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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 189 165
Rank change year-on-year +32 -24 +118
Contract jobs citing SIEM 570 387 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.80% 1.37% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.54% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 258 423
10th Percentile £408 £406 £463
25th Percentile £463 £509 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £725
90th Percentile £750 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 2
10th Percentile £41.94 - £63.75
25th Percentile £45.00 £56.25 £65.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -16.36% +4.96%
75th Percentile £80.94 £58.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £85.10 - £73.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% +6.87%

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 28,039 25,113 31,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.57% 88.74% 88.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,871 15,476 21,696
10th Percentile £304 £313 £306
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,770 825 1,406
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56.99 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%

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 31 December 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 31 December 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 31 December 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 +35 252 £600 +4.35% 103
South East +48 128 £492 -12.69% 205
Midlands -25 59 £525 -12.50% 154
West Midlands -27 52 £545 -9.17% 73
South West -10 43 £545 -16.15% 109
North of England -25 42 £500 -16.67% 196
East of England -3 27 £613 +8.89% 142
North West -7 22 £458 -12.86% 89
Yorkshire -36 17 £529 -18.65% 88
East Midlands - 7 £450 - 71
North East -6 3 £400 +14.29% 19
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 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.88%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.53%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Maximo
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle CRM
Cloud Services
1 237 (41.58%) Azure
2 198 (34.74%) AWS
3 101 (17.72%) GCP
4 85 (14.91%) Azure Sentinel
5 56 (9.82%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (7.19%) Entra ID
7 22 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (2.98%) SaaS
9 16 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.63%) GitHub
11 13 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.58%) PaaS
14 8 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.40%) IaaS
14 8 (1.40%) OpenShift
15 7 (1.23%) Azure AKS
15 7 (1.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 134 (23.51%) Firewall
2 106 (18.60%) Network Security
3 50 (8.77%) DNS
4 37 (6.49%) TCP/IP
5 35 (6.14%) VPN
6 21 (3.68%) SMTP
6 21 (3.68%) SSL
7 17 (2.98%) HTTP
8 15 (2.63%) DHCP
9 14 (2.46%) FTP
10 13 (2.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 10 (1.75%) Internet
12 7 (1.23%) BGP
12 7 (1.23%) LAN
12 7 (1.23%) WAN
13 6 (1.05%) Wireshark
14 5 (0.88%) DKIM
14 5 (0.88%) DMARC
15 4 (0.70%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.58%) Data Lake
1 9 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (0.70%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.35%) Power BI
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (1.75%) JIRA
2 8 (1.40%) CircleCI
2 8 (1.40%) GitLab
3 7 (1.23%) Snyk
4 5 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.70%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.53%) Git
7 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.18%) JUnit
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 207 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.12%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (11.75%) Finance
4 60 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 44 (7.72%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.68%) Banking
7 16 (2.81%) Legal
8 13 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.11%) Military
10 10 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.40%) Retail
12 6 (1.05%) Back Office
12 6 (1.05%) Local Government
12 6 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.35%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.18%) Games
15 1 (0.18%) Law
15 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (22.11%) Security Engineer
2 122 (21.40%) Analyst
3 101 (17.72%) Architect
4 59 (10.35%) SOC Analyst
5 57 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 55 (9.65%) Senior
7 50 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 49 (8.60%) SIEM Engineer
9 41 (7.19%) Security Architect
10 32 (5.61%) Lead
11 30 (5.26%) CyberArk Architect
12 25 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 21 (3.68%) Consultant
14 19 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
15 18 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (3.16%) SOC Engineer
16 17 (2.98%) Security Consultant
16 17 (2.98%) Security Manager
17 15 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 13 (2.28%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (11.58%) LDAP
2 42 (7.37%) REST
3 30 (5.26%) SOAP
4 19 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (1.58%) SAML
6 6 (1.05%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.05%) JSON
6 6 (1.05%) Kafka
6 6 (1.05%) Loki
6 6 (1.05%) OpenID
7 5 (0.88%) OAuth
8 4 (0.70%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.70%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.70%) Regular Expression
9 3 (0.53%) .NET
9 3 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.53%) Node.js
9 3 (0.53%) YAML
10 2 (0.35%) ADO
10 2 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (15.26%) Security Posture
2 83 (14.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 62 (10.88%) Cyber Threat
4 45 (7.89%) Enterprise Software
5 40 (7.02%) Onboarding
6 37 (6.49%) Management Information System
7 32 (5.61%) Cyber Defence
8 26 (4.56%) Cloud Native
8 26 (4.56%) CSOC
9 25 (4.39%) Operational Technology
10 21 (3.68%) Cyberattack
11 20 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (3.51%) PKI
12 17 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (2.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 13 (2.28%) Cyber Security Posture
14 11 (1.93%) Cloud Security Posture
15 9 (1.58%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.40%) Public Cloud
17 6 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 104 (18.25%) Windows
2 100 (17.54%) Linux
3 22 (3.86%) Windows Server
4 21 (3.68%) Unix
5 17 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.70%) CentOS
8 3 (0.53%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.35%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (51.05%) Cybersecurity
2 234 (41.05%) Incident Response
3 176 (30.88%) Security Operations
4 134 (23.51%) SOAR
5 131 (22.98%) Threat Detection
6 125 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (19.12%) Cloud Security
8 82 (14.39%) Vulnerability Management
9 75 (13.16%) CI/CD
10 73 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 71 (12.46%) DevOps
12 63 (11.05%) Security Monitoring
12 63 (11.05%) Threat Modelling
13 62 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 62 (10.88%) Threat Intelligence
14 61 (10.70%) Information Security
15 58 (10.18%) Identity Access Management
15 58 (10.18%) Security Architecture
16 56 (9.82%) DevSecOps
16 56 (9.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 197 (34.56%) Python
2 188 (32.98%) PowerShell
3 61 (10.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 38 (6.67%) Bash
5 17 (2.98%) Bicep
6 9 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.23%) Java
8 5 (0.88%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (0.88%) SQL
9 4 (0.70%) Go
10 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.35%) C
11 2 (0.35%) C++
11 2 (0.35%) VBScript
12 1 (0.18%) Korn
12 1 (0.18%) R
12 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 244 (42.81%) Security Cleared
2 200 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 138 (24.21%) CISSP
4 68 (11.93%) CISM
5 59 (10.35%) DV Cleared
6 55 (9.65%) Degree
7 42 (7.37%) CEH
8 41 (7.19%) GIAC
9 39 (6.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (4.91%) Azure Certification
12 24 (4.21%) GCIH
13 21 (3.68%) GCIA
14 20 (3.51%) AWS Certification
15 17 (2.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 16 (2.81%) CompTIA CySA+
17 14 (2.46%) CCSP
18 13 (2.28%) GCFA
19 12 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
19 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (28.07%) NIST
2 145 (25.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 82 (14.39%) GDPR
4 37 (6.49%) PCI DSS
5 29 (5.09%) HIPAA
6 28 (4.91%) NCSC
7 17 (2.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (2.46%) NIST 800
9 10 (1.75%) GRC
9 10 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.40%) JSP 440
11 7 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (1.23%) PSD2
11 7 (1.23%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.88%) SLA
13 4 (0.70%) QA
14 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.18%) Def Stans
15 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 103 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 36 (6.32%) Docker
3 12 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.23%) Snort
5 7 (1.23%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.88%) Squid
8 4 (0.70%) Postfix
9 2 (0.35%) NFS
9 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.18%) GPFS
10 1 (0.18%) Lustre
10 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (10.00%) Terraform
2 50 (8.77%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.09%) QRadar
4 22 (3.86%) Ansible
5 18 (3.16%) Kibana
6 17 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.93%) Nessus
8 11 (1.93%) SCCM
9 10 (1.75%) WSUS
10 9 (1.58%) CSIRT
10 9 (1.58%) logstash
11 8 (1.40%) Prometheus
12 6 (1.05%) Grafana
13 5 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 4 (0.70%) Nexpose
14 4 (0.70%) Suricata
15 3 (0.53%) Fluentd
15 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
15 3 (0.53%) Icinga
Vendors
1 189 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 136 (23.86%) Splunk
3 65 (11.40%) CyberArk
4 57 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
5 47 (8.25%) CrowdStrike
6 31 (5.44%) Palo Alto
7 29 (5.09%) Centrify
7 29 (5.09%) Qualys
8 27 (4.74%) Cisco
9 25 (4.39%) Google
10 23 (4.04%) Tenable
11 22 (3.86%) VMware
12 21 (3.68%) LogRhythm
13 20 (3.51%) ArcSight
14 19 (3.33%) Fortinet
14 19 (3.33%) Zscaler
15 17 (2.98%) FireEye
16 16 (2.81%) Forcepoint
17 15 (2.63%) ServiceNow
18 12 (2.11%) Tanium