SIEM Contracts in England

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 138 173
Rank change year-on-year -60 +35 +188
Contract jobs citing SIEM 334 621 753
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.37% 1.67% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.93% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 450 545
10th Percentile £409 £425 £450
25th Percentile £480 £518 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile £650 £735 £700
90th Percentile £750 £825 £783
UK median daily rate £551 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.17% - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £52.67 - -
25th Percentile £63.04 - £62.75
Median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.69% -46.67% +13.98%
75th Percentile £81.01 £63.44 £78.31
90th Percentile - £74.63 £85.40
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +101.69% -46.67% +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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Daily rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 +6 160 £588 -2.08% 185
South East -9 67 £525 -16.00% 112
West Midlands -20 43 £551 -8.17% 24
Midlands -20 43 £551 -8.17% 37
North of England +12 22 £580 -17.14% 52
East of England +38 14 £600 - 40
Yorkshire +1 13 £613 -23.44% 17
North West +17 9 £525 -17.65% 32
South West -74 7 £575 +0.88% 29
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 (0.90%) Apache
1 3 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.60%) 1Password
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.54%) Azure
2 54 (16.17%) AWS
3 38 (11.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 30 (8.98%) GCP
5 19 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.79%) GitHub
7 12 (3.59%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.50%) SaaS
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.20%) AWS KMS
10 4 (1.20%) PaaS
10 4 (1.20%) Serverless
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
11 3 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.60%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 92 (27.54%) Firewall
2 63 (18.86%) Network Security
3 31 (9.28%) DNS
4 29 (8.68%) SMTP
5 26 (7.78%) TCP/IP
6 19 (5.69%) HTTP
6 19 (5.69%) SSL
7 18 (5.39%) VPN
8 12 (3.59%) DHCP
9 10 (2.99%) BGP
9 10 (2.99%) FTP
9 10 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (2.99%) VLAN
10 9 (2.69%) OSPF
11 7 (2.10%) NGFW
12 5 (1.50%) WAN
13 4 (1.20%) IPsec
13 4 (1.20%) iSCSI
13 4 (1.20%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.80%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.50%) Big Data
4 4 (1.20%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.30%) DB2
6 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.69%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.10%) GitLab
2 7 (2.10%) JIRA
3 6 (1.80%) Git
4 4 (1.20%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.90%) JMeter
5 3 (0.90%) Postman
5 3 (0.90%) REST Assured
5 3 (0.90%) Selenium
5 3 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.90%) TestNG
5 3 (0.90%) Travis CI
6 1 (0.30%) CircleCI
General
1 87 (26.05%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (16.47%) Finance
4 33 (9.88%) Public Sector
5 22 (6.59%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.49%) Banking
7 14 (4.19%) Legal
8 12 (3.59%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.99%) Electronics
9 10 (2.99%) Marketing
10 6 (1.80%) Law
11 5 (1.50%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.20%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.20%) Local Government
12 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (20.06%) Analyst
2 58 (17.37%) Security Engineer
3 45 (13.47%) Architect
4 37 (11.08%) SOC Analyst
5 33 (9.88%) Security Architect
6 29 (8.68%) Security Analyst
7 24 (7.19%) Lead
8 21 (6.29%) Senior
9 18 (5.39%) Consultant
10 15 (4.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (4.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 13 (3.89%) Operations Engineer
12 13 (3.89%) Security Manager
12 13 (3.89%) SIEM Engineer
13 10 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (2.69%) Operations Analyst
14 9 (2.69%) Security Operations Analyst
14 9 (2.69%) Senior Architect
15 8 (2.40%) Senior Security Architect
15 8 (2.40%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.39%) REST
2 10 (2.99%) .NET
2 10 (2.99%) JSON
2 10 (2.99%) LDAP
3 6 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.80%) SAML
4 4 (1.20%) HTML
4 4 (1.20%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.20%) XML
5 3 (0.90%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET
5 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (0.90%) CSS
5 3 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.60%) Kafka
6 2 (0.60%) Node.js
6 2 (0.60%) OAuth
6 2 (0.60%) OpenID
6 2 (0.60%) React
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.17%) Cyber Threat
2 50 (14.97%) Security Posture
3 46 (13.77%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (9.88%) Management Information System
5 26 (7.78%) CSOC
6 20 (5.99%) Onboarding
7 12 (3.59%) Cyberattack
8 11 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.69%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.40%) Operational Technology
12 7 (2.10%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.50%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (1.20%) Replication
15 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
15 3 (0.90%) PKI
15 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
15 3 (0.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 70 (20.96%) Windows
2 48 (14.37%) Linux
3 19 (5.69%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.99%) VMS
6 5 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.20%) Check Point GAiA
8 3 (0.90%) CentOS
8 3 (0.90%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.90%) Unix
8 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (42.22%) Cybersecurity
2 130 (38.92%) Incident Response
3 122 (36.53%) Security Operations
4 76 (22.75%) Vulnerability Management
5 67 (20.06%) Threat Detection
6 64 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (16.17%) SOAR
8 50 (14.97%) Threat Intelligence
9 44 (13.17%) Cloud Security
10 39 (11.68%) Information Security
11 38 (11.38%) Security Monitoring
12 37 (11.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 37 (11.08%) Security Architecture
13 35 (10.48%) DevOps
14 34 (10.18%) Data Loss Prevention
15 29 (8.68%) Analytics
15 29 (8.68%) Risk Management
16 28 (8.38%) Incident Management
17 25 (7.49%) Migration
17 25 (7.49%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.37%) PowerShell
2 57 (17.07%) Python
3 22 (6.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 19 (5.69%) Bash
5 6 (1.80%) C#
5 6 (1.80%) Java
6 4 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.20%) SQL
7 2 (0.60%) PHP
7 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.30%) Bicep
8 1 (0.30%) C
8 1 (0.30%) Go
8 1 (0.30%) Ruby
8 1 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 90 (26.95%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.56%) CISSP
3 61 (18.26%) SC Cleared
4 34 (10.18%) Degree
5 30 (8.98%) DV Cleared
6 29 (8.68%) CISM
7 24 (7.19%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (6.59%) CEH
9 19 (5.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (5.39%) GCIH
10 18 (5.39%) GIAC
11 14 (4.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 13 (3.89%) CCSP
13 11 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (2.69%) CCNA
14 9 (2.69%) CISA
14 9 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (2.69%) GCIA
15 8 (2.40%) CCSE
16 7 (2.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (15.57%) NIST
2 46 (13.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (8.68%) GDPR
4 16 (4.79%) HIPAA
4 16 (4.79%) PCI DSS
5 11 (3.29%) SLA
6 7 (2.10%) NIST 800
6 7 (2.10%) QA
7 6 (1.80%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.90%) NCSC
8 3 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.60%) GRC
9 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
System Software
1 29 (8.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (3.89%) Docker
4 12 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.10%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.20%) NFS
7 4 (1.20%) vSphere
8 3 (0.90%) FreeRADIUS
8 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.90%) iptables
8 3 (0.90%) vCloud
8 3 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 28 (8.38%) Ansible
2 18 (5.39%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.39%) QRadar
3 13 (3.89%) Terraform
4 9 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.40%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.10%) Grafana
6 7 (2.10%) Kibana
6 7 (2.10%) SCCM
7 6 (1.80%) CASB
7 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.50%) CSIRT
8 5 (1.50%) WSUS
9 4 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.20%) Nessus
9 4 (1.20%) PingFederate
9 4 (1.20%) vRealize
9 4 (1.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.90%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 89 (26.65%) Microsoft
2 78 (23.35%) Splunk
3 41 (12.28%) Palo Alto
4 26 (7.78%) Cisco
5 24 (7.19%) ServiceNow
5 24 (7.19%) VMware
6 23 (6.89%) Google
7 17 (5.09%) Fortinet
8 16 (4.79%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (4.79%) SolarWinds
9 12 (3.59%) Rapid7
10 11 (3.29%) F5
11 10 (2.99%) CheckPoint
11 10 (2.99%) Red Hat
11 10 (2.99%) SAP
11 10 (2.99%) Tenable
12 9 (2.69%) ArcSight
12 9 (2.69%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.69%) LogRhythm
13 8 (2.40%) Qualys