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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 198 152
Rank change year-on-year +23 -46 +43
Contract jobs citing SIEM 599 346 604
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.42% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.56% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 225 443
10th Percentile £420 £413 £425
25th Percentile £475 £500 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 6
10th Percentile £28.72 £52.67 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £63.04 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £73.90 £81.01 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.38 - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.21% +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 33,512 22,139 32,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.65% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,469 14,586 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £613 £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 2,076 869 2,188
10th Percentile £15.44 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.87 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.52 £32.05 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year +26.43% -5.11% -9.93%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.52 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
% change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -25 214 £600 +1.27% 59
South East +13 159 £500 -6.10% 50
North of England -10 78 £545 -9.17% 37
Midlands -46 64 £537 -2.54% 7
North West +22 59 £568 +8.19% 26
West Midlands -52 55 £550 -0.18% 4
South West -5 40 £537 -12.33% 14
East of England -24 19 £563 -6.25% 24
Yorkshire -48 16 £520 -15.10% 9
East Midlands - 9 £438 - 3
North East - 3 £400 - 2
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 13 (2.17%) Confluence
2 9 (1.50%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.17%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.17%) nginx
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.17%) Maximo
2 3 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 243 (40.57%) Azure
2 193 (32.22%) AWS
3 113 (18.86%) GCP
4 77 (12.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 66 (11.02%) Entra ID
6 48 (8.01%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
7 25 (4.17%) OpenShift
8 20 (3.34%) Azure Monitor
9 19 (3.17%) SaaS
10 18 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (2.67%) GitHub
12 15 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 10 (1.67%) Serverless
14 9 (1.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 9 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.34%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 106 (17.70%) Firewall
2 94 (15.69%) Network Security
3 43 (7.18%) DNS
4 35 (5.84%) TCP/IP
5 32 (5.34%) VPN
6 15 (2.50%) SSL
7 13 (2.17%) DHCP
8 12 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (1.84%) SMTP
10 10 (1.67%) HTTP
10 10 (1.67%) Internet
11 7 (1.17%) IPsec
11 7 (1.17%) MPLS
11 7 (1.17%) NGFW
11 7 (1.17%) SSH
12 6 (1.00%) BGP
12 6 (1.00%) OSPF
12 6 (1.00%) VLAN
12 6 (1.00%) WAN
13 5 (0.83%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
1 17 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.67%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.33%) Power BI
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.17%) Metadata
5 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (4.34%) JIRA
2 16 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.17%) GitLab
3 7 (1.17%) Snyk
4 5 (0.83%) Git
5 2 (0.33%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.33%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.17%) AppScan
6 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.17%) JUnit
6 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 184 (30.72%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.35%) Finance
3 73 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.35%) Documentation Skills
5 59 (9.85%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.01%) Banking
7 15 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.84%) Military
9 10 (1.67%) Legal
10 8 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.34%) Retail
11 7 (1.17%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.67%) Local Government
14 3 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.33%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.17%) Advertising
16 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 126 (21.04%) Architect
2 110 (18.36%) Security Engineer
3 104 (17.36%) Analyst
4 56 (9.35%) Senior
5 51 (8.51%) CyberArk Architect
6 49 (8.18%) SIEM Engineer
7 44 (7.35%) SOC Analyst
8 40 (6.68%) Security Architect
9 37 (6.18%) Security Analyst
10 28 (4.67%) Lead
11 27 (4.51%) Consultant
12 26 (4.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 21 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (3.17%) Security Manager
15 16 (2.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 15 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
17 14 (2.34%) Project Manager
18 13 (2.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 12 (2.00%) Cloud Engineer
20 11 (1.84%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (14.36%) LDAP
2 51 (8.51%) REST
3 36 (6.01%) Elastic Stack
3 36 (6.01%) SOAP
4 22 (3.67%) OpenID
5 21 (3.51%) SAML
6 9 (1.50%) Kafka
7 8 (1.34%) OAuth
7 8 (1.34%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.17%) 802.1X
8 7 (1.17%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.17%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.17%) PyTorch
9 6 (1.00%) JSON
9 6 (1.00%) LangChain
9 6 (1.00%) scikit-learn
10 4 (0.67%) ADO
10 4 (0.67%) Middleware
11 3 (0.50%) Regular Expression
11 3 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (15.86%) Security Posture
2 69 (11.52%) Onboarding
3 58 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
4 54 (9.02%) Cloud Native
5 46 (7.68%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.51%) Cyber Threat
7 34 (5.68%) Operational Technology
8 31 (5.18%) Management Information System
9 20 (3.34%) Cyber Defence
9 20 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.84%) Cloud Security Posture
11 16 (2.67%) Cyberattack
12 15 (2.50%) Product Ownership
13 14 (2.34%) PKI
14 13 (2.17%) Cyber Security Posture
15 12 (2.00%) CSOC
15 12 (2.00%) Data Centre
16 9 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (1.50%) SCADA
17 7 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 108 (18.03%) Windows
2 105 (17.53%) Linux
3 28 (4.67%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.51%) Unix
5 19 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.67%) CentOS
8 3 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.17%) VMS
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (46.74%) Cybersecurity
2 179 (29.88%) Incident Response
3 173 (28.88%) Security Operations
4 123 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (19.70%) CI/CD
6 117 (19.53%) Threat Detection
7 112 (18.70%) DevOps
8 110 (18.36%) SOAR
9 103 (17.20%) Cloud Security
10 87 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 76 (12.69%) Vulnerability Management
12 75 (12.52%) DevSecOps
13 72 (12.02%) Privileged Access Management
14 71 (11.85%) Zero Trust
15 70 (11.69%) Security Architecture
16 69 (11.52%) Threat Modelling
17 66 (11.02%) ITSM
18 62 (10.35%) Infrastructure as Code
19 58 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
20 56 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 203 (33.89%) Python
2 181 (30.22%) PowerShell
3 53 (8.85%) Kusto Query Language
4 37 (6.18%) Bash
5 18 (3.01%) Bicep
6 12 (2.00%) SQL
7 9 (1.50%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.17%) Java
9 4 (0.67%) Go
10 3 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) Groovy
12 1 (0.17%) Lisp
12 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 268 (44.74%) Security Cleared
2 208 (34.72%) SC Cleared
3 142 (23.71%) CISSP
4 80 (13.36%) CISM
5 65 (10.85%) DV Cleared
6 49 (8.18%) Degree
7 43 (7.18%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (6.51%) GIAC
9 33 (5.51%) CEH
10 30 (5.01%) CompTIA Security+
11 28 (4.67%) Azure Certification
12 27 (4.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 21 (3.51%) AWS Certification
14 17 (2.84%) CompTIA CySA+
15 16 (2.67%) CCSP
16 14 (2.34%) CCNP
16 14 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
16 14 (2.34%) GCIH
17 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
18 10 (1.67%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (25.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 149 (24.87%) NIST
3 74 (12.35%) GDPR
4 34 (5.68%) NCSC
5 30 (5.01%) PCI DSS
6 17 (2.84%) NIST 800
7 13 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (2.17%) HIPAA
7 13 (2.17%) SOC 2
8 12 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.50%) GRC
10 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.83%) COBIT
11 5 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.83%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.83%) PMO
11 5 (0.83%) SLA
12 4 (0.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.50%) PSD2
System Software
1 128 (21.37%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.67%) Docker
3 14 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.50%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.17%) Snort
5 7 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.67%) Postfix
6 4 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.50%) Squid
8 2 (0.33%) NFS
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.17%) GPFS
9 1 (0.17%) Lustre
9 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 73 (12.19%) Kubernetes
2 60 (10.02%) Terraform
3 25 (4.17%) Ansible
3 25 (4.17%) Kibana
4 17 (2.84%) CASB
4 17 (2.84%) QRadar
5 15 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (2.34%) logstash
7 13 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.34%) Nessus
9 6 (1.00%) CSIRT
9 6 (1.00%) Grafana
9 6 (1.00%) SCCM
9 6 (1.00%) WSUS
10 4 (0.67%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.50%) Argo
11 3 (0.50%) Icinga
11 3 (0.50%) Suricata
12 2 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 2 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 165 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 123 (20.53%) Splunk
3 106 (17.70%) CyberArk
4 81 (13.52%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (6.01%) Centrify
6 33 (5.51%) Tenable
7 31 (5.18%) Cisco
8 30 (5.01%) Qualys
8 30 (5.01%) ServiceNow
9 27 (4.51%) Tanium
10 22 (3.67%) VMware
10 22 (3.67%) Zscaler
11 20 (3.34%) CrowdStrike
12 17 (2.84%) Fortinet
12 17 (2.84%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.67%) Google
14 15 (2.50%) LogRhythm
15 14 (2.34%) IBM
16 13 (2.17%) FireEye
16 13 (2.17%) Oracle