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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 165 196
Rank change year-on-year -36 +31 -37
Contract jobs citing SIEM 671 471 415
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 1.68% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.85% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 305 276
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% -2.44%
75th Percentile £650 £653 £724
90th Percentile £750 £775 £838
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 11 3
10th Percentile £47.00 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £60.74 £45.38 £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 £85.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £98.56 £100.00 £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 39,257 25,497 27,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.86% 90.90% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,690 16,157 17,059
10th Percentile £325 £293 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £416
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% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,996 1,590 1,150
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.54 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £78.88 £67.28 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.16
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.38% -8.38%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -50 259 £563 -2.17% 337
South East +4 169 £575 +12.20% 103
North of England -28 89 £540 +3.85% 93
South West +21 82 £600 - 36
North West -18 64 £525 +12.60% 54
East of England -44 30 £550 - 26
Midlands -67 27 £500 -2.91% 47
Yorkshire -16 25 £550 +2.33% 30
West Midlands -67 25 £513 -1.25% 33
East Midlands -17 1 £475 +2.70% 14
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 (1.19%) IIS
2 7 (1.04%) Confluence
2 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.30%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Mendix
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.89%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 247 (36.81%) Azure
2 191 (28.46%) AWS
3 100 (14.90%) Entra ID
4 99 (14.75%) GCP
5 75 (11.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 53 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 26 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (3.87%) SaaS
9 24 (3.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 20 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (2.68%) Datadog
13 16 (2.38%) AWS CloudTrail
13 16 (2.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 15 (2.24%) Serverless
15 13 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.94%) IaaS
16 12 (1.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 113 (16.84%) Firewall
2 107 (15.95%) Network Security
3 51 (7.60%) DNS
4 42 (6.26%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.17%) DHCP
6 27 (4.02%) WAN
7 25 (3.73%) HTTP
7 25 (3.73%) VPN
8 23 (3.43%) Intrusion Detection
9 20 (2.98%) SSL
10 19 (2.83%) VSAN
11 13 (1.94%) BGP
11 13 (1.94%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.79%) Internet
13 11 (1.64%) VLAN
14 8 (1.19%) OSPF
14 8 (1.19%) SMTP
14 8 (1.19%) SNMP
15 7 (1.04%) LAN
15 7 (1.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
2 6 (0.89%) Data Lake
2 6 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.75%) Hazelcast
4 4 (0.60%) Power BI
5 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) Big Data
6 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (2.09%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.79%) GitLab
3 11 (1.64%) Git
4 9 (1.34%) JIRA
5 5 (0.75%) Selenium
6 3 (0.45%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.30%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 243 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 98 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (12.67%) Finance
4 71 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.11%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (4.02%) Banking
7 19 (2.83%) Military
8 12 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.49%) Law
9 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.34%) Retail
11 8 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.04%) Back Office
12 7 (1.04%) Local Government
13 6 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.89%) Legal
14 5 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.60%) Police
16 3 (0.45%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 132 (19.67%) Analyst
2 114 (16.99%) Security Engineer
3 80 (11.92%) Architect
4 75 (11.18%) Security Analyst
5 67 (9.99%) SOC Analyst
6 60 (8.94%) Senior
7 58 (8.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 46 (6.86%) Consultant
9 37 (5.51%) Lead
10 35 (5.22%) Cloud Engineer
11 30 (4.47%) SIEM Engineer
12 29 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 29 (4.32%) Security Architect
13 26 (3.87%) Network Engineer
14 24 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (3.58%) Security Specialist
15 23 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 22 (3.28%) SOC Engineer
17 21 (3.13%) Operations Analyst
17 21 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (15.80%) Terraform
2 65 (9.69%) LDAP
3 16 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.38%) REST
4 15 (2.24%) SailPoint
5 14 (2.09%) Kafka
6 11 (1.64%) JSON
7 10 (1.49%) ARM Templates
8 8 (1.19%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (1.04%) Regular Expression
9 7 (1.04%) SAML
10 6 (0.89%) FIDO
10 6 (0.89%) OAuth
10 6 (0.89%) WebAuthn
11 5 (0.75%) 802.1X
11 5 (0.75%) eBPF
11 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.60%) CSS
13 3 (0.45%) OpenID
13 3 (0.45%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (15.05%) Onboarding
2 88 (13.11%) Security Posture
3 79 (11.77%) Cyber Threat
4 71 (10.58%) Security Operations Centre
5 65 (9.69%) Cloud Native
6 49 (7.30%) Cyber Defence
7 41 (6.11%) Management Information System
8 40 (5.96%) Operational Technology
9 28 (4.17%) PKI
10 27 (4.02%) Data Centre
11 24 (3.58%) Cloud Security Posture
12 18 (2.68%) CMDB
13 17 (2.53%) CSOC
14 14 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 13 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.64%) Cyberattack
16 11 (1.64%) Replication
16 11 (1.64%) SCADA
17 10 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 143 (21.31%) Windows
2 133 (19.82%) Linux
3 33 (4.92%) Unix
4 30 (4.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (3.73%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.04%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.60%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (55.29%) Cybersecurity
2 240 (35.77%) Incident Response
3 214 (31.89%) Security Operations
4 158 (23.55%) Security Monitoring
5 157 (23.40%) Cloud Security
6 152 (22.65%) Threat Detection
7 125 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 124 (18.48%) Vulnerability Management
9 120 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 118 (17.59%) CI/CD
11 112 (16.69%) SOAR
11 112 (16.69%) Threat Intelligence
12 105 (15.65%) Security Architecture
13 98 (14.61%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 95 (14.16%) DevOps
14 95 (14.16%) DevSecOps
15 93 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
16 92 (13.71%) ITSM
17 83 (12.37%) Analytics
18 82 (12.22%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 151 (22.50%) Python
2 140 (20.86%) PowerShell
3 86 (12.82%) Bash
4 49 (7.30%) Kusto Query Language
5 26 (3.87%) SQL
6 22 (3.28%) Java
7 21 (3.13%) Bicep
8 19 (2.83%) Search Processing Language
9 7 (1.04%) Perl
10 4 (0.60%) Go
11 3 (0.45%) C#
11 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.30%) C
12 2 (0.30%) Groovy
12 2 (0.30%) Korn
12 2 (0.30%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 313 (46.65%) Security Cleared
2 195 (29.06%) SC Cleared
3 134 (19.97%) CISSP
4 125 (18.63%) DV Cleared
5 76 (11.33%) CISM
6 56 (8.35%) Degree
7 51 (7.60%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 38 (5.66%) AWS Certification
9 35 (5.22%) GIAC
10 29 (4.32%) Azure Certification
11 25 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (3.58%) GCIH
13 21 (3.13%) CCSP
14 19 (2.83%) CEH
14 19 (2.83%) SANS
15 17 (2.53%) CompTIA CySA+
15 17 (2.53%) GSEC
16 16 (2.38%) GCIA
16 16 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 161 (23.99%) NIST
3 56 (8.35%) GDPR
4 52 (7.75%) NCSC
5 36 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 29 (4.32%) PCI DSS
7 18 (2.68%) GRC
8 12 (1.79%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.79%) SLA
9 11 (1.64%) PMO
10 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (1.34%) ISO 31000
11 9 (1.34%) QA
12 8 (1.19%) Data Quality
13 7 (1.04%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.75%) COBIT
14 5 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
16 3 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 150 (22.35%) Active Directory
2 40 (5.96%) Docker
3 38 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (2.98%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (2.53%) VMware NSX
6 17 (2.53%) vSphere
7 8 (1.19%) NFS
8 5 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.45%) Squid
10 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.15%) Samba
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 72 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 60 (8.94%) Ansible
3 34 (5.07%) QRadar
4 24 (3.58%) Progress Chef
5 18 (2.68%) Grafana
6 14 (2.09%) VxRail
7 12 (1.79%) CASB
8 9 (1.34%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.89%) Check_MK
10 6 (0.89%) Puppet
11 5 (0.75%) Istio
11 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.75%) linkerd
12 4 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.60%) Packer
12 4 (0.60%) Podman
13 3 (0.45%) Argo
13 3 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 197 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 118 (17.59%) Splunk
3 89 (13.26%) CyberArk
4 43 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 42 (6.26%) CrowdStrike
6 41 (6.11%) VMware
7 38 (5.66%) Google
8 25 (3.73%) Zscaler
9 23 (3.43%) Cisco
9 23 (3.43%) Palo Alto
9 23 (3.43%) Red Hat
10 21 (3.13%) BeyondTrust
11 16 (2.38%) ArcSight
11 16 (2.38%) LogRhythm
12 15 (2.24%) Oracle
12 15 (2.24%) Rapid7
13 14 (2.09%) Cribl.io
13 14 (2.09%) Tenable
14 13 (1.94%) Fortinet
14 13 (1.94%) Qualys