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 2 March 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
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 196 270
Rank change year-on-year +19 +74 -89
Contract jobs citing Splunk 640 415 378
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.37% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 3.48% 2.95% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 246 229
10th Percentile £351 £403 £400
25th Percentile £425 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +2.05% -8.33%
75th Percentile £633 £700 £650
90th Percentile £703 £778 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -6.55% +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 18,390 14,075 19,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.43% 46.63% 43.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,788 8,582 12,105
10th Percentile £305 £281 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £514
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.17% -2.47%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £626
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 435 981
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £12.74
25th Percentile £18.15 £21.25 £15.10
Median hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -27.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.68 £81.80 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £27.43 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.48% +9.70% -21.65%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 2 March 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 +15 568 £525 -7.08% 138
UK excluding London +46 370 £514 -6.55% 119
London -34 209 £575 -0.22% 35
Work from Home -3 165 £545 -5.22% 68
North of England +15 154 £516 -9.07% 34
Yorkshire +9 113 £515 -16.34% 18
Midlands +7 98 £525 -2.23% 8
South East +9 95 £383 -33.48% 32
West Midlands +16 94 £525 -4.55% 5
North West -24 40 £550 - 13
Scotland +22 27 £592 +42.53% 6
South West -15 10 £700 -6.67% 20
East of England -35 6 £600 - 17
Wales 0 5 £600 +31.87% 3
East Midlands -33 4 £442 +2.73% 3
North East -11 3 £538 -8.51% 3

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 (2.34%) Confluence
2 12 (1.88%) TPMS
3 11 (1.72%) Apache
4 10 (1.56%) Skype for Business
5 9 (1.41%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.25%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.94%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.78%) IIS
8 5 (0.78%) iPlanet
8 5 (0.78%) JBoss
8 5 (0.78%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.47%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.47%) SAS
9 3 (0.47%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.63%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (0.63%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.16%) BASE24
3 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) RMDS
3 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 230 (35.94%) AWS
2 155 (24.22%) Azure
3 135 (21.09%) GCP
4 78 (12.19%) GitHub
5 66 (10.31%) OpenShift
6 54 (8.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 37 (5.78%) Serverless
8 32 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.69%) Datadog
10 27 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (3.59%) Amazon S3
13 22 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.28%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (2.81%) SaaS
17 15 (2.34%) AWS KMS
18 13 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (16.41%) Firewall
2 83 (12.97%) DNS
3 45 (7.03%) TCP/IP
4 31 (4.84%) Network Security
5 25 (3.91%) VPN
6 24 (3.75%) BGP
6 24 (3.75%) SSL
7 22 (3.44%) Ethernet VPN
7 22 (3.44%) OSPF
8 21 (3.28%) WAN
9 20 (3.13%) DHCP
9 20 (3.13%) LAN
10 18 (2.81%) VXLAN
11 17 (2.66%) Wireless
12 16 (2.50%) BIG-IP
12 16 (2.50%) HTTP
12 16 (2.50%) Junos
13 14 (2.19%) SNMP
13 14 (2.19%) Wireshark
14 13 (2.03%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.63%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.00%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
5 23 (3.59%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.81%) MySQL
7 14 (2.19%) Hadoop
8 12 (1.88%) Redis
9 9 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.41%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.09%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.94%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.94%) Tableau
12 5 (0.78%) Power BI
13 3 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.47%) Apache Hive
13 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.47%) Flink
13 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 123 (19.22%) Jenkins
2 102 (15.94%) GitLab
3 39 (6.09%) Git
4 29 (4.53%) JIRA
5 17 (2.66%) Liquibase
6 15 (2.34%) Postman
6 15 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 14 (2.19%) Xcode
8 13 (2.03%) Android Studio
8 13 (2.03%) Browser DevTools
8 13 (2.03%) Eclipse
9 11 (1.72%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.72%) Gatling
9 11 (1.72%) JUnit
9 11 (1.72%) Selenium
10 10 (1.56%) Jaeger
10 10 (1.56%) Maven
11 9 (1.41%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.41%) Gradle
12 8 (1.25%) Cucumber
General
1 271 (42.34%) Social Skills
2 145 (22.66%) Finance
3 105 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.63%) Public Sector
5 63 (9.84%) Banking
6 45 (7.03%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (5.63%) Financial Institution
8 18 (2.81%) Military
9 13 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.09%) Retail
12 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.78%) Legal
12 5 (0.78%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.63%) Front Office
13 4 (0.63%) Law
14 3 (0.47%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.16%) Advertising
16 1 (0.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 118 (18.44%) Analyst
2 77 (12.03%) Senior
3 66 (10.31%) Architect
4 58 (9.06%) SOC Analyst
5 48 (7.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (7.03%) Lead
7 40 (6.25%) Security Engineer
8 36 (5.63%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 29 (4.53%) Splunk Engineer
10 26 (4.06%) Security Analyst
11 25 (3.91%) AWS Engineer
12 24 (3.75%) Site Engineer
13 23 (3.59%) Developer
14 22 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.44%) Network Engineer
15 21 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (3.13%) Monitoring Analyst
16 20 (3.13%) Security Architect
17 19 (2.97%) GCP Engineer
17 19 (2.97%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.69%) Kafka
1 62 (9.69%) REST
2 60 (9.38%) Elastic Stack
3 39 (6.09%) OpenTelemetry
4 38 (5.94%) Spring Boot
5 32 (5.00%) SAML
5 32 (5.00%) Spring
6 31 (4.84%) RESTful
7 25 (3.91%) JSON
7 25 (3.91%) LDAP
8 24 (3.75%) OpenID
9 23 (3.59%) Middleware
10 21 (3.28%) OAuth
11 19 (2.97%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.81%) React
13 17 (2.66%) 802.1X
13 17 (2.66%) CSS
14 15 (2.34%) Playwright
15 14 (2.19%) GraphQL
16 13 (2.03%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 72 (11.25%) Cloud Native
2 49 (7.66%) Security Operations Centre
3 43 (6.72%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 35 (5.47%) PKI
5 29 (4.53%) Public Cloud
5 29 (4.53%) Security Posture
6 28 (4.38%) Management Information System
7 25 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 24 (3.75%) Data Centre
9 23 (3.59%) Mobile App
10 22 (3.44%) Clustering
11 21 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
12 20 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (3.13%) Cyberattack
13 16 (2.50%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.41%) Algorithms
16 8 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
17 6 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 223 (34.84%) Linux
2 149 (23.28%) Windows
3 76 (11.88%) Unix
4 31 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.66%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.50%) Android
7 6 (0.94%) CentOS
7 6 (0.94%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.63%) zOS
10 3 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) Solaris
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (35.78%) CI/CD
2 213 (33.28%) DevOps
3 179 (27.97%) Observability
4 170 (26.56%) Cybersecurity
5 163 (25.47%) SIEM
6 159 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (22.97%) Incident Response
8 139 (21.72%) Infrastructure as Code
9 122 (19.06%) Containerisation
10 110 (17.19%) Agile
11 84 (13.13%) Microservices
12 82 (12.81%) Computer Science
13 81 (12.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 80 (12.50%) Security Operations
15 75 (11.72%) High Availability
16 68 (10.63%) Migration
17 64 (10.00%) Test Automation
18 62 (9.69%) Root Cause Analysis
19 60 (9.38%) ITIL
20 55 (8.59%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 233 (36.41%) Python
2 99 (15.47%) Bash
3 88 (13.75%) PowerShell
4 87 (13.59%) Java
5 81 (12.66%) SQL
6 41 (6.41%) Go
7 31 (4.84%) JavaScript
8 27 (4.22%) Shell Script
9 20 (3.13%) Perl
10 18 (2.81%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (2.19%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.88%) Bicep
13 11 (1.72%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.41%) Groovy
14 9 (1.41%) Rust
15 7 (1.09%) Search Processing Language
16 5 (0.78%) Scala
17 4 (0.63%) JCL
17 4 (0.63%) REXX
18 3 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 231 (36.09%) Security Cleared
2 150 (23.44%) SC Cleared
3 94 (14.69%) Degree
4 66 (10.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (8.91%) DV Cleared
6 51 (7.97%) CISSP
7 34 (5.31%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (5.00%) CISM
9 29 (4.53%) Master's Degree
10 24 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (2.81%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.81%) GIAC
12 17 (2.66%) CompTIA CySA+
13 14 (2.19%) CEH
14 13 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (1.88%) FFIEC
15 12 (1.88%) GCIA
15 12 (1.88%) GCIH
16 10 (1.56%) MCSE
16 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.72%) NIST
2 57 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.84%) GDPR
4 26 (4.06%) NCSC
5 23 (3.59%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.44%) QA
7 18 (2.81%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.88%) GLBA
9 9 (1.41%) SLA
10 8 (1.25%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.09%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.78%) GRC
13 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.31%) COBIT
15 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 130 (20.31%) Docker
2 41 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.50%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.88%) vSphere
6 7 (1.09%) Snort
7 5 (0.78%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.47%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.47%) NFS
9 3 (0.47%) Squid
10 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.16%) GPFS
11 1 (0.16%) Lustre
11 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Veritas File System
11 1 (0.16%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 200 (31.25%) Kubernetes
2 138 (21.56%) Grafana
3 133 (20.78%) Terraform
4 127 (19.84%) Ansible
5 107 (16.72%) Prometheus
6 27 (4.22%) Argo
7 26 (4.06%) Kibana
8 19 (2.97%) Puppet
9 18 (2.81%) Progress Chef
9 18 (2.81%) QRadar
10 17 (2.66%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (2.03%) Fluentd
13 12 (1.88%) Nessus
13 12 (1.88%) SCOM
13 12 (1.88%) vCenter Server
14 11 (1.72%) CSIRT
14 11 (1.72%) logstash
15 10 (1.56%) HP SiteScope
15 10 (1.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 125 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.44%) Cisco
3 44 (6.88%) Google
3 44 (6.88%) ServiceNow
4 41 (6.41%) AppDynamics
4 41 (6.41%) Dynatrace
5 39 (6.09%) Oracle
6 34 (5.31%) CrowdStrike
7 31 (4.84%) F5
7 31 (4.84%) Red Hat
7 31 (4.84%) VMware
8 27 (4.22%) CyberArk
8 27 (4.22%) SolarWinds
9 26 (4.06%) Cribl.io
9 26 (4.06%) Qualys
10 23 (3.59%) Tenable
11 22 (3.44%) Palo Alto
12 21 (3.28%) Carbon Black
13 16 (2.50%) Juniper
14 15 (2.34%) Remedy