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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 169 194
Rank change year-on-year -33 +25 -41
Contract jobs citing SIEM 682 475 422
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.47% 1.70% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.86% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 310 278
10th Percentile £413 £411 £425
25th Percentile £475 £463 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -8.33% -0.99%
75th Percentile £650 £658 £725
90th Percentile £758 £775 £830
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 11 3
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £54.06 £45.38 £56.25
Median hourly rate £71.75 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% +13.04% -23.33%
75th Percentile £89.58 £85.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £97.90 £100.00 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +11.54% +13.04% -20.69%

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -47 253 £568 -2.37% 313
South East +15 177 £575 +15.00% 175
North of England -26 91 £540 +3.85% 139
South West +17 85 £600 - 83
North West -18 64 £525 +12.60% 72
East of England -34 31 £550 - 51
Midlands -71 28 £500 -1.48% 68
Yorkshire -22 27 £545 +1.40% 45
West Midlands -59 26 £513 -0.87% 48
East Midlands -21 1 £475 +2.70% 20
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 8 (1.17%) IIS
2 7 (1.03%) Confluence
2 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) Apache
4 2 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Mendix
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 248 (36.36%) Azure
2 197 (28.89%) AWS
3 102 (14.96%) GCP
4 98 (14.37%) Entra ID
5 73 (10.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 55 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (5.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (3.81%) SaaS
9 25 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 21 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 18 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (2.49%) Datadog
14 16 (2.35%) AWS CloudTrail
14 16 (2.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 15 (2.20%) Serverless
16 13 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (1.91%) IaaS
17 12 (1.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 115 (16.86%) Firewall
2 107 (15.69%) Network Security
3 52 (7.62%) DNS
4 43 (6.30%) TCP/IP
5 29 (4.25%) DHCP
6 27 (3.96%) WAN
7 26 (3.81%) VPN
8 25 (3.67%) HTTP
9 23 (3.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 20 (2.93%) SSL
11 19 (2.79%) VSAN
12 13 (1.91%) BGP
12 13 (1.91%) SD-WAN
13 12 (1.76%) Internet
14 10 (1.47%) VLAN
15 8 (1.17%) OSPF
15 8 (1.17%) SMTP
15 8 (1.17%) SNMP
16 7 (1.03%) LAN
16 7 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
2 6 (0.88%) Data Lake
3 5 (0.73%) Hazelcast
4 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.59%) Power BI
5 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) Big Data
6 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (2.05%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.76%) GitLab
2 12 (1.76%) JIRA
3 11 (1.61%) Git
4 5 (0.73%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.29%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 246 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 101 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (12.46%) Finance
4 77 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.89%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (4.11%) Banking
7 20 (2.93%) Military
8 12 (1.76%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.61%) Retail
9 11 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.47%) Law
11 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.03%) Back Office
12 7 (1.03%) Legal
12 7 (1.03%) Local Government
13 6 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.44%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 136 (19.94%) Analyst
2 111 (16.28%) Security Engineer
3 80 (11.73%) Architect
4 75 (11.00%) Security Analyst
5 69 (10.12%) SOC Analyst
6 62 (9.09%) Senior
7 58 (8.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 46 (6.74%) Consultant
9 37 (5.43%) Lead
10 35 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
11 29 (4.25%) Security Architect
11 29 (4.25%) SIEM Engineer
12 28 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 26 (3.81%) Network Engineer
14 25 (3.67%) Security Specialist
14 25 (3.67%) SOC Engineer
15 24 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 24 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (3.08%) Operations Analyst
16 21 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (15.10%) Terraform
2 64 (9.38%) LDAP
3 16 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.20%) SailPoint
5 14 (2.05%) REST
6 13 (1.91%) Kafka
7 11 (1.61%) JSON
8 10 (1.47%) ARM Templates
9 8 (1.17%) Azure Blueprints
10 7 (1.03%) Regular Expression
11 6 (0.88%) FIDO
11 6 (0.88%) SAML
11 6 (0.88%) WebAuthn
12 5 (0.73%) 802.1X
12 5 (0.73%) eBPF
12 5 (0.73%) OAuth
12 5 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
13 4 (0.59%) CSS
14 3 (0.44%) LangChain
14 3 (0.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 106 (15.54%) Onboarding
2 88 (12.90%) Security Posture
3 82 (12.02%) Cyber Threat
4 73 (10.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 65 (9.53%) Cloud Native
6 48 (7.04%) Cyber Defence
7 45 (6.60%) Management Information System
8 42 (6.16%) Operational Technology
9 29 (4.25%) Data Centre
10 27 (3.96%) PKI
11 25 (3.67%) Cloud Security Posture
12 18 (2.64%) CMDB
13 17 (2.49%) CSOC
14 15 (2.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 14 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
17 11 (1.61%) Cyberattack
17 11 (1.61%) SCADA
18 10 (1.47%) Replication
18 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 154 (22.58%) Windows
2 143 (20.97%) Linux
3 39 (5.72%) Unix
4 30 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (4.25%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.03%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.59%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (55.43%) Cybersecurity
2 243 (35.63%) Incident Response
3 214 (31.38%) Security Operations
4 157 (23.02%) Cloud Security
5 155 (22.73%) Security Monitoring
6 147 (21.55%) Threat Detection
7 125 (18.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 123 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 117 (17.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 114 (16.72%) Threat Intelligence
11 112 (16.42%) CI/CD
11 112 (16.42%) SOAR
12 107 (15.69%) Security Architecture
13 100 (14.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 99 (14.52%) ITSM
15 93 (13.64%) DevSecOps
16 92 (13.49%) DevOps
17 90 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
18 84 (12.32%) Runbook
19 83 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 158 (23.17%) Python
2 148 (21.70%) PowerShell
3 88 (12.90%) Bash
4 48 (7.04%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (3.67%) SQL
6 22 (3.23%) Java
7 21 (3.08%) Bicep
8 19 (2.79%) Search Processing Language
9 7 (1.03%) Perl
10 3 (0.44%) Go
10 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.29%) C
11 2 (0.29%) C#
11 2 (0.29%) Groovy
11 2 (0.29%) Korn
11 2 (0.29%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 323 (47.36%) Security Cleared
2 200 (29.33%) SC Cleared
3 138 (20.23%) CISSP
4 128 (18.77%) DV Cleared
5 77 (11.29%) CISM
6 61 (8.94%) Degree
7 52 (7.62%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (5.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 38 (5.57%) AWS Certification
10 36 (5.28%) GIAC
11 29 (4.25%) Azure Certification
12 25 (3.67%) CompTIA Security+
12 25 (3.67%) GCIH
13 22 (3.23%) CCSP
14 20 (2.93%) SANS
15 19 (2.79%) CEH
16 18 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
16 18 (2.64%) CompTIA CySA+
17 17 (2.49%) GSEC
18 16 (2.35%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (26.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 174 (25.51%) NIST
3 58 (8.50%) GDPR
4 52 (7.62%) NCSC
5 36 (5.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (4.25%) PCI DSS
7 20 (2.93%) GRC
8 12 (1.76%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.76%) SLA
9 11 (1.61%) PMO
10 10 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (1.47%) HIPAA
11 9 (1.32%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.32%) QA
11 9 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (1.03%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.73%) COBIT
14 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 159 (23.31%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.72%) Docker
3 38 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.93%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.64%) VMware NSX
6 17 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (2.49%) vSphere
7 8 (1.17%) NFS
8 5 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.44%) Squid
10 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.15%) Samba
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 71 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 59 (8.65%) Ansible
3 35 (5.13%) QRadar
4 24 (3.52%) Progress Chef
5 16 (2.35%) Grafana
6 14 (2.05%) VxRail
7 12 (1.76%) CASB
8 9 (1.32%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.88%) Check_MK
10 6 (0.88%) Puppet
11 5 (0.73%) Istio
11 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.73%) linkerd
12 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.59%) Packer
12 4 (0.59%) Podman
13 3 (0.44%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 196 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 120 (17.60%) Splunk
3 97 (14.22%) CyberArk
4 42 (6.16%) CrowdStrike
4 42 (6.16%) VMware
5 40 (5.87%) ServiceNow
6 36 (5.28%) Google
7 29 (4.25%) BeyondTrust
8 26 (3.81%) Zscaler
9 24 (3.52%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.37%) Cisco
10 23 (3.37%) Red Hat
11 21 (3.08%) Oracle
12 17 (2.49%) LogRhythm
13 16 (2.35%) ArcSight
14 15 (2.20%) Rapid7
15 14 (2.05%) Cribl.io
15 14 (2.05%) Tenable
16 13 (1.91%) Fortinet
16 13 (1.91%) Qualys