SIEM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 115 149
Rank change year-on-year -63 +34 +110
Contract jobs citing SIEM 174 391 404
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.36% 1.92% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 2.28% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 278 305
10th Percentile £390 £425 £416
25th Percentile £483 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +4.11% -2.61%
75th Percentile £600 £684 £650
90th Percentile £650 £825 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile £80.34 - £65.19
Median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.69% -46.67% +13.98%
75th Percentile £81.01 £63.44 £77.50
90th Percentile - £74.63 £77.63
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £40.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +101.69% -46.67% +13.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,601 17,153 20,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.50% 84.38% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,223 10,226 14,391
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 837 2,053 1,276
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £10.93
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.25 £15.40
Median hourly rate £25.43 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £28.30 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -22.48% +0.29% +41.73%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
South East +4 66 £523 -15.65% 155
Midlands -14 44 £550 -8.33% 41
West Midlands -15 44 £550 -8.33% 30
East of England +44 26 £550 -8.33% 47
North of England +8 22 £580 -17.14% 88
Yorkshire +8 13 £613 -23.44% 35
Scotland +6 13 £525 +1.94% 43
North West +8 9 £525 -16.00% 47
South West -75 6 £550 -3.51% 31
SIEM
UK

SIEM
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.72%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 42 (24.14%) Azure
2 26 (14.94%) AWS
3 21 (12.07%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (7.47%) Cohesity
5 12 (6.90%) GCP
6 9 (5.17%) GitHub
7 8 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.15%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.57%) CloudFront
9 1 (0.57%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.57%) Serverless
9 1 (0.57%) Sumo Logic
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.11%) Firewall
2 30 (17.24%) Network Security
3 26 (14.94%) DNS
4 16 (9.20%) SMTP
4 16 (9.20%) SSL
5 15 (8.62%) VPN
6 14 (8.05%) SAN
7 13 (7.47%) BGP
7 13 (7.47%) TCP/IP
8 12 (6.90%) OSPF
8 12 (6.90%) VLAN
9 7 (4.02%) FTP
9 7 (4.02%) HTTP
10 6 (3.45%) IPsec
11 5 (2.87%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (1.72%) DHCP
12 3 (1.72%) NGFW
13 2 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (1.15%) SD-WAN
13 2 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.57%) DB2
3 1 (0.57%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.45%) JIRA
2 4 (2.30%) Git
2 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.72%) GitLab
3 3 (1.72%) JMeter
3 3 (1.72%) Postman
3 3 (1.72%) REST Assured
3 3 (1.72%) Selenium
3 3 (1.72%) TestNG
3 3 (1.72%) Travis CI
General
1 59 (33.91%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 10 (5.75%) Finance
6 6 (3.45%) Banking
7 4 (2.30%) Electronics
7 4 (2.30%) Legal
7 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.30%) Marketing
8 3 (1.72%) Law
8 3 (1.72%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.15%) Aviation
9 2 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.15%) Local Government
9 2 (1.15%) Police
9 2 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.15%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 38 (21.84%) Analyst
2 25 (14.37%) Security Engineer
3 23 (13.22%) SOC Analyst
4 16 (9.20%) Architect
4 16 (9.20%) Security Analyst
5 14 (8.05%) Security Architect
6 10 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (5.75%) Lead
6 10 (5.75%) SIEM Engineer
7 7 (4.02%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (4.02%) Security Operations Analyst
8 6 (3.45%) Check Point Expert
8 6 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (3.45%) Incident Analyst
8 6 (3.45%) Incident Responder
8 6 (3.45%) Security Incident Analyst
8 6 (3.45%) Senior
8 6 (3.45%) Site Engineer
8 6 (3.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.62%) REST
2 9 (5.17%) LDAP
3 7 (4.02%) JSON
4 4 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.72%) SAML
6 1 (0.57%) OAuth
6 1 (0.57%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.57%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.54%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (16.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (12.64%) CSOC
4 19 (10.92%) Security Posture
5 16 (9.20%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (4.60%) Cyberattack
7 8 (4.60%) Onboarding
8 7 (4.02%) Data Centre
8 7 (4.02%) Operational Technology
9 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.87%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.72%) SCADA
12 2 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.15%) PKI
12 2 (1.15%) Robotics
13 1 (0.57%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.57%) Cyber Security Posture
13 1 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 48 (27.59%) Windows
2 24 (13.79%) Linux
3 18 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 14 (8.05%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (8.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (4.60%) VMS
7 6 (3.45%) Check Point GAiA
8 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (46.55%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (35.63%) Security Operations
3 59 (33.91%) Incident Response
4 37 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (18.97%) Vulnerability Management
6 28 (16.09%) Threat Detection
7 26 (14.94%) Threat Intelligence
8 25 (14.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 22 (12.64%) Security Monitoring
10 21 (12.07%) Cloud Security
11 15 (8.62%) Event Correlation
11 15 (8.62%) Incident Management
11 15 (8.62%) Risk Management
12 14 (8.05%) Analytics
13 13 (7.47%) Build Automation
13 13 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (7.47%) Deployment Automation
13 13 (7.47%) Information Security
13 13 (7.47%) Operations Management
14 12 (6.90%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 40 (22.99%) PowerShell
2 30 (17.24%) Python
3 16 (9.20%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (5.75%) Bash
5 1 (0.57%) Go
5 1 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 35 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 33 (18.97%) DV Cleared
4 30 (17.24%) CISSP
5 21 (12.07%) Degree
6 12 (6.90%) CCSE
6 12 (6.90%) CEH
6 12 (6.90%) CISM
7 10 (5.75%) GIAC
8 9 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (4.02%) CCNP
9 7 (4.02%) CISA
9 7 (4.02%) GCIH
10 6 (3.45%) CCSA
10 6 (3.45%) Check Point Certification
11 5 (2.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.87%) GCIA
12 4 (2.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.77%) NIST
2 13 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.60%) GDPR
4 6 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.72%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.72%) QA
5 3 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.15%) NCSC
6 2 (1.15%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.57%) GRC
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.57%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 13 (7.47%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (5.17%) Docker
5 2 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.15%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.57%) NFS
6 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (20.69%) Ansible
2 15 (8.62%) SCCM
3 14 (8.05%) WSUS
4 10 (5.75%) FortiGate
5 9 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.17%) QRadar
6 6 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (3.45%) Terraform
7 4 (2.30%) Kibana
8 3 (1.72%) Nessus
9 2 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.15%) CSIRT
9 2 (1.15%) Grafana
10 1 (0.57%) CASB
10 1 (0.57%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.57%) linkerd
10 1 (0.57%) logstash
10 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.57%) vRealize
10 1 (0.57%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 48 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 45 (25.86%) Splunk
3 22 (12.64%) Palo Alto
4 20 (11.49%) VMware
5 18 (10.34%) Cisco
6 15 (8.62%) Fortinet
7 14 (8.05%) NetApp
8 12 (6.90%) CheckPoint
8 12 (6.90%) SolarWinds
9 11 (6.32%) ArcSight
10 9 (5.17%) F5
10 9 (5.17%) ServiceNow
11 8 (4.60%) Red Hat
12 7 (4.02%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (4.02%) CyberArk
13 6 (3.45%) Tenable
14 5 (2.87%) Rapid7
15 4 (2.30%) Google
15 4 (2.30%) LogRhythm
15 4 (2.30%) SAP