SIEM Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SIEM Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median SIEM Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £474, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 457 341 385
Rank change year-on-year -116 +44 +46
Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Analyst 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.014% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.016% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £459 £246 £505
25th Percentile £465 £297 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £388 £660
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -41.29% +39.68%
75th Percentile £600 £472 £666
90th Percentile £675 £519 £701
UK median daily rate £550 £388 £525
% change year-on-year +41.94% -26.19% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 24,262 12,709 19,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 91.14% 92.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,836 7,928 11,683
10th Percentile £303 £220 £213
25th Percentile £406 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £594
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,814 1,015 2,453
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.53 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.49
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.75% -28.67% -12.79%

SIEM Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SIEM Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SIEM Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SIEM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SIEM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM Analyst in the UK excluding London

SIEM Analyst
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 SIEM Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. 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
North West -49 2 £467 +107.56%
North of England -73 2 £467 +107.56%
South West - 2 £700 - 3
SIEM Analyst
UK

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, SIEM Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SIEM Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Use Case
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) QRadar
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Splunk
4 1 (25.00%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (25.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) GCIA
4 1 (25.00%) GCIH
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) GIAC
4 1 (25.00%) GSEC
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) SANS
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Use Case
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) GCIA
2 1 (25.00%) GCIH
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) GSEC
2 1 (25.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) ArcSight