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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 203 161
Rank change year-on-year +33 -42 +161
Contract jobs citing SIEM 461 411 686
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.66% 1.26% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.46% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 279 505
10th Percentile £400 £449 £440
25th Percentile £463 £511 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.04% +2.08%
75th Percentile £661 £725 £725
90th Percentile £775 £826 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £45.00 - £75.50
25th Percentile £47.50 £56.25 £76.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -25.81% +17.78%
75th Percentile £85.00 £67.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £100.55 £72.75 £79.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -23.33% +13.98%

All Process and 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 25,234 28,138 37,658
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.88% 86.06% 89.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,038 17,541 26,048
10th Percentile £300 £313 £319
25th Percentile £405 £423 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,497 1,306 1,424
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.92 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%
75th Percentile £49.75 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.01%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
London +33 195 £588 +2.17% 105
South East +47 82 £506 -10.99% 106
Midlands -21 49 £515 -18.90% 58
North of England -3 45 £520 -16.80% 45
West Midlands -22 44 £519 -18.27% 32
East of England +44 42 £550 -4.35% 58
North West -3 32 £458 -16.82% 27
South West -8 27 £600 -13.04% 30
Yorkshire -12 13 £538 -23.21% 18
East Midlands - 5 £463 - 21
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.65%) Confluence
2 2 (0.43%) Apache
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) 1Password
1 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Maximo
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 142 (30.80%) Azure
2 111 (24.08%) AWS
3 67 (14.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 38 (8.24%) SaaS
5 37 (8.03%) GCP
6 36 (7.81%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (4.77%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (4.77%) Amazon S3
8 21 (4.56%) Amazon SQS
9 20 (4.34%) Cohesity
10 18 (3.90%) Entra ID
11 14 (3.04%) GitHub
12 11 (2.39%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (1.52%) AWS CloudTrail
14 7 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (1.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 6 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (1.08%) AWS KMS
17 4 (0.87%) Amazon Macie
Communications & Networking
1 135 (29.28%) Firewall
2 94 (20.39%) Network Security
3 49 (10.63%) DNS
4 31 (6.72%) VPN
5 30 (6.51%) TCP/IP
6 26 (5.64%) SSL
7 21 (4.56%) SAN
8 17 (3.69%) BGP
8 17 (3.69%) HTTP
9 16 (3.47%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (3.25%) OSPF
11 13 (2.82%) SMTP
11 13 (2.82%) VLAN
12 11 (2.39%) FTP
13 8 (1.74%) Internet
14 7 (1.52%) IPsec
15 5 (1.08%) DHCP
15 5 (1.08%) WAN
15 5 (1.08%) Wireshark
16 3 (0.65%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.43%) Big Data
2 2 (0.43%) DynamoDB
2 2 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (1.95%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.30%) CircleCI
2 6 (1.30%) Git
2 6 (1.30%) GitLab
2 6 (1.30%) Snyk
3 5 (1.08%) JIRA
4 3 (0.65%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.43%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.22%) JMeter
6 1 (0.22%) MLflow
6 1 (0.22%) Postman
6 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.22%) Selenium
6 1 (0.22%) TestNG
6 1 (0.22%) Travis CI
General
1 121 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 95 (20.61%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (13.67%) Finance
4 44 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.51%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (4.12%) Banking
7 16 (3.47%) Legal
8 15 (3.25%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.60%) Military
10 9 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.52%) Local Government
13 6 (1.30%) Back Office
14 5 (1.08%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.08%) Law
15 4 (0.87%) Retail
16 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.43%) French Language
16 2 (0.43%) Marketing
16 2 (0.43%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 99 (21.48%) Security Engineer
2 89 (19.31%) Analyst
3 88 (19.09%) Architect
4 68 (14.75%) Security Architect
5 52 (11.28%) SOC Analyst
6 39 (8.46%) Security Analyst
7 38 (8.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 34 (7.38%) SIEM Engineer
9 31 (6.72%) Senior
10 28 (6.07%) Lead
11 22 (4.77%) SOC Engineer
12 21 (4.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 19 (4.12%) Consultant
14 15 (3.25%) Network Engineer
14 15 (3.25%) Security Manager
15 14 (3.04%) Network Security Engineer
16 12 (2.60%) Security Consultant
17 10 (2.17%) Operations Analyst
17 10 (2.17%) Security Operations Analyst
17 10 (2.17%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.95%) LDAP
2 8 (1.74%) .NET
2 8 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.30%) Loki
4 4 (0.87%) React
5 3 (0.65%) SAML
6 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.43%) CSS
6 2 (0.43%) HTML
6 2 (0.43%) JSON
6 2 (0.43%) Kafka
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.43%) Regular Expression
6 2 (0.43%) REST
6 2 (0.43%) Streamlit
6 2 (0.43%) Web Services
6 2 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.70%) Security Operations Centre
2 66 (14.32%) Security Posture
3 62 (13.45%) Cyber Threat
4 44 (9.54%) Onboarding
5 43 (9.33%) CSOC
6 38 (8.24%) Management Information System
7 19 (4.12%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
9 13 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 12 (2.60%) Data Centre
11 10 (2.17%) Cyberattack
11 10 (2.17%) PKI
12 9 (1.95%) Operational Technology
13 8 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.30%) Public Cloud
16 5 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
16 5 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 93 (20.17%) Windows
2 69 (14.97%) Linux
3 36 (7.81%) Windows Server
4 21 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (4.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (3.04%) Unix
7 6 (1.30%) Check Point GAiA
7 6 (1.30%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.43%) CentOS
9 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (52.93%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (41.21%) Incident Response
3 184 (39.91%) Security Operations
4 112 (24.30%) SOAR
5 97 (21.04%) Threat Detection
6 87 (18.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 81 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
8 80 (17.35%) Cloud Security
9 78 (16.92%) Security Monitoring
10 75 (16.27%) Threat Intelligence
11 65 (14.10%) Information Security
12 61 (13.23%) Use Case
13 56 (12.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 53 (11.50%) Threat Modelling
15 50 (10.85%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 48 (10.41%) Security Architecture
17 47 (10.20%) DevOps
18 43 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (9.11%) Analytics
20 41 (8.89%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 127 (27.55%) PowerShell
2 123 (26.68%) Python
3 48 (10.41%) Kusto Query Language
4 36 (7.81%) Bash
5 6 (1.30%) Java
5 6 (1.30%) Search Processing Language
6 5 (1.08%) C#
6 5 (1.08%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.87%) PHP
7 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.87%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.65%) Bicep
9 2 (0.43%) C
9 2 (0.43%) Perl
9 2 (0.43%) SQL
9 2 (0.43%) VBScript
10 1 (0.22%) C++
10 1 (0.22%) Korn
10 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 158 (34.27%) Security Cleared
2 118 (25.60%) SC Cleared
3 95 (20.61%) CISSP
4 47 (10.20%) DV Cleared
5 42 (9.11%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (8.89%) Degree
7 35 (7.59%) CEH
8 33 (7.16%) GCIH
9 30 (6.51%) CISM
10 29 (6.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (5.86%) GIAC
12 23 (4.99%) GCIA
13 20 (4.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 14 (3.04%) CCSP
14 14 (3.04%) GCFA
15 13 (2.82%) CCNP
15 13 (2.82%) CCSE
15 13 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
16 11 (2.39%) CISA
17 9 (1.95%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (21.91%) NIST
2 96 (20.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (10.63%) GDPR
4 31 (6.72%) PCI DSS
5 27 (5.86%) HIPAA
6 16 (3.47%) NCSC
7 14 (3.04%) SLA
8 13 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.74%) GRC
10 7 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.52%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.87%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.87%) PSD2
12 4 (0.87%) QA
13 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.65%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.22%) SOC 1
System Software
1 53 (11.50%) Active Directory
2 23 (4.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.77%) Docker
4 20 (4.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 20 (4.34%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (1.30%) Snort
6 3 (0.65%) Squid
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.65%) vSphere
7 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.43%) vCloud
7 2 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (8.68%) Ansible
2 32 (6.94%) QRadar
3 26 (5.64%) SCCM
4 25 (5.42%) Kubernetes
4 25 (5.42%) Terraform
5 24 (5.21%) WSUS
6 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.17%) CSIRT
8 9 (1.95%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.95%) Nessus
9 8 (1.74%) Kibana
9 8 (1.74%) Prometheus
10 6 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.87%) CASB
11 4 (0.87%) Grafana
11 4 (0.87%) logstash
12 3 (0.65%) Nexpose
12 3 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.65%) Suricata
13 2 (0.43%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 172 (37.31%) Microsoft
2 152 (32.97%) Splunk
3 42 (9.11%) CrowdStrike
4 35 (7.59%) Palo Alto
5 33 (7.16%) Cisco
6 31 (6.72%) VMware
7 24 (5.21%) ArcSight
8 21 (4.56%) Fortinet
9 20 (4.34%) NetApp
9 20 (4.34%) Qualys
10 17 (3.69%) Zscaler
11 16 (3.47%) CheckPoint
11 16 (3.47%) Google
12 15 (3.25%) Forcepoint
13 13 (2.82%) LogRhythm
14 12 (2.60%) CyberArk
14 12 (2.60%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.95%) BeyondTrust
16 8 (1.74%) Citrix
16 8 (1.74%) IBM