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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 170 203
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 -41
Contract jobs citing SIEM 688 461 411
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.66% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.83% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 299 279
10th Percentile £413 £400 £449
25th Percentile £477 £463 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £641 £661 £725
90th Percentile £738 £775 £826
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 3
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.00 -
25th Percentile £52.19 £47.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate £73.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.31% +13.04% -25.81%
75th Percentile £91.27 £85.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £98.16 £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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -42 255 £565 -3.83% 421
South East +6 176 £575 +13.58% 193
North of England -30 91 £540 +3.85% 130
South West +13 88 £600 - 93
North West -11 65 £535 +16.94% 79
East of England -30 34 £550 - 71
Midlands -64 27 £500 -2.91% 62
Yorkshire -32 26 £550 +2.33% 36
West Midlands -70 25 £500 -3.66% 43
East Midlands -14 1 £475 +2.70% 19
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
1 251 (36.48%) Azure
2 201 (29.22%) AWS
3 98 (14.24%) Entra ID
3 98 (14.24%) GCP
4 73 (10.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 62 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (5.38%) Microsoft Purview
7 27 (3.92%) SaaS
8 25 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 21 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (3.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 17 (2.47%) AWS CloudTrail
11 17 (2.47%) Datadog
12 16 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 15 (2.18%) Serverless
14 14 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.89%) GitHub
15 13 (1.89%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 112 (16.28%) Firewall
2 100 (14.53%) Network Security
3 52 (7.56%) DNS
4 44 (6.40%) TCP/IP
5 29 (4.22%) DHCP
6 26 (3.78%) WAN
7 25 (3.63%) HTTP
8 24 (3.49%) VPN
9 21 (3.05%) SSL
10 20 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
10 20 (2.91%) VSAN
11 13 (1.89%) BGP
11 13 (1.89%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.74%) Internet
13 10 (1.45%) VLAN
14 8 (1.16%) OSPF
14 8 (1.16%) SNMP
15 7 (1.02%) SMTP
16 6 (0.87%) LAN
16 6 (0.87%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
3 5 (0.73%) Hazelcast
4 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.44%) 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 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.74%) 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%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 232 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 95 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (12.35%) Finance
4 78 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 47 (6.83%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (4.22%) Banking
7 20 (2.91%) Military
8 12 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 11 (1.60%) Retail
9 11 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.45%) Local Government
11 9 (1.31%) Law
12 8 (1.16%) 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 4 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.44%) Digital Health
16 3 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 131 (19.04%) Analyst
2 111 (16.13%) Security Engineer
3 82 (11.92%) Architect
4 72 (10.47%) Security Analyst
5 65 (9.45%) SOC Analyst
6 59 (8.58%) Senior
7 54 (7.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 47 (6.83%) Consultant
9 41 (5.96%) Lead
10 34 (4.94%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.51%) Security Architect
12 29 (4.22%) SOC Engineer
13 27 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 25 (3.63%) Security Manager
14 25 (3.63%) Security Specialist
14 25 (3.63%) SIEM Engineer
15 24 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Specialist
15 24 (3.49%) Platform Engineer
16 23 (3.34%) Network Engineer
17 22 (3.20%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (13.81%) Terraform
2 63 (9.16%) LDAP
3 18 (2.62%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.18%) SailPoint
5 13 (1.89%) REST
6 11 (1.60%) JSON
6 11 (1.60%) Kafka
7 10 (1.45%) ARM Templates
8 8 (1.16%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (1.02%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.87%) FIDO
10 6 (0.87%) WebAuthn
11 5 (0.73%) 802.1X
11 5 (0.73%) eBPF
11 5 (0.73%) OAuth
11 5 (0.73%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.73%) SAML
12 4 (0.58%) CSS
13 3 (0.44%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 103 (14.97%) Onboarding
2 90 (13.08%) Security Posture
3 74 (10.76%) Cyber Threat
4 70 (10.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 62 (9.01%) Cloud Native
6 45 (6.54%) Management Information System
7 44 (6.40%) Cyber Defence
8 42 (6.10%) Operational Technology
9 27 (3.92%) Cloud Security Posture
9 27 (3.92%) Data Centre
9 27 (3.92%) PKI
10 16 (2.33%) CMDB
10 16 (2.33%) CSOC
11 15 (2.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 14 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.74%) SCADA
15 10 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.31%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 154 (22.38%) Windows
2 144 (20.93%) Linux
3 41 (5.96%) Unix
4 30 (4.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (4.07%) 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 (54.51%) Cybersecurity
2 243 (35.32%) Incident Response
3 215 (31.25%) Security Operations
4 152 (22.09%) Cloud Security
5 149 (21.66%) Threat Detection
6 148 (21.51%) Security Monitoring
7 125 (18.17%) Vulnerability Management
8 118 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 116 (16.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 112 (16.28%) SOAR
11 110 (15.99%) Security Architecture
12 109 (15.84%) CI/CD
13 106 (15.41%) Threat Intelligence
14 99 (14.39%) ITSM
15 94 (13.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 94 (13.66%) DevOps
16 90 (13.08%) DevSecOps
17 84 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
18 83 (12.06%) Zero Trust
19 82 (11.92%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (21.80%) Python
2 145 (21.08%) PowerShell
3 86 (12.50%) Bash
4 46 (6.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 22 (3.20%) SQL
6 21 (3.05%) Bicep
6 21 (3.05%) Java
7 20 (2.91%) Search Processing Language
8 7 (1.02%) Perl
9 3 (0.44%) Go
9 3 (0.44%) Groovy
9 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.29%) C
10 2 (0.29%) Objective-C
10 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) C#
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 319 (46.37%) Security Cleared
2 189 (27.47%) SC Cleared
3 148 (21.51%) CISSP
4 131 (19.04%) DV Cleared
5 86 (12.50%) CISM
6 61 (8.87%) Degree
7 57 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
8 44 (6.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 38 (5.52%) AWS Certification
10 32 (4.65%) GIAC
11 30 (4.36%) Azure Certification
12 27 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
13 24 (3.49%) CEH
14 23 (3.34%) GCIH
15 22 (3.20%) CCSP
16 20 (2.91%) SANS
17 17 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (2.47%) GSEC
18 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
19 15 (2.18%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (26.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 173 (25.15%) NIST
3 67 (9.74%) GDPR
4 51 (7.41%) NCSC
5 37 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (3.92%) PCI DSS
7 18 (2.62%) GRC
8 15 (2.18%) NIST 800
9 14 (2.03%) PMO
10 13 (1.89%) SLA
11 12 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (1.45%) HIPAA
13 9 (1.31%) ISO 31000
14 8 (1.16%) QA
15 6 (0.87%) COBIT
15 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
16 5 (0.73%) Data Quality
17 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 2 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 158 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.67%) Docker
2 39 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.91%) Hyper-V
4 18 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.62%) VMware NSX
5 17 (2.47%) vSphere
6 8 (1.16%) NFS
7 6 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.58%) Squid
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 67 (9.74%) Kubernetes
2 54 (7.85%) Ansible
3 34 (4.94%) QRadar
4 21 (3.05%) Progress Chef
5 17 (2.47%) CASB
6 14 (2.03%) Grafana
6 14 (2.03%) VxRail
7 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.16%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.87%) Check_MK
9 6 (0.87%) Puppet
10 5 (0.73%) Istio
10 5 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.73%) linkerd
11 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.58%) Packer
11 4 (0.58%) Podman
12 3 (0.44%) Nessus
12 3 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 196 (28.49%) Microsoft
2 115 (16.72%) Splunk
3 98 (14.24%) CyberArk
4 43 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 43 (6.25%) VMware
5 40 (5.81%) CrowdStrike
6 33 (4.80%) Google
7 29 (4.22%) BeyondTrust
8 23 (3.34%) Zscaler
9 22 (3.20%) Cisco
9 22 (3.20%) Red Hat
10 21 (3.05%) Oracle
10 21 (3.05%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.33%) Qualys
12 14 (2.03%) Cribl.io
12 14 (2.03%) Tenable
13 13 (1.89%) ArcSight
13 13 (1.89%) Fortinet
14 11 (1.60%) Tanium
14 11 (1.60%) Trend Micro