Event Correlation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Event Correlation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Event Correlation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Event Correlation over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 386 -
Rank change year-on-year +61 - -
Contract jobs citing Event Correlation 15 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.025% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.029% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £531 £775 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% - -
75th Percentile £551 £825 -
90th Percentile £575 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £738 -
% change year-on-year -25.42% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Event Correlation 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,721 17,088 20,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.59% 84.28% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,292 10,221 14,248
10th Percentile £234 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,065 1,263
10th Percentile £14.08 £12.35 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.49 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.69
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

Event Correlation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Event Correlation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Event Correlation in the UK excluding London

Event Correlation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Event Correlation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Event Correlation in the UK excluding London

Event Correlation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Event Correlation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Midlands - 8 £551 - 1
West Midlands - 8 £551 - 1
South East +42 4 £525 -34.38% 2
Scotland - 2 £525 - 3
South West - 1 £550 - 1
Event Correlation
UK

Event Correlation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (46.67%) Azure
1 7 (46.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
General
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) SOC Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Security Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) SIEM Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) CSOC
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (53.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 5 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (20.00%) OSINT
5 3 (20.00%) Situational Awareness
5 3 (20.00%) SOAR
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) CISSP
3 3 (20.00%) GCIH
4 2 (13.33%) GCFA
5 1 (6.67%) CEH
5 1 (6.67%) CISA
5 1 (6.67%) CISM
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) GCIA
5 1 (6.67%) GIAC
5 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Splunk
2 8 (53.33%) Cisco
2 8 (53.33%) F5
2 8 (53.33%) Fortinet
2 8 (53.33%) Palo Alto
2 8 (53.33%) Red Hat
2 8 (53.33%) ServiceNow
2 8 (53.33%) SolarWinds
3 3 (20.00%) ArcSight
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike