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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 197 148
Rank change year-on-year +23 -49 +20
Contract jobs citing SIEM 623 339 603
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.53% 1.40% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.80% 1.53% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 219 436
10th Percentile £417 £404 £425
25th Percentile £478 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £653 £650 £738
90th Percentile £750 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £570 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 6
10th Percentile £36.32 £52.67 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £63.04 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £72.79 £81.01 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.75 - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.52% +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 34,571 22,170 31,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.83% 91.23% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,077 14,511 20,880
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,146 929 2,248
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.50 £12.91
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.65 £29.07 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.47% -20.36% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.40 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -9 228 £600 +2.56% 104
South East +14 172 £525 +0.91% 105
North of England -5 81 £558 -3.88% 66
North West +19 64 £574 +9.24% 35
Midlands -45 59 £540 -2.00% 25
West Midlands -46 53 £550 -0.18% 20
South West -6 34 £575 +4.55% 40
East of England -31 25 £550 -4.35% 38
Yorkshire -51 14 £540 -11.84% 19
East Midlands - 6 £438 - 5
North East - 3 £400 - 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 16 (2.57%) Confluence
2 9 (1.44%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.80%) Maximo
1 5 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 250 (40.13%) Azure
2 187 (30.02%) AWS
3 116 (18.62%) GCP
4 68 (10.91%) Entra ID
5 66 (10.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 50 (8.03%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (3.85%) OpenShift
7 24 (3.85%) SaaS
8 20 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (2.41%) GitHub
10 15 (2.41%) PaaS
10 15 (2.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 13 (2.09%) IaaS
12 9 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 8 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 97 (15.57%) Firewall
2 91 (14.61%) Network Security
3 42 (6.74%) DNS
4 36 (5.78%) VPN
5 35 (5.62%) TCP/IP
6 18 (2.89%) SSL
7 14 (2.25%) DHCP
8 11 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 11 (1.77%) WAN
9 10 (1.61%) HTTP
9 10 (1.61%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.61%) SMTP
10 9 (1.44%) VLAN
11 8 (1.28%) IPsec
12 7 (1.12%) BGP
12 7 (1.12%) Internet
12 7 (1.12%) MPLS
12 7 (1.12%) NGFW
12 7 (1.12%) OSPF
12 7 (1.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.32%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.32%) Power BI
5 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 30 (4.82%) JIRA
2 16 (2.57%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.28%) Git
4 7 (1.12%) GitLab
4 7 (1.12%) Snyk
5 2 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.16%) AppScan
6 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.16%) JUnit
6 1 (0.16%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 195 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 79 (12.68%) Finance
3 74 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.59%) Documentation Skills
5 57 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.37%) Banking
7 15 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.77%) Military
9 10 (1.61%) Retail
10 8 (1.28%) Legal
11 7 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.64%) Local Government
13 4 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.64%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.48%) Law
14 3 (0.48%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.32%) Advertising
16 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.16%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 127 (20.39%) Architect
2 108 (17.34%) Security Engineer
3 98 (15.73%) Analyst
4 57 (9.15%) Senior
5 52 (8.35%) CyberArk Architect
6 47 (7.54%) SIEM Engineer
6 47 (7.54%) SOC Analyst
7 37 (5.94%) Security Architect
8 32 (5.14%) Lead
9 30 (4.82%) Security Analyst
10 29 (4.65%) Consultant
11 23 (3.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 21 (3.37%) Security Manager
12 21 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (2.73%) SOC Engineer
14 16 (2.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 15 (2.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 15 (2.41%) Security Specialist
16 13 (2.09%) Operations Analyst
16 13 (2.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (13.64%) LDAP
2 50 (8.03%) REST
3 41 (6.58%) Elastic Stack
4 36 (5.78%) SOAP
5 20 (3.21%) OpenID
5 20 (3.21%) SAML
6 13 (2.09%) Kafka
7 11 (1.77%) SailPoint
8 9 (1.44%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.12%) OAuth
9 7 (1.12%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.96%) JSON
10 6 (0.96%) LangChain
10 6 (0.96%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.96%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.80%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.80%) eBPF
11 5 (0.80%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.64%) ADO
12 4 (0.64%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 92 (14.77%) Security Posture
2 82 (13.16%) Onboarding
3 60 (9.63%) Cloud Native
4 58 (9.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 41 (6.58%) Cyber Threat
5 41 (6.58%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.26%) Operational Technology
7 32 (5.14%) Management Information System
8 19 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
9 18 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
9 18 (2.89%) PKI
10 17 (2.73%) Cyberattack
11 16 (2.57%) SCADA
12 15 (2.41%) Product Ownership
13 14 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (2.09%) CSOC
14 13 (2.09%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.61%) Cyber Security Posture
16 8 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 123 (19.74%) Linux
2 122 (19.58%) Windows
3 31 (4.98%) Unix
4 27 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.64%) CentOS
8 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (45.43%) Cybersecurity
2 178 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 175 (28.09%) Security Operations
4 127 (20.39%) CI/CD
5 120 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
6 119 (19.10%) Threat Detection
7 116 (18.62%) DevOps
8 106 (17.01%) Cloud Security
9 102 (16.37%) SOAR
10 93 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 86 (13.80%) Vulnerability Management
12 83 (13.32%) ITSM
12 83 (13.32%) Security Architecture
13 78 (12.52%) Zero Trust
14 74 (11.88%) Privileged Access Management
15 73 (11.72%) DevSecOps
16 66 (10.59%) Threat Modelling
17 63 (10.11%) Data Loss Prevention
18 62 (9.95%) Infrastructure as Code
18 62 (9.95%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 206 (33.07%) Python
2 178 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 49 (7.87%) Bash
4 48 (7.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 13 (2.09%) Bicep
5 13 (2.09%) SQL
6 8 (1.28%) Search Processing Language
7 7 (1.12%) Java
7 7 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.64%) Go
9 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.16%) Groovy
10 1 (0.16%) Lisp
10 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 280 (44.94%) Security Cleared
2 217 (34.83%) SC Cleared
3 134 (21.51%) CISSP
4 83 (13.32%) CISM
5 62 (9.95%) DV Cleared
6 48 (7.70%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (7.06%) Degree
8 40 (6.42%) GIAC
9 32 (5.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 28 (4.49%) CEH
11 23 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 21 (3.37%) Azure Certification
13 18 (2.89%) AWS Certification
14 16 (2.57%) CCSP
15 14 (2.25%) CCNP
15 14 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (1.93%) SSCP
17 11 (1.77%) GCIH
18 10 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (23.60%) NIST
2 140 (22.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (10.75%) GDPR
4 30 (4.82%) NCSC
5 27 (4.33%) PCI DSS
6 20 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (2.57%) NIST 800
8 13 (2.09%) HIPAA
8 13 (2.09%) SOC 2
9 11 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (1.44%) PMO
11 8 (1.28%) GRC
12 7 (1.12%) ISO 31000
12 7 (1.12%) SLA
13 6 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.80%) COBIT
14 5 (0.80%) QA
15 4 (0.64%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.64%) JSP 440
System Software
1 131 (21.03%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.69%) Docker
3 16 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.44%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.44%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.12%) Snort
7 5 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.64%) Postfix
8 4 (0.64%) Squid
9 2 (0.32%) NFS
9 2 (0.32%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) GPFS
10 1 (0.16%) Lustre
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 71 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 66 (10.59%) Terraform
3 33 (5.30%) Ansible
4 23 (3.69%) QRadar
5 22 (3.53%) Kibana
6 18 (2.89%) CASB
7 14 (2.25%) logstash
7 14 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (1.77%) Grafana
10 8 (1.28%) Nessus
11 5 (0.80%) CSIRT
11 5 (0.80%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.80%) SCCM
11 5 (0.80%) WSUS
12 4 (0.64%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.48%) Argo
13 3 (0.48%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.48%) Icinga
13 3 (0.48%) Suricata
Vendors
1 156 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 123 (19.74%) Splunk
3 111 (17.82%) CyberArk
4 79 (12.68%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (5.78%) Centrify
6 34 (5.46%) Cisco
7 32 (5.14%) ServiceNow
8 29 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
8 29 (4.65%) Qualys
9 26 (4.17%) Tanium
9 26 (4.17%) Zscaler
10 24 (3.85%) VMware
11 23 (3.69%) Tenable
12 21 (3.37%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.89%) Fortinet
14 17 (2.73%) Google
14 17 (2.73%) LogRhythm
15 14 (2.25%) Oracle
16 12 (1.93%) IBM
16 12 (1.93%) Okta