SIEM Contracts in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 50 78
Rank change year-on-year -50 +28 +55
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SIEM 16 102 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.83% 3.69% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 4.44% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 76 68
10th Percentile £504 £463 £413
25th Percentile £525 £500 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £706 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% +12.50% +13.21%
75th Percentile £801 £716 £678
90th Percentile £805 £834 £790
England median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £65.18 £73.25
25th Percentile - £67.31 £74.38
Median hourly rate - £72.75 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -6.13% +17.78%
75th Percentile - £76.31 £79.38
90th Percentile - £77.33 £79.75
England median hourly rate £72.84 £67.50 £77.50
% change year-on-year +7.91% -12.90% +17.78%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,736 2,298 2,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.81% 83.20% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,479 2,067
10th Percentile £213 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 259 252
10th Percentile £14.94 £13.86 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.13 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.25 £63.57
Median % change year-on-year -62.60% +5.78% +17.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.72
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the South West

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the South West

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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

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DemandTrendContract 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 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol +2 10 £800 +4.92% 15
Gloucestershire +11 2 £650 +4.00% 13
Devon - 2 - - 2
Wiltshire -33 1 £488 -25.57% 6
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 5 (31.25%) Public Sector
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Back Office
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) SOC Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Security Architect
4 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) LDAP
1 1 (6.25%) OAuth
1 1 (6.25%) OAuth2
1 1 (6.25%) OpenID
1 1 (6.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (37.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) PKI
4 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Security Operations
2 7 (43.75%) Threat Detection
3 6 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (31.25%) Incident Response
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Analytics
6 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (68.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) CEH
3 3 (18.75%) CISSP
3 3 (18.75%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.25%) CISM
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) NIST
2 5 (31.25%) NCSC
3 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (12.50%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) QRadar
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.25%) Exabeam
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk