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 12 September 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 167 215
Rank change year-on-year -63 +48 -73
Contract jobs citing Splunk 242 223 180
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.65% 1.11%
As % of the Vendors category 2.77% 3.58% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 127 108
10th Percentile £356 £400 £409
25th Percentile £442 £459 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £606 £633 £747
90th Percentile £745 £775 £810
England median daily rate £525 £525 £568
% change year-on-year - -7.49% -5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71.74 - -
25th Percentile £72.48 - -
Median hourly rate £74.93 - -
75th Percentile £77.35 - -
90th Percentile £78.07 - -
England median hourly rate £65.57 - £47.50

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 8,726 6,225 7,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.93% 46.14% 43.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,680 4,021 4,621
10th Percentile £335 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £760
England median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 124 78
10th Percentile £16.94 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.59 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £36.00 £26.38 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +36.49% -14.35% -17.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £39.06 £64.69
90th Percentile £86.28 £63.75 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%

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 12 September 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 12 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
Central London -25 18 £438 -7.89% 20
West London -22 6 £560 +34.94% 8
East London - 1 £550 - 2
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 19 (7.85%) Confluence
2 10 (4.13%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.48%) Apache
4 4 (1.65%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.65%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.41%) CMS
6 1 (0.41%) MTS
6 1 (0.41%) Mule
6 1 (0.41%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 109 (45.04%) Azure
2 107 (44.21%) AWS
3 50 (20.66%) GCP
4 49 (20.25%) GitHub
5 30 (12.40%) OpenShift
6 25 (10.33%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (9.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (8.68%) Entra ID
9 20 (8.26%) Datadog
10 18 (7.44%) SaaS
11 14 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (5.37%) Amazon S3
12 13 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (4.13%) Serverless
15 9 (3.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (3.72%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (3.72%) Power Platform
16 8 (3.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.33%) Firewall
2 16 (6.61%) DNS
3 15 (6.20%) VPN
4 13 (5.37%) Network Security
5 11 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.89%) WAN
7 5 (2.07%) LAN
8 4 (1.65%) Internet
8 4 (1.65%) SSL
9 3 (1.24%) Multicast
9 3 (1.24%) VLAN
10 2 (0.83%) 4G
10 2 (0.83%) 5G
10 2 (0.83%) BGP
10 2 (0.83%) DMZ
10 2 (0.83%) HTTP
10 2 (0.83%) SSH
11 1 (0.41%) IPFIX
11 1 (0.41%) SMTP
11 1 (0.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 10 (4.13%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.31%) Power BI
4 7 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.48%) Big Data
5 6 (2.48%) Flink
6 5 (2.07%) BigQuery
6 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.07%) Looker
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.65%) KDB
7 4 (1.65%) Presto
7 4 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.24%) Apache Hudi
8 3 (1.24%) MySQL
9 2 (0.83%) Redis
9 2 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (16.12%) Jenkins
2 28 (11.57%) Git
3 23 (9.50%) JIRA
4 16 (6.61%) GitLab
5 12 (4.96%) JMeter
6 11 (4.55%) Gatling
7 7 (2.89%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.07%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.65%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.65%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.65%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.65%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.24%) Xcode
11 2 (0.83%) Gradle
11 2 (0.83%) Jaeger
11 2 (0.83%) JUnit
11 2 (0.83%) Maven
11 2 (0.83%) Selenium
11 2 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (28.51%) Finance
2 63 (26.03%) Social Skills
3 52 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.22%) Banking
5 12 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.13%) Front Office
7 8 (3.31%) Retail
8 5 (2.07%) Law
9 4 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.65%) Military
9 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.24%) Local Government
11 2 (0.83%) Legal
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Back Office
12 1 (0.41%) Billing
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (14.46%) Senior
2 30 (12.40%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (9.92%) Lead
4 23 (9.50%) Analyst
5 20 (8.26%) Architect
5 20 (8.26%) Splunk Engineer
6 15 (6.20%) Security Engineer
7 13 (5.37%) Developer
8 12 (4.96%) Applications Support
8 12 (4.96%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 12 (4.96%) Test Engineer
9 11 (4.55%) Security Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) Performance Engineer
10 10 (4.13%) Performance Test Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (3.72%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.72%) SOC Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (30.58%) Terraform
2 24 (9.92%) Kafka
3 23 (9.50%) REST
4 20 (8.26%) Elastic Stack
5 14 (5.79%) OpenTelemetry
5 14 (5.79%) RESTful
6 10 (4.13%) .NET
7 9 (3.72%) JSON
7 9 (3.72%) SailPoint
7 9 (3.72%) Spring Boot
8 7 (2.89%) React
8 7 (2.89%) Spring
9 6 (2.48%) CSS
9 6 (2.48%) HTML
9 6 (2.48%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (2.07%) Apache Beam
10 5 (2.07%) Middleware
11 4 (1.65%) Flask
11 4 (1.65%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (1.65%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.05%) Onboarding
2 27 (11.16%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (6.20%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 10 (4.13%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (3.72%) CMDB
7 9 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.72%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.31%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.48%) AI Agents
9 6 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) Equities
11 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 69 (28.51%) Linux
2 34 (14.05%) Windows
3 30 (12.40%) Unix
4 20 (8.26%) Windows Server
5 18 (7.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.07%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.65%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.24%) VMS
8 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.83%) zOS
10 1 (0.41%) CentOS
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (42.98%) Observability
2 102 (42.15%) CI/CD
3 84 (34.71%) DevOps
4 73 (30.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 72 (29.75%) Agile
6 66 (27.27%) SIEM
7 61 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (22.73%) Incident Response
9 48 (19.83%) Cybersecurity
10 44 (18.18%) Security Operations
11 43 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (15.29%) Mentoring
12 37 (15.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (14.46%) Containerisation
13 35 (14.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 34 (14.05%) Roadmaps
15 33 (13.64%) Incident Management
16 28 (11.57%) AI
16 28 (11.57%) Root Cause Analysis
17 27 (11.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 81 (33.47%) Python
2 38 (15.70%) Java
3 30 (12.40%) PowerShell
4 25 (10.33%) Bash
5 23 (9.50%) SQL
6 14 (5.79%) Shell Script
7 13 (5.37%) Go
7 13 (5.37%) Search Processing Language
8 12 (4.96%) JavaScript
9 10 (4.13%) Scala
10 6 (2.48%) C#
10 6 (2.48%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.07%) Bicep
11 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (1.65%) Perl
12 4 (1.65%) Ruby
13 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.24%) Swift
14 2 (0.83%) C++
14 2 (0.83%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 86 (35.54%) Security Cleared
2 74 (30.58%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.74%) CISSP
4 14 (5.79%) CISM
5 13 (5.37%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (4.96%) Degree
6 12 (4.96%) GIAC
7 10 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (3.72%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.72%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.89%) CCSP
9 7 (2.89%) GCIA
9 7 (2.89%) GCIH
10 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.07%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (2.07%) CEH
11 5 (2.07%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.26%) NIST
2 14 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.37%) QA
4 11 (4.55%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.48%) NCSC
6 5 (2.07%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.65%) GDPR
7 4 (1.65%) ISO 15022
7 4 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.41%) COBIT
10 1 (0.41%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.41%) GxP
10 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.41%) SEPA
10 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (19.01%) Docker
2 10 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) etcd
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 73 (30.17%) Kubernetes
2 72 (29.75%) Grafana
3 53 (21.90%) Prometheus
4 30 (12.40%) Ansible
5 12 (4.96%) Kibana
6 8 (3.31%) Control-M
7 7 (2.89%) QRadar
8 5 (2.07%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.24%) Nagios
9 3 (1.24%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.83%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.83%) SCOM
11 1 (0.41%) Consul
11 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.41%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 57 (23.55%) Microsoft
2 51 (21.07%) Dynatrace
3 30 (12.40%) CrowdStrike
4 27 (11.16%) ServiceNow
5 21 (8.68%) New Relic
5 21 (8.68%) Oracle
6 17 (7.02%) AppDynamics
6 17 (7.02%) Google
7 13 (5.37%) Qualys
8 12 (4.96%) Tenable
9 11 (4.55%) CyberArk
9 11 (4.55%) IBM
10 8 (3.31%) Okta
11 7 (2.89%) Rapid7
11 7 (2.89%) xMatters
12 5 (2.07%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.65%) ION Trading
13 4 (1.65%) Ivanti
13 4 (1.65%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.65%) VMware