SIEM Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

SIEM Analyst
England > London

The median SIEM Analyst daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 376 405
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 +161
Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Analyst 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.006% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.007% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +47.37% -24.00%
75th Percentile £613 - £529
90th Percentile £635 - £536
England median daily rate £500 £700 £500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

SIEM Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SIEM Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SIEM Analyst job vacancy trend in London

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SIEM Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SIEM Analyst job vacancies in London

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM Analyst in London over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM Analyst in London

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, SIEM Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SIEM Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (25.00%) Bash
4 1 (25.00%) CEH
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk