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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 165 202
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 -45
Contract jobs citing SIEM 687 472 419
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.48% 1.70% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.87% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 306 287
10th Percentile £413 £400 £425
25th Percentile £477 £463 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -8.33% -2.24%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £725
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £559 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +1.64% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 10 3
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £47.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -28.13%
75th Percentile £92.11 £85.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £98.29 £100.55 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -23.33%

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 39,380 25,274 28,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.88% 90.84% 85.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,176 16,039 17,819
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,707 1,489 1,353
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.33 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +3.61%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -35 256 £568 -3.40% 135
South East +7 174 £575 +12.20% 80
North of England -14 99 £540 +4.10% 47
South West +6 83 £600 - 31
North West -4 70 £525 +14.75% 32
East of England -39 34 £550 - 28
Yorkshire -20 29 £588 +9.30% 13
Midlands -75 25 £500 -2.91% 20
West Midlands -72 22 £500 -3.66% 13
East Midlands -16 2 £550 +18.92% 7
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 (1.16%) Confluence
2 7 (1.02%) IIS
3 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.15%) Apache
5 1 (0.15%) Mendix
5 1 (0.15%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
1 6 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 246 (35.81%) Azure
2 196 (28.53%) AWS
3 98 (14.26%) GCP
4 96 (13.97%) Entra ID
5 69 (10.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 61 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.24%) Microsoft Purview
8 33 (4.80%) SaaS
9 24 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (3.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (2.47%) AWS CloudTrail
13 16 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (2.33%) Datadog
13 16 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 15 (2.18%) Serverless
15 14 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (2.04%) GitHub
16 13 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (16.30%) Firewall
2 100 (14.56%) Network Security
3 52 (7.57%) DNS
4 44 (6.40%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.08%) DHCP
6 26 (3.78%) SSL
6 26 (3.78%) WAN
7 25 (3.64%) HTTP
8 22 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 22 (3.20%) VPN
9 20 (2.91%) VSAN
10 16 (2.33%) Internet
11 13 (1.89%) BGP
11 13 (1.89%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.46%) VLAN
13 8 (1.16%) OSPF
13 8 (1.16%) SNMP
14 7 (1.02%) SMTP
15 6 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.87%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
3 5 (0.73%) Hazelcast
4 4 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.58%) Power BI
5 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.29%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.33%) JIRA
2 14 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.75%) Git
4 11 (1.60%) GitLab
5 5 (0.73%) Selenium
6 3 (0.44%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.29%) MSI
8 1 (0.15%) Snyk
8 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 231 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 96 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (13.10%) Finance
4 79 (11.50%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.57%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (4.37%) Banking
7 20 (2.91%) Military
8 12 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.60%) Retail
9 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.46%) Local Government
11 9 (1.31%) Law
11 9 (1.31%) Legal
12 8 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.02%) Back Office
13 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.44%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.44%) Digital Healthcare
15 3 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 135 (19.65%) Analyst
2 110 (16.01%) Security Engineer
3 76 (11.06%) Architect
4 72 (10.48%) Security Analyst
5 64 (9.32%) SOC Analyst
6 58 (8.44%) Senior
7 54 (7.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 49 (7.13%) Consultant
9 38 (5.53%) Lead
10 33 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.51%) Security Architect
12 28 (4.08%) SOC Engineer
13 25 (3.64%) Security Manager
13 25 (3.64%) Security Specialist
13 25 (3.64%) SIEM Engineer
14 24 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 24 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 23 (3.35%) Operations Analyst
15 23 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
16 22 (3.20%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (13.39%) Terraform
2 59 (8.59%) LDAP
3 18 (2.62%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (2.04%) REST
4 14 (2.04%) SailPoint
5 11 (1.60%) JSON
5 11 (1.60%) Kafka
6 10 (1.46%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.16%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (1.02%) Regular Expression
9 6 (0.87%) FIDO
9 6 (0.87%) WebAuthn
10 5 (0.73%) 802.1X
10 5 (0.73%) eBPF
10 5 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.58%) CSS
11 4 (0.58%) OAuth
11 4 (0.58%) SAML
12 3 (0.44%) PyTorch
12 3 (0.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 101 (14.70%) Onboarding
2 93 (13.54%) Security Posture
3 76 (11.06%) Cyber Threat
4 70 (10.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 61 (8.88%) Cloud Native
6 44 (6.40%) Management Information System
7 42 (6.11%) Cyber Defence
8 41 (5.97%) Operational Technology
9 30 (4.37%) Cloud Security Posture
10 27 (3.93%) Data Centre
11 26 (3.78%) PKI
12 16 (2.33%) CSOC
13 15 (2.18%) CMDB
13 15 (2.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 13 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (1.75%) SCADA
16 10 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
17 9 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 155 (22.56%) Windows
2 143 (20.82%) Linux
3 41 (5.97%) Unix
4 30 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (4.08%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.58%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (54.59%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (35.08%) Incident Response
3 208 (30.28%) Security Operations
4 156 (22.71%) Cloud Security
5 147 (21.40%) Threat Detection
6 145 (21.11%) Security Monitoring
7 120 (17.47%) Vulnerability Management
8 112 (16.30%) CI/CD
9 111 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 109 (15.87%) SOAR
11 104 (15.14%) Threat Intelligence
12 99 (14.41%) Security Architecture
13 94 (13.68%) DevOps
14 93 (13.54%) ITSM
15 91 (13.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 86 (12.52%) DevSecOps
17 82 (11.94%) Incident Management
18 80 (11.64%) Infrastructure as Code
19 79 (11.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 150 (21.83%) Python
2 145 (21.11%) PowerShell
3 84 (12.23%) Bash
4 45 (6.55%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (3.35%) SQL
6 21 (3.06%) Bicep
6 21 (3.06%) Java
7 19 (2.77%) Search Processing Language
8 7 (1.02%) Perl
9 3 (0.44%) Groovy
9 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) C
10 2 (0.29%) Go
10 2 (0.29%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 317 (46.14%) Security Cleared
2 191 (27.80%) SC Cleared
3 148 (21.54%) CISSP
4 128 (18.63%) DV Cleared
5 87 (12.66%) CISM
6 61 (8.88%) Degree
7 58 (8.44%) Cisco Certification
8 45 (6.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 38 (5.53%) AWS Certification
10 31 (4.51%) GIAC
11 30 (4.37%) Azure Certification
12 28 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (3.49%) CEH
13 24 (3.49%) GCIH
14 22 (3.20%) CCSP
15 19 (2.77%) SANS
16 17 (2.47%) GSEC
17 16 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
17 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (25.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 165 (24.02%) NIST
3 69 (10.04%) GDPR
4 50 (7.28%) NCSC
5 33 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (4.08%) PCI DSS
7 19 (2.77%) GRC
8 14 (2.04%) NIST 800
8 14 (2.04%) PMO
9 13 (1.89%) SLA
10 12 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (1.46%) HIPAA
12 9 (1.31%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.16%) QA
14 6 (0.87%) COBIT
14 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 152 (22.13%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.53%) Docker
2 38 (5.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.77%) VMware NSX
5 18 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.62%) vSphere
6 8 (1.16%) NFS
7 6 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.58%) Squid
9 2 (0.29%) Snort
9 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.15%) Samba
10 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 64 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 54 (7.86%) Ansible
3 35 (5.09%) QRadar
4 23 (3.35%) CASB
5 20 (2.91%) Progress Chef
6 14 (2.04%) VxRail
7 13 (1.89%) Grafana
8 11 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.16%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.87%) Check_MK
11 6 (0.87%) Puppet
12 5 (0.73%) Istio
12 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.73%) linkerd
13 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.58%) Packer
13 4 (0.58%) Podman
14 3 (0.44%) Nessus
14 3 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 188 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 116 (16.89%) Splunk
3 93 (13.54%) CyberArk
4 47 (6.84%) ServiceNow
5 46 (6.70%) CrowdStrike
6 43 (6.26%) VMware
7 33 (4.80%) Google
8 29 (4.22%) BeyondTrust
9 27 (3.93%) Zscaler
10 22 (3.20%) Cisco
10 22 (3.20%) Red Hat
11 21 (3.06%) Oracle
12 20 (2.91%) Palo Alto
13 16 (2.33%) Qualys
14 15 (2.18%) Tanium
15 14 (2.04%) Cribl.io
15 14 (2.04%) Tenable
16 13 (1.89%) ArcSight
16 13 (1.89%) Fortinet
17 11 (1.60%) Trend Micro