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 4 June 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
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 189 246
Rank change year-on-year -38 +57 -88
Contract jobs citing Splunk 195 164 148
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.36% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 2.55% 2.99% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 101 86
10th Percentile £400 £385 £388
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -21.88%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £619
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 £65.45 - £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 7,660 5,485 7,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.66% 45.41% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,037 3,544 4,905
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% +1.35% -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 103 133
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.91
25th Percentile £23.42 £22.39 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -13.45%
75th Percentile £51.13 £42.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.38 £23.80
% change year-on-year +18.72% +15.02% -39.01%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -17 21 £580 +10.48% 16
West London -19 5 £560 +6.67%
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 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (3.59%) Confluence
3 4 (2.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.03%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) MTS
5 1 (0.51%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Bloomberg AIM
1 3 (1.54%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.51%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 76 (38.97%) AWS
2 67 (34.36%) Azure
3 29 (14.87%) GCP
4 27 (13.85%) OpenShift
5 24 (12.31%) GitHub
6 19 (9.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (9.74%) Entra ID
7 15 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
7 15 (7.69%) Amazon S3
7 15 (7.69%) Datadog
7 15 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (6.15%) SaaS
10 11 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (4.62%) Serverless
12 8 (4.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (3.59%) Power Platform
13 7 (3.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.21%) Firewall
1 16 (8.21%) VPN
2 14 (7.18%) Network Security
3 11 (5.64%) DNS
4 7 (3.59%) Wireless
5 6 (3.08%) Ethernet
5 6 (3.08%) InfiniBand
5 6 (3.08%) NetScaler
6 5 (2.56%) Ethernet VPN
6 5 (2.56%) MPLS
7 3 (1.54%) BGP
7 3 (1.54%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.03%) Internet
8 2 (1.03%) Multicast
8 2 (1.03%) NGFW
8 2 (1.03%) OSPF
8 2 (1.03%) WAN
9 1 (0.51%) 4G
9 1 (0.51%) LTE
9 1 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.62%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.08%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.08%) Power BI
4 5 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (2.56%) Big Data
4 5 (2.56%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.05%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (2.05%) Presto
6 3 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.54%) Apache Hudi
6 3 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.03%) KDB
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.51%) Flink
8 1 (0.51%) MySQL
8 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (16.41%) Jenkins
2 16 (8.21%) GitLab
3 10 (5.13%) Git
4 8 (4.10%) JIRA
5 5 (2.56%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.56%) Gatling
5 5 (2.56%) Snyk
6 4 (2.05%) JMeter
7 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.03%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.03%) Jaeger
7 2 (1.03%) Xcode
8 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.51%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.51%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (30.26%) Finance
2 47 (24.10%) Social Skills
3 20 (10.26%) Banking
4 18 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.23%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 13 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (5.13%) Front Office
8 8 (4.10%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.08%) Retail
10 5 (2.56%) Law
11 3 (1.54%) Legal
11 3 (1.54%) Local Government
12 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.51%) Advertising
13 1 (0.51%) Automotive
13 1 (0.51%) Back Office
13 1 (0.51%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 40 (20.51%) Architect
2 29 (14.87%) Senior
3 20 (10.26%) CyberArk Architect
4 19 (9.74%) Analyst
5 14 (7.18%) DevOps Engineer
5 14 (7.18%) Lead
5 14 (7.18%) Security Architect
6 13 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 11 (5.64%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (5.13%) Site Engineer
9 9 (4.62%) SOC Analyst
10 8 (4.10%) Consultant
10 8 (4.10%) Developer
11 7 (3.59%) Applications Support
12 6 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 6 (3.08%) Linux Engineer
12 6 (3.08%) Security Consultant
13 5 (2.56%) Cloud Architect
13 5 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.74%) Kafka
2 15 (7.69%) LDAP
3 14 (7.18%) OpenTelemetry
4 13 (6.67%) OpenID
4 13 (6.67%) REST
4 13 (6.67%) SAML
5 10 (5.13%) SailPoint
5 10 (5.13%) Spring Boot
6 8 (4.10%) Spring
7 7 (3.59%) RESTful
8 6 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (2.56%) .NET
9 5 (2.56%) React
10 4 (2.05%) CSS
10 4 (2.05%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (2.05%) HTML
10 4 (2.05%) JSON
10 4 (2.05%) Loki
10 4 (2.05%) Middleware
10 4 (2.05%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (18.97%) Onboarding
2 30 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.67%) PKI
4 11 (5.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (4.62%) CMDB
6 7 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.59%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.56%) Equities
9 4 (2.05%) AI Agents
9 4 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.05%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.03%) Cyberattack
11 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.03%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.59%) Linux
2 20 (10.26%) Unix
3 17 (8.72%) Windows
4 10 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.59%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.05%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (2.05%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.03%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (38.46%) CI/CD
2 65 (33.33%) SIEM
3 63 (32.31%) Observability
4 55 (28.21%) DevOps
4 55 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 52 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 45 (23.08%) Incident Response
7 35 (17.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 35 (17.95%) Vulnerability Management
8 29 (14.87%) Cloud Security
8 29 (14.87%) Security Operations
9 28 (14.36%) Agile
9 28 (14.36%) Containerisation
10 27 (13.85%) Secrets Management
11 26 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (12.31%) Threat Modelling
13 23 (11.79%) Architectural Patterns
14 22 (11.28%) ITIL
15 21 (10.77%) AI
Programming Languages
1 56 (28.72%) Python
2 25 (12.82%) Java
3 19 (9.74%) SQL
4 16 (8.21%) Bash
5 15 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 10 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.62%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (3.08%) Go
9 5 (2.56%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.56%) Scala
9 5 (2.56%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.05%) Bicep
10 4 (2.05%) C#
11 3 (1.54%) Ruby
12 2 (1.03%) JCL
12 2 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (1.03%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.03%) REXX
12 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 63 (32.31%) Security Cleared
2 48 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 25 (12.82%) CISSP
4 18 (9.23%) CISM
5 12 (6.15%) GIAC
6 10 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (5.13%) Degree
7 9 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (4.10%) CCSP
9 7 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (3.08%) CEH
10 6 (3.08%) GCIA
10 6 (3.08%) GCIH
11 4 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.05%) GSEC
12 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.95%) NIST
2 25 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.72%) NCSC
4 7 (3.59%) QA
5 4 (2.05%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.05%) SLA
6 3 (1.54%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.54%) COBIT
6 3 (1.54%) GDPR
6 3 (1.54%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 15022
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.51%) GRC
8 1 (0.51%) GxP
8 1 (0.51%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (13.85%) Docker
2 9 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.54%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.51%) etcd
5 1 (0.51%) Varnish
5 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (29.23%) Kubernetes
2 54 (27.69%) Grafana
3 49 (25.13%) Terraform
4 44 (22.56%) Prometheus
5 31 (15.90%) Ansible
6 8 (4.10%) Kibana
7 5 (2.56%) Salt
8 3 (1.54%) QRadar
9 2 (1.03%) Argo
9 2 (1.03%) Fluentd
9 2 (1.03%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.51%) CASB
10 1 (0.51%) Control-M
10 1 (0.51%) Karpenter
10 1 (0.51%) Nessus
10 1 (0.51%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.51%) VxRail
10 1 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.33%) CyberArk
3 25 (12.82%) Dynatrace
4 24 (12.31%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (12.31%) ServiceNow
5 16 (8.21%) Qualys
5 16 (8.21%) Tenable
6 14 (7.18%) AppDynamics
7 11 (5.64%) Google
8 10 (5.13%) Cisco
8 10 (5.13%) Palo Alto
9 9 (4.62%) Okta
10 8 (4.10%) Oracle
11 7 (3.59%) Arista
12 6 (3.08%) Aruba
12 6 (3.08%) BigPanda
12 6 (3.08%) CheckPoint
12 6 (3.08%) F5
12 6 (3.08%) New Relic
12 6 (3.08%) Rapid7