SIEM Engineer
UK
The median SIEM Engineer daily rate in the UK is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 650 | 827 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +135 | +177 | -158 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Engineer | 55 | 40 | 36 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.071% | 0.041% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.075% | 0.043% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 26 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £533 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £566 | £470 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £800 | £601 | £313 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.06% | +92.40% | -40.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £669 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £848 | £694 | £850 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £700 | £470 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.94% | +50.40% | -40.48% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 39,467 | 53,505 | 83,509 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.80% | 94.60% | 95.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,700 | 37,347 | 58,712 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.31% | +3.43% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,724 | 1,494 | 2,029 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.95 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.16 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +110.78% | +5.26% |
SIEM Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SIEM Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SIEM Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM Engineer.
SIEM Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM Engineer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.
SIEM Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 | +117 | 54 | £800 | +33.06% | 7 |
| London | +115 | 30 | £800 | +23.08% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +59 | 24 | £700 | +48.94% | 8 |
| Midlands | +44 | 13 | £550 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 13 | £550 | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 9 | £800 | - | 7 |
| South West | - | 7 | £800 | - | |
| North of England | +21 | 2 | £800 | +34.45% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 2 | £800 | +18.52% | |
| South East | +9 | 2 | £713 | +51.60% | 1 |
SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, SIEM Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SIEM Engineer in the job title.
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SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: