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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 192 141
Rank change year-on-year +9 -51 +31
Contract jobs citing SIEM 611 339 617
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.39% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.52% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 220 447
10th Percentile £420 £412 £425
25th Percentile £481 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -8.17% -
75th Percentile £655 £650 £738
90th Percentile £750 £750 £825
UK median daily rate £570 £551 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -8.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 6
10th Percentile £36.32 £52.67 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £63.04 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.68 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.83% +101.69% -46.67%
75th Percentile £72.79 £81.01 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.75 - £74.63
UK median hourly rate £55.25 £80.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.52% +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 34,459 22,249 31,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.78% 91.20% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,987 14,574 20,950
10th Percentile £319 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 932 2,245
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.67 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.33% +0.42%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +7 224 £600 +2.35% 97
South East +18 166 £525 - 98
North of England -1 82 £551 -4.96% 66
North West +12 64 £574 +9.24% 32
Midlands -55 58 £540 -2.00% 24
West Midlands -46 52 £550 -0.18% 18
South West -10 32 £575 +4.55% 40
East of England -24 25 £550 -8.33% 39
Yorkshire -55 15 £540 -11.84% 19
East Midlands - 6 £438 - 6
North East - 3 £400 - 15
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 15 (2.45%) Confluence
2 9 (1.47%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Maximo
2 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 246 (40.26%) Azure
2 181 (29.62%) AWS
3 113 (18.49%) GCP
4 68 (11.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 66 (10.80%) Entra ID
6 51 (8.35%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.09%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.76%) SaaS
9 21 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
10 19 (3.11%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (2.45%) GitHub
12 15 (2.45%) PaaS
12 15 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (2.13%) IaaS
14 9 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (1.31%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 8 (1.31%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 98 (16.04%) Firewall
2 88 (14.40%) Network Security
3 41 (6.71%) DNS
4 37 (6.06%) VPN
5 34 (5.56%) TCP/IP
6 17 (2.78%) SSL
7 14 (2.29%) DHCP
8 11 (1.80%) WAN
9 10 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (1.64%) SD-WAN
9 10 (1.64%) SMTP
10 9 (1.47%) HTTP
11 8 (1.31%) IPsec
12 7 (1.15%) BGP
12 7 (1.15%) Internet
12 7 (1.15%) MPLS
12 7 (1.15%) NGFW
12 7 (1.15%) OSPF
12 7 (1.15%) SSH
13 6 (0.98%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.33%) Power BI
5 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.16%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 30 (4.91%) JIRA
2 16 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.31%) Git
4 7 (1.15%) GitLab
4 7 (1.15%) Snyk
5 2 (0.33%) CircleCI
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
1 187 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 78 (12.77%) Finance
3 72 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (10.97%) Documentation Skills
5 53 (8.67%) Public Sector
6 21 (3.44%) Banking
7 15 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.80%) Military
9 10 (1.64%) Retail
10 8 (1.31%) Legal
11 7 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.65%) Local Government
13 4 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.65%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.49%) Law
14 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.33%) Advertising
16 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.16%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 124 (20.29%) Architect
2 109 (17.84%) Security Engineer
3 97 (15.88%) Analyst
4 57 (9.33%) Senior
5 52 (8.51%) CyberArk Architect
6 48 (7.86%) SIEM Engineer
7 45 (7.36%) SOC Analyst
8 37 (6.06%) Security Architect
9 31 (5.07%) Lead
10 30 (4.91%) Security Analyst
11 28 (4.58%) Consultant
12 25 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 21 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.27%) Security Manager
15 17 (2.78%) SOC Engineer
16 15 (2.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 14 (2.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 14 (2.29%) Security Specialist
18 13 (2.13%) Project Manager
19 12 (1.96%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (13.75%) LDAP
2 50 (8.18%) REST
3 41 (6.71%) Elastic Stack
4 36 (5.89%) SOAP
5 20 (3.27%) OpenID
5 20 (3.27%) SAML
6 13 (2.13%) Kafka
7 10 (1.64%) SailPoint
8 9 (1.47%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.15%) OAuth
9 7 (1.15%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.98%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.98%) JSON
10 6 (0.98%) LangChain
10 6 (0.98%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.98%) scikit-learn
11 5 (0.82%) eBPF
11 5 (0.82%) OpenTelemetry
12 4 (0.65%) Middleware
12 4 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (15.06%) Security Posture
2 81 (13.26%) Onboarding
3 59 (9.66%) Cloud Native
4 55 (9.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 42 (6.87%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (6.38%) Cyber Threat
7 38 (6.22%) Operational Technology
8 32 (5.24%) Management Information System
9 19 (3.11%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (2.95%) Cloud Security Posture
11 17 (2.78%) Cyberattack
12 16 (2.62%) SCADA
13 15 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (2.45%) PKI
13 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
14 13 (2.13%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.96%) CSOC
16 10 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
17 8 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
18 7 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 121 (19.80%) Linux
2 120 (19.64%) Windows
3 31 (5.07%) Unix
4 27 (4.42%) Windows Server
5 20 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.65%) CentOS
8 3 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (45.34%) Cybersecurity
2 170 (27.82%) Incident Response
3 169 (27.66%) Security Operations
4 127 (20.79%) CI/CD
5 117 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 115 (18.82%) Threat Detection
7 113 (18.49%) DevOps
8 104 (17.02%) Cloud Security
9 101 (16.53%) SOAR
10 94 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 84 (13.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 83 (13.58%) ITSM
13 80 (13.09%) Security Architecture
14 76 (12.44%) Zero Trust
15 74 (12.11%) Privileged Access Management
16 73 (11.95%) DevSecOps
17 64 (10.47%) Threat Modelling
18 62 (10.15%) Infrastructure as Code
19 61 (9.98%) Data Loss Prevention
20 58 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 206 (33.72%) Python
2 178 (29.13%) PowerShell
3 49 (8.02%) Bash
3 49 (8.02%) Kusto Query Language
4 14 (2.29%) Bicep
5 13 (2.13%) SQL
6 7 (1.15%) Java
6 7 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
7 4 (0.65%) Go
8 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.16%) Groovy
9 1 (0.16%) Lisp
9 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 276 (45.17%) Security Cleared
2 213 (34.86%) SC Cleared
3 130 (21.28%) CISSP
4 80 (13.09%) CISM
5 63 (10.31%) DV Cleared
6 47 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (7.36%) Degree
8 38 (6.22%) GIAC
9 31 (5.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 29 (4.75%) CEH
11 23 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
12 22 (3.60%) Azure Certification
13 17 (2.78%) AWS Certification
14 15 (2.45%) CCSP
15 14 (2.29%) CCNP
15 14 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (1.96%) SSCP
17 10 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (1.64%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (23.73%) NIST
2 139 (22.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (10.64%) GDPR
4 28 (4.58%) NCSC
4 28 (4.58%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (2.78%) NIST 800
7 13 (2.13%) HIPAA
7 13 (2.13%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (1.47%) PMO
10 8 (1.31%) GRC
11 7 (1.15%) ISO 31000
11 7 (1.15%) SLA
12 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.82%) COBIT
14 4 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.65%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.65%) JSP 440
System Software
1 131 (21.44%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.76%) Docker
3 16 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.47%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.47%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.15%) Snort
7 5 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.65%) Postfix
8 4 (0.65%) Squid
9 2 (0.33%) NFS
9 2 (0.33%) vSphere
10 1 (0.16%) GPFS
10 1 (0.16%) Lustre
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 72 (11.78%) Kubernetes
2 67 (10.97%) Terraform
3 33 (5.40%) Ansible
4 22 (3.60%) Kibana
5 21 (3.44%) QRadar
6 18 (2.95%) CASB
7 14 (2.29%) logstash
7 14 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.64%) Grafana
10 8 (1.31%) Nessus
11 5 (0.82%) CSIRT
11 5 (0.82%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.82%) SCCM
11 5 (0.82%) WSUS
12 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.49%) Argo
13 3 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.49%) Icinga
13 3 (0.49%) Suricata
Vendors
1 157 (25.70%) Microsoft
2 123 (20.13%) Splunk
3 108 (17.68%) CyberArk
4 79 (12.93%) BeyondTrust
5 36 (5.89%) Centrify
6 34 (5.56%) Cisco
7 33 (5.40%) ServiceNow
8 29 (4.75%) Qualys
9 27 (4.42%) CrowdStrike
10 26 (4.26%) Tanium
10 26 (4.26%) Zscaler
11 24 (3.93%) Tenable
11 24 (3.93%) VMware
12 21 (3.44%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.95%) Fortinet
14 16 (2.62%) LogRhythm
15 15 (2.45%) Google
16 14 (2.29%) Oracle
17 12 (1.96%) IBM
17 12 (1.96%) Okta