SIEM Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 201 285
Rank change year-on-year -157 +84 +10
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 490 1,046 873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 1.74% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.82% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 408 371 499
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,512 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,912 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £63,466 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
South East -91 145 £57,500 - 28
North of England +10 143 £55,750 +4.21% 28
South West -52 77 £78,750 +12.50% 15
Yorkshire +86 63 £60,000 +30.43% 14
North West -56 57 £47,000 -18.97% 13
Midlands -129 41 £52,500 -8.70% 7
East of England 0 37 £65,000 +8.33% 7
West Midlands -68 25 £47,000 -27.69% 6
Scotland -173 25 £47,000 -32.86% 10
North East +16 23 £42,500 -37.04% 1
East Midlands -65 16 £52,500 +10.53% 1
Wales -37 14 £58,750 +6.82% 6
Northern Ireland +20 6 £90,000 +176.92% 1
Isle of Man -17 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.84%) IIS
3 8 (1.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.41%) Apache
4 2 (0.41%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 198 (40.41%) Azure
2 98 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (12.65%) AWS
4 48 (9.80%) Azure Sentinel
5 26 (5.31%) Entra ID
6 24 (4.90%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (2.65%) SaaS
8 9 (1.84%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.22%) IaaS
10 6 (1.22%) Twilio
11 5 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.02%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.02%) PaaS
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 3 (0.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 152 (31.02%) Firewall
2 78 (15.92%) Network Security
3 68 (13.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 47 (9.59%) Internet
5 43 (8.78%) DNS
6 33 (6.73%) TCP/IP
7 31 (6.33%) WAN
8 30 (6.12%) DKIM
8 30 (6.12%) DMARC
8 30 (6.12%) LAN
9 20 (4.08%) VPN
10 12 (2.45%) Wireshark
11 11 (2.24%) DHCP
12 9 (1.84%) SD-WAN
12 9 (1.84%) Wireless
13 4 (0.82%) HTTP
13 4 (0.82%) SMTP
13 4 (0.82%) tcpdump
14 3 (0.61%) SAN
15 2 (0.41%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.63%) Power BI
2 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.41%) Big Data
4 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 11 (2.24%) JIRA
2 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 119 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 88 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (11.63%) Finance
4 26 (5.31%) Law
5 22 (4.49%) Military
6 20 (4.08%) Games
6 20 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 19 (3.88%) Aerospace
7 19 (3.88%) Banking
7 19 (3.88%) Legal
8 15 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.06%) Retail
9 10 (2.04%) Marketing
10 8 (1.63%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.41%) Electronics
11 2 (0.41%) Police
11 2 (0.41%) Publishing
12 1 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (41.22%) Analyst
2 132 (26.94%) Security Analyst
3 68 (13.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 67 (13.67%) Senior
5 59 (12.04%) Security Engineer
6 57 (11.63%) SOC Analyst
7 56 (11.43%) Lead
8 51 (10.41%) Architect
9 44 (8.98%) Senior Analyst
10 41 (8.37%) Information Analyst
10 41 (8.37%) Information Security Analyst
11 31 (6.33%) Consultant
12 29 (5.92%) Security Consultant
13 27 (5.51%) Team Leader
14 25 (5.10%) Security Architect
14 25 (5.10%) Security Manager
14 25 (5.10%) Senior Security Analyst
15 23 (4.69%) Network Architect
15 23 (4.69%) SIEM Engineer
16 18 (3.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.65%) Fluent Bit
2 9 (1.84%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.02%) Web Services
4 2 (0.41%) LDAP
4 2 (0.41%) OAuth
4 2 (0.41%) OpenID
4 2 (0.41%) SAML
5 1 (0.20%) EDI
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 110 (22.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 73 (14.90%) Management Information System
3 63 (12.86%) Cyber Threat
4 51 (10.41%) Cyberattack
5 44 (8.98%) Security Posture
6 29 (5.92%) Cyber Defence
7 23 (4.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 18 (3.67%) IoT
9 17 (3.47%) Cyber Security Posture
9 17 (3.47%) Data Centre
10 16 (3.27%) Onboarding
11 13 (2.65%) Client/Server
12 12 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.84%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.84%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.63%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 8 (1.63%) iPad
16 6 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 97 (19.80%) Windows
2 48 (9.80%) Linux
3 34 (6.94%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.84%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.43%) Android
5 7 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.22%) Unix
6 6 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.02%) Kali Linux
7 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.61%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (69.59%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (39.80%) Security Operations
3 152 (31.02%) Incident Response
4 132 (26.94%) Information Security
5 128 (26.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 116 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
7 82 (16.73%) Cloud Security
8 80 (16.33%) SOAR
9 67 (13.67%) Kalman Filter
10 56 (11.43%) Mentoring
11 54 (11.02%) Threat Intelligence
12 46 (9.39%) Identity Access Management
13 45 (9.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 45 (9.18%) ITIL
13 45 (9.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 44 (8.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 41 (8.37%) Security Architecture
16 40 (8.16%) Data Loss Prevention
16 40 (8.16%) Incident Management
17 37 (7.55%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.22%) Python
2 44 (8.98%) PowerShell
3 25 (5.10%) Bash
4 10 (2.04%) SQL
5 9 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.41%) VBScript
8 1 (0.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 145 (29.59%) Security Cleared
2 86 (17.55%) CISSP
3 79 (16.12%) Degree
4 72 (14.69%) SC Cleared
5 57 (11.63%) DV Cleared
6 52 (10.61%) CompTIA Security+
7 31 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (4.29%) CEH
9 20 (4.08%) CISA
10 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (3.47%) CompTIA CySA+
12 16 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (3.27%) SANS
12 16 (3.27%) SSCP
13 13 (2.65%) Master's Degree
14 12 (2.45%) GIAC
15 11 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 11 (2.24%) AWS Certification
15 11 (2.24%) CCSP
15 11 (2.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (21.84%) NIST
2 95 (19.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (9.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (8.57%) PCI DSS
5 26 (5.31%) GDPR
6 19 (3.88%) NIST 800
7 17 (3.47%) NCSC
7 17 (3.47%) SOC 2
8 14 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.22%) GRC
10 6 (1.22%) QA
11 3 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.61%) HMG Infosec
11 3 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.61%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.61%) RMADS
12 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.65%) vSphere
5 7 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.02%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.82%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.61%) Docker
8 3 (0.61%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.41%) XenApp
10 1 (0.20%) Snort
Systems Management
1 38 (7.76%) CASB
2 16 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.65%) Fluentd
3 13 (2.65%) logstash
4 12 (2.45%) Nessus
5 9 (1.84%) CSIRT
5 9 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.63%) Terraform
7 6 (1.22%) Nmap
8 5 (1.02%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.02%) Suricata
9 4 (0.82%) WSUS
10 3 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.61%) QRadar
10 3 (0.61%) SCOM
11 2 (0.41%) EnCase
11 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.20%) DatAdvantage
12 1 (0.20%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 139 (28.37%) Microsoft
2 87 (17.76%) Splunk
3 22 (4.49%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.29%) Rapid7
5 20 (4.08%) Cisco
6 19 (3.88%) VMware
7 11 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (2.24%) Tanium
8 10 (2.04%) Qualys
8 10 (2.04%) Tripwire
9 9 (1.84%) Juniper
9 9 (1.84%) SolarWinds
10 8 (1.63%) AlienVault
10 8 (1.63%) McAfee
11 7 (1.43%) LogRhythm
11 7 (1.43%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.43%) Proofpoint
12 6 (1.22%) Datto
12 6 (1.22%) Thycotic
13 5 (1.02%) Darktrace