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

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 195 163
Rank change year-on-year +25 -32 +149
Contract jobs citing SIEM 504 404 641
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.71% 1.31% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.51% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 268 486
10th Percentile £400 £413 £450
25th Percentile £463 £512 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £615
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 3
10th Percentile £42.55 - £65.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £56.25 £68.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -23.33% +5.37%
75th Percentile £85.00 £67.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £98.75 £72.75 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +13.04% -20.69% +1.86%

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 26,673 26,735 35,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.45% 86.67% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,934 16,321 24,366
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,740 959 1,495
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.09 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.06 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.80 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% -19.77% +24.64%

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 November 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 10 November 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 10 November 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 +30 225 £575 - 95
South East +45 90 £500 -16.67% 78
North of England -11 48 £510 -7.27% 32
Midlands -30 47 £508 -20.08% 34
South West -18 40 £540 -21.74% 18
West Midlands -40 39 £520 -18.11% 31
East of England +14 38 £550 - 15
North West +3 31 £475 -13.64% 11
Yorkshire -20 17 £520 -20.00% 19
East Midlands - 8 £450 - 3
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 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) 1Password
2 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Maximo
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 174 (34.52%) Azure
2 158 (31.35%) AWS
3 70 (13.89%) Azure Sentinel
4 58 (11.51%) GCP
5 49 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (7.54%) Entra ID
6 38 (7.54%) SaaS
7 25 (4.96%) Amazon S3
8 24 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
9 21 (4.17%) Amazon SQS
10 17 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (2.98%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (2.78%) Cohesity
12 14 (2.78%) GitHub
13 12 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.39%) AWS CloudTrail
17 6 (1.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 6 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 132 (26.19%) Firewall
2 95 (18.85%) Network Security
3 43 (8.53%) DNS
4 27 (5.36%) VPN
5 20 (3.97%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.77%) Intrusion Detection
6 19 (3.77%) SSL
7 16 (3.17%) SAN
8 14 (2.78%) HTTP
9 13 (2.58%) Internet
10 12 (2.38%) SMTP
11 9 (1.79%) FTP
12 7 (1.39%) LAN
12 7 (1.39%) WAN
13 6 (1.19%) BGP
13 6 (1.19%) DHCP
13 6 (1.19%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.79%) Data Lake
2 3 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (0.60%) Power BI
3 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.40%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.20%) Redis
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.19%) CircleCI
1 6 (1.19%) Git
1 6 (1.19%) GitLab
1 6 (1.19%) Snyk
2 5 (0.99%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.99%) JIRA
3 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.40%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.20%) MLflow
5 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 153 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 98 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (13.10%) Public Sector
4 65 (12.90%) Finance
5 46 (9.13%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.17%) Banking
7 17 (3.37%) Legal
8 15 (2.98%) Military
9 13 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.59%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.19%) Back Office
12 6 (1.19%) Local Government
13 4 (0.79%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.79%) Retail
14 3 (0.60%) Law
15 2 (0.40%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.20%) Games
16 1 (0.20%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 112 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 106 (21.03%) Analyst
3 93 (18.45%) Architect
4 73 (14.48%) Security Architect
5 57 (11.31%) Security Analyst
6 47 (9.33%) SOC Analyst
7 44 (8.73%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 41 (8.13%) Senior
9 33 (6.55%) SIEM Engineer
10 26 (5.16%) Consultant
10 26 (5.16%) Lead
11 25 (4.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 20 (3.97%) Security Consultant
12 20 (3.97%) SOC Engineer
13 18 (3.57%) Security Manager
14 15 (2.98%) Network Engineer
15 14 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
16 13 (2.58%) Network Security Engineer
16 13 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (2.58%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.37%) LDAP
2 8 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (1.39%) SAML
4 6 (1.19%) Loki
5 5 (0.99%) REST
6 4 (0.79%) .NET
6 4 (0.79%) OAuth
6 4 (0.79%) OpenID
7 3 (0.60%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.60%) JSON
7 3 (0.60%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.40%) HTML
8 2 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.40%) React
8 2 (0.40%) Regular Expression
8 2 (0.40%) Streamlit
8 2 (0.40%) Web Services
8 2 (0.40%) YAML
9 1 (0.20%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (18.65%) Security Operations Centre
2 68 (13.49%) Security Posture
3 61 (12.10%) Cyber Threat
4 51 (10.12%) Onboarding
5 46 (9.13%) CSOC
6 37 (7.34%) Management Information System
7 29 (5.75%) Cyber Defence
8 20 (3.97%) Cloud Native
9 17 (3.37%) PKI
10 14 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 14 (2.78%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.18%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (1.98%) Cyberattack
14 8 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
14 8 (1.59%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.59%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.65%) Windows
2 68 (13.49%) Linux
3 29 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 21 (4.17%) Unix
5 14 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.60%) Mac OS X
6 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (57.74%) Cybersecurity
2 220 (43.65%) Incident Response
3 188 (37.30%) Security Operations
4 134 (26.59%) SOAR
5 107 (21.23%) Cloud Security
6 101 (20.04%) Threat Detection
7 85 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 78 (15.48%) Threat Intelligence
10 68 (13.49%) Use Case
11 67 (13.29%) Security Monitoring
12 63 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
13 62 (12.30%) Information Security
14 59 (11.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 57 (11.31%) Security Architecture
16 54 (10.71%) Identity Access Management
17 53 (10.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 52 (10.32%) DevOps
19 50 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
20 47 (9.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 131 (25.99%) PowerShell
2 125 (24.80%) Python
3 55 (10.91%) Kusto Query Language
4 30 (5.95%) Bash
5 10 (1.98%) Bicep
6 8 (1.59%) Java
7 6 (1.19%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.60%) C
10 3 (0.60%) C++
10 3 (0.60%) SQL
11 2 (0.40%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.40%) Perl
11 2 (0.40%) PHP
11 2 (0.40%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.40%) VBScript
12 1 (0.20%) C#
12 1 (0.20%) Korn
12 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 203 (40.28%) Security Cleared
2 154 (30.56%) SC Cleared
3 122 (24.21%) CISSP
4 58 (11.51%) DV Cleared
5 53 (10.52%) CISM
6 52 (10.32%) Degree
7 39 (7.74%) CEH
8 36 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (6.94%) GIAC
10 33 (6.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 28 (5.56%) GCIH
12 24 (4.76%) GCIA
13 19 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (3.37%) Azure Certification
14 17 (3.37%) CompTIA CySA+
15 14 (2.78%) AWS Certification
15 14 (2.78%) CCSP
15 14 (2.78%) GCFA
16 13 (2.58%) SANS
17 11 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (28.97%) NIST
2 131 (25.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (15.08%) GDPR
4 35 (6.94%) PCI DSS
5 31 (6.15%) HIPAA
6 28 (5.56%) NCSC
7 19 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.98%) GRC
9 9 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.79%) SLA
10 8 (1.59%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.39%) NIST 800
11 7 (1.39%) PSD2
12 6 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.99%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.99%) QA
14 3 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 69 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.36%) Docker
3 17 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 14 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (1.39%) Snort
6 4 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.79%) Squid
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (6.75%) Terraform
2 30 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 30 (5.95%) QRadar
3 27 (5.36%) Ansible
4 22 (4.37%) SCCM
5 20 (3.97%) WSUS
6 15 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.98%) CSIRT
8 9 (1.79%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.59%) Nessus
10 7 (1.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 7 (1.39%) Kibana
10 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.79%) Nexpose
11 4 (0.79%) Suricata
12 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.60%) Grafana
12 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.60%) logstash
13 2 (0.40%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 185 (36.71%) Microsoft
2 166 (32.94%) Splunk
3 48 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
4 34 (6.75%) Palo Alto
5 28 (5.56%) Cisco
6 24 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 24 (4.76%) VMware
7 23 (4.56%) ArcSight
7 23 (4.56%) Qualys
8 22 (4.37%) Google
9 19 (3.77%) BeyondTrust
9 19 (3.77%) Zscaler
10 17 (3.37%) Fortinet
11 16 (3.17%) Forcepoint
11 16 (3.17%) LogRhythm
11 16 (3.17%) ServiceNow
12 14 (2.78%) NetApp
12 14 (2.78%) Tenable
13 11 (2.18%) FireEye
14 9 (1.79%) IBM