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 7 December 2025, 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
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 171 175
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +22
Contract jobs citing Splunk 235 227 257
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.64% 1.46% 1.32%
As % of the Vendors category 3.53% 3.30% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 135 194
10th Percentile £410 £420 £425
25th Percentile £475 £488 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £647 £775 £775
90th Percentile £764 £810 £810
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -
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 £88.75 £56.75 -
% change year-on-year +56.39% - -

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 6,650 6,880 7,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.52% 44.10% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,327 4,328 5,514
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £765
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 62 108
10th Percentile £17.98 £18.64 £16.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -5.08% +50.18%
75th Percentile £41.75 £65.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £63.32 £91.33 £86.33
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.63 £44.50
% change year-on-year -24.68% -28.92% +71.15%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +2 24 £526 -2.23% 2
South London +10 18 £425 -39.29% 2
West London -8 6 £408 -6.86%
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 (3.40%) Confluence
1 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.55%) Mattermost
2 6 (2.55%) Skype for Business
3 5 (2.13%) Apache
4 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.28%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.85%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.85%) SAS
6 2 (0.85%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.43%) CICS
7 1 (0.43%) MQSeries
Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.43%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.32%) AWS
2 70 (29.79%) Azure
3 42 (17.87%) GCP
4 38 (16.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 29 (12.34%) GitHub
6 11 (4.68%) Amazon S3
6 11 (4.68%) Datadog
6 11 (4.68%) OpenShift
7 10 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (3.40%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (3.40%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.55%) Akamai
11 6 (2.55%) Apigee
11 6 (2.55%) Cloudflare
11 6 (2.55%) SaaS
12 5 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.77%) Firewall
2 19 (8.09%) DNS
3 16 (6.81%) Network Security
4 12 (5.11%) SSL
5 11 (4.68%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.40%) HTTP
7 7 (2.98%) VPN
7 7 (2.98%) Wireshark
8 6 (2.55%) Skype
8 6 (2.55%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.70%) BGP
10 3 (1.28%) OSPF
10 3 (1.28%) Wireless
11 2 (0.85%) SNMP
11 2 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (0.85%) SSH
12 1 (0.43%) DHCP
12 1 (0.43%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.43%) VoIP
12 1 (0.43%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.26%) Redis
3 7 (2.98%) Oracle Database
4 5 (2.13%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 5 (2.13%) MySQL
5 4 (1.70%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.85%) Flink
7 2 (0.85%) Power BI
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.43%) Big Data
8 1 (0.43%) DB2
8 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.43%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 32 (13.62%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.79%) Git
3 19 (8.09%) GitLab
4 15 (6.38%) JIRA
5 13 (5.53%) Postman
6 10 (4.26%) Subversion
7 9 (3.83%) JUnit
8 7 (2.98%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.98%) Maven
8 7 (2.98%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (2.55%) REST Assured
10 5 (2.13%) Appium
10 5 (2.13%) Charles Proxy
10 5 (2.13%) CircleCI
10 5 (2.13%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (2.13%) Selenium
10 5 (2.13%) Xcode
10 5 (2.13%) XCTest
10 5 (2.13%) XCUITest
General
1 84 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 64 (27.23%) Finance
3 34 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.91%) Banking
5 15 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.53%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.55%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.13%) Military
9 5 (2.13%) Retail
10 4 (1.70%) Local Government
10 4 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.85%) Front Office
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
13 1 (0.43%) Billing
13 1 (0.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 65 (27.66%) Analyst
2 34 (14.47%) Senior
3 29 (12.34%) SOC Analyst
4 26 (11.06%) Security Analyst
5 24 (10.21%) Monitoring Analyst
5 24 (10.21%) Security Engineer
6 23 (9.79%) Architect
7 21 (8.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 17 (7.23%) Security Architect
8 17 (7.23%) Site Engineer
9 14 (5.96%) Developer
9 14 (5.96%) Operations Analyst
9 14 (5.96%) Support Analyst
10 13 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (3.83%) Lead
12 9 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (3.40%) SharePoint Analyst
13 8 (3.40%) SharePoint Support
13 8 (3.40%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.79%) REST
2 22 (9.36%) Kafka
3 14 (5.96%) Web Services
4 8 (3.40%) Spring
4 8 (3.40%) Spring Boot
4 8 (3.40%) Swagger
5 7 (2.98%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.55%) Node.js
6 6 (2.55%) SOAP
6 6 (2.55%) YAML
7 5 (2.13%) CSS
7 5 (2.13%) CSS3
7 5 (2.13%) Hibernate
7 5 (2.13%) HTML
7 5 (2.13%) HTML5
7 5 (2.13%) J2EE
7 5 (2.13%) JPA
7 5 (2.13%) Middleware
7 5 (2.13%) SAML
7 5 (2.13%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.94%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.23%) Cyber Defence
3 13 (5.53%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.26%) Clustering
6 9 (3.83%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.98%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.55%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.13%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.13%) PKI
10 5 (2.13%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.13%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.70%) CSOC
11 4 (1.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.70%) Mainframe
11 4 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.70%) Replication
12 3 (1.28%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.60%) Linux
2 16 (6.81%) Unix
3 15 (6.38%) Windows
4 10 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.55%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.13%) Android
7 4 (1.70%) Solaris
7 4 (1.70%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.70%) Windows Server
8 3 (1.28%) CentOS
8 3 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.28%) zOS
9 2 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.94%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (27.66%) SIEM
3 61 (25.96%) CI/CD
3 61 (25.96%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (25.96%) DevOps
4 60 (25.53%) Incident Response
5 46 (19.57%) Agile
6 39 (16.60%) Threat Detection
7 38 (16.17%) Observability
8 37 (15.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 36 (15.32%) Security Operations
10 30 (12.77%) Containerisation
11 29 (12.34%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 26 (11.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 24 (10.21%) SOAR
14 23 (9.79%) ITIL
14 23 (9.79%) Mentoring
15 22 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.36%) High Availability
15 22 (9.36%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.51%) Python
2 46 (19.57%) SQL
3 42 (17.87%) Bash
4 30 (12.77%) PowerShell
5 22 (9.36%) Go
5 22 (9.36%) Kusto Query Language
6 19 (8.09%) Java
7 13 (5.53%) PromQL
8 11 (4.68%) JavaScript
9 10 (4.26%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.98%) Perl
11 5 (2.13%) Groovy
11 5 (2.13%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.13%) Swift
12 4 (1.70%) JCL
13 3 (1.28%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.28%) REXX
14 2 (0.85%) C++
14 2 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
14 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.64%) CISSP
4 19 (8.09%) Degree
5 16 (6.81%) CISM
6 10 (4.26%) CEH
6 10 (4.26%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.40%) GIAC
8 7 (2.98%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.55%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.55%) CISA
10 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.28%) GCIA
11 3 (1.28%) GCIH
12 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.53%) GDPR
2 11 (4.68%) NIST
2 11 (4.68%) QA
3 9 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.13%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.13%) SLA
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.85%) FIPS 140-2
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (15.32%) Docker
2 21 (8.94%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.55%) Snort
3 6 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.13%) Squid
5 4 (1.70%) NFS
5 4 (1.70%) Veritas File System
5 4 (1.70%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 4 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.28%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (25.11%) Kubernetes
2 38 (16.17%) Grafana
3 34 (14.47%) Terraform
4 32 (13.62%) Ansible
4 32 (13.62%) Prometheus
5 18 (7.66%) SCOM
6 14 (5.96%) HP SiteScope
7 12 (5.11%) QRadar
8 8 (3.40%) Argo
9 7 (2.98%) Nessus
10 5 (2.13%) CSIRT
10 5 (2.13%) Nexpose
10 5 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (2.13%) Suricata
11 4 (1.70%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (1.28%) Control-M
12 3 (1.28%) Fluentd
12 3 (1.28%) Nagios
12 3 (1.28%) Puppet
13 2 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 66 (28.09%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.89%) Qualys
3 33 (14.04%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (9.79%) Carbon Black
5 20 (8.51%) Google
6 17 (7.23%) Dynatrace
7 14 (5.96%) CyberArk
7 14 (5.96%) Oracle
8 13 (5.53%) Remedy
8 13 (5.53%) ServiceNow
9 12 (5.11%) Cisco
9 12 (5.11%) Palo Alto
10 11 (4.68%) Tenable
10 11 (4.68%) Zscaler
11 10 (4.26%) Red Hat
12 9 (3.83%) Darktrace
13 8 (3.40%) VMware
14 6 (2.55%) BMC
15 5 (2.13%) AppDynamics
15 5 (2.13%) Blue Coat