafka
7 2 (0.33%) REST
7 2 (0.33%) RESTful
7 2 (0.33%) YAML
8 1 (0.16%) EDI
8 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.16%) OLE
8 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (17.97%) Cyber Threat
2 96 (15.69%) Cyber Defence
3 86 (14.05%) Management Information System
4 84 (13.73%) Security Operations Centre
5 75 (12.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 36 (5.88%) Security Posture
7 28 (4.58%) PKI
8 27 (4.41%) CSOC
9 21 (3.43%) Distributed Applications
10 17 (2.78%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.63%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.63%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.47%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.31%) Cyberattack
14 8 (1.31%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 6 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 82 (13.40%) Linux
2 81 (13.24%) Windows
3 28 (4.58%) Unix
4 22 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (3.10%) Windows Server
6 13 (2.12%) Android
6 13 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.12%) Ubuntu
7 12 (1.96%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.33%) CentOS
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.33%) zOS
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (50.82%) Cybersecurity
2 182 (29.74%) Security Operations
3 178 (29.08%) Incident Response
4 120 (19.61%) Information Security
5 115 (18.79%) Use Case
6 106 (17.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 105 (17.16%) SOAR
8 100 (16.34%) Threat Intelligence
9 94 (15.36%) Vulnerability Management
10 89 (14.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 87 (14.22%) Incident Management
12 63 (10.29%) Analytics
12 63 (10.29%) Mentoring
12 63 (10.29%) Security Architecture
13 61 (9.97%) Cloud Security
13 61 (9.97%) Protective Monitoring
14 53 (8.66%) Root Cause Analysis
15 51 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
16 46 (7.52%) Problem-Solving
17 45 (7.35%) Case Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.86%) PowerShell
2 30 (4.90%) Python
3 17 (2.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 12 (1.96%) C#
5 9 (1.47%) Bash
6 8 (1.31%) R
7 7 (1.14%) Java
8 5 (0.82%) SQL
9 3 (0.49%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.49%) VBScript
10 2 (0.33%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) Perl
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 354 (57.84%) Security Cleared
2 253 (41.34%) DV Cleared
3 90 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 69 (11.27%) CISSP
5 67 (10.95%) Degree
6 31 (5.07%) SANS
7 26 (4.25%) CISM
7 26 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (3.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 17 (2.78%) CEH
10 14 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (2.12%) GIAC
12 9 (1.47%) CCNP
13 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 5 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.82%) CCSP
15 5 (0.82%) GCIA
15 5 (0.82%) GCIH
16 4 (0.65%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (22.06%) NIST
2 65 (10.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (9.64%) NIST 800
4 21 (3.43%) GDPR
5 19 (3.10%) PCI DSS
6 16 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 15 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (2.45%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (1.31%) GRC
9 8 (1.31%) NCSC
10 4 (0.65%) COBIT
10 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.65%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.49%) QA
12 2 (0.33%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.16%) GPG13
13 1 (0.16%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (6.05%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.47%) iptables
4 7 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.98%) Docker
5 6 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.33%) Snort
6 2 (0.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (3.76%) Kibana
2 22 (3.59%) logstash
3 18 (2.94%) Terraform
4 14 (2.29%) QRadar
5 10 (1.63%) Nessus
6 9 (1.47%) SCCM
7 8 (1.31%) Ansible
8 7 (1.14%) ArcSight ESM
8 7 (1.14%) Kubernetes
8 7 (1.14%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.82%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.65%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.49%) CASB
11 3 (0.49%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.49%) Grafana
11 3 (0.49%) Nmap
11 3 (0.49%) Puppet
Vendors
1 160 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 56 (9.15%) Splunk
3 38 (6.21%) ArcSight
4 36 (5.88%) LogRhythm
5 33 (5.39%) Cisco
6 21 (3.43%) Qualys
7 18 (2.94%) Varonis
8 17 (2.78%) Forcepoint
9 14 (2.29%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.96%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.96%) VMware
11 11 (1.80%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (1.80%) Rapid7
12 7 (1.14%) Veeam
12 7 (1.14%) Zscaler
13 6 (0.98%) Citrix
13 6 (0.98%) Sophos
14 5 (0.82%) AlienVault
14 5 (0.82%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.82%) Oracle