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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 171 168
Rank change year-on-year -15 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing SIEM 670 443 494
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.47% 1.61% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.77% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 281 339
10th Percentile £413 £419 £450
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 £680 £711
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £552 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.36% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 12 8
10th Percentile £43.81 £45.08 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.84 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% +26.67% -23.33%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £98.82 £98.50 £76.78
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £72.84 £57.50
% change year-on-year -10.76% +26.67% -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 38,882 25,041 28,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 90.76% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,206 16,026 18,694
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 £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,519 1,388 1,683
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.01 £17.88 £18.15
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.68 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +69.69% -37.63% -5.12%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -36 236 £563 -7.22% 194
South East +7 179 £525 +2.44% 119
North of England +2 121 £564 +6.12% 86
North West +16 93 £563 +4.65% 50
South West +7 59 £645 -8.67% 58
Midlands -66 31 £600 +25.00% 30
West Midlands -72 29 £600 +25.00% 24
Yorkshire -21 28 £575 +8.24% 22
East of England -40 27 £550 - 29
East Midlands -13 2 £550 - 6
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 (2.54%) Confluence
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 247 (36.87%) Azure
2 192 (28.66%) AWS
3 100 (14.93%) Entra ID
4 94 (14.03%) GCP
5 64 (9.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 52 (7.76%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.37%) Microsoft Purview
8 34 (5.07%) SaaS
9 24 (3.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 18 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 16 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (2.39%) Datadog
13 15 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (2.09%) GitHub
15 12 (1.79%) AWS CloudTrail
15 12 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (1.79%) IaaS
15 12 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 128 (19.10%) Firewall
2 106 (15.82%) Network Security
3 49 (7.31%) DNS
4 44 (6.57%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.18%) VPN
6 27 (4.03%) WAN
7 25 (3.73%) SSL
8 23 (3.43%) DHCP
9 22 (3.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 20 (2.99%) VSAN
11 19 (2.84%) HTTP
12 16 (2.39%) BGP
13 15 (2.24%) SD-WAN
14 14 (2.09%) Internet
15 13 (1.94%) VLAN
16 11 (1.64%) IPsec
16 11 (1.64%) OSPF
17 9 (1.34%) SSH
18 8 (1.19%) SNMP
19 7 (1.04%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.88%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
3 6 (0.90%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.75%) Hazelcast
5 4 (0.60%) Power BI
6 3 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.30%) InterSystems Cache
7 2 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.30%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.30%) 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 (3.88%) JIRA
2 13 (1.94%) Git
3 11 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.19%) GitLab
5 5 (0.75%) Selenium
5 5 (0.75%) Snyk
6 3 (0.45%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Subversion
7 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 191 (28.51%) Social Skills
2 90 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
2 90 (13.43%) Finance
3 81 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.81%) Documentation Skills
5 33 (4.93%) Banking
6 20 (2.99%) Military
7 11 (1.64%) Retail
8 10 (1.49%) Local Government
8 10 (1.49%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.19%) Law
10 7 (1.04%) Legal
10 7 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.75%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.30%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 130 (19.40%) Analyst
2 112 (16.72%) Security Engineer
3 69 (10.30%) Architect
4 62 (9.25%) Senior
5 60 (8.96%) SOC Analyst
6 58 (8.66%) Security Analyst
7 46 (6.87%) Consultant
8 45 (6.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 41 (6.12%) Security Architect
10 39 (5.82%) Lead
11 30 (4.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 27 (4.03%) SOC Engineer
13 26 (3.88%) Network Engineer
13 26 (3.88%) Security Manager
14 23 (3.43%) Operations Analyst
15 20 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 20 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 20 (2.99%) SIEM Engineer
16 19 (2.84%) Cybersecurity Specialist
16 19 (2.84%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.43%) LDAP
2 19 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.39%) SailPoint
4 12 (1.79%) REST
5 11 (1.64%) Kafka
6 9 (1.34%) 802.1X
6 9 (1.34%) LangChain
6 9 (1.34%) PyTorch
6 9 (1.34%) scikit-learn
7 6 (0.90%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.90%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.75%) eBPF
8 5 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.60%) CSS
9 4 (0.60%) JSON
9 4 (0.60%) Middleware
10 3 (0.45%) FIDO
10 3 (0.45%) OAuth
10 3 (0.45%) WebAuthn
10 3 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (14.78%) Security Posture
2 96 (14.33%) Onboarding
3 69 (10.30%) Cloud Native
3 69 (10.30%) Security Operations Centre
4 57 (8.51%) Cyber Threat
5 49 (7.31%) Operational Technology
6 44 (6.57%) Management Information System
7 36 (5.37%) Cyber Defence
8 29 (4.33%) Cloud Security Posture
8 29 (4.33%) Data Centre
9 25 (3.73%) PKI
10 19 (2.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 16 (2.39%) CSOC
12 14 (2.09%) SCADA
13 12 (1.79%) CMDB
13 12 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
14 11 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
15 10 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
16 8 (1.19%) Public Cloud
17 7 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 153 (22.84%) Linux
2 152 (22.69%) Windows
3 45 (6.72%) Unix
4 30 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 29 (4.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.04%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
10 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (53.73%) Cybersecurity
2 224 (33.43%) Incident Response
3 214 (31.94%) Security Operations
4 152 (22.69%) Cloud Security
5 127 (18.96%) CI/CD
6 120 (17.91%) Security Monitoring
7 117 (17.46%) Vulnerability Management
8 115 (17.16%) Threat Detection
9 105 (15.67%) SOAR
10 95 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (14.18%) Security Architecture
11 94 (14.03%) Threat Intelligence
12 93 (13.88%) DevOps
13 91 (13.58%) Zero Trust
14 81 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
15 80 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 79 (11.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 76 (11.34%) DevSecOps
18 75 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
19 72 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 163 (24.33%) Python
2 137 (20.45%) PowerShell
3 83 (12.39%) Bash
4 45 (6.72%) Kusto Query Language
5 25 (3.73%) SQL
6 20 (2.99%) Java
7 18 (2.69%) Search Processing Language
8 16 (2.39%) Bicep
9 7 (1.04%) Perl
10 3 (0.45%) Groovy
10 3 (0.45%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.30%) C
11 2 (0.30%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 276 (41.19%) Security Cleared
2 172 (25.67%) SC Cleared
3 139 (20.75%) CISSP
4 96 (14.33%) DV Cleared
5 74 (11.04%) CISM
6 70 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
7 66 (9.85%) Degree
8 47 (7.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 37 (5.52%) AWS Certification
10 28 (4.18%) GIAC
11 27 (4.03%) CompTIA Security+
12 25 (3.73%) Azure Certification
12 25 (3.73%) CCSP
13 23 (3.43%) GCIH
14 22 (3.28%) CCNP
15 20 (2.99%) CEH
16 19 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
18 16 (2.39%) SANS
19 15 (2.24%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (23.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 152 (22.69%) NIST
3 72 (10.75%) GDPR
4 44 (6.57%) NCSC
5 31 (4.63%) PCI DSS
6 30 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (2.24%) GRC
7 15 (2.24%) HIPAA
7 15 (2.24%) PMO
7 15 (2.24%) SLA
8 14 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 12 (1.79%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (1.49%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.34%) ISO 31000
12 8 (1.19%) QA
13 6 (0.90%) COBIT
14 5 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.75%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 121 (18.06%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.82%) Docker
3 31 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.69%) VMware NSX
5 17 (2.54%) vSphere
6 14 (2.09%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.75%) Snort
10 4 (0.60%) Squid
11 2 (0.30%) 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 89 (13.28%) Terraform
2 64 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 56 (8.36%) Ansible
4 29 (4.33%) QRadar
5 24 (3.58%) CASB
6 18 (2.69%) Progress Chef
7 13 (1.94%) VxRail
8 11 (1.64%) Grafana
9 10 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.90%) Check_MK
11 6 (0.90%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
11 6 (0.90%) Puppet
12 5 (0.75%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.60%) Nessus
13 4 (0.60%) Packer
13 4 (0.60%) Podman
14 3 (0.45%) Suricata
Vendors
1 179 (26.72%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.12%) Splunk
3 71 (10.60%) CyberArk
4 48 (7.16%) ServiceNow
5 40 (5.97%) CrowdStrike
6 38 (5.67%) BeyondTrust
7 37 (5.52%) Google
8 36 (5.37%) VMware
9 32 (4.78%) Zscaler
10 30 (4.48%) Cisco
11 24 (3.58%) Oracle
11 24 (3.58%) Qualys
12 22 (3.28%) Fortinet
13 21 (3.13%) Palo Alto
14 20 (2.99%) Red Hat
15 19 (2.84%) Tanium
15 19 (2.84%) Tenable
16 15 (2.24%) Okta
17 12 (1.79%) Cribl.io
18 11 (1.64%) Trend Micro