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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 179 151
Rank change year-on-year +8 -28 +21
Contract jobs citing SIEM 657 365 575
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 1.52% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.66% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 470 238 404
10th Percentile £413 £413 £425
25th Percentile £475 £485 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 4 7
10th Percentile £41.94 £56.13 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £71.69 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £85.76 £73.75
90th Percentile £83.75 £94.30 £76.95
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 35,679 21,999 31,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.05% 91.35% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,608 14,249 20,517
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,238 979 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.76 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.60 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.93 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -7 249 £575 -8.00% 120
South East +9 166 £525 +5.00% 126
North of England -4 101 £540 -3.57% 84
North West +27 79 £549 +1.15% 41
Midlands -47 47 £550 +2.14% 26
South West +8 46 £600 -1.03% 60
West Midlands -54 41 £550 +2.14% 21
East of England -39 24 £550 - 47
Yorkshire -42 20 £600 - 30
East Midlands -20 6 £438 - 5
North East - 2 £400 - 13
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 (2.74%) Confluence
2 5 (0.76%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.15%) nginx
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.76%) Maximo
1 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 252 (38.36%) Azure
2 185 (28.16%) AWS
3 112 (17.05%) GCP
4 88 (13.39%) Entra ID
5 67 (10.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 46 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
8 24 (3.65%) OpenShift
8 24 (3.65%) SaaS
9 23 (3.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 18 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.83%) Datadog
13 12 (1.83%) PaaS
14 11 (1.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 11 (1.67%) IaaS
15 10 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (1.52%) GitHub
16 9 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 101 (15.37%) Network Security
2 99 (15.07%) Firewall
3 45 (6.85%) DNS
4 34 (5.18%) VPN
5 31 (4.72%) TCP/IP
6 28 (4.26%) SSL
7 16 (2.44%) HTTP
7 16 (2.44%) WAN
8 15 (2.28%) Intrusion Detection
9 13 (1.98%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.98%) VLAN
10 12 (1.83%) BGP
11 11 (1.67%) IPsec
12 10 (1.52%) DHCP
12 10 (1.52%) Internet
13 9 (1.37%) OSPF
14 8 (1.22%) SSH
15 7 (1.07%) MPLS
15 7 (1.07%) NGFW
15 7 (1.07%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.20%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.46%) Power BI
6 2 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
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 QuickSight
7 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.15%) Metadata
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (3.96%) JIRA
2 15 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.52%) Git
4 7 (1.07%) Snyk
5 3 (0.46%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) AppScan
6 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 198 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.24%) Finance
3 76 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.65%) Public Sector
5 63 (9.59%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (3.96%) Banking
7 19 (2.89%) Military
8 15 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.22%) Retail
10 7 (1.07%) Legal
10 7 (1.07%) Local Government
11 6 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.46%) Law
15 2 (0.30%) Advertising
15 2 (0.30%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.15%) Back Office
16 1 (0.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (19.33%) Architect
2 117 (17.81%) Analyst
3 115 (17.50%) Security Engineer
4 59 (8.98%) Senior
5 55 (8.37%) SOC Analyst
6 53 (8.07%) CyberArk Architect
7 41 (6.24%) Security Analyst
8 40 (6.09%) Security Architect
9 38 (5.78%) Consultant
10 35 (5.33%) Lead
10 35 (5.33%) SIEM Engineer
11 27 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 24 (3.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 24 (3.65%) Security Manager
13 22 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 20 (3.04%) SOC Engineer
16 19 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
16 19 (2.89%) Security Specialist
17 18 (2.74%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (11.11%) LDAP
2 47 (7.15%) REST
3 35 (5.33%) Elastic Stack
3 35 (5.33%) SOAP
4 21 (3.20%) SAML
5 20 (3.04%) OpenID
6 12 (1.83%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.52%) 802.1X
8 9 (1.37%) Kafka
9 7 (1.07%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.07%) OAuth
10 6 (0.91%) LangChain
10 6 (0.91%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.91%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.91%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
12 4 (0.61%) ADO
12 4 (0.61%) eBPF
12 4 (0.61%) Middleware
12 4 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 106 (16.13%) Security Posture
2 82 (12.48%) Onboarding
3 69 (10.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 68 (10.35%) Cloud Native
5 52 (7.91%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (6.54%) Management Information System
7 42 (6.39%) Operational Technology
8 41 (6.24%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (3.04%) Cyber Defence
10 19 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
11 17 (2.59%) Cyberattack
12 15 (2.28%) CSOC
12 15 (2.28%) PKI
13 14 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 13 (1.98%) Data Centre
14 13 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.98%) SCADA
15 12 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (1.52%) Product Ownership
17 9 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 133 (20.24%) Linux
1 133 (20.24%) Windows
2 34 (5.18%) Unix
3 33 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 25 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.61%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.15%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (49.77%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (30.44%) Incident Response
2 200 (30.44%) Security Operations
3 129 (19.63%) Cloud Security
4 114 (17.35%) CI/CD
4 114 (17.35%) DevOps
5 110 (16.74%) Threat Detection
6 109 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (15.68%) SOAR
8 102 (15.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 101 (15.37%) Vulnerability Management
10 93 (14.16%) ITSM
11 89 (13.55%) Zero Trust
12 88 (13.39%) Security Architecture
13 75 (11.42%) Privileged Access Management
14 73 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
15 69 (10.50%) Threat Intelligence
15 69 (10.50%) Threat Modelling
16 67 (10.20%) Data Loss Prevention
17 66 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 187 (28.46%) Python
2 170 (25.88%) PowerShell
3 52 (7.91%) Kusto Query Language
4 51 (7.76%) Bash
5 17 (2.59%) Bicep
6 15 (2.28%) SQL
7 13 (1.98%) Java
8 12 (1.83%) Search Processing Language
9 3 (0.46%) Groovy
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.30%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.30%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) Lisp
11 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 303 (46.12%) Security Cleared
2 223 (33.94%) SC Cleared
3 138 (21.00%) CISSP
4 80 (12.18%) CISM
5 75 (11.42%) DV Cleared
6 58 (8.83%) Degree
7 51 (7.76%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (5.63%) GIAC
9 34 (5.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 27 (4.11%) Azure Certification
11 24 (3.65%) CEH
11 24 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (3.50%) AWS Certification
13 17 (2.59%) CCSP
14 16 (2.44%) CCNP
15 14 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (2.13%) GCIH
16 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.98%) SANS
17 12 (1.83%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (23.59%) NIST
2 151 (22.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (10.65%) GDPR
4 36 (5.48%) NCSC
5 28 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (3.81%) PCI DSS
7 14 (2.13%) NIST 800
7 14 (2.13%) PMO
7 14 (2.13%) SOC 2
8 13 (1.98%) SLA
9 12 (1.83%) HIPAA
10 11 (1.67%) GRC
11 10 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.37%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.22%) QA
14 6 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 128 (19.48%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.04%) Docker
3 15 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.91%) Snort
5 6 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.76%) Squid
6 5 (0.76%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.46%) vSphere
8 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.15%) NFS
9 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 70 (10.65%) Terraform
2 64 (9.74%) Kubernetes
3 33 (5.02%) Ansible
4 24 (3.65%) QRadar
5 17 (2.59%) CASB
6 16 (2.44%) Kibana
7 12 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (1.67%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.37%) Grafana
10 8 (1.22%) logstash
11 6 (0.91%) Nessus
12 5 (0.76%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.61%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.46%) SCCM
14 3 (0.46%) Suricata
14 3 (0.46%) WSUS
15 2 (0.30%) Icinga
15 2 (0.30%) Puppet
15 2 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 168 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 124 (18.87%) Splunk
3 107 (16.29%) CyberArk
4 72 (10.96%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (5.48%) Centrify
5 36 (5.48%) Cisco
5 36 (5.48%) ServiceNow
6 35 (5.33%) CrowdStrike
7 32 (4.87%) Qualys
8 26 (3.96%) Tenable
9 25 (3.81%) Google
10 24 (3.65%) Tanium
11 23 (3.50%) Zscaler
12 21 (3.20%) Palo Alto
13 20 (3.04%) Fortinet
14 19 (2.89%) VMware
15 18 (2.74%) Red Hat
16 16 (2.44%) Okta
16 16 (2.44%) Oracle
17 15 (2.28%) LogRhythm