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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 192 162
Rank change year-on-year +31 -30 +62
Contract jobs citing SIEM 564 351 562
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.36% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 1.51% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 224 422
10th Percentile £413 £407 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.12% +2.08%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £725
90th Percentile £750 £835 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 3
10th Percentile £26.80 - £44.50
25th Percentile £40.52 £45.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £48.72 £54.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -12.80% -15.94%
75th Percentile £76.25 £63.25 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.88 - £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year +19.27% -17.74% -10.89%

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 29,411 23,191 33,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.56% 89.73% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,824 14,242 22,230
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £411 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,845 729 1,976
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year -22.62% -1.71% +1.74%

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 10 February 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 10 February 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 10 February 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 +22 248 £600 +4.35% 58
South East +36 133 £492 -13.23% 47
Midlands -28 73 £525 -9.21% 22
West Midlands -30 62 £539 -6.88% 18
South West -7 45 £537 -6.61% 16
North of England -46 34 £500 -16.67% 40
North West -19 16 £500 -10.71% 21
East of England -13 15 £575 +2.22% 18
Yorkshire -49 15 £520 -16.80% 13
East Midlands - 11 £438 - 4
North East -9 3 £400 +14.29% 6
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 9 (1.60%) OpenStack
2 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.71%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) nginx
4 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 222 (39.36%) Azure
2 189 (33.51%) AWS
3 108 (19.15%) GCP
4 76 (13.48%) Azure Sentinel
5 49 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
6 47 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
8 21 (3.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (3.72%) OpenShift
9 18 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.77%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 10 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.60%) Azure AKS
12 9 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (1.60%) GitHub
13 8 (1.42%) SaaS
13 8 (1.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.24%) AWS CloudTrail
14 7 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (20.21%) Firewall
2 84 (14.89%) Network Security
3 41 (7.27%) DNS
4 37 (6.56%) TCP/IP
5 35 (6.21%) VPN
6 15 (2.66%) DHCP
7 14 (2.48%) SSL
8 11 (1.95%) SMTP
9 9 (1.60%) Internet
9 9 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (1.42%) BGP
11 6 (1.06%) HTTP
11 6 (1.06%) LAN
11 6 (1.06%) OSPF
11 6 (1.06%) WAN
11 6 (1.06%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.89%) DKIM
12 5 (0.89%) DMARC
12 5 (0.89%) FTP
13 4 (0.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (1.60%) Data Lake
3 7 (1.24%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.35%) Power BI
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (2.84%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.95%) JIRA
3 7 (1.24%) GitLab
4 4 (0.71%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.53%) Git
6 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.35%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.35%) Snyk
7 1 (0.18%) AppScan
7 1 (0.18%) JUnit
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 210 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 85 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (12.06%) Public Sector
4 59 (10.46%) Finance
5 58 (10.28%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (2.84%) Banking
7 14 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.30%) Military
8 13 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.60%) Legal
11 6 (1.06%) Retail
12 4 (0.71%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.71%) Local Government
12 4 (0.71%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.35%) Back Office
13 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.18%) Advertising
14 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 116 (20.57%) Analyst
2 112 (19.86%) Architect
3 105 (18.62%) Security Engineer
4 60 (10.64%) Senior
5 57 (10.11%) Security Analyst
6 53 (9.40%) SIEM Engineer
7 47 (8.33%) CyberArk Architect
7 47 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
8 36 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 35 (6.21%) Security Architect
10 26 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
11 25 (4.43%) Consultant
12 24 (4.26%) Lead
13 20 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 16 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (2.66%) Security Manager
16 14 (2.48%) Operations Analyst
16 14 (2.48%) Security Consultant
17 11 (1.95%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (14.18%) LDAP
2 49 (8.69%) REST
3 35 (6.21%) SOAP
4 33 (5.85%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (4.61%) SAML
6 22 (3.90%) OpenID
7 8 (1.42%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.42%) Kafka
7 8 (1.42%) OAuth
8 7 (1.24%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.06%) JSON
10 4 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.71%) Regular Expression
11 3 (0.53%) .NET
11 3 (0.53%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.53%) Node.js
11 3 (0.53%) SailPoint
12 2 (0.35%) ADO
12 2 (0.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.43%) Security Posture
2 69 (12.23%) Security Operations Centre
3 60 (10.64%) Onboarding
4 48 (8.51%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (7.45%) Cyber Threat
6 30 (5.32%) Cloud Native
6 30 (5.32%) Cyber Defence
7 26 (4.61%) Management Information System
8 24 (4.26%) Operational Technology
9 21 (3.72%) PKI
10 19 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.66%) Cyberattack
12 13 (2.30%) Cyber Security Posture
13 12 (2.13%) CSOC
14 9 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.60%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
16 7 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 6 (1.06%) Data Centre
18 5 (0.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (17.20%) Linux
2 96 (17.02%) Windows
3 26 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.43%) Unix
5 15 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.71%) CentOS
7 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (50.35%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (36.35%) Incident Response
3 174 (30.85%) Security Operations
4 132 (23.40%) SOAR
5 131 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (21.99%) Threat Detection
7 110 (19.50%) Cloud Security
8 88 (15.60%) CI/CD
8 88 (15.60%) DevOps
9 81 (14.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (12.77%) Vulnerability Management
11 67 (11.88%) Infrastructure as Code
12 63 (11.17%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 61 (10.82%) Threat Modelling
14 60 (10.64%) Threat Intelligence
15 59 (10.46%) Zero Trust
16 58 (10.28%) Identity Access Management
16 58 (10.28%) Security Monitoring
17 57 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 56 (9.93%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 193 (34.22%) Python
2 180 (31.91%) PowerShell
3 52 (9.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 39 (6.91%) Bash
5 21 (3.72%) Bicep
6 9 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.24%) Java
7 7 (1.24%) SQL
8 6 (1.06%) Search Processing Language
9 4 (0.71%) Go
10 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.35%) C++
12 1 (0.18%) C
12 1 (0.18%) Lisp
12 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 266 (47.16%) Security Cleared
2 217 (38.48%) SC Cleared
3 127 (22.52%) CISSP
4 73 (12.94%) CISM
5 59 (10.46%) DV Cleared
6 47 (8.33%) Degree
7 42 (7.45%) GIAC
8 35 (6.21%) CEH
9 30 (5.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 28 (4.96%) Azure Certification
11 20 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (2.84%) AWS Certification
12 16 (2.84%) GCIH
13 15 (2.66%) CompTIA CySA+
14 14 (2.48%) GCIA
14 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (2.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (1.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (27.66%) NIST
2 146 (25.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (13.30%) GDPR
4 40 (7.09%) NCSC
5 30 (5.32%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.90%) HIPAA
7 17 (3.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (3.01%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.48%) GRC
9 11 (1.95%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (1.06%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.71%) QA
13 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.53%) PSD2
13 3 (0.53%) RMADS
14 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 106 (18.79%) Active Directory
2 26 (4.61%) Docker
3 13 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.42%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.06%) Snort
8 5 (0.89%) Squid
9 4 (0.71%) Postfix
10 2 (0.35%) NFS
10 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.35%) vSphere
11 1 (0.18%) GPFS
11 1 (0.18%) Lustre
11 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 63 (11.17%) Terraform
2 61 (10.82%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.96%) Ansible
3 28 (4.96%) Kibana
4 19 (3.37%) QRadar
5 17 (3.01%) logstash
6 15 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.60%) Nessus
7 9 (1.60%) SCCM
8 8 (1.42%) WSUS
9 6 (1.06%) CSIRT
9 6 (1.06%) Grafana
10 4 (0.71%) Nexpose
10 4 (0.71%) Suricata
11 3 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.53%) Argo
11 3 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 3 (0.53%) Fluentd
11 3 (0.53%) Icinga
Vendors
1 159 (28.19%) Microsoft
2 135 (23.94%) Splunk
3 93 (16.49%) CyberArk
4 72 (12.77%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (6.03%) Centrify
6 29 (5.14%) CrowdStrike
7 26 (4.61%) Palo Alto
7 26 (4.61%) Tenable
8 24 (4.26%) Cisco
9 22 (3.90%) Qualys
10 21 (3.72%) VMware
11 20 (3.55%) FireEye
12 19 (3.37%) LogRhythm
13 17 (3.01%) Tanium
14 16 (2.84%) Google
15 15 (2.66%) Zscaler
16 14 (2.48%) ServiceNow
17 13 (2.30%) Fortinet
18 11 (1.95%) IBM
19 10 (1.77%) Red Hat