SIEM Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 110 109
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +55
Contract jobs citing SIEM 23 21 32
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.14% 0.92% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.99% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 26
10th Percentile - £513 £425
25th Percentile £463 £550 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £647
90th Percentile £690 £725 £925
London median daily rate £600 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,822 2,112 2,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.24% 92.35% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 1,316 1,696
10th Percentile £350 £363 £357
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.88% -0.87%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 17
10th Percentile £20.18 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £41.75 £43.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £47.50 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.69% -13.33%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in Central London

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Central London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Central London

SIEM
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
City of London -1 23 £563 -2.17% 28
SIEM
London

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) Azure Sentinel
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) GCP
4 3 (13.04%) OCI
5 2 (8.70%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (8.70%) IaaS
5 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.35%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.35%) Azure AKS
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.35%) GitHub
6 1 (4.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (4.35%) Nutanix
6 1 (4.35%) PaaS
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
3 2 (8.70%) VPN
4 1 (4.35%) BGP
4 1 (4.35%) DNS
4 1 (4.35%) OSPF
4 1 (4.35%) SSL
4 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
1 1 (4.35%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Security Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) CyberArk Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Lead
4 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.70%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Principal Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Salesforce Architect
5 1 (4.35%) SOC Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) REST
2 1 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (4.35%) Node.js
2 1 (4.35%) SAML
2 1 (4.35%) Spring
2 1 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) STIX
4 1 (4.35%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Windows
3 2 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.35%) Kali Linux
4 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (30.43%) Incident Response
3 6 (26.09%) Cloud Security
3 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
4 5 (21.74%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (21.74%) Zero Trust
5 4 (17.39%) DevOps
5 4 (17.39%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 4 (17.39%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (17.39%) SOAR
5 4 (17.39%) Threat Detection
6 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 3 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.04%) RBAC
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
6 3 (13.04%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 1 (4.35%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.35%) Bash
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) CISSP
3 3 (13.04%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (8.70%) CESG Certified Professional
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.70%) CISM
4 2 (8.70%) CISMP
4 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.35%) CCSP
5 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.35%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) GCFA
5 1 (4.35%) GCIA
5 1 (4.35%) GCIH
5 1 (4.35%) OSCP
5 1 (4.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (43.48%) NIST
2 9 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.04%) GDPR
3 3 (13.04%) NCSC
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.70%) NIST 800
4 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.35%) GRC
5 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Docker
3 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Terraform
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.35%) Icinga
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) CyberArk
2 6 (26.09%) LogRhythm
3 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
3 3 (13.04%) Palo Alto
3 3 (13.04%) Splunk
4 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.70%) McAfee
4 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 2 (8.70%) Trend Micro
5 1 (4.35%) AlgoSec
5 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.35%) Tufin
5 1 (4.35%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) Zscaler