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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 191 164
Rank change year-on-year +33 -27 +135
Contract jobs citing SIEM 558 392 569
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.37% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 1.54% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 260 430
10th Percentile £401 £406 £463
25th Percentile £463 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £576 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -7.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £725
90th Percentile £750 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £540 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 2
10th Percentile £41.94 - £63.75
25th Percentile £45.56 £56.25 £65.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -16.36% -2.90%
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £86.78 - £73.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% -1.13%

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 27,841 25,403 32,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.68% 88.66% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,693 15,673 22,260
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,817 837 1,372
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +22.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.29 £74.92 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 22 December 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 +32 242 £575 - 62
South East +42 123 £492 -12.69% 105
Midlands -32 59 £525 -12.50% 69
West Midlands -26 52 £545 -9.17% 45
North of England -16 45 £500 -16.67% 91
South West -16 40 £545 -16.15% 50
East of England +3 30 £613 +11.36% 60
North West -13 25 £479 -8.81% 53
Yorkshire -33 17 £529 -18.65% 30
East Midlands - 7 £450 - 21
North East -4 3 £400 +14.29% 8
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 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.90%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Maximo
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 231 (41.40%) Azure
2 192 (34.41%) AWS
3 94 (16.85%) GCP
4 86 (15.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 59 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (7.35%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.58%) SaaS
8 19 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.69%) GitHub
11 14 (2.51%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.43%) IaaS
15 8 (1.43%) PaaS
16 7 (1.25%) OCI
17 6 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
17 6 (1.08%) Cloudflare
17 6 (1.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 140 (25.09%) Firewall
2 106 (19.00%) Network Security
3 49 (8.78%) DNS
4 34 (6.09%) TCP/IP
4 34 (6.09%) VPN
5 21 (3.76%) SMTP
5 21 (3.76%) SSL
6 19 (3.41%) HTTP
7 16 (2.87%) DHCP
8 14 (2.51%) FTP
8 14 (2.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (1.97%) Internet
10 9 (1.61%) LAN
10 9 (1.61%) WAN
11 7 (1.25%) BGP
12 6 (1.08%) Wireshark
13 5 (0.90%) DKIM
13 5 (0.90%) DMARC
13 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.61%) Data Lake
1 9 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.36%) Power BI
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (1.61%) JIRA
2 8 (1.43%) CircleCI
2 8 (1.43%) GitLab
3 7 (1.25%) Snyk
4 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.72%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.54%) Git
7 2 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.18%) JUnit
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 202 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 112 (20.07%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (11.47%) Finance
4 60 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (3.58%) Banking
7 16 (2.87%) Legal
8 13 (2.33%) Military
8 13 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.43%) Retail
11 6 (1.08%) Back Office
11 6 (1.08%) Local Government
11 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.36%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.18%) Games
14 1 (0.18%) Law
14 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (22.58%) Security Engineer
2 121 (21.68%) Analyst
3 93 (16.67%) Architect
4 60 (10.75%) Security Analyst
5 58 (10.39%) SOC Analyst
6 55 (9.86%) Senior
7 50 (8.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 49 (8.78%) SIEM Engineer
9 46 (8.24%) Security Architect
10 32 (5.73%) Lead
11 26 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 21 (3.76%) Consultant
12 21 (3.76%) CyberArk Architect
13 18 (3.23%) SOC Engineer
14 17 (3.05%) Security Manager
14 17 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.87%) Security Consultant
16 15 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
16 15 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 13 (2.33%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.86%) LDAP
2 31 (5.56%) REST
3 19 (3.41%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (3.41%) SOAP
4 9 (1.61%) SAML
5 6 (1.08%) JSON
5 6 (1.08%) Kafka
5 6 (1.08%) Loki
5 6 (1.08%) OpenID
6 5 (0.90%) .NET
6 5 (0.90%) OAuth
7 4 (0.72%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.72%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.54%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (0.54%) Node.js
8 3 (0.54%) YAML
9 2 (0.36%) eBPF
9 2 (0.36%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 81 (14.52%) Security Operations Centre
2 77 (13.80%) Security Posture
3 62 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 43 (7.71%) Onboarding
5 34 (6.09%) Management Information System
6 33 (5.91%) Cyber Defence
7 31 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (5.02%) Cloud Native
8 28 (5.02%) CSOC
9 23 (4.12%) Operational Technology
10 19 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (3.41%) Cyberattack
10 19 (3.41%) PKI
11 17 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (2.33%) Cyber Security Posture
13 12 (2.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 11 (1.97%) Cloud Security Posture
15 9 (1.61%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.43%) Public Cloud
17 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 100 (17.92%) Windows
2 96 (17.20%) Linux
3 20 (3.58%) Unix
3 20 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.90%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.72%) CentOS
7 3 (0.54%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.36%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (52.33%) Cybersecurity
2 238 (42.65%) Incident Response
3 177 (31.72%) Security Operations
4 139 (24.91%) SOAR
5 133 (23.84%) Threat Detection
6 119 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (19.18%) Cloud Security
8 86 (15.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 74 (13.26%) CI/CD
10 72 (12.90%) DevOps
11 67 (12.01%) Threat Intelligence
12 64 (11.47%) Information Security
12 64 (11.47%) Security Monitoring
12 64 (11.47%) Threat Modelling
13 63 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
14 61 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 59 (10.57%) Zero Trust
16 58 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 58 (10.39%) Security Architecture
17 56 (10.04%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 193 (34.59%) Python
2 185 (33.15%) PowerShell
3 63 (11.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 42 (7.53%) Bash
5 14 (2.51%) Bicep
6 9 (1.61%) Java
6 9 (1.61%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.90%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (0.90%) SQL
8 4 (0.72%) Go
9 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.36%) C
10 2 (0.36%) C++
10 2 (0.36%) PHP
10 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.36%) VBScript
11 1 (0.18%) Korn
11 1 (0.18%) R
11 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 225 (40.32%) Security Cleared
2 184 (32.97%) SC Cleared
3 136 (24.37%) CISSP
4 64 (11.47%) CISM
5 56 (10.04%) Degree
6 53 (9.50%) DV Cleared
7 44 (7.89%) CEH
8 41 (7.35%) GIAC
9 37 (6.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 34 (6.09%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (4.66%) GCIH
12 25 (4.48%) Azure Certification
13 23 (4.12%) GCIA
14 20 (3.58%) AWS Certification
15 19 (3.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 15 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
17 14 (2.51%) CCSP
18 13 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (2.33%) GCFA
19 10 (1.79%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (28.49%) NIST
2 144 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 85 (15.23%) GDPR
4 39 (6.99%) PCI DSS
5 31 (5.56%) HIPAA
6 28 (5.02%) NCSC
7 17 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (1.97%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.79%) GRC
9 10 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.25%) PSD2
10 7 (1.25%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.08%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.90%) SLA
13 4 (0.72%) QA
14 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 92 (16.49%) Active Directory
2 37 (6.63%) Docker
3 12 (2.15%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.43%) Snort
6 6 (1.08%) Squid
6 6 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.90%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.72%) Postfix
9 1 (0.18%) GPFS
9 1 (0.18%) Lustre
9 1 (0.18%) NFS
9 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (9.68%) Terraform
2 46 (8.24%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.20%) QRadar
4 22 (3.94%) Ansible
5 18 (3.23%) Kibana
6 17 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.15%) SCCM
7 12 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.79%) Nessus
8 10 (1.79%) WSUS
9 9 (1.61%) CSIRT
9 9 (1.61%) logstash
10 8 (1.43%) Prometheus
11 6 (1.08%) Grafana
12 5 (0.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.90%) Nexpose
12 5 (0.90%) Suricata
13 3 (0.54%) CASB
13 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.54%) Icinga
Vendors
1 192 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 137 (24.55%) Splunk
3 56 (10.04%) CyberArk
4 48 (8.60%) BeyondTrust
4 48 (8.60%) CrowdStrike
5 34 (6.09%) Palo Alto
6 31 (5.56%) Qualys
7 29 (5.20%) Cisco
8 26 (4.66%) Google
9 22 (3.94%) Zscaler
10 21 (3.76%) LogRhythm
10 21 (3.76%) VMware
11 20 (3.58%) ArcSight
11 20 (3.58%) Fortinet
11 20 (3.58%) Tenable
12 18 (3.23%) Centrify
12 18 (3.23%) FireEye
13 17 (3.05%) ServiceNow
14 16 (2.87%) Forcepoint
15 12 (2.15%) Tanium