SIEM Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 105 106
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +53
Contract jobs citing SIEM 21 23 34
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.16% 1.07% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.17% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 25
10th Percentile £444 £443 £450
25th Percentile £463 £538 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.55% -11.65%
75th Percentile £629 £635 £623
90th Percentile £711 £738 £815
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.55% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,662 1,968 2,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.98% 91.62% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,216 1,650
10th Percentile £338 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 11
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.70 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +54.00% -51.46%
75th Percentile £52.19 £92.50 £42.38
90th Percentile £63.75 £122.20 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -49.50%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the City of London

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the City of London

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 4 (19.05%) AWS
5 3 (14.29%) GCP
6 2 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (9.52%) IaaS
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (9.52%) OCI
7 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (4.76%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (4.76%) Azure AKS
7 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (4.76%) Nutanix
7 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) Network Security
3 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.52%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) BGP
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) OSPF
4 1 (4.76%) SSL
4 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.76%) Git
1 1 (4.76%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Principal Security Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Senior
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Salesforce Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (4.76%) Node.js
2 1 (4.76%) SAML
2 1 (4.76%) Spring
2 1 (4.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) SCADA
4 1 (4.76%) STIX
4 1 (4.76%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Linux
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Unix
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (47.62%) Incident Response
2 8 (38.10%) Security Operations
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (23.81%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Detection
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
6 3 (14.29%) SOAR
6 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
1 5 (23.81%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) CISSP
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.52%) CISM
4 2 (9.52%) CISMP
4 2 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (9.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.76%) CCSP
5 1 (4.76%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) GCFA
5 1 (4.76%) GCIA
5 1 (4.76%) GCIH
5 1 (4.76%) OSCP
5 1 (4.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) NIST
2 8 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (14.29%) GDPR
3 3 (14.29%) NCSC
4 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.76%) GRC
5 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Docker
3 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Terraform
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Icinga
3 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.76%) QRadar
3 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Splunk
3 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
3 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 3 (14.29%) LogRhythm
3 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 2 (9.52%) VMware
5 1 (4.76%) AlgoSec
5 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.76%) Exabeam
5 1 (4.76%) Google
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle
5 1 (4.76%) Qualys
5 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.76%) Tufin
5 1 (4.76%) Zscaler