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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 180 149
Rank change year-on-year +5 -31 +22
Contract jobs citing SIEM 657 367 583
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.55% 1.51% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.65% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 238 412
10th Percentile £413 £413 £425
25th Percentile £475 £485 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.77% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 8
10th Percentile £39.13 £56.13 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £71.69 £40.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £80.68 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.92% +65.49% -35.00%
75th Percentile £70.59 £85.76 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £94.30 £76.78
UK median hourly rate £53.75 £80.68 £48.75
% change year-on-year -33.37% +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 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -9 253 £575 -8.00% 94
South East +16 170 £524 +4.75% 121
North of England -1 100 £558 -3.88% 73
North West +26 79 £549 -2.01% 36
Midlands -56 46 £550 +1.85% 23
South West +7 43 £600 -1.03% 51
West Midlands -58 40 £550 +1.85% 19
East of England -45 21 £550 - 41
Yorkshire -49 21 £600 - 25
East Midlands -24 6 £438 - 4
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 Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.76%) Maximo
1 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 250 (38.05%) Azure
2 186 (28.31%) AWS
3 113 (17.20%) GCP
4 89 (13.55%) Entra ID
5 63 (9.59%) Azure Sentinel
6 46 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (4.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 25 (3.81%) SaaS
9 24 (3.65%) OpenShift
10 23 (3.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.83%) Datadog
15 11 (1.67%) GitHub
15 11 (1.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 11 (1.67%) IaaS
15 11 (1.67%) PaaS
16 10 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 99 (15.07%) Firewall
1 99 (15.07%) Network Security
2 41 (6.24%) DNS
3 34 (5.18%) VPN
4 31 (4.72%) TCP/IP
5 25 (3.81%) SSL
6 16 (2.44%) WAN
7 15 (2.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 14 (2.13%) HTTP
9 13 (1.98%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.98%) VLAN
10 12 (1.83%) BGP
11 11 (1.67%) Internet
11 11 (1.67%) IPsec
12 9 (1.37%) DHCP
12 9 (1.37%) OSPF
13 8 (1.22%) SSH
14 7 (1.07%) MPLS
14 7 (1.07%) NGFW
14 7 (1.07%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.61%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.61%) Power BI
5 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
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 11 (1.67%) 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 74 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 65 (9.89%) 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%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (18.87%) Architect
2 113 (17.20%) Analyst
2 113 (17.20%) Security Engineer
3 60 (9.13%) Senior
4 53 (8.07%) CyberArk Architect
5 52 (7.91%) SOC Analyst
6 40 (6.09%) Security Analyst
6 40 (6.09%) Security Architect
7 38 (5.78%) Consultant
8 36 (5.48%) Lead
9 35 (5.33%) SIEM Engineer
10 27 (4.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 26 (3.96%) Security Manager
12 23 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 22 (3.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 22 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (3.04%) SOC Engineer
15 19 (2.89%) Security Specialist
16 18 (2.74%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (10.65%) LDAP
2 46 (7.00%) REST
3 35 (5.33%) SOAP
4 33 (5.02%) Elastic Stack
5 21 (3.20%) SAML
6 20 (3.04%) OpenID
7 13 (1.98%) SailPoint
8 10 (1.52%) 802.1X
9 9 (1.37%) Kafka
10 7 (1.07%) ARM Templates
10 7 (1.07%) OAuth
11 6 (0.91%) LangChain
11 6 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 6 (0.91%) PyTorch
11 6 (0.91%) scikit-learn
12 5 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
13 4 (0.61%) ADO
13 4 (0.61%) eBPF
13 4 (0.61%) Middleware
13 4 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 109 (16.59%) Security Posture
2 85 (12.94%) Onboarding
3 70 (10.65%) Cloud Native
4 68 (10.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 49 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
6 43 (6.54%) Operational Technology
7 41 (6.24%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (6.24%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
9 19 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
10 15 (2.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 15 (2.28%) PKI
11 14 (2.13%) Cyberattack
12 13 (1.98%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.98%) SCADA
13 12 (1.83%) CSOC
14 10 (1.52%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 9 (1.37%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 133 (20.24%) Linux
2 131 (19.94%) Windows
3 36 (5.48%) Unix
4 33 (5.02%) Windows Server
5 22 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.61%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (49.62%) Cybersecurity
2 201 (30.59%) Incident Response
3 200 (30.44%) Security Operations
4 128 (19.48%) Cloud Security
5 114 (17.35%) CI/CD
6 113 (17.20%) DevOps
7 110 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (15.98%) Threat Detection
9 103 (15.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 103 (15.68%) Vulnerability Management
10 95 (14.46%) ITSM
11 94 (14.31%) SOAR
12 89 (13.55%) Zero Trust
13 88 (13.39%) Security Architecture
14 76 (11.57%) Privileged Access Management
15 73 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
16 69 (10.50%) Threat Intelligence
17 66 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 66 (10.05%) Data Loss Prevention
17 66 (10.05%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 182 (27.70%) Python
2 165 (25.11%) PowerShell
3 51 (7.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 50 (7.61%) Bash
5 16 (2.44%) Bicep
5 16 (2.44%) SQL
6 13 (1.98%) Java
7 12 (1.83%) Search Processing Language
8 3 (0.46%) Groovy
8 3 (0.46%) Perl
8 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.15%) C
9 1 (0.15%) Lisp
9 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 299 (45.51%) Security Cleared
2 219 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 139 (21.16%) CISSP
4 81 (12.33%) CISM
5 73 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 60 (9.13%) Degree
7 51 (7.76%) Cisco Certification
8 37 (5.63%) GIAC
9 34 (5.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 26 (3.96%) 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%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (23.74%) NIST
2 155 (23.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (10.81%) GDPR
4 37 (5.63%) NCSC
5 29 (4.41%) 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%) GRC
9 12 (1.83%) HIPAA
10 10 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 9 (1.37%) ISO 31000
12 8 (1.22%) QA
13 6 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.76%) COBIT
System Software
1 131 (19.94%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.04%) Docker
3 15 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.91%) Snort
5 6 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.76%) Hyper-V
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 69 (10.50%) Terraform
2 64 (9.74%) Kubernetes
3 34 (5.18%) 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%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.30%) Puppet
15 2 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 165 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 122 (18.57%) Splunk
3 108 (16.44%) CyberArk
4 74 (11.26%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.78%) ServiceNow
6 36 (5.48%) Centrify
6 36 (5.48%) Cisco
7 35 (5.33%) CrowdStrike
8 32 (4.87%) Qualys
9 26 (3.96%) Tenable
10 25 (3.81%) Google
11 24 (3.65%) Tanium
12 23 (3.50%) Zscaler
13 21 (3.20%) Palo Alto
14 20 (3.04%) Fortinet
15 19 (2.89%) Oracle
16 18 (2.74%) Red Hat
16 18 (2.74%) VMware
17 16 (2.44%) Okta
18 14 (2.13%) LogRhythm