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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 173 167
Rank change year-on-year -22 -6 -5
Contract jobs citing SIEM 655 434 499
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.45% 1.57% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.73% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 274 342
10th Percentile £413 £421 £451
25th Percentile £463 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £630 £675 £712
90th Percentile £735 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.86% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 13 9
10th Percentile £43.81 £45.15 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.75 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -23.33%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £98.82 £97.00 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +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 38,456 25,047 28,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.72% 85.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,987 16,039 18,801
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £758
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,460 1,391 1,685
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -38 231 £563 -7.22% 187
South East +6 176 £525 +2.44% 122
North of England +22 118 £565 +5.12% 96
North West +11 90 £564 -9.80% 55
South West 0 56 £640 +16.36% 60
Midlands -62 30 £600 +25.00% 32
Yorkshire -24 28 £575 +9.52% 27
West Midlands -67 28 £600 +25.00% 25
East of England -35 27 £550 - 30
East Midlands -8 2 £550 - 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 17 (2.60%) Confluence
2 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 239 (36.49%) Azure
2 185 (28.24%) AWS
3 97 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 92 (14.05%) GCP
5 60 (9.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 50 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (5.19%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (4.58%) SaaS
9 23 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 18 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 16 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (2.44%) Datadog
13 15 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (2.14%) GitHub
15 12 (1.83%) IaaS
15 12 (1.83%) Serverless
16 11 (1.68%) AWS CloudTrail
16 11 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 123 (18.78%) Firewall
2 103 (15.73%) Network Security
3 48 (7.33%) DNS
4 43 (6.56%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.27%) VPN
6 27 (4.12%) WAN
7 25 (3.82%) SSL
8 22 (3.36%) DHCP
9 21 (3.21%) Intrusion Detection
10 19 (2.90%) HTTP
10 19 (2.90%) VSAN
11 16 (2.44%) BGP
12 15 (2.29%) SD-WAN
13 14 (2.14%) Internet
14 13 (1.98%) VLAN
15 11 (1.68%) IPsec
15 11 (1.68%) OSPF
16 10 (1.53%) SSH
17 8 (1.22%) SNMP
18 7 (1.07%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.07%) Apache Cassandra
3 6 (0.92%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.76%) Hazelcast
5 4 (0.61%) Power BI
6 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.31%) InterSystems Cache
7 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.15%) Metadata
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 26 (3.97%) JIRA
2 13 (1.98%) Git
3 8 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.76%) GitLab
4 5 (0.76%) Selenium
4 5 (0.76%) Snyk
5 3 (0.46%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.15%) MSI
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 183 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.28%) Finance
3 86 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (12.06%) Public Sector
5 56 (8.55%) Documentation Skills
6 33 (5.04%) Banking
7 21 (3.21%) Military
8 11 (1.68%) Retail
9 10 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.37%) Local Government
11 8 (1.22%) Law
12 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.92%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.92%) Legal
14 5 (0.76%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 127 (19.39%) Analyst
2 112 (17.10%) Security Engineer
3 69 (10.53%) Architect
4 60 (9.16%) Senior
5 58 (8.85%) SOC Analyst
6 57 (8.70%) Security Analyst
7 46 (7.02%) Consultant
8 44 (6.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 41 (6.26%) Security Architect
10 36 (5.50%) Lead
11 30 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (4.12%) SOC Engineer
13 26 (3.97%) Network Engineer
14 24 (3.66%) Security Manager
15 23 (3.51%) Operations Analyst
16 20 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 19 (2.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 18 (2.75%) Security Specialist
18 18 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
18 18 (2.75%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.51%) LDAP
2 19 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.44%) SailPoint
4 12 (1.83%) REST
5 11 (1.68%) Kafka
6 9 (1.37%) 802.1X
6 9 (1.37%) LangChain
6 9 (1.37%) PyTorch
6 9 (1.37%) scikit-learn
7 6 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.76%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.76%) eBPF
8 5 (0.76%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.61%) CSS
9 4 (0.61%) JSON
9 4 (0.61%) Middleware
10 3 (0.46%) OAuth
10 3 (0.46%) XML
11 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.31%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 99 (15.11%) Security Posture
2 95 (14.50%) Onboarding
3 69 (10.53%) Cloud Native
4 66 (10.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 55 (8.40%) Cyber Threat
6 48 (7.33%) Operational Technology
7 43 (6.56%) Management Information System
8 36 (5.50%) Cyber Defence
9 29 (4.43%) Cloud Security Posture
10 28 (4.27%) Data Centre
11 24 (3.66%) PKI
12 19 (2.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 16 (2.44%) CSOC
14 14 (2.14%) SCADA
15 11 (1.68%) CMDB
16 10 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
17 7 (1.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 7 (1.07%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 151 (23.05%) Linux
2 150 (22.90%) Windows
3 45 (6.87%) Unix
4 30 (4.58%) Windows Server
5 28 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.07%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.61%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (53.13%) Cybersecurity
2 216 (32.98%) Incident Response
3 204 (31.15%) Security Operations
4 143 (21.83%) Cloud Security
5 123 (18.78%) CI/CD
6 115 (17.56%) Vulnerability Management
7 113 (17.25%) Security Monitoring
8 109 (16.64%) Threat Detection
9 97 (14.81%) SOAR
10 94 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (14.20%) Security Architecture
12 91 (13.89%) DevOps
13 90 (13.74%) Zero Trust
14 89 (13.59%) Threat Intelligence
15 80 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 77 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
17 76 (11.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 75 (11.45%) DevSecOps
19 70 (10.69%) Infrastructure as Code
19 70 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 159 (24.27%) Python
2 132 (20.15%) PowerShell
3 82 (12.52%) Bash
4 42 (6.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 23 (3.51%) SQL
6 20 (3.05%) Java
7 15 (2.29%) Bicep
7 15 (2.29%) Search Processing Language
8 7 (1.07%) Perl
9 3 (0.46%) Groovy
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.31%) C
10 2 (0.31%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 270 (41.22%) Security Cleared
2 168 (25.65%) SC Cleared
3 133 (20.31%) CISSP
4 94 (14.35%) DV Cleared
5 71 (10.84%) CISM
6 68 (10.38%) Cisco Certification
7 64 (9.77%) Degree
8 45 (6.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 35 (5.34%) AWS Certification
10 27 (4.12%) GIAC
11 26 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 24 (3.66%) CCSP
13 23 (3.51%) Azure Certification
14 22 (3.36%) CCNP
15 20 (3.05%) GCIH
16 19 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (2.90%) CEH
17 18 (2.75%) CompTIA CySA+
18 16 (2.44%) SANS
19 15 (2.29%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (23.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 148 (22.60%) NIST
3 69 (10.53%) GDPR
4 42 (6.41%) NCSC
5 31 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 28 (4.27%) PCI DSS
7 15 (2.29%) GRC
7 15 (2.29%) HIPAA
7 15 (2.29%) PMO
7 15 (2.29%) SLA
8 12 (1.83%) NIST 800
9 11 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (1.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 10 (1.53%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.37%) ISO 31000
12 8 (1.22%) QA
13 5 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.76%) COBIT
13 5 (0.76%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 119 (18.17%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.95%) Docker
3 29 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.60%) VMware NSX
5 16 (2.44%) vSphere
6 14 (2.14%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.76%) Snort
10 4 (0.61%) Squid
11 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.15%) NFS
12 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.15%) Samba
12 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 86 (13.13%) Terraform
2 63 (9.62%) Kubernetes
3 51 (7.79%) Ansible
4 29 (4.43%) QRadar
5 21 (3.21%) CASB
6 15 (2.29%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.83%) VxRail
8 11 (1.68%) Grafana
9 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.92%) Check_MK
11 6 (0.92%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.92%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.92%) Puppet
12 5 (0.76%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.61%) Packer
13 4 (0.61%) Podman
14 3 (0.46%) Nessus
14 3 (0.46%) Suricata
Vendors
1 172 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 104 (15.88%) Splunk
3 71 (10.84%) CyberArk
4 47 (7.18%) ServiceNow
5 39 (5.95%) CrowdStrike
6 38 (5.80%) BeyondTrust
7 37 (5.65%) Google
8 34 (5.19%) VMware
9 31 (4.73%) Zscaler
10 30 (4.58%) Cisco
11 24 (3.66%) Oracle
12 23 (3.51%) Qualys
13 22 (3.36%) Fortinet
14 21 (3.21%) Palo Alto
15 20 (3.05%) Red Hat
16 19 (2.90%) Tanium
17 18 (2.75%) Tenable
18 15 (2.29%) Okta
19 11 (1.68%) Trend Micro
20 10 (1.53%) ArcSight