SIEM Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 71 68
Rank change year-on-year -18 -3 +59
Contract jobs citing SIEM 41 55 86
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 1.76% 2.61% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 2.99% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 48 77
10th Percentile £400 £406 £423
25th Percentile £461 £436 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £788 £700
90th Percentile £773 £1,075 £825
England median daily rate £540 £578 £625
% change year-on-year -6.49% -7.60% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £68.75
% change year-on-year +13.04% -16.36% +0.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,951 1,837 2,570
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.63% 87.06% 87.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 1,127 1,707
10th Percentile £263 £276 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £715
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 121 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £19.83 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.64 £48.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the South West

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the South West over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the South West

SIEM
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SIEM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SIEM

SIEM
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Wiltshire -12 14 £522 -18.95% 10
Somerset +6 9 £563 -30.56% 4
Bristol -14 8 £803 +10.69% 9
Gloucestershire -16 6 £600 -42.86% 1
Devon +1 1 £450 +9.09%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Azure
2 12 (29.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (24.39%) AWS
4 8 (19.51%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (7.32%) Azure AKS
6 3 (7.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (7.32%) IaaS
6 3 (7.32%) OpenShift
6 3 (7.32%) PaaS
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.44%) GCP
8 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) Firewall
2 8 (19.51%) VPN
3 4 (9.76%) DHCP
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
4 3 (7.32%) Network Security
5 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.44%) NAS
5 1 (2.44%) SAN
5 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Back Office
3 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Military
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Security Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Architect
3 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) SOC Architect
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Security Analyst
5 5 (12.20%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Security Architect
6 4 (9.76%) SIEM Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) SOC Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Security Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) SOC Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Consultant
9 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) ARM Templates
1 3 (7.32%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.44%) Node.js
2 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Cyber Defence
1 7 (17.07%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.20%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (12.20%) Security Posture
3 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.88%) PKI
4 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.44%) CMDB
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (29.27%) Incident Response
3 8 (19.51%) ITIL
3 8 (19.51%) Security Operations
4 7 (17.07%) Agile
4 7 (17.07%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (17.07%) Impact Assessments
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.63%) Security Management
5 6 (14.63%) Security Monitoring
5 6 (14.63%) Threat Detection
5 6 (14.63%) Zero Trust
6 5 (12.20%) Data Protection
6 5 (12.20%) Identity Management
6 5 (12.20%) RBAC
6 5 (12.20%) Runbook
6 5 (12.20%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) Bicep
2 8 (19.51%) PowerShell
3 6 (14.63%) Python
4 4 (9.76%) Bash
5 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 27 (65.85%) SC Cleared
3 10 (24.39%) CISSP
3 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) Azure Certification
4 6 (14.63%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (14.63%) Degree
4 6 (14.63%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (14.63%) SANS
5 4 (9.76%) CISM
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (7.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.44%) CEH
8 1 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (36.59%) NIST
2 11 (26.83%) NCSC
3 9 (21.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (9.76%) JSP 440
5 3 (7.32%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.44%) GDPR
6 1 (2.44%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (2.44%) GRC
6 1 (2.44%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Terraform
2 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.88%) Kibana
3 2 (4.88%) logstash
4 1 (2.44%) Ansible
4 1 (2.44%) Icinga
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.44%) SCCM
4 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) VMware
3 3 (7.32%) IBM
3 3 (7.32%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.44%) Meraki