SIEM Analyst Contract Job Trends

SIEM Analyst
UK

The median SIEM Analyst daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 645 534 577
Rank change year-on-year -111 +43 +97
Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Analyst 10 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.006% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.007% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £470 £246 -
25th Percentile £500 £297 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £388 £525
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -26.19% +13.51%
75th Percentile - £472 £666
90th Percentile £585 £519 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £388 £660
% change year-on-year +22.32% -41.29% +39.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 47,563 28,496 40,366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 92.02% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,794 18,232 25,937
10th Percentile £325 £288 £285
25th Percentile £415 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,217 1,276 2,865
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.82 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.41 £16.58
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.75% -28.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.30 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

SIEM Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SIEM Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SIEM Analyst in the UK

SIEM Analyst
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

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 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
England -110 8 £550 +41.94% 3
UK excluding London -116 4 £474 +22.32% 3
London - 4 £550 -
North West -49 2 £467 +107.56%
Work from Home -54 2 £513 +32.26%
North of England -73 2 £467 +107.56%
South West - 2 £700 - 3

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

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 featuring SIEM Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (30.00%) API Integration
2 3 (30.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) QRadar
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (10.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (10.00%) Bash
4 1 (10.00%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CSSLP
4 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (10.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) GCIA

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (30.00%) API Integration
2 3 (30.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (10.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (10.00%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Key Management
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bash
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISSP
1 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CSSLP
2 1 (10.00%) GCIA
2 1 (10.00%) GCIH
2 1 (10.00%) GIAC
2 1 (10.00%) GSEC
2 1 (10.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) QRadar
2 1 (10.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat