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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 181 154
Rank change year-on-year +9 -27 +11
Contract jobs citing SIEM 630 357 566
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.52% 1.50% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.64% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 238 403
10th Percentile £413 £404 £425
25th Percentile £475 £486 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £574 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.27% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 3 6
10th Percentile £39.13 £52.67 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £63.04 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.92% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £70.59 £81.01 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.75 - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.83% +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 35,194 21,730 31,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.29% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,373 14,199 20,591
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 923 2,284
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.99
Median hourly rate £45.59 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.80% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.11
90th Percentile £81.01 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.28 £27.45 £36.00
% change year-on-year +54.01% -23.75% -3.49%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -12 234 £588 -4.08% 106
South East +9 167 £525 +5.00% 116
North of England -15 86 £558 -3.88% 74
North West +23 71 £560 +6.67% 37
Midlands -61 47 £545 - 28
South West +9 46 £600 -1.03% 57
West Midlands -64 41 £550 +0.92% 24
East of England -42 26 £550 - 41
Yorkshire -58 13 £540 -10.00% 26
East Midlands -24 6 £438 - 4
North East - 2 £400 - 11
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 18 (2.86%) Confluence
2 6 (0.95%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.79%) Maximo
1 5 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 242 (38.41%) Azure
2 177 (28.10%) AWS
3 105 (16.67%) GCP
4 80 (12.70%) Entra ID
5 64 (10.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 45 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (3.81%) OpenShift
9 20 (3.17%) SaaS
10 19 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (2.22%) PaaS
14 12 (1.90%) IaaS
15 11 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.75%) Datadog
16 10 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.59%) GitHub
17 9 (1.43%) Serverless
18 8 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 94 (14.92%) Network Security
2 90 (14.29%) Firewall
3 43 (6.83%) DNS
4 35 (5.56%) VPN
5 32 (5.08%) TCP/IP
6 23 (3.65%) SSL
7 15 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 13 (2.06%) HTTP
8 13 (2.06%) VLAN
8 13 (2.06%) WAN
9 12 (1.90%) DHCP
10 11 (1.75%) SD-WAN
11 10 (1.59%) BGP
11 10 (1.59%) IPsec
12 9 (1.43%) OSPF
13 7 (1.11%) Internet
13 7 (1.11%) MPLS
13 7 (1.11%) NGFW
13 7 (1.11%) SNMP
13 7 (1.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.48%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.48%) Power BI
6 2 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.32%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.16%) Metadata
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (4.29%) JIRA
2 14 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.43%) Git
4 7 (1.11%) Snyk
5 3 (0.48%) GitLab
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
1 188 (29.84%) Social Skills
2 78 (12.38%) Finance
3 76 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 60 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (3.49%) Banking
7 18 (2.86%) Military
8 15 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.27%) Retail
10 7 (1.11%) Legal
11 6 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.48%) Law
14 2 (0.32%) Advertising
14 2 (0.32%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.16%) Back Office
15 1 (0.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (19.68%) Architect
2 116 (18.41%) Analyst
3 107 (16.98%) Security Engineer
4 55 (8.73%) Senior
5 54 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
6 53 (8.41%) CyberArk Architect
7 41 (6.51%) Security Analyst
8 40 (6.35%) SIEM Engineer
9 37 (5.87%) Security Architect
10 33 (5.24%) Consultant
11 32 (5.08%) Lead
12 26 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 22 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 21 (3.33%) Security Manager
14 21 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (3.17%) SOC Engineer
16 19 (3.02%) Security Specialist
17 18 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 17 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
18 17 (2.70%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (11.59%) LDAP
2 47 (7.46%) REST
3 39 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
4 35 (5.56%) SOAP
5 20 (3.17%) OpenID
5 20 (3.17%) SAML
6 11 (1.75%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.59%) 802.1X
8 9 (1.43%) Kafka
9 7 (1.11%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.11%) OAuth
10 6 (0.95%) LangChain
10 6 (0.95%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.95%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.95%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.79%) eBPF
11 5 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.63%) ADO
12 4 (0.63%) Middleware
13 3 (0.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 97 (15.40%) Security Posture
2 81 (12.86%) Onboarding
3 64 (10.16%) Security Operations Centre
4 60 (9.52%) Cloud Native
5 52 (8.25%) Cyber Threat
6 44 (6.98%) Operational Technology
7 41 (6.51%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (5.24%) Management Information System
9 19 (3.02%) Cloud Security Posture
9 19 (3.02%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (2.86%) Cyberattack
11 16 (2.54%) CSOC
12 14 (2.22%) PKI
13 13 (2.06%) Data Centre
13 13 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (2.06%) SCADA
14 11 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (1.75%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 119 (18.89%) Windows
2 117 (18.57%) Linux
3 33 (5.24%) Unix
4 29 (4.60%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (48.57%) Cybersecurity
2 193 (30.63%) Incident Response
3 190 (30.16%) Security Operations
4 116 (18.41%) Cloud Security
5 114 (18.10%) Threat Detection
6 111 (17.62%) CI/CD
7 110 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (16.67%) DevOps
9 100 (15.87%) SOAR
10 94 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 93 (14.76%) Vulnerability Management
12 90 (14.29%) ITSM
13 85 (13.49%) Security Architecture
14 82 (13.02%) Zero Trust
15 73 (11.59%) Privileged Access Management
16 70 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
17 67 (10.63%) Threat Intelligence
18 64 (10.16%) Data Loss Prevention
18 64 (10.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 64 (10.16%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 176 (27.94%) Python
2 159 (25.24%) PowerShell
3 49 (7.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 41 (6.51%) Bash
5 15 (2.38%) Bicep
6 13 (2.06%) SQL
7 12 (1.90%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (0.95%) Java
9 2 (0.32%) Groovy
9 2 (0.32%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Lisp
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 295 (46.83%) Security Cleared
2 220 (34.92%) SC Cleared
3 126 (20.00%) CISSP
4 76 (12.06%) CISM
5 73 (11.59%) DV Cleared
6 51 (8.10%) Degree
7 50 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (5.56%) GIAC
9 33 (5.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
11 24 (3.81%) CEH
12 21 (3.33%) Azure Certification
13 17 (2.70%) CCSP
14 15 (2.38%) AWS Certification
14 15 (2.38%) CCNP
14 15 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (2.06%) GCIH
15 13 (2.06%) SANS
16 12 (1.90%) CompTIA CySA+
16 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (24.13%) NIST
2 141 (22.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (10.63%) GDPR
4 34 (5.40%) NCSC
5 27 (4.29%) PCI DSS
6 24 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (2.22%) NIST 800
8 13 (2.06%) HIPAA
8 13 (2.06%) SOC 2
9 12 (1.90%) SLA
10 11 (1.75%) PMO
11 10 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.43%) GRC
12 9 (1.43%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.27%) QA
14 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.79%) COBIT
15 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 124 (19.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.06%) Docker
5 7 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.11%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.95%) Snort
6 6 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.63%) Squid
8 3 (0.48%) vSphere
9 2 (0.32%) NFS
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (9.37%) Kubernetes
1 59 (9.37%) Terraform
2 29 (4.60%) Ansible
3 23 (3.65%) QRadar
4 20 (3.17%) Kibana
5 18 (2.86%) CASB
6 12 (1.90%) logstash
6 12 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.43%) Grafana
9 7 (1.11%) Nessus
10 5 (0.79%) CSIRT
10 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.63%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.63%) SCCM
11 4 (0.63%) WSUS
12 3 (0.48%) Suricata
13 2 (0.32%) SCOM
13 2 (0.32%) vRealize
13 2 (0.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 159 (25.24%) Microsoft
2 120 (19.05%) Splunk
3 105 (16.67%) CyberArk
4 71 (11.27%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (5.71%) Centrify
6 35 (5.56%) Cisco
7 34 (5.40%) ServiceNow
8 31 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
9 29 (4.60%) Qualys
10 24 (3.81%) Tanium
11 23 (3.65%) Zscaler
12 21 (3.33%) Tenable
12 21 (3.33%) VMware
13 20 (3.17%) Palo Alto
14 19 (3.02%) Fortinet
15 16 (2.54%) LogRhythm
16 14 (2.22%) Google
17 13 (2.06%) Oracle
18 12 (1.90%) IBM
19 11 (1.75%) Okta