SIEM Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SIEM 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 6.94% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £441 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 - -
Median hourly rate £26.44 - -
75th Percentile £27.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £47.54 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

SIEM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60 43 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 83.33% 93.48% 85.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 19 58
10th Percentile £214 £203 £180
25th Percentile £386 £361 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.17%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £525
90th Percentile £624 £700 £583
Oxfordshire median daily rate £484 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.25% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 16
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.55 £16.96 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.02% +114.29% -14.29%
75th Percentile £25.21 £46.30 £39.13
90th Percentile £30.33 £46.78 £65.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £22.00 £27.76 £19.50
% change year-on-year -20.75% +42.36% -25.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SIEM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

SIEM job vacancy trend in Oxford

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Oxford over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Oxford

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IAM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) Runbook
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) BeyondTrust
1 3 (60.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft