SIEM Contracts in Berkshire

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 110 93
Rank change year-on-year +59 -17 +25
Contract jobs citing SIEM 42 14 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.58% 0.71% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 0.79% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 10 20
10th Percentile £431 £496 £399
25th Percentile £450 £516 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £608 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +10.45% +41.94%
75th Percentile £575 £669 £623
90th Percentile £650 £694 £691
South East median daily rate £525 £625 £581
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.53% +12.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

SIEM 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for SIEM in Berkshire

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +40 18 £500 -13.04% 18
Wokingham - 8 £525 -
Bracknell - 5 £550 - 1
Slough - 3 £600 - 6
Maidenhead - 2 £525 - 1
Windsor - 1 £500 - 1
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) AWS
3 8 (19.05%) GCP
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.14%) PaaS
6 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.76%) SaaS
7 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) Network Security
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
3 7 (16.67%) VPN
4 5 (11.90%) BGP
4 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
5 4 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (9.52%) NGFW
5 4 (9.52%) OSPF
5 4 (9.52%) SSL
5 4 (9.52%) VLAN
6 3 (7.14%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.38%) DNS
7 1 (2.38%) IPFIX
7 1 (2.38%) LAN
7 1 (2.38%) Modbus
7 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.38%) WAN
7 1 (2.38%) Wireless
7 1 (2.38%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.52%) Finance
5 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.76%) Electronics
6 2 (4.76%) Local Government
6 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.76%) Marketing
6 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Architect
2 7 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 6 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Lead
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Consultant
7 2 (4.76%) Incident Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Incident Responder
7 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Security Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Security Incident Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Security Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) SIEM Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) SOC Consultant
8 1 (2.38%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) JSON
1 6 (14.29%) REST
2 3 (7.14%) SAML
3 1 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (19.05%) Security Operations Centre
1 8 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 7 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 6 (14.29%) CSOC
4 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.38%) PKI
6 1 (2.38%) PMI
6 1 (2.38%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (52.38%) Security Operations
2 18 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (26.19%) Security Monitoring
6 10 (23.81%) Threat Intelligence
7 9 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 7 (16.67%) Threat Detection
9 6 (14.29%) Cloud Security
9 6 (14.29%) Data Security
9 6 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 6 (14.29%) Security Architecture
10 4 (9.52%) Application Security
10 4 (9.52%) CI/CD
10 4 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
10 4 (9.52%) RBAC
10 4 (9.52%) SOAR
10 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) CISSP
2 8 (19.05%) CISM
2 8 (19.05%) GIAC
3 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.90%) CCNP
5 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
6 4 (9.52%) CCSA
6 4 (9.52%) CCSE
6 4 (9.52%) CEH
6 4 (9.52%) Check Point Certification
7 3 (7.14%) CISA
7 3 (7.14%) Degree
7 3 (7.14%) GCIH
8 2 (4.76%) CCNA
8 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.38%) CCSP
9 1 (2.38%) GCFA
9 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 6 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (14.29%) NIST
2 4 (9.52%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (9.52%) VMware NSX
3 3 (7.14%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Ansible
2 3 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (7.14%) vRealize
2 3 (7.14%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (4.76%) QRadar
4 1 (2.38%) CASB
4 1 (2.38%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.67%) Splunk
3 6 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 6 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco
5 4 (9.52%) CheckPoint
6 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
6 3 (7.14%) Rapid7
7 2 (4.76%) SAP
8 1 (2.38%) ArcSight
8 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.38%) Darktrace
8 1 (2.38%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.38%) Google
8 1 (2.38%) Kenna
8 1 (2.38%) Proofpoint
8 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.38%) Zscaler