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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 185 151
Rank change year-on-year +11 -34 +6
Contract jobs citing SIEM 647 371 587
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 1.49% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.63% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 244 414
10th Percentile £413 £414 £425
25th Percentile £475 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% +1.69%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 8
10th Percentile £39.13 £56.13 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £71.69 £40.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £80.68 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.92% +65.49% -35.00%
75th Percentile £70.23 £85.76 £72.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £94.30 £76.78
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £80.68 £48.75
% change year-on-year -34.92% +65.49% -35.00%

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 36,943 22,820 31,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.36% 85.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,357 14,745 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,312 1,098 2,392
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.06 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% -28.07% +7.07%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.13 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -21 236 £575 -8.00% 86
South East +19 163 £525 +5.00% 97
North of England +7 111 £558 -0.45% 66
North West +23 84 £558 +7.73% 33
Midlands -49 47 £550 +2.42% 22
South West +4 46 £606 - 49
West Midlands -59 41 £550 +2.42% 20
Yorkshire -36 27 £550 -8.33% 20
East of England -40 22 £550 - 41
East Midlands -13 6 £442 - 2
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 (2.63%) Confluence
2 5 (0.77%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Maximo
1 5 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 225 (34.78%) Azure
2 162 (25.04%) AWS
3 96 (14.84%) GCP
4 89 (13.76%) Entra ID
5 57 (8.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 41 (6.34%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (4.79%) Microsoft Purview
8 23 (3.55%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.55%) SaaS
9 22 (3.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 16 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
12 13 (2.01%) Datadog
12 13 (2.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 12 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 11 (1.70%) IaaS
15 10 (1.55%) GitHub
16 9 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
16 9 (1.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 108 (16.69%) Firewall
2 101 (15.61%) Network Security
3 34 (5.26%) DNS
4 32 (4.95%) VPN
5 25 (3.86%) TCP/IP
6 24 (3.71%) SSL
7 22 (3.40%) WAN
8 21 (3.25%) Intrusion Detection
9 15 (2.32%) BGP
9 15 (2.32%) HTTP
9 15 (2.32%) SD-WAN
10 14 (2.16%) Internet
11 13 (2.01%) VLAN
12 12 (1.85%) IPsec
13 10 (1.55%) OSPF
14 8 (1.24%) DHCP
14 8 (1.24%) NGFW
14 8 (1.24%) SSH
15 7 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (1.08%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.62%) Power BI
4 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.31%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.15%) Metadata
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (4.33%) JIRA
2 17 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.70%) Git
4 6 (0.93%) Snyk
5 2 (0.31%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.31%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) AppScan
6 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.15%) TruffleHog
General
1 188 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 93 (14.37%) Finance
3 72 (11.13%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.66%) Public Sector
5 67 (10.36%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (4.17%) Banking
7 19 (2.94%) Military
8 14 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (1.39%) Local Government
9 9 (1.39%) Retail
10 7 (1.08%) Legal
11 6 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.46%) Law
14 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.31%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.31%) Police
Job Titles
1 118 (18.24%) Analyst
2 110 (17.00%) Security Engineer
3 102 (15.77%) Architect
4 57 (8.81%) Senior
5 52 (8.04%) SOC Analyst
6 49 (7.57%) Security Analyst
7 41 (6.34%) Security Architect
8 40 (6.18%) Consultant
9 36 (5.56%) Lead
10 34 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 33 (5.10%) CyberArk Architect
12 29 (4.48%) SIEM Engineer
13 26 (4.02%) Security Manager
14 24 (3.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 24 (3.71%) Network Engineer
15 23 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
16 22 (3.40%) Operations Analyst
17 21 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 21 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
18 20 (3.09%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.42%) LDAP
2 32 (4.95%) Elastic Stack
3 28 (4.33%) REST
4 19 (2.94%) SAML
5 18 (2.78%) OpenID
6 16 (2.47%) SOAP
7 14 (2.16%) SailPoint
8 11 (1.70%) 802.1X
9 9 (1.39%) LangChain
9 9 (1.39%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.39%) scikit-learn
10 8 (1.24%) Kafka
11 7 (1.08%) ARM Templates
12 6 (0.93%) OAuth
13 5 (0.77%) OAuth2
14 4 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
14 4 (0.62%) CSS
14 4 (0.62%) eBPF
14 4 (0.62%) Middleware
14 4 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 102 (15.77%) Security Posture
2 89 (13.76%) Onboarding
3 73 (11.28%) Cloud Native
4 69 (10.66%) Security Operations Centre
5 48 (7.42%) Cyber Threat
5 48 (7.42%) Operational Technology
6 43 (6.65%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.86%) Cyber Defence
8 20 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.94%) Cloud Security Posture
10 17 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 15 (2.32%) Data Centre
11 15 (2.32%) SCADA
12 13 (2.01%) CSOC
12 13 (2.01%) PKI
13 11 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (1.55%) Product Ownership
15 8 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 7 (1.08%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 130 (20.09%) Linux
1 130 (20.09%) Windows
2 39 (6.03%) Unix
3 29 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 22 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.93%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.62%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (51.47%) Cybersecurity
2 208 (32.15%) Security Operations
3 205 (31.68%) Incident Response
4 129 (19.94%) Cloud Security
5 115 (17.77%) CI/CD
6 111 (17.16%) DevOps
7 104 (16.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 103 (15.92%) Threat Detection
9 95 (14.68%) Security Architecture
10 91 (14.06%) SOAR
11 89 (13.76%) Zero Trust
12 88 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 87 (13.45%) Problem-Solving
14 84 (12.98%) ITSM
15 81 (12.52%) Security Monitoring
16 79 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (12.06%) Threat Intelligence
18 69 (10.66%) Data Loss Prevention
18 69 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
19 68 (10.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 160 (24.73%) Python
2 134 (20.71%) PowerShell
3 53 (8.19%) Bash
4 45 (6.96%) Kusto Query Language
5 16 (2.47%) SQL
6 15 (2.32%) Bicep
7 13 (2.01%) Java
7 13 (2.01%) Search Processing Language
8 7 (1.08%) Perl
9 3 (0.46%) Groovy
9 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.15%) C
10 1 (0.15%) Lisp
10 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 281 (43.43%) Security Cleared
2 195 (30.14%) SC Cleared
3 140 (21.64%) CISSP
4 81 (12.52%) CISM
5 77 (11.90%) DV Cleared
6 60 (9.27%) Degree
7 57 (8.81%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 34 (5.26%) GIAC
10 25 (3.86%) AWS Certification
11 24 (3.71%) CompTIA Security+
12 23 (3.55%) Azure Certification
13 20 (3.09%) CCNP
14 19 (2.94%) CCSP
14 19 (2.94%) CEH
15 17 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
16 15 (2.32%) GCIH
17 14 (2.16%) CompTIA CySA+
17 14 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
17 14 (2.16%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (25.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 160 (24.73%) NIST
3 68 (10.51%) GDPR
4 41 (6.34%) NCSC
5 28 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (4.17%) PCI DSS
7 16 (2.47%) PMO
8 15 (2.32%) GRC
9 14 (2.16%) SLA
9 14 (2.16%) SOC 2
10 13 (2.01%) HIPAA
10 13 (2.01%) NIST 800
11 10 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (1.39%) ISO 31000
13 8 (1.24%) QA
14 6 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.77%) COBIT
15 5 (0.77%) JSP 440
System Software
1 113 (17.47%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.94%) Docker
3 14 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.93%) Snort
6 5 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.62%) Squid
7 4 (0.62%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.46%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.46%) vSphere
9 2 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.15%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 71 (10.97%) Terraform
2 62 (9.58%) Kubernetes
3 35 (5.41%) Ansible
4 24 (3.71%) QRadar
5 18 (2.78%) CASB
6 12 (1.85%) Progress Chef
6 12 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.70%) Kibana
8 9 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (1.24%) Grafana
9 8 (1.24%) logstash
10 6 (0.93%) Nessus
11 5 (0.77%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.62%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.62%) Packer
12 4 (0.62%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.62%) Puppet
13 3 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.46%) Suricata
14 2 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 166 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 115 (17.77%) Splunk
3 90 (13.91%) CyberArk
4 56 (8.66%) BeyondTrust
5 42 (6.49%) ServiceNow
6 38 (5.87%) CrowdStrike
7 36 (5.56%) Cisco
8 30 (4.64%) Google
9 26 (4.02%) Qualys
9 26 (4.02%) Zscaler
10 23 (3.55%) Tanium
11 22 (3.40%) Fortinet
11 22 (3.40%) Tenable
12 21 (3.25%) Oracle
12 21 (3.25%) Palo Alto
12 21 (3.25%) Red Hat
13 17 (2.63%) Centrify
14 16 (2.47%) Okta
15 15 (2.32%) VMware
16 14 (2.16%) IBM