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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 183 159
Rank change year-on-year +2 -24 -1
Contract jobs citing SIEM 668 407 568
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 1.50% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.65% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 260 389
10th Percentile £413 £413 £425
25th Percentile £470 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -6.78% +0.43%
75th Percentile £630 £676 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% -1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 8
10th Percentile £43.81 £45.75 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.38 £40.00
Median hourly rate £63.25 £80.68 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% +65.49% -35.00%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £97.00 £100.00 £76.78
UK median hourly rate £63.25 £80.68 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.60% +65.49% -35.00%

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 38,446 24,678 30,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 90.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,172 15,843 20,140
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £746 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,378 1,309 2,090
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.28 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.83
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -28 234 £575 -8.00% 83
South East +18 174 £523 +4.50% 97
North of England +4 116 £560 +6.67% 66
North West +10 88 £560 -8.38% 33
South West +3 53 £613 +11.36% 44
Midlands -46 45 £545 +26.74% 24
West Midlands -53 41 £550 +27.91% 16
Yorkshire -21 28 £563 +12.50% 21
East of England -36 26 £550 - 27
East Midlands -10 4 £461 - 8
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 15 (2.25%) Confluence
2 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 229 (34.28%) Azure
2 169 (25.30%) AWS
3 96 (14.37%) Entra ID
4 87 (13.02%) GCP
5 61 (9.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 50 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (5.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 29 (4.34%) SaaS
9 21 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 16 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (2.40%) OpenShift
11 15 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (2.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 14 (2.10%) Datadog
13 13 (1.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.80%) IaaS
15 11 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
15 11 (1.65%) GitHub
15 11 (1.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 119 (17.81%) Firewall
2 107 (16.02%) Network Security
3 43 (6.44%) DNS
4 36 (5.39%) TCP/IP
5 30 (4.49%) VPN
6 26 (3.89%) WAN
7 23 (3.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 23 (3.44%) SSL
8 18 (2.69%) BGP
9 17 (2.54%) DHCP
9 17 (2.54%) HTTP
10 15 (2.25%) Internet
10 15 (2.25%) SD-WAN
11 13 (1.95%) OSPF
11 13 (1.95%) VLAN
11 13 (1.95%) VSAN
12 12 (1.80%) IPsec
13 9 (1.35%) SSH
14 8 (1.20%) NGFW
14 8 (1.20%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.74%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
3 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.60%) Power BI
5 3 (0.45%) Hazelcast
5 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
6 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.15%) Metadata
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (3.89%) JIRA
2 15 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.95%) Git
4 5 (0.75%) Snyk
5 3 (0.45%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.45%) Selenium
6 2 (0.30%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) AppScan
7 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
7 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 190 (28.44%) Social Skills
2 94 (14.07%) Finance
3 85 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.83%) Public Sector
5 65 (9.73%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (4.49%) Banking
7 20 (2.99%) Military
8 12 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.50%) Retail
10 9 (1.35%) Local Government
11 8 (1.20%) Law
12 7 (1.05%) Legal
12 7 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.45%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.30%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 125 (18.71%) Analyst
2 114 (17.07%) Security Engineer
3 82 (12.28%) Architect
4 61 (9.13%) Senior
5 58 (8.68%) SOC Analyst
6 54 (8.08%) Security Analyst
7 44 (6.59%) Consultant
8 43 (6.44%) Security Architect
9 39 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 38 (5.69%) Lead
11 32 (4.79%) SIEM Engineer
12 28 (4.19%) SOC Engineer
13 27 (4.04%) Network Engineer
14 26 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
14 26 (3.89%) Security Manager
15 24 (3.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 23 (3.44%) Operations Analyst
17 20 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 19 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
19 18 (2.69%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.79%) LDAP
2 29 (4.34%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.40%) SailPoint
3 16 (2.40%) SAML
4 15 (2.25%) OpenID
5 12 (1.80%) REST
6 10 (1.50%) Kafka
7 9 (1.35%) 802.1X
7 9 (1.35%) LangChain
7 9 (1.35%) PyTorch
7 9 (1.35%) scikit-learn
8 5 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.75%) eBPF
8 5 (0.75%) OAuth
8 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.60%) CSS
9 4 (0.60%) JSON
9 4 (0.60%) Middleware
9 4 (0.60%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (15.72%) Onboarding
2 96 (14.37%) Security Posture
3 78 (11.68%) Cloud Native
4 71 (10.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 51 (7.63%) Cyber Threat
6 48 (7.19%) Operational Technology
7 41 (6.14%) Management Information System
8 34 (5.09%) Cyber Defence
9 23 (3.44%) Cloud Security Posture
9 23 (3.44%) Data Centre
10 17 (2.54%) CSOC
10 17 (2.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 17 (2.54%) PKI
11 15 (2.25%) SCADA
12 10 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.35%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.20%) CMDB
14 8 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 143 (21.41%) Linux
1 143 (21.41%) Windows
2 42 (6.29%) Unix
3 28 (4.19%) Windows Server
4 26 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.75%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (54.19%) Cybersecurity
2 218 (32.63%) Security Operations
3 215 (32.19%) Incident Response
4 132 (19.76%) Cloud Security
5 126 (18.86%) CI/CD
6 110 (16.47%) Vulnerability Management
7 109 (16.32%) Threat Detection
8 106 (15.87%) DevOps
9 103 (15.42%) Security Monitoring
10 102 (15.27%) SOAR
11 95 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 94 (14.07%) Security Architecture
13 91 (13.62%) Threat Intelligence
14 87 (13.02%) Zero Trust
15 83 (12.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 79 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
17 78 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 77 (11.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 74 (11.08%) ITSM
20 73 (10.93%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 159 (23.80%) Python
2 133 (19.91%) PowerShell
3 69 (10.33%) Bash
4 49 (7.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 21 (3.14%) SQL
6 18 (2.69%) Java
7 15 (2.25%) Search Processing Language
8 12 (1.80%) Bicep
9 7 (1.05%) Perl
10 3 (0.45%) Groovy
10 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.30%) C
11 2 (0.30%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.15%) Lisp
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 286 (42.81%) Security Cleared
2 187 (27.99%) SC Cleared
3 137 (20.51%) CISSP
4 87 (13.02%) DV Cleared
5 76 (11.38%) CISM
6 64 (9.58%) Cisco Certification
7 62 (9.28%) Degree
8 41 (6.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (4.94%) GIAC
10 30 (4.49%) AWS Certification
11 24 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (3.44%) Azure Certification
12 23 (3.44%) CCSP
13 22 (3.29%) CCNP
14 20 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (2.99%) CEH
15 18 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
15 18 (2.69%) GCIH
16 16 (2.40%) SANS
17 15 (2.25%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (24.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 154 (23.05%) NIST
3 72 (10.78%) GDPR
4 53 (7.93%) NCSC
5 30 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (4.19%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.40%) GRC
7 16 (2.40%) PMO
8 15 (2.25%) HIPAA
9 14 (2.10%) SLA
10 12 (1.80%) SOC 2
11 10 (1.50%) NIST 800
11 10 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.35%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.20%) QA
14 7 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.75%) Data Quality
15 5 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 110 (16.47%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.49%) Docker
3 24 (3.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (1.65%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.65%) vSphere
6 10 (1.50%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.90%) Snort
9 4 (0.60%) Squid
10 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.15%) NFS
11 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.15%) Samba
11 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 79 (11.83%) Terraform
2 65 (9.73%) Kubernetes
3 48 (7.19%) Ansible
4 29 (4.34%) QRadar
5 20 (2.99%) CASB
6 14 (2.10%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.35%) Grafana
9 9 (1.35%) Kibana
10 7 (1.05%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.90%) logstash
11 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.90%) Puppet
11 6 (0.90%) VxRail
12 5 (0.75%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.60%) Check_MK
13 4 (0.60%) Nessus
13 4 (0.60%) Packer
Vendors
1 176 (26.35%) Microsoft
2 120 (17.96%) Splunk
3 80 (11.98%) CyberArk
4 47 (7.04%) ServiceNow
5 41 (6.14%) BeyondTrust
5 41 (6.14%) CrowdStrike
6 36 (5.39%) Cisco
7 34 (5.09%) Google
8 29 (4.34%) Zscaler
9 27 (4.04%) VMware
10 25 (3.74%) Qualys
11 24 (3.59%) Fortinet
11 24 (3.59%) Oracle
12 23 (3.44%) Tanium
13 21 (3.14%) Palo Alto
14 20 (2.99%) Tenable
15 18 (2.69%) Red Hat
16 16 (2.40%) Okta
17 12 (1.80%) LogRhythm
18 11 (1.65%) Trend Micro