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 21 March 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
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 171 234
Rank change year-on-year -40 +63 -57
Contract jobs citing Splunk 198 184 163
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.19% 1.44% 0.90%
As % of the Vendors category 2.69% 3.22% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 120 94
10th Percentile £412 £402 £428
25th Percentile £500 £434 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -14.06%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £675
90th Percentile £900 £778 £810
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -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 £68.17 £41.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.26% +2.50% -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 7,360 5,722 7,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.24% 44.90% 40.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,855 3,701 4,952
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £544
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.74% -3.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -4.67% +2.19% -4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 144
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.55
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.80 £16.97
Median hourly rate £26.75 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.87% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.38 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.51 £74.63 £79.28
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.45 £24.65
% change year-on-year -17.41% +23.53% -29.57%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -6 24 £645 +18.35% 9
West London - 3 £375 -
South London -20 2 £650 +8.33% 1
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 5 (2.53%) Confluence
2 3 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.01%) Apache
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.01%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.02%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (2.02%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.51%) BASE24
3 1 (0.51%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 79 (39.90%) AWS
2 61 (30.81%) Azure
3 43 (21.72%) GCP
4 30 (15.15%) Azure Sentinel
5 24 (12.12%) OpenShift
6 17 (8.59%) GitHub
7 13 (6.57%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (5.56%) Datadog
9 10 (5.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (5.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (4.55%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.54%) Route 53
12 7 (3.54%) Serverless
13 6 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.60%) Network Security
2 18 (9.09%) Firewall
3 10 (5.05%) VPN
4 8 (4.04%) DNS
5 7 (3.54%) Wireless
6 6 (3.03%) Ethernet
6 6 (3.03%) Ethernet VPN
6 6 (3.03%) InfiniBand
6 6 (3.03%) NetScaler
7 5 (2.53%) MPLS
8 4 (2.02%) BGP
8 4 (2.02%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.01%) DMZ
9 2 (1.01%) NGFW
9 2 (1.01%) OSPF
9 2 (1.01%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (1.01%) SSL
9 2 (1.01%) VSAN
9 2 (1.01%) VXLAN
9 2 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.02%) MySQL
2 4 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (1.52%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.52%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.52%) Tableau
4 2 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.01%) Flink
4 2 (1.01%) Redis
5 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.51%) Big Data
5 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.51%) Power BI
5 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (19.70%) Jenkins
2 21 (10.61%) GitLab
3 11 (5.56%) Git
4 8 (4.04%) JIRA
5 5 (2.53%) Snyk
6 4 (2.02%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.52%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (1.01%) Postman
8 2 (1.01%) Selenium
8 2 (1.01%) Subversion
9 1 (0.51%) Charles Proxy
9 1 (0.51%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.51%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.51%) Maven
9 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.51%) XCTest
9 1 (0.51%) XCUITest
General
1 74 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.76%) Finance
3 27 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.62%) Documentation Skills
5 17 (8.59%) Banking
6 13 (6.57%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (6.57%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.05%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.53%) Military
9 4 (2.02%) Front Office
10 3 (1.52%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Retail
12 1 (0.51%) Automotive
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (22.73%) Analyst
2 33 (16.67%) Architect
3 29 (14.65%) Senior
4 23 (11.62%) SOC Analyst
5 19 (9.60%) Security Analyst
6 18 (9.09%) Monitoring Analyst
7 16 (8.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 14 (7.07%) CyberArk Architect
9 13 (6.57%) Security Engineer
10 12 (6.06%) Site Engineer
11 11 (5.56%) Lead
11 11 (5.56%) Security Architect
12 10 (5.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 10 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (4.55%) Consultant
13 9 (4.55%) Developer
13 9 (4.55%) Threat Hunter
14 8 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 8 (4.04%) Senior Security Analyst
15 7 (3.54%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.12%) Kafka
2 19 (9.60%) REST
3 14 (7.07%) OpenID
3 14 (7.07%) SAML
4 13 (6.57%) LDAP
5 11 (5.56%) Spring Boot
6 9 (4.55%) OpenTelemetry
6 9 (4.55%) Spring
7 7 (3.54%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (2.53%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (2.53%) JSON
8 5 (2.53%) React
9 4 (2.02%) JMS
9 4 (2.02%) Middleware
10 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.52%) ISPF
11 2 (1.01%) 802.1X
11 2 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.01%) Regular Expression
11 2 (1.01%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 23 (11.62%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.58%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (5.56%) PKI
5 10 (5.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.53%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.02%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.02%) Equities
10 3 (1.52%) Clustering
10 3 (1.52%) CMDB
10 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.52%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.15%) Linux
2 15 (7.58%) Windows
3 14 (7.07%) Unix
4 4 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.52%) zOS
6 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.01%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) Android
7 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.51%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (36.36%) SIEM
2 63 (31.82%) CI/CD
3 58 (29.29%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (28.28%) Incident Response
5 51 (25.76%) DevOps
6 49 (24.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 48 (24.24%) Observability
8 43 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (19.70%) Agile
10 28 (14.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 27 (13.64%) Mentoring
11 27 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (13.13%) Containerisation
13 25 (12.63%) Threat Modelling
14 24 (12.12%) Threat Detection
15 23 (11.62%) Security Operations
16 22 (11.11%) Cloud Security
17 21 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
18 19 (9.60%) High Availability
18 19 (9.60%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (25.76%) Python
2 22 (11.11%) Bash
3 21 (10.61%) Java
4 19 (9.60%) SQL
5 11 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 11 (5.56%) PowerShell
6 9 (4.55%) Go
7 6 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.03%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.02%) Search Processing Language
10 3 (1.52%) JCL
10 3 (1.52%) Perl
10 3 (1.52%) REXX
11 2 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.51%) Swift
12 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (34.34%) Security Cleared
2 50 (25.25%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.62%) CISSP
4 21 (10.61%) CISM
5 12 (6.06%) GIAC
6 10 (5.05%) Degree
7 9 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.04%) CEH
8 8 (4.04%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (2.02%) CCSP
10 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.52%) CCNP
12 2 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.51%) CSPO
13 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.65%) NIST
2 25 (12.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (9.09%) NCSC
4 9 (4.55%) QA
5 6 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.03%) SLA
6 5 (2.53%) GDPR
7 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.52%) COBIT
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.01%) ISO 15022
8 2 (1.01%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.01%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.51%) GRC
9 1 (0.51%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.51%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (15.15%) Docker
2 6 (3.03%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.02%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.52%) vSphere
5 2 (1.01%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 2 (1.01%) Snort
5 2 (1.01%) Squid
6 1 (0.51%) etcd
6 1 (0.51%) Varnish
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (26.77%) Kubernetes
2 44 (22.22%) Terraform
3 42 (21.21%) Grafana
4 31 (15.66%) Prometheus
5 30 (15.15%) Ansible
6 7 (3.54%) Argo
7 5 (2.53%) Salt
8 4 (2.02%) Fluentd
8 4 (2.02%) QRadar
9 3 (1.52%) Control-M
9 3 (1.52%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (1.52%) Nessus
9 3 (1.52%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.01%) CASB
10 2 (1.01%) Karpenter
10 2 (1.01%) logstash
10 2 (1.01%) Opsgenie
10 2 (1.01%) SCOM
10 2 (1.01%) Suricata
10 2 (1.01%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (19.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.10%) Qualys
3 17 (8.59%) CyberArk
3 17 (8.59%) Google
4 16 (8.08%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (8.08%) ServiceNow
5 15 (7.58%) Cisco
5 15 (7.58%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.07%) Tenable
7 12 (6.06%) Carbon Black
8 10 (5.05%) Dynatrace
9 9 (4.55%) AppDynamics
10 8 (4.04%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.04%) Zscaler
11 7 (3.54%) Arista
11 7 (3.54%) Oracle
12 6 (3.03%) Aruba
12 6 (3.03%) Bloomberg
12 6 (3.03%) CheckPoint
12 6 (3.03%) VMware