SIEM Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 54 126 99
Rank change year-on-year +72 -27 +39
Contract jobs citing SIEM 48 19 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.18% 0.71% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 0.81% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 15 45
10th Percentile £450 £488 £425
25th Percentile £456 £509 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £558 £636 £625
90th Percentile £649 £686 £665
South East median daily rate £525 £625 £581
% change year-on-year -16.00% +7.53% +12.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +59 42 £525 -13.58% 29
Buckinghamshire +17 6 £523 -5.00% 11
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) Azure
2 9 (18.75%) AWS
3 8 (16.67%) GCP
4 4 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.25%) PaaS
6 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.17%) SaaS
7 1 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.92%) Network Security
2 10 (20.83%) Firewall
3 7 (14.58%) VPN
4 5 (10.42%) BGP
4 5 (10.42%) TCP/IP
5 4 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (8.33%) NGFW
5 4 (8.33%) OSPF
5 4 (8.33%) SSL
5 4 (8.33%) VLAN
6 3 (6.25%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.08%) DNS
7 1 (2.08%) IPFIX
7 1 (2.08%) LAN
7 1 (2.08%) Modbus
7 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.08%) WAN
7 1 (2.08%) Wireless
7 1 (2.08%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (35.42%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.17%) Electronics
6 2 (4.17%) Local Government
6 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 2 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Analyst
2 8 (16.67%) Architect
3 7 (14.58%) Security Architect
3 7 (14.58%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (12.50%) Lead
4 6 (12.50%) SIEM Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Security Analyst
7 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Incident Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Incident Responder
8 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.17%) Security Incident Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.17%) SIEM Project Manager
8 2 (4.17%) SOC Consultant
9 1 (2.08%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.50%) JSON
1 6 (12.50%) REST
2 3 (6.25%) SAML
3 1 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Cyber Threat
1 11 (22.92%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (20.83%) Security Posture
3 8 (16.67%) CSOC
4 7 (14.58%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.08%) PKI
7 1 (2.08%) PMI
7 1 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (6.25%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (54.17%) Security Operations
3 21 (43.75%) Incident Response
4 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (29.17%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (27.08%) Security Monitoring
5 13 (27.08%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (14.58%) Incident Management
7 7 (14.58%) Threat Detection
8 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security
8 6 (12.50%) Data Security
8 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 6 (12.50%) Security Architecture
9 4 (8.33%) Application Security
9 4 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 4 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
9 4 (8.33%) RBAC
9 4 (8.33%) SOAR
9 4 (8.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Python
2 4 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) CISSP
2 11 (22.92%) Security Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) CISM
3 8 (16.67%) GIAC
3 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (12.50%) CEH
4 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (10.42%) CCNP
6 4 (8.33%) CCSA
6 4 (8.33%) CCSE
6 4 (8.33%) Check Point Certification
6 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (6.25%) CISA
7 3 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (6.25%) Degree
7 3 (6.25%) GCIH
8 2 (4.17%) CCNA
8 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (14.58%) NIST
2 6 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 4 (8.33%) GDPR
4 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.17%) SLA
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.08%) ISO 9001
5 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.33%) VMware NSX
3 3 (6.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Ansible
2 4 (8.33%) QRadar
3 3 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.25%) vRealize
3 3 (6.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 1 (2.08%) CASB
4 1 (2.08%) CSIRT
4 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.75%) Splunk
3 6 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 6 (12.50%) VMware
4 5 (10.42%) Cisco
5 4 (8.33%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.25%) CyberArk
6 3 (6.25%) Rapid7
7 2 (4.17%) SAP
8 1 (2.08%) ArcSight
8 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.08%) Darktrace
8 1 (2.08%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.08%) Google
8 1 (2.08%) Kenna
8 1 (2.08%) Proofpoint
8 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.08%) Zscaler