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 30 June 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
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 178 243
Rank change year-on-year -54 +65 -82
Contract jobs citing Splunk 573 477 421
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.56% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 2.73% 3.29% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 295 280
10th Percentile £363 £392 £400
25th Percentile £425 £449 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 5
10th Percentile £44.51 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.23 - £40.00
75th Percentile £71.64 - -
90th Percentile £79.19 - £45.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -33.11%

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 21,000 14,497 18,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.92% 47.38% 42.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,095 8,886 11,472
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,085 687 1,156
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.30 £14.72
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +3.99% -40.35%
75th Percentile £62.00 £53.63 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.79 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.82 £23.50
% change year-on-year +42.45% -2.91% -27.24%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -46 507 £525 -4.55% 110
UK excluding London -43 315 £515 -6.45% 96
London -59 210 £550 +4.76% 42
Work from Home -34 149 £537 - 38
North of England -17 128 £500 -2.44% 23
Yorkshire -4 75 £500 - 8
South East -80 57 £400 -27.27% 32
North West -35 51 £501 -7.60% 12
Midlands -29 49 £581 +13.48% 5
West Midlands -25 44 £581 +8.19% 5
South West +3 39 £450 -16.67% 12
East of England -38 27 £675 +22.73% 13
Scotland -16 25 £514 +16.82% 9
East Midlands -15 5 £447 +3.23%
North East - 5 £413 - 3
Wales -13 1 - - 5

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 23 (4.01%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.97%) Confluence
3 13 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.87%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.52%) Apache
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.52%) TPMS
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) MTS
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.52%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.52%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 174 (30.37%) AWS
2 156 (27.23%) Azure
3 84 (14.66%) GitHub
4 67 (11.69%) GCP
5 62 (10.82%) OpenShift
6 32 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (5.41%) Entra ID
8 30 (5.24%) Datadog
9 26 (4.54%) Amazon ECS
10 25 (4.36%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (4.36%) Azure Sentinel
11 24 (4.19%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.19%) Power Platform
12 23 (4.01%) Serverless
13 22 (3.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (3.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (14.14%) Firewall
2 75 (13.09%) DNS
3 41 (7.16%) SNMP
4 36 (6.28%) WAN
5 33 (5.76%) Network Security
6 31 (5.41%) BGP
7 29 (5.06%) Ethernet VPN
7 29 (5.06%) LAN
7 29 (5.06%) OSPF
8 26 (4.54%) BIG-IP
9 25 (4.36%) DHCP
9 25 (4.36%) VXLAN
10 24 (4.19%) Junos
10 24 (4.19%) TCP/IP
11 23 (4.01%) VPN
12 20 (3.49%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (2.09%) SSL
14 11 (1.92%) Wireless
15 10 (1.75%) MPLS
16 9 (1.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.71%) MongoDB
2 23 (4.01%) Power BI
3 20 (3.49%) NoSQL
3 20 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.32%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.97%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (2.09%) Big Data
8 10 (1.75%) DynamoDB
9 9 (1.57%) MySQL
10 8 (1.40%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.22%) Presto
12 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.70%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.70%) Apache Hudi
13 4 (0.70%) Redis
13 4 (0.70%) Tableau
14 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.52%) KDB
Development Applications
1 92 (16.06%) Jenkins
2 53 (9.25%) GitLab
3 47 (8.20%) Git
4 32 (5.58%) Gatling
5 27 (4.71%) JIRA
6 22 (3.84%) JMeter
7 13 (2.27%) REST Assured
7 13 (2.27%) Selenium
8 12 (2.09%) LoadRunner
8 12 (2.09%) Serenity BDD
9 9 (1.57%) Gradle
9 9 (1.57%) JUnit
9 9 (1.57%) Maven
9 9 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (1.40%) Jaeger
11 7 (1.22%) Eclipse
12 6 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.05%) Snyk
12 6 (1.05%) Xcode
13 5 (0.87%) Postman
General
1 157 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 113 (19.72%) Finance
3 65 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (8.90%) Banking
5 38 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.44%) Retail
8 13 (2.27%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (1.92%) Front Office
11 9 (1.57%) Legal
12 8 (1.40%) Military
13 5 (0.87%) Law
14 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.52%) Advertising
15 3 (0.52%) Local Government
16 2 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (11.52%) Analyst
2 64 (11.17%) Architect
3 60 (10.47%) Senior
4 51 (8.90%) Lead
5 39 (6.81%) Consultant
6 35 (6.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 31 (5.41%) Developer
8 27 (4.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 25 (4.36%) Data Engineer
10 24 (4.19%) SOC Engineer
11 22 (3.84%) Security Architect
11 22 (3.84%) Site Engineer
11 22 (3.84%) SOC Analyst
12 21 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.66%) Security Engineer
13 20 (3.49%) Network Engineer
14 19 (3.32%) CyberArk Architect
15 18 (3.14%) Test Engineer
16 17 (2.97%) Performance Engineer
17 15 (2.62%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (10.99%) Kafka
2 57 (9.95%) OpenTelemetry
3 56 (9.77%) REST
4 34 (5.93%) Spring
4 34 (5.93%) Spring Boot
5 31 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
6 27 (4.71%) 802.1X
7 22 (3.84%) JSON
8 21 (3.66%) LDAP
9 19 (3.32%) OpenID
9 19 (3.32%) SAML
10 16 (2.79%) RESTful
11 13 (2.27%) Playwright
12 12 (2.09%) Middleware
12 12 (2.09%) Spring Cloud
13 11 (1.92%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.75%) OAuth
14 10 (1.75%) OAuth2
14 10 (1.75%) Protocol Buffers
14 10 (1.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.96%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.30%) Onboarding
3 36 (6.28%) PKI
3 36 (6.28%) Security Operations Centre
4 33 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.24%) Data Centre
6 28 (4.89%) Clustering
7 27 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (3.49%) Security Posture
9 17 (2.97%) CMDB
9 17 (2.97%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.62%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (2.09%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.75%) Cyberattack
14 9 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (1.40%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.40%) Public Cloud
16 7 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
17 6 (1.05%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 156 (27.23%) Linux
2 136 (23.73%) Windows
3 46 (8.03%) Unix
4 18 (3.14%) AIX
5 16 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (2.62%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.05%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.70%) Android
10 4 (0.70%) zOS
11 2 (0.35%) CentOS
12 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.17%) MVS
12 1 (0.17%) Rocky
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (37.70%) CI/CD
2 194 (33.86%) Observability
3 184 (32.11%) DevOps
4 134 (23.39%) SIEM
5 124 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (18.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 106 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
8 95 (16.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 94 (16.40%) Incident Response
10 80 (13.96%) Containerisation
11 76 (13.26%) Security Operations
12 72 (12.57%) Agile
13 71 (12.39%) High Availability
14 61 (10.65%) ITIL
15 58 (10.12%) ITSM
16 57 (9.95%) Test Automation
17 56 (9.77%) Analytics
18 52 (9.08%) Migration
19 49 (8.55%) Load Balancing
19 49 (8.55%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 214 (37.35%) Python
2 89 (15.53%) SQL
3 83 (14.49%) PowerShell
4 71 (12.39%) Java
5 70 (12.22%) Bash
6 44 (7.68%) Search Processing Language
7 24 (4.19%) Go
8 22 (3.84%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.44%) Bicep
10 10 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (1.75%) Scala
10 10 (1.75%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.40%) C#
11 8 (1.40%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.05%) Perl
13 6 (1.05%) Ruby
14 4 (0.70%) JCL
14 4 (0.70%) REXX
14 4 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 214 (37.35%) Security Cleared
2 129 (22.51%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.12%) DV Cleared
4 48 (8.38%) CISSP
5 43 (7.50%) Degree
6 39 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.89%) CompTIA Security+
8 24 (4.19%) CISM
8 24 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.79%) AWS Certification
11 14 (2.44%) GIAC
12 13 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (1.92%) CEH
13 11 (1.92%) GCIA
13 11 (1.92%) GCIH
14 10 (1.75%) CCNP
14 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.57%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.25%) NIST
2 41 (7.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.97%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.79%) NCSC
4 16 (2.79%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.44%) GDPR
6 12 (2.09%) QA
7 11 (1.92%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.57%) SLA
9 8 (1.40%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.87%) GRC
11 4 (0.70%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.52%) COBIT
12 3 (0.52%) GLBA
13 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 96 (16.75%) Docker
2 19 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.79%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.27%) vSphere
6 8 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.05%) etcd
8 4 (0.70%) Snort
9 2 (0.35%) HDFS
9 2 (0.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 155 (27.05%) Kubernetes
2 140 (24.43%) Grafana
3 130 (22.69%) Terraform
4 111 (19.37%) Prometheus
5 96 (16.75%) Ansible
6 26 (4.54%) FortiGate
7 23 (4.01%) QRadar
7 23 (4.01%) ZABBIX
8 21 (3.66%) Argo
9 20 (3.49%) Nagios
10 18 (3.14%) Netcool
11 17 (2.97%) Kibana
11 17 (2.97%) Tivoli
12 15 (2.62%) OpenView
12 15 (2.62%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 12 (2.09%) vCenter Server
14 9 (1.57%) Progress Chef
15 8 (1.40%) Fluentd
15 8 (1.40%) Puppet
15 8 (1.40%) WMI
Vendors
1 95 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.74%) ServiceNow
3 70 (12.22%) Dynatrace
4 60 (10.47%) Cisco
5 56 (9.77%) SolarWinds
6 43 (7.50%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (6.98%) F5
8 38 (6.63%) AppDynamics
9 37 (6.46%) CyberArk
10 29 (5.06%) IBM
11 27 (4.71%) New Relic
11 27 (4.71%) Tenable
12 25 (4.36%) Juniper
13 22 (3.84%) BMC
13 22 (3.84%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (3.66%) Fortinet
14 21 (3.66%) Google
14 21 (3.66%) VMware
15 20 (3.49%) Palo Alto
16 19 (3.32%) Oracle