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 20 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
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 193 269
Rank change year-on-year +19 +76 -75
Contract jobs citing Splunk 660 427 377
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.62% 1.38% 0.85%
As % of the Vendors category 3.62% 2.98% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 250 232
10th Percentile £350 £404 £403
25th Percentile £418 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% +3.86% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £713 £650
90th Percentile £700 £800 £736
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 18,219 14,328 19,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.61% 46.45% 43.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,649 8,621 12,075
10th Percentile £303 £275 £258
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% - -1.42%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 414 934
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.90
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.00 £26.72
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +8.53% -19.64%
75th Percentile £58.65 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.98 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +4.33% -13.33%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +12 581 £525 -8.10% 172
UK excluding London +52 375 £500 -9.09% 150
London -31 223 £575 -4.17% 45
Work from Home -7 174 £540 -8.09% 48
North of England +9 146 £514 -6.55% 41
Yorkshire +5 111 £516 +3.20% 23
Midlands +19 104 £525 -2.51% 19
West Midlands +21 100 £529 -3.85% 10
South East +18 96 £375 -34.78% 43
Scotland +21 34 £550 +32.53% 12
North West -22 34 £490 -10.91% 18
South West -11 11 £625 -21.88% 13
East of England -32 6 £600 - 23
Wales - 5 £600 -
East Midlands -27 4 £442 +13.11% 8
North East -15 3 £538 -8.51%

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 17 (2.58%) Apache
2 14 (2.12%) Confluence
2 14 (2.12%) Skype for Business
3 13 (1.97%) TPMS
4 10 (1.52%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.36%) Mattermost
6 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.91%) IIS
7 6 (0.91%) iPlanet
7 6 (0.91%) JBoss
7 6 (0.91%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.91%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.91%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.76%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.45%) SAS
11 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 16 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (1.82%) 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
1 243 (36.82%) AWS
2 158 (23.94%) Azure
3 142 (21.52%) GCP
4 74 (11.21%) GitHub
5 68 (10.30%) OpenShift
6 53 (8.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 41 (6.21%) Serverless
8 32 (4.85%) Datadog
9 31 (4.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (4.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 25 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (3.33%) Amazon S3
13 21 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.88%) SaaS
14 19 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 18 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (2.73%) Entra ID
16 15 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (2.27%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 101 (15.30%) Firewall
2 84 (12.73%) DNS
3 48 (7.27%) TCP/IP
4 27 (4.09%) Network Security
5 25 (3.79%) SSL
5 25 (3.79%) VPN
6 20 (3.03%) BGP
7 19 (2.88%) HTTP
7 19 (2.88%) OSPF
7 19 (2.88%) Wireless
8 18 (2.73%) DHCP
8 18 (2.73%) Ethernet VPN
8 18 (2.73%) WAN
9 17 (2.58%) LAN
10 15 (2.27%) SNMP
11 14 (2.12%) Skype
11 14 (2.12%) VXLAN
11 14 (2.12%) Wireshark
12 13 (1.97%) Junos
12 13 (1.97%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.15%) MongoDB
3 30 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 29 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
5 24 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.88%) MySQL
7 13 (1.97%) Redis
8 10 (1.52%) SQL Server
9 9 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.36%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.36%) Power BI
10 8 (1.21%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.06%) Apache Hive
12 6 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.91%) Tableau
13 5 (0.76%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.61%) Flink
15 3 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 128 (19.39%) Jenkins
2 104 (15.76%) GitLab
3 42 (6.36%) Git
4 26 (3.94%) JIRA
5 22 (3.33%) Liquibase
6 16 (2.42%) Postman
7 15 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
7 15 (2.27%) Xcode
8 14 (2.12%) Android Studio
8 14 (2.12%) Browser DevTools
8 14 (2.12%) Eclipse
9 12 (1.82%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.82%) JUnit
9 12 (1.82%) Selenium
10 11 (1.67%) Gatling
10 11 (1.67%) Maven
11 10 (1.52%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.52%) Gradle
11 10 (1.52%) Jaeger
12 8 (1.21%) REST Assured
General
1 283 (42.88%) Social Skills
2 155 (23.48%) Finance
3 104 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 63 (9.55%) Banking
6 46 (6.97%) Documentation Skills
7 39 (5.91%) Financial Institution
8 18 (2.73%) Military
9 13 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.36%) Retail
11 8 (1.21%) 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 (0.45%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.15%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.15%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 124 (18.79%) Analyst
2 77 (11.67%) Senior
3 64 (9.70%) Architect
4 59 (8.94%) SOC Analyst
5 49 (7.42%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (6.36%) Security Engineer
7 40 (6.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 36 (5.45%) Lead
9 30 (4.55%) Security Analyst
9 30 (4.55%) Splunk Engineer
10 26 (3.94%) AWS Engineer
10 26 (3.94%) Site Engineer
11 23 (3.48%) Developer
11 23 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.48%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 21 (3.18%) Monitoring Analyst
13 21 (3.18%) Network Engineer
14 19 (2.88%) GCP Engineer
14 19 (2.88%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (11.06%) REST
2 67 (10.15%) Elastic Stack
2 67 (10.15%) Kafka
3 40 (6.06%) OpenTelemetry
4 38 (5.76%) Spring Boot
5 36 (5.45%) RESTful
6 33 (5.00%) SAML
7 32 (4.85%) Spring
8 26 (3.94%) LDAP
9 25 (3.79%) OpenID
10 24 (3.64%) JSON
11 23 (3.48%) Middleware
12 22 (3.33%) OAuth
13 20 (3.03%) AngularJS
14 19 (2.88%) React
15 18 (2.73%) CSS
16 15 (2.27%) GraphQL
16 15 (2.27%) Playwright
17 14 (2.12%) 802.1X
17 14 (2.12%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.67%) Cloud Native
2 53 (8.03%) Security Operations Centre
3 47 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (6.97%) Onboarding
5 34 (5.15%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.85%) PKI
7 31 (4.70%) Security Posture
8 29 (4.39%) Management Information System
9 25 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (3.64%) Mobile App
11 22 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
12 21 (3.18%) Clustering
12 21 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
12 21 (3.18%) Data Centre
13 19 (2.88%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.97%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.82%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
17 8 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 244 (36.97%) Linux
2 152 (23.03%) Windows
3 90 (13.64%) Unix
4 32 (4.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.73%) Windows Server
6 17 (2.58%) Android
7 7 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.91%) CentOS
9 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.61%) zOS
11 3 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.30%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.30%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (34.55%) CI/CD
2 218 (33.03%) DevOps
3 184 (27.88%) Cybersecurity
3 184 (27.88%) Observability
4 167 (25.30%) SIEM
5 164 (24.85%) Incident Response
6 153 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 127 (19.24%) Containerisation
9 107 (16.21%) Agile
10 89 (13.48%) Microservices
11 88 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 86 (13.03%) Security Operations
13 77 (11.67%) High Availability
14 73 (11.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 71 (10.76%) Migration
16 68 (10.30%) Root Cause Analysis
17 62 (9.39%) Threat Detection
18 57 (8.64%) ITIL
18 57 (8.64%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 242 (36.67%) Python
2 102 (15.45%) Bash
3 96 (14.55%) PowerShell
4 93 (14.09%) Java
5 86 (13.03%) SQL
6 46 (6.97%) Go
7 32 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 32 (4.85%) Shell Script
8 23 (3.48%) Perl
9 21 (3.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 14 (2.12%) TypeScript
11 11 (1.67%) Kotlin
11 11 (1.67%) Search Processing Language
12 10 (1.52%) Bicep
12 10 (1.52%) Groovy
13 9 (1.36%) Rust
13 9 (1.36%) Scala
14 4 (0.61%) JCL
14 4 (0.61%) R
14 4 (0.61%) REXX
Qualifications
1 237 (35.91%) Security Cleared
2 157 (23.79%) SC Cleared
3 98 (14.85%) Degree
4 71 (10.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (8.79%) DV Cleared
6 52 (7.88%) CISSP
7 34 (5.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 34 (5.15%) Master's Degree
8 31 (4.70%) CISM
9 21 (3.18%) GIAC
10 19 (2.88%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (2.58%) CEH
13 16 (2.42%) CompTIA CySA+
13 16 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (1.97%) FFIEC
14 13 (1.97%) GCIA
14 13 (1.97%) GCIH
15 12 (1.82%) MCSE
15 12 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.21%) NIST
2 58 (8.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.00%) GDPR
4 25 (3.79%) NCSC
5 24 (3.64%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.33%) QA
7 18 (2.73%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.97%) GLBA
9 10 (1.52%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.36%) HIPAA
10 9 (1.36%) SLA
11 5 (0.76%) GRC
12 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.30%) ISO 15022
14 2 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 137 (20.76%) Docker
2 46 (6.97%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.27%) VMware NSX
5 12 (1.82%) vSphere
6 8 (1.21%) Snort
7 6 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.76%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 5 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.61%) NFS
10 3 (0.45%) ISA Server
10 3 (0.45%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.45%) Squid
11 2 (0.30%) Veritas File System
11 2 (0.30%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.15%) GPFS
12 1 (0.15%) Lustre
12 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 206 (31.21%) Kubernetes
2 143 (21.67%) Grafana
3 136 (20.61%) Terraform
4 134 (20.30%) Ansible
5 113 (17.12%) Prometheus
6 28 (4.24%) Kibana
7 24 (3.64%) Argo
8 21 (3.18%) Puppet
9 20 (3.03%) QRadar
10 19 (2.88%) Progress Chef
11 17 (2.58%) SCOM
12 16 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
13 14 (2.12%) FortiGate
13 14 (2.12%) HP SiteScope
14 13 (1.97%) Fluentd
15 12 (1.82%) CSIRT
15 12 (1.82%) Nessus
15 12 (1.82%) vCenter Server
16 11 (1.67%) logstash
16 11 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 136 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.18%) Cisco
3 47 (7.12%) Google
4 45 (6.82%) AppDynamics
5 44 (6.67%) Dynatrace
5 44 (6.67%) Oracle
6 42 (6.36%) ServiceNow
7 37 (5.61%) CrowdStrike
8 32 (4.85%) Red Hat
8 32 (4.85%) VMware
9 30 (4.55%) CyberArk
9 30 (4.55%) F5
10 26 (3.94%) Cribl.io
10 26 (3.94%) Qualys
11 25 (3.79%) SolarWinds
12 23 (3.48%) Carbon Black
13 22 (3.33%) Palo Alto
14 21 (3.18%) Tenable
15 18 (2.73%) Remedy
16 13 (1.97%) Juniper