SIEM Contract Job Trends in England

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 169 172
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -16
Contract jobs citing SIEM 667 450 485
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.46% 1.63% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.79% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 288 336
10th Percentile £413 £418 £444
25th Percentile £465 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £630 £675 £713
90th Percentile £734 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £558 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 12 8
10th Percentile £44.79 £45.08 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £51.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.69 £72.84 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +26.67% -25.81%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £98.82 £98.50 £76.78
UK median hourly rate £65.69 £72.84 £57.50
% change year-on-year -9.81% +26.67% -25.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,794 25,132 28,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 90.79% 85.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,129 16,058 18,629
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,535 1,418 1,653
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.77% -1.96%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in England

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIEM

SIEM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
London -38 236 £563 -6.25% 337
South East -2 174 £525 +1.45% 158
North of England +8 125 £563 +7.14% 113
North West +15 96 £563 +18.42% 70
South West +2 59 £640 -9.38% 86
Midlands -63 30 £600 +24.35% 43
Yorkshire -23 29 £563 +5.88% 29
East of England -38 27 £550 - 32
West Midlands -59 27 £600 +24.35% 34
East Midlands -7 2 £550 - 9
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 17 (2.55%) Confluence
2 2 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.15%) Apache
3 1 (0.15%) Mendix
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.15%) nginx
3 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 251 (37.63%) Azure
2 194 (29.09%) AWS
3 100 (14.99%) Entra ID
4 95 (14.24%) GCP
5 63 (9.45%) Azure Sentinel
6 53 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.40%) Microsoft Purview
8 33 (4.95%) SaaS
9 25 (3.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 19 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (2.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 17 (2.55%) Azure Logic Apps
13 16 (2.40%) Datadog
13 16 (2.40%) GitHub
14 14 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.95%) AWS CloudTrail
15 13 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.95%) Serverless
16 11 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 127 (19.04%) Firewall
2 104 (15.59%) Network Security
3 49 (7.35%) DNS
4 43 (6.45%) TCP/IP
5 26 (3.90%) WAN
6 25 (3.75%) VPN
7 24 (3.60%) SSL
8 23 (3.45%) DHCP
9 22 (3.30%) Intrusion Detection
10 20 (3.00%) VSAN
11 19 (2.85%) HTTP
12 14 (2.10%) BGP
12 14 (2.10%) Internet
12 14 (2.10%) SD-WAN
13 13 (1.95%) VLAN
14 9 (1.35%) IPsec
14 9 (1.35%) OSPF
15 7 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (1.05%) NGFW
15 7 (1.05%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
2 7 (1.05%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.75%) Hazelcast
3 5 (0.75%) Power BI
4 3 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.15%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (3.90%) JIRA
2 13 (1.95%) Git
3 12 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.35%) GitLab
5 5 (0.75%) Selenium
5 5 (0.75%) Snyk
6 3 (0.45%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 192 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 93 (13.94%) Finance
3 92 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.69%) Public Sector
5 55 (8.25%) Documentation Skills
6 34 (5.10%) Banking
7 20 (3.00%) Military
8 12 (1.80%) Retail
9 10 (1.50%) Local Government
9 10 (1.50%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.20%) Law
10 8 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.05%) Legal
12 6 (0.90%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.30%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 126 (18.89%) Analyst
2 117 (17.54%) Security Engineer
3 64 (9.60%) Architect
4 63 (9.45%) Senior
5 59 (8.85%) SOC Analyst
6 58 (8.70%) Security Analyst
7 47 (7.05%) Consultant
8 45 (6.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 39 (5.85%) Lead
10 38 (5.70%) Security Architect
11 32 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
12 28 (4.20%) SOC Engineer
13 26 (3.90%) Network Engineer
13 26 (3.90%) Security Manager
14 23 (3.45%) Operations Analyst
15 20 (3.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 20 (3.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 20 (3.00%) SIEM Engineer
16 19 (2.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 19 (2.85%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.60%) LDAP
2 19 (2.85%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.40%) SailPoint
4 13 (1.95%) REST
5 12 (1.80%) Kafka
6 9 (1.35%) LangChain
6 9 (1.35%) PyTorch
6 9 (1.35%) scikit-learn
7 8 (1.20%) 802.1X
8 7 (1.05%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
10 5 (0.75%) eBPF
10 5 (0.75%) JSON
10 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.60%) CSS
11 4 (0.60%) Middleware
12 3 (0.45%) FIDO
12 3 (0.45%) OAuth
12 3 (0.45%) WebAuthn
12 3 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 102 (15.29%) Security Posture
2 91 (13.64%) Onboarding
3 72 (10.79%) Cloud Native
4 68 (10.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 57 (8.55%) Cyber Threat
6 50 (7.50%) Operational Technology
7 42 (6.30%) Management Information System
8 36 (5.40%) Cyber Defence
9 31 (4.65%) Cloud Security Posture
10 27 (4.05%) Data Centre
11 25 (3.75%) PKI
12 19 (2.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 15 (2.25%) CSOC
14 14 (2.10%) SCADA
15 13 (1.95%) CMDB
16 12 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
18 10 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
19 8 (1.20%) Public Cloud
20 7 (1.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 148 (22.19%) Linux
2 146 (21.89%) Windows
3 40 (6.00%) Unix
4 31 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (3.75%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.05%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (53.22%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (33.28%) Incident Response
3 206 (30.88%) Security Operations
4 155 (23.24%) Cloud Security
5 130 (19.49%) CI/CD
6 121 (18.14%) Vulnerability Management
7 118 (17.69%) Threat Detection
8 117 (17.54%) Security Monitoring
9 106 (15.89%) SOAR
10 95 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (14.24%) DevOps
11 94 (14.09%) Threat Intelligence
12 93 (13.94%) Security Architecture
13 88 (13.19%) Zero Trust
14 86 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 80 (11.99%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 80 (11.99%) Infrastructure as Code
17 79 (11.84%) DevSecOps
18 72 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 160 (23.99%) Python
2 136 (20.39%) PowerShell
3 85 (12.74%) Bash
4 45 (6.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 26 (3.90%) SQL
6 21 (3.15%) Java
7 18 (2.70%) Bicep
7 18 (2.70%) Search Processing Language
8 7 (1.05%) Perl
9 3 (0.45%) Groovy
9 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) C
10 2 (0.30%) Go
10 2 (0.30%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 267 (40.03%) Security Cleared
2 163 (24.44%) SC Cleared
3 139 (20.84%) CISSP
4 96 (14.39%) DV Cleared
5 77 (11.54%) CISM
6 67 (10.04%) Cisco Certification
7 62 (9.30%) Degree
8 46 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 37 (5.55%) AWS Certification
10 28 (4.20%) GIAC
11 27 (4.05%) Azure Certification
11 27 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (3.45%) GCIH
13 22 (3.30%) CCSP
14 21 (3.15%) CEH
15 20 (3.00%) CCNP
16 18 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
17 16 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
17 16 (2.40%) SANS
18 15 (2.25%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (23.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 151 (22.64%) NIST
3 74 (11.09%) GDPR
4 45 (6.75%) NCSC
5 31 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 31 (4.65%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.25%) GRC
6 15 (2.25%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.25%) PMO
6 15 (2.25%) SLA
7 14 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.80%) NIST 800
9 11 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.65%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.35%) ISO 31000
11 8 (1.20%) QA
12 7 (1.05%) COBIT
13 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.75%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 119 (17.84%) Active Directory
2 40 (6.00%) Docker
3 30 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.70%) VMware NSX
5 17 (2.55%) vSphere
6 13 (1.95%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.60%) Snort
9 4 (0.60%) Squid
10 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.15%) Samba
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 92 (13.79%) Terraform
2 67 (10.04%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.25%) Ansible
4 30 (4.50%) QRadar
5 23 (3.45%) CASB
6 19 (2.85%) Progress Chef
7 13 (1.95%) Grafana
7 13 (1.95%) VxRail
8 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.20%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.90%) Check_MK
11 6 (0.90%) Puppet
12 5 (0.75%) CSIRT
12 5 (0.75%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.60%) Nessus
13 4 (0.60%) Packer
13 4 (0.60%) Podman
14 3 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 182 (27.29%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.19%) Splunk
3 68 (10.19%) CyberArk
4 49 (7.35%) ServiceNow
5 42 (6.30%) CrowdStrike
6 37 (5.55%) Google
7 35 (5.25%) VMware
8 33 (4.95%) BeyondTrust
9 32 (4.80%) Zscaler
10 30 (4.50%) Cisco
11 25 (3.75%) Qualys
12 22 (3.30%) Red Hat
13 21 (3.15%) Fortinet
13 21 (3.15%) Oracle
14 20 (3.00%) Tanium
15 19 (2.85%) Palo Alto
15 19 (2.85%) Tenable
16 16 (2.40%) Okta
17 13 (1.95%) Cribl.io
18 11 (1.65%) Trend Micro