SIEM Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 63 67
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +36
Contract jobs citing SIEM 7 3 14
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.14% 0.47% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 0.50% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile £283 - £508
25th Percentile £350 £463 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% -3.70%
75th Percentile £513 £488 £538
90th Percentile £528 - -
Scotland median daily rate £610 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +28.42% -9.52% +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 551 597 789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.45% 94.16% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 333 478
10th Percentile £188 £195 £232
25th Percentile £406 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £477
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -4.61% +0.42%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 27
10th Percentile £17.36 £20.65 £13.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.34 £16.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -32.60% +63.06%
75th Percentile £69.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Edinburgh

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Intranet
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Services Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 2 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (14.29%) API Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CEH
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft