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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 183 149
Rank change year-on-year +13 -34 +55
Contract jobs citing SIEM 611 344 601
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 1.41% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.56% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 227 441
10th Percentile £420 £406 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £657 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 7
10th Percentile £27.02 £52.67 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £63.04 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £80.00 £81.01 £66.88
90th Percentile £84.65 - £73.95
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -19.43% +101.69% -46.67%

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 32,321 22,086 32,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.81% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,717 14,513 21,645
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,977 834 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.67 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.40 £77.41 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.47%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +15 244 £600 +2.56% 65
South East +14 148 £500 -9.09% 48
North of England -17 74 £551 -4.96% 33
Midlands -42 71 £537 -2.54% 7
West Midlands -46 62 £550 -0.18% 4
North West +15 59 £568 +8.19% 22
South West -18 34 £525 -12.50% 16
East of England -23 18 £550 -8.33% 23
Yorkshire -60 12 £540 -11.84% 9
East Midlands - 9 £438 - 3
North East -15 3 £400 +14.29% 2
SIEM
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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 12 (1.96%) Confluence
2 9 (1.47%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (1.15%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 247 (40.43%) Azure
2 202 (33.06%) AWS
3 113 (18.49%) GCP
4 78 (12.77%) Azure Sentinel
5 64 (10.47%) Entra ID
6 52 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.42%) Microsoft Purview
8 25 (4.09%) OpenShift
9 21 (3.44%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.78%) SaaS
12 16 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.29%) GitHub
13 14 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 9 (1.47%) Serverless
16 8 (1.31%) Azure AKS
16 8 (1.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (18.66%) Firewall
2 98 (16.04%) Network Security
3 43 (7.04%) DNS
4 35 (5.73%) TCP/IP
5 34 (5.56%) VPN
6 16 (2.62%) SSL
7 14 (2.29%) DHCP
7 14 (2.29%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (1.96%) Internet
9 11 (1.80%) SMTP
10 10 (1.64%) HTTP
11 8 (1.31%) WAN
12 7 (1.15%) BGP
12 7 (1.15%) IPsec
12 7 (1.15%) LAN
12 7 (1.15%) MPLS
12 7 (1.15%) NGFW
13 6 (0.98%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.98%) SSH
13 6 (0.98%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (1.96%) Data Lake
3 9 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.65%) Power BI
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) Metadata
7 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.16%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) Redis
7 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.27%) JIRA
2 16 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.15%) GitLab
3 7 (1.15%) Snyk
4 4 (0.65%) Git
5 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.33%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.33%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.16%) AppScan
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 205 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 79 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (12.60%) Finance
4 67 (10.97%) Documentation Skills
5 65 (10.64%) Public Sector
6 17 (2.78%) Banking
7 15 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (2.13%) Military
9 10 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.31%) Legal
11 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.98%) Retail
12 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.65%) Local Government
12 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.33%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.16%) Advertising
15 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 129 (21.11%) Architect
2 122 (19.97%) Security Engineer
3 113 (18.49%) Analyst
4 65 (10.64%) Senior
5 49 (8.02%) SIEM Engineer
6 47 (7.69%) CyberArk Architect
6 47 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 47 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 44 (7.20%) SOC Analyst
8 31 (5.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 28 (4.58%) Lead
10 26 (4.26%) Consultant
10 26 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (3.44%) Security Manager
12 18 (2.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 17 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
14 15 (2.45%) Cloud Engineer
14 15 (2.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 14 (2.29%) Project Manager
16 13 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (13.58%) LDAP
2 52 (8.51%) REST
3 36 (5.89%) SOAP
4 31 (5.07%) Elastic Stack
5 24 (3.93%) OpenID
6 23 (3.76%) SAML
7 10 (1.64%) OAuth
8 9 (1.47%) Kafka
8 9 (1.47%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.15%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.15%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.15%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.15%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.98%) JSON
10 6 (0.98%) LangChain
10 6 (0.98%) scikit-learn
11 4 (0.65%) Middleware
11 4 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (0.49%) Node.js
12 3 (0.49%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 103 (16.86%) Security Posture
2 67 (10.97%) Security Operations Centre
3 59 (9.66%) Onboarding
4 51 (8.35%) Cloud Native
5 47 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (6.87%) Cyber Threat
7 31 (5.07%) Management Information System
7 31 (5.07%) Operational Technology
8 30 (4.91%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (3.27%) PKI
10 19 (3.11%) Cloud Security Posture
11 16 (2.62%) Cyberattack
12 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
13 14 (2.29%) CSOC
14 13 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (1.80%) Data Centre
16 9 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 8 (1.31%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 100 (16.37%) Windows
2 94 (15.38%) Linux
3 24 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.78%) Unix
6 6 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.65%) CentOS
8 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.33%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (48.12%) Cybersecurity
2 196 (32.08%) Incident Response
3 181 (29.62%) Security Operations
4 127 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (20.46%) Threat Detection
6 121 (19.80%) Cloud Security
7 120 (19.64%) SOAR
8 119 (19.48%) CI/CD
9 107 (17.51%) DevOps
10 88 (14.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 80 (13.09%) Vulnerability Management
12 78 (12.77%) DevSecOps
13 76 (12.44%) Infrastructure as Code
14 71 (11.62%) Security Architecture
14 71 (11.62%) Zero Trust
15 69 (11.29%) Threat Modelling
16 60 (9.82%) Data Loss Prevention
16 60 (9.82%) Privileged Access Management
17 57 (9.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 57 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 197 (32.24%) Python
2 171 (27.99%) PowerShell
3 55 (9.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 33 (5.40%) Bash
5 19 (3.11%) Bicep
6 13 (2.13%) SQL
7 11 (1.80%) Java
8 9 (1.47%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.65%) Go
10 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.33%) C++
10 2 (0.33%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.16%) C
11 1 (0.16%) Lisp
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 272 (44.52%) Security Cleared
2 218 (35.68%) SC Cleared
3 142 (23.24%) CISSP
4 80 (13.09%) CISM
5 59 (9.66%) DV Cleared
6 48 (7.86%) Degree
7 45 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (6.38%) GIAC
9 30 (4.91%) CEH
10 29 (4.75%) Azure Certification
10 29 (4.75%) CompTIA Security+
11 27 (4.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 23 (3.76%) AWS Certification
13 16 (2.62%) CCNP
13 16 (2.62%) CCSP
13 16 (2.62%) CompTIA CySA+
14 14 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (2.13%) GCIH
15 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (1.64%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (24.39%) NIST
2 140 (22.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 84 (13.75%) GDPR
4 37 (6.06%) NCSC
5 33 (5.40%) PCI DSS
6 21 (3.44%) HIPAA
7 15 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (2.29%) NIST 800
9 12 (1.96%) SOC 2
10 7 (1.15%) GRC
11 6 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.82%) COBIT
12 5 (0.82%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.82%) PMO
12 5 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.82%) SLA
13 4 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.49%) PSD2
System Software
1 112 (18.33%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.91%) Docker
3 15 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.31%) Snort
7 7 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.65%) Postfix
8 4 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.49%) Squid
10 2 (0.33%) NFS
10 2 (0.33%) vSphere
11 1 (0.16%) GPFS
11 1 (0.16%) Lustre
11 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 76 (12.44%) Kubernetes
2 66 (10.80%) Terraform
3 28 (4.58%) Ansible
4 25 (4.09%) Kibana
5 19 (3.11%) QRadar
6 17 (2.78%) CASB
7 16 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (2.29%) logstash
8 14 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.31%) Nessus
10 7 (1.15%) Grafana
10 7 (1.15%) SCCM
10 7 (1.15%) WSUS
11 6 (0.98%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.65%) Suricata
13 3 (0.49%) Argo
13 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.49%) Icinga
14 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 178 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 135 (22.09%) Splunk
3 91 (14.89%) CyberArk
4 72 (11.78%) BeyondTrust
5 35 (5.73%) Centrify
5 35 (5.73%) Cisco
6 33 (5.40%) Tenable
7 30 (4.91%) Qualys
7 30 (4.91%) ServiceNow
8 25 (4.09%) CrowdStrike
9 24 (3.93%) Tanium
10 23 (3.76%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.76%) VMware
10 23 (3.76%) Zscaler
11 20 (3.27%) Fortinet
11 20 (3.27%) Google
12 14 (2.29%) FireEye
12 14 (2.29%) IBM
12 14 (2.29%) LogRhythm
13 13 (2.13%) Okta