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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 170 201
Rank change year-on-year -33 +31 -41
Contract jobs citing SIEM 678 489 407
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 1.74% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.91% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 318 273
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £725
90th Percentile £750 £775 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 3
10th Percentile £46.63 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £60.80 £45.56 £56.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -23.33%
75th Percentile £92.11 £87.19 £67.50
90th Percentile £98.69 £99.38 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +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 39,775 25,570 27,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.90% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,015 16,235 16,841
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,044 1,594 1,106
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.41 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.80 £66.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -59 263 £563 -6.25% 292
South East +10 168 £575 +9.79% 109
North of England -22 92 £540 +3.85% 98
South West +8 81 £575 +4.55% 37
North West -18 64 £525 +12.60% 58
East of England -40 31 £550 - 26
Yorkshire -17 28 £545 +1.40% 30
Midlands -75 27 £500 -1.48% 45
West Midlands -66 25 £513 -1.25% 33
East Midlands -22 1 £475 +2.70% 12
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 (1.18%) IIS
2 7 (1.03%) Confluence
2 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.44%) Apache
3 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Mendix
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 251 (37.02%) Azure
2 193 (28.47%) AWS
3 101 (14.90%) Entra ID
3 101 (14.90%) GCP
4 77 (11.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 54 (7.96%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (5.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 26 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (3.83%) SaaS
8 24 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
9 22 (3.24%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (3.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 20 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (2.65%) Datadog
13 16 (2.36%) AWS CloudTrail
13 16 (2.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 15 (2.21%) Serverless
15 13 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.92%) IaaS
16 12 (1.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 113 (16.67%) Firewall
2 107 (15.78%) Network Security
3 51 (7.52%) DNS
4 42 (6.19%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.13%) DHCP
6 27 (3.98%) WAN
7 25 (3.69%) HTTP
7 25 (3.69%) VPN
8 23 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
9 20 (2.95%) SSL
10 19 (2.80%) VSAN
11 13 (1.92%) BGP
11 13 (1.92%) Internet
11 13 (1.92%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.62%) VLAN
13 8 (1.18%) OSPF
13 8 (1.18%) SMTP
13 8 (1.18%) SNMP
14 7 (1.03%) LAN
14 7 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.03%) Data Lake
3 6 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
3 6 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (0.74%) Hazelcast
5 4 (0.59%) Power BI
6 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.15%) Big Data
7 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (2.06%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.77%) Git
2 12 (1.77%) GitLab
3 8 (1.18%) JIRA
4 5 (0.74%) Selenium
5 3 (0.44%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.29%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
7 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 245 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (12.68%) Finance
4 71 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.05%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (3.98%) Banking
7 19 (2.80%) Military
8 12 (1.77%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.47%) Law
9 10 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.33%) Retail
11 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.03%) Back Office
12 7 (1.03%) Local Government
13 6 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.88%) Legal
14 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.59%) Police
16 3 (0.44%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 135 (19.91%) Analyst
2 116 (17.11%) Security Engineer
3 82 (12.09%) Architect
4 77 (11.36%) Security Analyst
5 67 (9.88%) SOC Analyst
6 62 (9.14%) Senior
7 59 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 47 (6.93%) Consultant
9 37 (5.46%) Lead
10 35 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.57%) Security Architect
12 30 (4.42%) SIEM Engineer
13 29 (4.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 26 (3.83%) Network Engineer
15 24 (3.54%) Platform Engineer
15 24 (3.54%) Security Specialist
16 23 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 21 (3.10%) Operations Analyst
17 21 (3.10%) Senior Analyst
17 21 (3.10%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (16.08%) Terraform
2 65 (9.59%) LDAP
3 16 (2.36%) REST
4 15 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.21%) Kafka
4 15 (2.21%) SailPoint
5 11 (1.62%) JSON
6 10 (1.47%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.33%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (1.03%) Regular Expression
8 7 (1.03%) SAML
9 6 (0.88%) FIDO
9 6 (0.88%) OAuth
9 6 (0.88%) WebAuthn
10 5 (0.74%) 802.1X
10 5 (0.74%) eBPF
10 5 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.59%) CSS
12 3 (0.44%) OpenID
12 3 (0.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 100 (14.75%) Onboarding
2 90 (13.27%) Security Posture
3 80 (11.80%) Cyber Threat
4 72 (10.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 66 (9.73%) Cloud Native
6 49 (7.23%) Cyber Defence
7 42 (6.19%) Management Information System
8 40 (5.90%) Operational Technology
9 28 (4.13%) PKI
10 27 (3.98%) Data Centre
11 24 (3.54%) Cloud Security Posture
12 19 (2.80%) CMDB
13 17 (2.51%) CSOC
14 14 (2.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 13 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.62%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.62%) Replication
16 11 (1.62%) SCADA
17 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 143 (21.09%) Windows
2 134 (19.76%) Linux
3 32 (4.72%) Unix
4 31 (4.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (3.69%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.03%) macOS
7 5 (0.74%) Alpine Linux
7 5 (0.74%) 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 (55.75%) Cybersecurity
2 240 (35.40%) Incident Response
3 220 (32.45%) Security Operations
4 160 (23.60%) Cloud Security
5 159 (23.45%) Security Monitoring
6 153 (22.57%) Threat Detection
7 127 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 127 (18.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 123 (18.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 121 (17.85%) CI/CD
10 117 (17.26%) SOAR
11 113 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
12 106 (15.63%) Security Architecture
13 99 (14.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 98 (14.45%) DevOps
15 96 (14.16%) Infrastructure as Code
16 95 (14.01%) DevSecOps
17 91 (13.42%) ITSM
18 83 (12.24%) Analytics
18 83 (12.24%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 152 (22.42%) Python
2 141 (20.80%) PowerShell
3 87 (12.83%) Bash
4 49 (7.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 27 (3.98%) SQL
6 23 (3.39%) Bicep
7 22 (3.24%) Java
8 19 (2.80%) Search Processing Language
9 7 (1.03%) Perl
10 4 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.44%) C#
11 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.29%) C
12 2 (0.29%) Groovy
12 2 (0.29%) Korn
12 2 (0.29%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 311 (45.87%) Security Cleared
2 194 (28.61%) SC Cleared
3 136 (20.06%) CISSP
4 124 (18.29%) DV Cleared
5 77 (11.36%) CISM
6 57 (8.41%) Degree
7 51 (7.52%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (5.75%) AWS Certification
9 38 (5.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 35 (5.16%) GIAC
11 29 (4.28%) Azure Certification
12 25 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (3.54%) GCIH
14 21 (3.10%) CCSP
15 19 (2.80%) CEH
15 19 (2.80%) SANS
16 17 (2.51%) CompTIA CySA+
16 17 (2.51%) GSEC
16 17 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
17 16 (2.36%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (24.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 162 (23.89%) NIST
3 56 (8.26%) GDPR
4 52 (7.67%) NCSC
5 36 (5.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (4.28%) PCI DSS
7 19 (2.80%) GRC
8 12 (1.77%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.77%) SLA
9 11 (1.62%) PMO
10 10 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (1.33%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.33%) QA
12 8 (1.18%) Data Quality
12 8 (1.18%) HIPAA
13 5 (0.74%) COBIT
13 5 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.74%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 148 (21.83%) Active Directory
2 40 (5.90%) Docker
3 38 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.95%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (2.51%) VMware NSX
6 17 (2.51%) vSphere
7 8 (1.18%) NFS
8 5 (0.74%) 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 73 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 62 (9.14%) Ansible
3 34 (5.01%) QRadar
4 24 (3.54%) Progress Chef
5 19 (2.80%) Grafana
6 14 (2.06%) VxRail
7 12 (1.77%) CASB
8 10 (1.47%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.88%) Check_MK
11 6 (0.88%) Puppet
12 5 (0.74%) Istio
12 5 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.74%) linkerd
13 4 (0.59%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.59%) Packer
13 4 (0.59%) Podman
14 3 (0.44%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 201 (29.65%) Microsoft
2 120 (17.70%) Splunk
3 88 (12.98%) CyberArk
4 46 (6.78%) CrowdStrike
5 43 (6.34%) ServiceNow
6 41 (6.05%) VMware
7 39 (5.75%) Google
8 25 (3.69%) Zscaler
9 23 (3.39%) Cisco
9 23 (3.39%) Palo Alto
9 23 (3.39%) Red Hat
10 20 (2.95%) BeyondTrust
11 18 (2.65%) Rapid7
12 16 (2.36%) ArcSight
12 16 (2.36%) LogRhythm
12 16 (2.36%) Tenable
13 15 (2.21%) Qualys
14 14 (2.06%) Cribl.io
14 14 (2.06%) Oracle
15 13 (1.92%) Fortinet