Splunk Contract Job Trends

Splunk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Splunk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Splunk over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 191 267
Rank change year-on-year +12 +76 -82
Contract jobs citing Splunk 654 423 376
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 1.38% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 3.53% 2.97% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 252 228
10th Percentile £354 £404 £400
25th Percentile £425 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £703 £650
90th Percentile £700 £780 £716
UK excluding London median daily rate £516 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -6.18% +3.19% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £48.27 £37.80 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £41.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.12% +2.50% -29.30%
75th Percentile £90.00 £41.50 -
90th Percentile £94.00 £60.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.33 £56.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.69% +41.88% -29.30%

All Vendors
UK

Splunk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,550 14,255 19,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.54% 46.58% 43.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,906 8,669 12,082
10th Percentile £305 £284 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.58% -1.90%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 433 960
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +11.81% -25.27%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.73
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £27.24 £25.75
% change year-on-year -16.92% +5.78% -17.14%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Splunk relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Splunk job vacancy trend in the UK

Splunk
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Splunk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Splunk

Splunk
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Splunk over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Splunk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Splunk

Splunk
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Splunk over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk within the UK over the 6 months to 28 February 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 +23 581 £525 -7.41% 99
UK excluding London +43 378 £516 -6.18% 85
London -25 215 £580 -3.33% 30
Work from Home -4 166 £550 -4.35% 41
North of England +13 157 £516 -9.07% 30
Yorkshire +11 116 £515 -16.34% 15
Midlands +11 101 £525 -2.23% 5
West Midlands +19 97 £527 -4.20% 4
South East +11 95 £383 -33.48% 22
North West -26 40 £550 - 14
Scotland +20 28 £592 +42.53% 9
South West -21 11 £625 -16.67% 12
East of England -31 6 £600 - 8
Wales -2 5 £600 +31.87%
East Midlands -22 4 £442 +2.73% 1
North East -13 3 £538 -8.51% 1

Splunk
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (2.29%) Confluence
2 12 (1.83%) Apache
2 12 (1.83%) TPMS
3 11 (1.68%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.92%) Mattermost
7 5 (0.76%) IIS
7 5 (0.76%) iPlanet
7 5 (0.76%) JBoss
7 5 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.76%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.61%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.46%) Apache Pig
9 3 (0.46%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.46%) SAS
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.61%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (0.61%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.15%) BASE24
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) RMDS
3 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 236 (36.09%) AWS
2 158 (24.16%) Azure
3 141 (21.56%) GCP
4 79 (12.08%) GitHub
5 66 (10.09%) OpenShift
6 55 (8.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 41 (6.27%) Serverless
8 32 (4.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.59%) Datadog
10 27 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (3.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (3.52%) Amazon S3
13 22 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.21%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (2.75%) SaaS
17 15 (2.29%) AWS KMS
18 13 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (16.06%) Firewall
2 85 (13.00%) DNS
3 46 (7.03%) TCP/IP
4 31 (4.74%) Network Security
5 25 (3.82%) VPN
6 24 (3.67%) BGP
6 24 (3.67%) SSL
7 22 (3.36%) Ethernet VPN
7 22 (3.36%) OSPF
8 21 (3.21%) DHCP
8 21 (3.21%) WAN
9 20 (3.06%) LAN
10 18 (2.75%) VXLAN
11 17 (2.60%) Wireless
12 16 (2.45%) BIG-IP
12 16 (2.45%) HTTP
12 16 (2.45%) Junos
13 14 (2.14%) SNMP
13 14 (2.14%) Wireshark
14 13 (1.99%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.50%) MongoDB
2 36 (5.50%) NoSQL
3 26 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (3.52%) Relational Database
5 18 (2.75%) MySQL
6 15 (2.29%) Hadoop
7 12 (1.83%) Redis
8 9 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (1.38%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.07%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.92%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.92%) Power BI
10 6 (0.92%) Tableau
11 4 (0.61%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.61%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.61%) Flink
12 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 126 (19.27%) Jenkins
2 105 (16.06%) GitLab
3 40 (6.12%) Git
4 29 (4.43%) JIRA
5 21 (3.21%) Liquibase
6 15 (2.29%) Postman
6 15 (2.29%) Sonatype Nexus
7 14 (2.14%) Xcode
8 13 (1.99%) Android Studio
8 13 (1.99%) Browser DevTools
8 13 (1.99%) Eclipse
9 11 (1.68%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.68%) Gatling
9 11 (1.68%) JUnit
9 11 (1.68%) Selenium
10 10 (1.53%) Jaeger
10 10 (1.53%) Maven
11 9 (1.38%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.38%) Gradle
12 8 (1.22%) Cucumber
General
1 279 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 149 (22.78%) Finance
3 107 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.55%) Public Sector
5 66 (10.09%) Banking
6 45 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (6.12%) Financial Institution
8 18 (2.75%) Military
9 13 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.38%) Retail
11 8 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.76%) Legal
12 5 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.61%) Front Office
13 4 (0.61%) Law
14 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.15%) Billing
16 1 (0.15%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (18.04%) Analyst
2 79 (12.08%) Senior
3 67 (10.24%) Architect
4 58 (8.87%) SOC Analyst
5 48 (7.34%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (6.88%) Lead
7 41 (6.27%) Security Engineer
8 37 (5.66%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 30 (4.59%) Splunk Engineer
10 26 (3.98%) AWS Engineer
10 26 (3.98%) Security Analyst
11 25 (3.82%) Site Engineer
12 23 (3.52%) Developer
13 22 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
13 22 (3.36%) Network Engineer
13 22 (3.36%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.21%) Platform Engineer
14 21 (3.21%) Security Architect
15 20 (3.06%) Data Engineer
15 20 (3.06%) Monitoring Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (10.55%) REST
2 65 (9.94%) Elastic Stack
3 63 (9.63%) Kafka
4 39 (5.96%) OpenTelemetry
5 38 (5.81%) Spring Boot
6 35 (5.35%) RESTful
7 32 (4.89%) SAML
7 32 (4.89%) Spring
8 25 (3.82%) JSON
8 25 (3.82%) LDAP
9 24 (3.67%) OpenID
10 23 (3.52%) Middleware
11 21 (3.21%) OAuth
12 19 (2.91%) AngularJS
13 18 (2.75%) React
14 17 (2.60%) 802.1X
14 17 (2.60%) CSS
15 15 (2.29%) Playwright
16 14 (2.14%) GraphQL
17 13 (1.99%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.62%) Cloud Native
2 49 (7.49%) Security Operations Centre
3 46 (7.03%) Distributed Systems
4 44 (6.73%) Onboarding
5 36 (5.50%) PKI
6 33 (5.05%) Public Cloud
7 29 (4.43%) Management Information System
7 29 (4.43%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (3.67%) Data Centre
10 23 (3.52%) Clustering
10 23 (3.52%) Mobile App
11 21 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
12 20 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (3.06%) Cyberattack
13 16 (2.45%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.53%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
16 6 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 230 (35.17%) Linux
2 151 (23.09%) Windows
3 78 (11.93%) Unix
4 32 (4.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.75%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.45%) Android
7 6 (0.92%) CentOS
7 6 (0.92%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.61%) zOS
10 3 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.31%) Solaris
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (35.93%) CI/CD
2 220 (33.64%) DevOps
3 181 (27.68%) Observability
4 175 (26.76%) Cybersecurity
5 165 (25.23%) SIEM
6 162 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
7 152 (23.24%) Incident Response
8 143 (21.87%) Infrastructure as Code
9 128 (19.57%) Containerisation
10 114 (17.43%) Agile
11 88 (13.46%) Computer Science
11 88 (13.46%) Microservices
12 82 (12.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 81 (12.39%) Security Operations
14 79 (12.08%) High Availability
15 69 (10.55%) Migration
16 66 (10.09%) Root Cause Analysis
17 64 (9.79%) Test Automation
18 61 (9.33%) ITIL
19 57 (8.72%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 243 (37.16%) Python
2 102 (15.60%) Bash
3 90 (13.76%) PowerShell
4 89 (13.61%) Java
5 84 (12.84%) SQL
6 45 (6.88%) Go
7 31 (4.74%) JavaScript
8 27 (4.13%) Shell Script
9 21 (3.21%) Perl
10 19 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (2.14%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.83%) Bicep
13 11 (1.68%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.38%) Groovy
14 9 (1.38%) Rust
15 7 (1.07%) Scala
15 7 (1.07%) Search Processing Language
16 4 (0.61%) JCL
16 4 (0.61%) REXX
17 3 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 233 (35.63%) Security Cleared
2 152 (23.24%) SC Cleared
3 100 (15.29%) Degree
4 71 (10.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (8.72%) DV Cleared
6 51 (7.80%) CISSP
7 34 (5.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 33 (5.05%) Master's Degree
9 32 (4.89%) CISM
10 25 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
11 20 (3.06%) AWS Certification
12 18 (2.75%) GIAC
13 17 (2.60%) CompTIA CySA+
14 14 (2.14%) CEH
14 14 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (1.83%) FFIEC
15 12 (1.83%) GCIA
15 12 (1.83%) GCIH
16 11 (1.68%) MCSE
16 11 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.47%) NIST
2 57 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.89%) GDPR
4 26 (3.98%) NCSC
5 23 (3.52%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.36%) QA
7 18 (2.75%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.83%) GLBA
9 9 (1.38%) SLA
10 8 (1.22%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.07%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.76%) GRC
13 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.31%) COBIT
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 137 (20.95%) Docker
2 42 (6.42%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.45%) VMware NSX
4 12 (1.83%) vSphere
5 7 (1.07%) Snort
6 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.61%) NFS
9 3 (0.46%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.46%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.46%) Squid
10 2 (0.31%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.15%) GPFS
11 1 (0.15%) Lustre
11 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 207 (31.65%) Kubernetes
2 143 (21.87%) Grafana
3 137 (20.95%) Terraform
4 133 (20.34%) Ansible
5 112 (17.13%) Prometheus
6 27 (4.13%) Argo
6 27 (4.13%) Kibana
7 20 (3.06%) Puppet
8 19 (2.91%) QRadar
9 18 (2.75%) Progress Chef
10 17 (2.60%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.99%) Fluentd
13 12 (1.83%) Nessus
13 12 (1.83%) SCOM
13 12 (1.83%) vCenter Server
14 11 (1.68%) CSIRT
14 11 (1.68%) logstash
14 11 (1.68%) SCCM
15 10 (1.53%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 128 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.56%) Cisco
3 46 (7.03%) Google
4 44 (6.73%) ServiceNow
5 42 (6.42%) AppDynamics
5 42 (6.42%) Dynatrace
6 40 (6.12%) Oracle
7 35 (5.35%) CrowdStrike
8 33 (5.05%) VMware
9 32 (4.89%) Red Hat
10 31 (4.74%) F5
11 29 (4.43%) CyberArk
12 28 (4.28%) SolarWinds
13 27 (4.13%) Qualys
14 26 (3.98%) Cribl.io
15 23 (3.52%) Palo Alto
15 23 (3.52%) Tenable
16 22 (3.36%) Carbon Black
17 16 (2.45%) Juniper
18 15 (2.29%) Remedy