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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 197 252
Rank change year-on-year -37 +55 -80
Contract jobs citing Splunk 194 159 154
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.32% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 2.53% 2.88% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 101 88
10th Percentile £400 £385 £391
25th Percentile £468 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% +6.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £674 £694 £645
90th Percentile £900 £775 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.18 - -
Median hourly rate £77.37 - -
75th Percentile £78.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.35 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -33.11%

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 7,671 5,520 7,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.92% 45.68% 40.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,065 3,597 4,903
10th Percentile £350 £331 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.23% -4.78%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% -3.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 98 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.55 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +21.49% -11.32%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.25 £36.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £64.13 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year +27.95% +12.89% -41.56%

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 May 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 May 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 -20 21 £600 +12.68% 17
West London -26 5 £560 +6.67%
South London -24 1 £650 +8.33%
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 8 (4.12%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.61%) Confluence
3 4 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.03%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.52%) Apache
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.52%) MTS
5 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.55%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.52%) BASE24
2 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (37.63%) AWS
2 68 (35.05%) Azure
3 30 (15.46%) GCP
4 27 (13.92%) OpenShift
5 22 (11.34%) GitHub
6 19 (9.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (8.25%) Amazon S3
7 16 (8.25%) Datadog
7 16 (8.25%) Entra ID
8 14 (7.22%) Amazon ECS
8 14 (7.22%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (6.70%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (5.15%) SaaS
12 9 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (4.64%) Serverless
13 8 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (4.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.73%) VPN
2 14 (7.22%) Firewall
3 13 (6.70%) Network Security
4 10 (5.15%) DNS
5 7 (3.61%) Wireless
6 6 (3.09%) Ethernet
6 6 (3.09%) InfiniBand
6 6 (3.09%) NetScaler
7 5 (2.58%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (2.58%) MPLS
8 3 (1.55%) BGP
8 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.03%) Multicast
9 2 (1.03%) NGFW
9 2 (1.03%) OSPF
9 2 (1.03%) WAN
10 1 (0.52%) 4G
10 1 (0.52%) LTE
10 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.15%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.09%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.58%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (2.58%) Big Data
4 5 (2.58%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.58%) Power BI
5 4 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.06%) Presto
6 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.55%) Apache Hudi
6 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.03%) KDB
7 2 (1.03%) MySQL
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.52%) Flink
8 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (19.07%) Jenkins
2 19 (9.79%) GitLab
3 11 (5.67%) Git
4 9 (4.64%) JIRA
5 5 (2.58%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.58%) Snyk
6 4 (2.06%) Gatling
7 3 (1.55%) Jaeger
7 3 (1.55%) JMeter
8 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.03%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.03%) Eclipse
8 2 (1.03%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.03%) Selenium
9 1 (0.52%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.52%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.52%) Xcode
General
1 62 (31.96%) Finance
2 50 (25.77%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.82%) Banking
4 18 (9.28%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.22%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.70%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (5.67%) Financial Institution
9 9 (4.64%) Front Office
10 6 (3.09%) Retail
11 4 (2.06%) Law
12 3 (1.55%) Legal
12 3 (1.55%) Local Government
13 2 (1.03%) Investment Banking
13 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.52%) Advertising
14 1 (0.52%) Automotive
14 1 (0.52%) Back Office
14 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (18.04%) Architect
2 26 (13.40%) Senior
3 23 (11.86%) Analyst
4 20 (10.31%) CyberArk Architect
5 15 (7.73%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 14 (7.22%) Lead
7 13 (6.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (6.19%) SOC Analyst
9 11 (5.67%) Site Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Security Architect
11 8 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.12%) Consultant
12 7 (3.61%) Developer
13 6 (3.09%) Applications Support
13 6 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 6 (3.09%) Monitoring Analyst
13 6 (3.09%) Network Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) Security Consultant
14 5 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
14 5 (2.58%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.31%) Kafka
2 15 (7.73%) LDAP
3 14 (7.22%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (6.70%) OpenID
4 13 (6.70%) REST
4 13 (6.70%) SAML
5 10 (5.15%) SailPoint
5 10 (5.15%) Spring Boot
6 8 (4.12%) Spring
7 6 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (3.09%) RESTful
8 5 (2.58%) Loki
8 5 (2.58%) React
9 4 (2.06%) .NET
9 4 (2.06%) CSS
9 4 (2.06%) HTML
9 4 (2.06%) JSON
9 4 (2.06%) Play Framework
10 3 (1.55%) JMS
10 3 (1.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.07%) Onboarding
2 27 (13.92%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.70%) PKI
4 10 (5.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (4.12%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.58%) Equities
8 4 (2.06%) CMDB
8 4 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.06%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.55%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.55%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.55%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 41 (21.13%) Linux
2 20 (10.31%) Unix
3 13 (6.70%) Windows
4 5 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.55%) zOS
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (39.69%) CI/CD
2 61 (31.44%) Observability
3 60 (30.93%) SIEM
4 56 (28.87%) DevOps
5 51 (26.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 45 (23.20%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (23.20%) Incident Response
7 36 (18.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 31 (15.98%) Agile
9 30 (15.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 28 (14.43%) Containerisation
11 27 (13.92%) Secrets Management
12 26 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (12.89%) Cloud Security
14 23 (11.86%) ITIL
14 23 (11.86%) Security Operations
15 22 (11.34%) AI
15 22 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (11.34%) Threat Modelling
16 21 (10.82%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.32%) Python
2 26 (13.40%) Java
3 19 (9.79%) SQL
4 17 (8.76%) Bash
5 12 (6.19%) PowerShell
6 10 (5.15%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.64%) Search Processing Language
8 8 (4.12%) Go
9 5 (2.58%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.58%) Scala
9 5 (2.58%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.55%) C#
11 3 (1.55%) JCL
11 3 (1.55%) REXX
12 2 (1.03%) Perl
12 2 (1.03%) Ruby
13 1 (0.52%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (29.38%) Security Cleared
2 46 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.34%) CISSP
4 15 (7.73%) CISM
5 11 (5.67%) Degree
6 10 (5.15%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (5.15%) GIAC
7 8 (4.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (4.12%) CCSP
7 8 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (3.09%) GCIA
10 5 (2.58%) CEH
10 5 (2.58%) GCIH
11 3 (1.55%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.55%) GSEC
11 3 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.03%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.01%) NIST
2 22 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.76%) NCSC
4 8 (4.12%) QA
5 5 (2.58%) GDPR
5 5 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.58%) SLA
6 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.55%) COBIT
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 15022
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) GxP
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (13.92%) Docker
2 9 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.55%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.52%) etcd
4 1 (0.52%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (0.52%) Varnish
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (29.38%) Kubernetes
2 53 (27.32%) Grafana
3 48 (24.74%) Terraform
4 44 (22.68%) Prometheus
5 31 (15.98%) Ansible
6 7 (3.61%) Kibana
7 5 (2.58%) Salt
8 3 (1.55%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (1.55%) QRadar
9 2 (1.03%) Argo
9 2 (1.03%) CASB
9 2 (1.03%) Control-M
9 2 (1.03%) Fluentd
9 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.52%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.52%) Nessus
10 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.52%) SCOM
10 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 34 (17.53%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.40%) CyberArk
3 25 (12.89%) ServiceNow
4 23 (11.86%) Dynatrace
5 22 (11.34%) CrowdStrike
6 13 (6.70%) AppDynamics
6 13 (6.70%) Qualys
7 11 (5.67%) Cisco
8 10 (5.15%) Palo Alto
8 10 (5.15%) Tenable
9 7 (3.61%) Arista
9 7 (3.61%) Google
9 7 (3.61%) Oracle
10 6 (3.09%) Aruba
10 6 (3.09%) BigPanda
10 6 (3.09%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.09%) F5
10 6 (3.09%) Zscaler
11 5 (2.58%) New Relic
11 5 (2.58%) Okta