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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 183 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 -38 +20
Contract jobs citing SIEM 610 363 587
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.49% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.64% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 239 421
10th Percentile £415 £404 £425
25th Percentile £475 £480 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £660 £650 £719
90th Percentile £750 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £574 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.32% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 6
10th Percentile £36.32 £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 £70.29 £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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -12 236 £600 +2.13% 117
South East +7 163 £525 +0.38% 118
North of England -10 81 £558 -7.08% 72
North West +17 67 £568 +8.19% 32
Midlands -59 47 £545 -0.91% 27
West Midlands -59 41 £550 - 22
South West +3 36 £575 +4.55% 62
East of England -35 25 £550 - 39
Yorkshire -54 12 £540 -11.84% 28
East Midlands - 6 £438 - 5
North East - 2 £400 - 12
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 17 (2.79%) Confluence
2 6 (0.98%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.33%) 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 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.82%) Maximo
1 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 241 (39.51%) Azure
2 177 (29.02%) AWS
3 105 (17.21%) GCP
4 77 (12.62%) Entra ID
5 64 (10.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 47 (7.70%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (3.93%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 21 (3.44%) SaaS
10 19 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (2.30%) PaaS
14 12 (1.97%) IaaS
15 10 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.64%) GitHub
16 9 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.48%) Datadog
17 8 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 8 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 93 (15.25%) Network Security
2 89 (14.59%) Firewall
3 40 (6.56%) DNS
4 34 (5.57%) VPN
5 32 (5.25%) TCP/IP
6 19 (3.11%) SSL
7 13 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 12 (1.97%) DHCP
9 11 (1.80%) HTTP
9 11 (1.80%) VLAN
10 10 (1.64%) SD-WAN
10 10 (1.64%) WAN
11 8 (1.31%) IPsec
12 7 (1.15%) BGP
12 7 (1.15%) Internet
12 7 (1.15%) NGFW
12 7 (1.15%) OSPF
12 7 (1.15%) SSH
13 6 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.98%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.66%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.33%) Power BI
6 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.33%) 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 26 (4.26%) JIRA
2 13 (2.13%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.15%) Git
3 7 (1.15%) Snyk
4 3 (0.49%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) AppScan
5 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.16%) JUnit
5 1 (0.16%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 184 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 77 (12.62%) Finance
3 74 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 58 (9.51%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (3.44%) Banking
7 16 (2.62%) Military
8 15 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.31%) Retail
10 7 (1.15%) Legal
11 6 (0.98%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.82%) Local Government
13 4 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.49%) Law
15 2 (0.33%) Advertising
16 1 (0.16%) Back Office
16 1 (0.16%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 123 (20.16%) Architect
2 108 (17.70%) Security Engineer
3 105 (17.21%) Analyst
4 55 (9.02%) Senior
5 53 (8.69%) CyberArk Architect
6 50 (8.20%) SOC Analyst
7 40 (6.56%) SIEM Engineer
8 36 (5.90%) Security Architect
9 34 (5.57%) Security Analyst
10 31 (5.08%) Consultant
10 31 (5.08%) Lead
11 23 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 22 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
13 20 (3.28%) Security Manager
13 20 (3.28%) SOC Engineer
14 19 (3.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 17 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 17 (2.79%) Security Specialist
16 15 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Specialist
17 14 (2.30%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (12.13%) LDAP
2 47 (7.70%) REST
3 40 (6.56%) Elastic Stack
4 35 (5.74%) SOAP
5 20 (3.28%) OpenID
5 20 (3.28%) SAML
6 11 (1.80%) SailPoint
7 9 (1.48%) 802.1X
7 9 (1.48%) Kafka
8 7 (1.15%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.15%) OAuth
9 6 (0.98%) LangChain
9 6 (0.98%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.98%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.98%) scikit-learn
10 5 (0.82%) eBPF
10 5 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.66%) ADO
11 4 (0.66%) JSON
11 4 (0.66%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 94 (15.41%) Security Posture
2 78 (12.79%) Onboarding
3 64 (10.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 59 (9.67%) Cloud Native
5 48 (7.87%) Cyber Threat
6 41 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (6.39%) Operational Technology
8 32 (5.25%) Management Information System
9 19 (3.11%) Cloud Security Posture
10 18 (2.95%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (2.79%) Cyberattack
12 13 (2.13%) CSOC
12 13 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (2.13%) PKI
13 12 (1.97%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.97%) SCADA
14 11 (1.80%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (1.48%) Cyber Security Posture
17 8 (1.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 116 (19.02%) Windows
2 112 (18.36%) Linux
3 32 (5.25%) Unix
4 28 (4.59%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.49%) 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
1 286 (46.89%) Cybersecurity
2 181 (29.67%) Incident Response
3 180 (29.51%) Security Operations
4 112 (18.36%) CI/CD
5 111 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
6 110 (18.03%) Cloud Security
6 110 (18.03%) Threat Detection
7 106 (17.38%) DevOps
8 97 (15.90%) SOAR
9 89 (14.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 88 (14.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 87 (14.26%) ITSM
12 84 (13.77%) Security Architecture
13 80 (13.11%) Zero Trust
14 72 (11.80%) Privileged Access Management
15 66 (10.82%) Threat Intelligence
16 64 (10.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 64 (10.49%) Security Monitoring
17 63 (10.33%) Threat Modelling
18 62 (10.16%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 175 (28.69%) Python
2 159 (26.07%) PowerShell
3 48 (7.87%) Kusto Query Language
4 42 (6.89%) Bash
5 15 (2.46%) Bicep
6 12 (1.97%) Search Processing Language
6 12 (1.97%) SQL
7 6 (0.98%) Java
8 3 (0.49%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.16%) Groovy
10 1 (0.16%) Lisp
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 280 (45.90%) Security Cleared
2 212 (34.75%) SC Cleared
3 123 (20.16%) CISSP
4 75 (12.30%) CISM
5 67 (10.98%) DV Cleared
6 50 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (7.38%) Degree
8 35 (5.74%) GIAC
9 33 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 24 (3.93%) CEH
10 24 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 21 (3.44%) Azure Certification
12 17 (2.79%) CCSP
13 15 (2.46%) AWS Certification
13 15 (2.46%) CCNP
14 14 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (1.97%) GCIH
15 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (1.80%) CompTIA CySA+
16 11 (1.80%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (23.93%) NIST
2 134 (21.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 60 (9.84%) GDPR
4 29 (4.75%) NCSC
5 25 (4.10%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 13 (2.13%) HIPAA
7 13 (2.13%) NIST 800
7 13 (2.13%) SOC 2
8 12 (1.97%) SLA
9 10 (1.64%) PMO
9 10 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.31%) GRC
10 8 (1.31%) ISO 31000
11 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.98%) QA
12 5 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 5 (0.82%) COBIT
13 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 123 (20.16%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (2.30%) Docker
3 14 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.15%) Snort
4 7 (1.15%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 2 (0.33%) NFS
7 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.33%) vSphere
8 1 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 60 (9.84%) Kubernetes
2 59 (9.67%) Terraform
3 27 (4.43%) Ansible
4 21 (3.44%) QRadar
5 20 (3.28%) Kibana
6 18 (2.95%) CASB
7 12 (1.97%) logstash
7 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.31%) Grafana
8 8 (1.31%) Nessus
9 5 (0.82%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.82%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.82%) SCCM
9 5 (0.82%) WSUS
10 4 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.49%) Icinga
11 3 (0.49%) Suricata
12 2 (0.33%) vRealize
12 2 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 153 (25.08%) Microsoft
2 124 (20.33%) Splunk
3 105 (17.21%) CyberArk
4 71 (11.64%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (5.90%) Centrify
6 35 (5.74%) Cisco
7 33 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 32 (5.25%) CrowdStrike
9 30 (4.92%) Qualys
10 24 (3.93%) Tanium
10 24 (3.93%) Zscaler
11 23 (3.77%) Tenable
12 20 (3.28%) Palo Alto
12 20 (3.28%) VMware
13 18 (2.95%) Fortinet
14 16 (2.62%) LogRhythm
15 14 (2.30%) Google
16 13 (2.13%) Oracle
17 12 (1.97%) IBM
18 11 (1.80%) Okta