SIEM Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 95 85
Rank change year-on-year +45 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing SIEM 54 16 37
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.09% 1.00% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 1.12% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 14 32
10th Percentile £376 £504 £480
25th Percentile £431 £525 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £575 £620
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% -7.26% +25.57%
75th Percentile £569 £634 £675
90th Percentile £609 £646 -
South East median daily rate £500 £600 £610
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.64% +17.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.50 -

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 1,179 1,427 1,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.39% 88.80% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 766 972
10th Percentile £325 £325 £240
25th Percentile £420 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £501
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.34% +0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.19% -1.70% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 55 69
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.93 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.72 £41.88 £45.21
Median hourly rate £27.50 £58.49 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -52.98% -5.34% +23.58%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.42 £72.33
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.19 £77.55
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +40.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SIEM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

SIEM job vacancy trend in Berkshire

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Berkshire

SIEM
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SIEM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SIEM

SIEM
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 6 November 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 +38 25 £500 -9.09% 4
Wokingham +9 22 £484 -19.27% 5
Slough - 1 £750 - 34
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.85%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) AWS
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 12 (22.22%) GCP
3 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.78%) Network Security
2 10 (18.52%) Firewall
3 3 (5.56%) VPN
4 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.85%) BGP
5 1 (1.85%) OSPF
5 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.85%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) GitLab
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.85%) MLflow
General
1 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Legal
4 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) Analyst
2 11 (20.37%) Architect
2 11 (20.37%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Security Architect
3 7 (12.96%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (9.26%) Developer
5 4 (7.41%) SIEM Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Consultant
6 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Security Specialist
6 2 (3.70%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Technical Manager
7 1 (1.85%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 1 (1.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (1.85%) Network Support
7 1 (1.85%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (1.85%) Security Support Engineer
7 1 (1.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.63%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (18.52%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (14.81%) CSOC
3 8 (14.81%) Security Posture
4 7 (12.96%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (12.96%) Management Information System
5 5 (9.26%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (5.56%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.85%) CCTV
7 1 (1.85%) Clustering
7 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.67%) Linux
1 9 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (42.59%) Incident Response
2 23 (42.59%) Security Operations
3 22 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.78%) DevSecOps
5 13 (24.07%) CI/CD
5 13 (24.07%) Threat Detection
5 13 (24.07%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 11 (20.37%) DevOps
7 11 (20.37%) Forensic Analysis
8 10 (18.52%) Analytical Thinking
8 10 (18.52%) Data Privacy
9 9 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
9 9 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 8 (14.81%) Behavioural Analysis
11 7 (12.96%) Mentoring
11 7 (12.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 7 (12.96%) Security Architecture
11 7 (12.96%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 30 (55.56%) Python
2 26 (48.15%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.41%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (62.96%) CISSP
2 22 (40.74%) Security Cleared
3 17 (31.48%) SC Cleared
4 15 (27.78%) GIAC
5 13 (24.07%) GCIA
6 12 (22.22%) CISM
6 12 (22.22%) GCFA
6 12 (22.22%) GCIH
7 11 (20.37%) CEH
8 8 (14.81%) CFCE
9 6 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
10 4 (7.41%) CCSP
10 4 (7.41%) Degree
11 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
11 3 (5.56%) SANS
12 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (3.70%) CREST Certified
12 2 (3.70%) ECSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (48.15%) NIST
2 23 (42.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (37.04%) GDPR
4 6 (11.11%) HIPAA
5 4 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.41%) PSD2
6 1 (1.85%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Docker
3 1 (1.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 5 (9.26%) QRadar
3 4 (7.41%) Kibana
3 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
4 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.85%) Kubeflow
4 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (51.85%) Splunk
2 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.22%) ArcSight
4 9 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (16.67%) CyberArk
5 8 (14.81%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (12.96%) LogRhythm
7 5 (9.26%) FireEye
7 5 (9.26%) Tanium
8 4 (7.41%) IBM
9 2 (3.70%) Cisco
9 2 (3.70%) Proofpoint
10 1 (1.85%) Carbon Black
10 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.85%) Intel
10 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.85%) Qualys
10 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.85%) Virgin Media