Splunk Contract Job Trends in London

Splunk
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring knowledge or experience of Splunk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Splunk over the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 166 232
Rank change year-on-year -32 +66 -52
Contract jobs citing Splunk 214 205 161
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.35% 1.53% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 3.01% 3.45% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 125 98
10th Percentile £413 £405 £433
25th Percentile £500 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £694 £750 £677
90th Percentile £900 £810 £823
England median daily rate £525 £567 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £81.63 - -
25th Percentile £82.19 - -
Median hourly rate £88.75 - -
75th Percentile £94.69 - -
90th Percentile £94.88 - -
England median hourly rate £71.33 £56.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.69% +41.88% -29.30%

All Vendors
London

Splunk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,116 5,937 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.81% 44.20% 39.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,700 3,743 4,975
10th Percentile £350 £318 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £752 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 79 143
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.50 £13.51
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £34.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +35.29% +2.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £61.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £69.60
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +18.38% -21.21%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Splunk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Splunk job vacancy trend in London

Splunk
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Splunk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Splunk

Splunk
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Splunk in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Splunk in London

Splunk
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Splunk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Splunk

Splunk
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk within the London region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Central London -13 23 £708 +28.64% 7
South London -12 9 £425 -39.29% 1
West London - 5 £375 -
Splunk
England

Splunk
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.40%) Apache
2 3 (1.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) Mattermost
2 3 (1.40%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.93%) SAS
3 2 (0.93%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.93%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.87%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (1.87%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.47%) BASE24
3 1 (0.47%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.51%) AWS
2 64 (29.91%) Azure
3 47 (21.96%) GCP
4 34 (15.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (9.35%) OpenShift
6 14 (6.54%) GitHub
7 9 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (4.21%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.74%) Datadog
9 7 (3.27%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.27%) Route 53
9 7 (3.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.80%) Akamai
10 6 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.34%) Cloud Run
11 5 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.68%) Firewall
2 21 (9.81%) Network Security
3 16 (7.48%) DNS
4 14 (6.54%) VPN
5 10 (4.67%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.74%) SSL
7 7 (3.27%) BGP
7 7 (3.27%) Wireless
7 7 (3.27%) Wireshark
8 6 (2.80%) Ethernet
8 6 (2.80%) Ethernet VPN
8 6 (2.80%) InfiniBand
8 6 (2.80%) NetScaler
9 5 (2.34%) HTTP
9 5 (2.34%) MPLS
9 5 (2.34%) OSPF
10 3 (1.40%) Skype
10 3 (1.40%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.93%) DMZ
11 2 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.27%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.34%) MySQL
2 5 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.40%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.40%) Redis
3 3 (1.40%) Tableau
4 2 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.93%) Flink
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) KNIME
5 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.47%) Power BI
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (15.42%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.88%) GitLab
3 9 (4.21%) Git
4 6 (2.80%) JIRA
4 6 (2.80%) Postman
5 4 (1.87%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.87%) Gatling
5 4 (1.87%) Selenium
5 4 (1.87%) Snyk
5 4 (1.87%) Subversion
6 3 (1.40%) Appium
6 3 (1.40%) Charles Proxy
6 3 (1.40%) JUnit
6 3 (1.40%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (1.40%) REST Assured
6 3 (1.40%) Serenity BDD
6 3 (1.40%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.40%) XCUITest
7 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 88 (41.12%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.57%) Finance
3 28 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.75%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (7.48%) Banking
6 15 (7.01%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.07%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.61%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.34%) Military
10 4 (1.87%) Front Office
10 4 (1.87%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.87%) Retail
11 3 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Automotive
12 1 (0.47%) Billing
12 1 (0.47%) Games
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (25.70%) Analyst
2 36 (16.82%) Architect
3 26 (12.15%) SOC Analyst
4 25 (11.68%) Senior
5 21 (9.81%) Security Analyst
6 20 (9.35%) Monitoring Analyst
7 18 (8.41%) Security Engineer
8 14 (6.54%) Security Architect
9 13 (6.07%) CyberArk Architect
9 13 (6.07%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 10 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 10 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.21%) Lead
11 9 (4.21%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.21%) Site Engineer
11 9 (4.21%) Threat Hunter
12 8 (3.74%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 8 (3.74%) Operations Analyst
12 8 (3.74%) Senior Security Analyst
12 8 (3.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.68%) REST
2 22 (10.28%) Kafka
3 17 (7.94%) SAML
4 14 (6.54%) OpenID
5 13 (6.07%) LDAP
6 11 (5.14%) Spring Boot
7 9 (4.21%) Spring
8 8 (3.74%) OpenTelemetry
9 7 (3.27%) Middleware
10 5 (2.34%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (2.34%) JSON
11 4 (1.87%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.87%) JMS
11 4 (1.87%) Web Services
12 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.40%) ISPF
12 3 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
12 3 (1.40%) SOAP
13 2 (0.93%) Regular Expression
13 2 (0.93%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.62%) Onboarding
2 25 (11.68%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.01%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (4.21%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.74%) PKI
5 8 (3.74%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.27%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.27%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.80%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.80%) Clustering
7 6 (2.80%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.34%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.87%) Equities
9 4 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.87%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.40%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.22%) Linux
2 16 (7.48%) Unix
3 15 (7.01%) Windows
4 6 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.87%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.87%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.40%) Android
6 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.40%) CentOS
6 3 (1.40%) zOS
7 2 (0.93%) Solaris
8 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (35.05%) SIEM
2 62 (28.97%) CI/CD
2 62 (28.97%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (27.10%) Incident Response
4 55 (25.70%) DevOps
5 52 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (21.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (19.63%) Observability
8 38 (17.76%) Agile
9 31 (14.49%) Containerisation
10 29 (13.55%) Threat Detection
11 28 (13.08%) Security Operations
12 24 (11.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 23 (10.75%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (10.28%) Cloud Security
14 22 (10.28%) Mentoring
14 22 (10.28%) Threat Modelling
15 21 (9.81%) ITSM
16 20 (9.35%) High Availability
16 20 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.23%) Python
2 29 (13.55%) Bash
3 26 (12.15%) SQL
4 23 (10.75%) Java
5 20 (9.35%) PowerShell
6 15 (7.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (4.21%) Go
8 8 (3.74%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.87%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.87%) Perl
10 3 (1.40%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.40%) JCL
10 3 (1.40%) REXX
10 3 (1.40%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.40%) Swift
11 2 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.47%) R
12 1 (0.47%) Scala
12 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (29.44%) Security Cleared
2 47 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.81%) CISSP
4 18 (8.41%) CISM
5 11 (5.14%) GIAC
6 10 (4.67%) Degree
7 8 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.80%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.80%) CEH
9 6 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.40%) CCNP
12 3 (1.40%) CCSP
13 2 (0.93%) GCIA
13 2 (0.93%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.68%) NIST
2 22 (10.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.48%) NCSC
4 12 (5.61%) QA
5 8 (3.74%) GDPR
6 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.93%) SLA
8 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.47%) COBIT
9 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.47%) GRC
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 33 (15.42%) Docker
2 12 (5.61%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.80%) VMware NSX
4 5 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.40%) Snort
5 3 (1.40%) Squid
5 3 (1.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.93%) Job Entry Subsystem
6 2 (0.93%) NFS
6 2 (0.93%) Veritas File System
6 2 (0.93%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (25.23%) Kubernetes
2 37 (17.29%) Grafana
2 37 (17.29%) Terraform
3 35 (16.36%) Ansible
4 27 (12.62%) Prometheus
5 9 (4.21%) SCOM
6 7 (3.27%) Argo
6 7 (3.27%) HP SiteScope
7 6 (2.80%) QRadar
8 5 (2.34%) Salt
9 4 (1.87%) Nessus
10 3 (1.40%) Control-M
10 3 (1.40%) Fluentd
10 3 (1.40%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.40%) Nagios
10 3 (1.40%) Nexpose
10 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.40%) Suricata
10 3 (1.40%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.93%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 43 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.68%) Qualys
3 22 (10.28%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (9.81%) CyberArk
5 18 (8.41%) Google
5 18 (8.41%) Palo Alto
6 16 (7.48%) Carbon Black
7 14 (6.54%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.07%) Cisco
9 11 (5.14%) Tenable
10 10 (4.67%) Dynatrace
11 9 (4.21%) AppDynamics
11 9 (4.21%) Zscaler
12 8 (3.74%) F5
12 8 (3.74%) Oracle
12 8 (3.74%) Red Hat
12 8 (3.74%) VMware
13 7 (3.27%) Arista
13 7 (3.27%) Remedy
14 6 (2.80%) Cribl.io