SIEM Contracts in the South East

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 84 117
Rank change year-on-year -9 +33 +70
Contract jobs citing SIEM 67 131 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.23% 2.36% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.78% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 86 78
10th Percentile £450 £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £498 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £581
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +7.53% +12.81%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £673
90th Percentile £638 £813 £716
England median daily rate £560 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SIEM in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +72 48 £525 -11.02% 24
Berkshire +59 42 £525 -13.58% 19
Hampshire -25 18 £588 -9.62% 26
Buckinghamshire +17 6 £523 -5.00% 1
Surrey +17 3 £475 -5.00% 2
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 20 (29.85%) Azure
2 10 (14.93%) AWS
3 8 (11.94%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (11.94%) GCP
4 4 (5.97%) PaaS
5 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.99%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.99%) SaaS
7 1 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.39%) Firewall
2 11 (16.42%) Network Security
3 7 (10.45%) VPN
4 5 (7.46%) BGP
4 5 (7.46%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.97%) DNS
5 4 (5.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (5.97%) iSCSI
5 4 (5.97%) NGFW
5 4 (5.97%) OSPF
5 4 (5.97%) SSL
5 4 (5.97%) VLAN
6 3 (4.48%) DHCP
7 1 (1.49%) IPFIX
7 1 (1.49%) LAN
7 1 (1.49%) Modbus
7 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.49%) WAN
7 1 (1.49%) Wireless
7 1 (1.49%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (25.37%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.91%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.96%) Finance
5 5 (7.46%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.97%) Electronics
6 4 (5.97%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.97%) Marketing
7 2 (2.99%) Local Government
7 2 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (25.37%) Analyst
2 11 (16.42%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (13.43%) Architect
4 8 (11.94%) Lead
4 8 (11.94%) Security Engineer
5 7 (10.45%) Security Architect
5 7 (10.45%) SIEM Engineer
6 5 (7.46%) Security Analyst
7 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.48%) Consultant
8 3 (4.48%) Infrastructure Architect
9 2 (2.99%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (2.99%) Incident Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) Project Manager
9 2 (2.99%) Security Operations Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) SIEM Project Manager
9 2 (2.99%) SOC Consultant
9 2 (2.99%) SOC Engineer
9 2 (2.99%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) JSON
1 6 (8.96%) REST
2 3 (4.48%) SAML
3 1 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.49%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Cyber Threat
2 14 (20.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (17.91%) Security Posture
4 9 (13.43%) CSOC
5 7 (10.45%) Onboarding
6 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.48%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.99%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.49%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.49%) PKI
9 1 (1.49%) PMI
9 1 (1.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) Windows
2 6 (8.96%) Linux
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (61.19%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (52.24%) Security Operations
3 28 (41.79%) Incident Response
4 18 (26.87%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (25.37%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (23.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (22.39%) Security Monitoring
8 10 (14.93%) Threat Detection
9 8 (11.94%) Cloud Security
9 8 (11.94%) Incident Management
9 8 (11.94%) Process Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Risk Management
10 7 (10.45%) Security Architecture
11 6 (8.96%) CI/CD
11 6 (8.96%) Data Security
12 5 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (7.46%) DevOps
12 5 (7.46%) Programme Management
12 5 (7.46%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) Python
2 6 (8.96%) Kusto Query Language
2 6 (8.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.88%) CISSP
3 13 (19.40%) DV Cleared
4 10 (14.93%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.94%) CISM
5 8 (11.94%) GIAC
6 7 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (8.96%) CEH
8 5 (7.46%) CCNP
8 5 (7.46%) Degree
9 4 (5.97%) CCSA
9 4 (5.97%) CCSE
9 4 (5.97%) Check Point Certification
10 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
10 3 (4.48%) CCNA
10 3 (4.48%) CISA
10 3 (4.48%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.48%) GCIH
10 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (11.94%) NIST
2 6 (8.96%) Data Quality
2 6 (8.96%) GDPR
3 2 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.99%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.99%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.99%) SLA
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.49%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (8.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.46%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (7.46%) VMware NSX
3 4 (5.97%) NFS
3 4 (5.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.49%) Docker
4 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) QRadar
2 5 (7.46%) Ansible
3 4 (5.97%) vRealize
3 4 (5.97%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 3 (4.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.99%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.49%) CASB
6 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.91%) Splunk
3 8 (11.94%) Palo Alto
3 8 (11.94%) VMware
4 5 (7.46%) Cisco
5 4 (5.97%) ArcSight
5 4 (5.97%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.97%) SAP
6 3 (4.48%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (4.48%) CyberArk
6 3 (4.48%) LogRhythm
6 3 (4.48%) Rapid7
7 2 (2.99%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) AlienVault
8 1 (1.49%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.49%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.49%) Kenna
8 1 (1.49%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.49%) Zscaler