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 13 August 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
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 169 240
Rank change year-on-year -70 +71 -69
Contract jobs citing Splunk 582 553 406
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 1.68% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 2.62% 3.55% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 348 258
10th Percentile £363 £359 £400
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £604 £630 £638
90th Percentile £720 £754 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £517 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.31% -1.82% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £44.51 - £40.63
25th Percentile £48.65 - £41.56
Median hourly rate £65.57 - £43.75
75th Percentile £73.31 - £46.56
90th Percentile £79.19 - £47.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £43.75

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 22,208 15,570 17,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.62% 47.27% 43.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,745 9,527 10,624
10th Percentile £313 £278 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £607 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 801 840
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.54 £13.68
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.12 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.63 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £21.29 £28.00
% change year-on-year +51.36% -23.96% -18.84%

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 13 August 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 13 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 15 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 13 August 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 -69 508 £525 -2.23% 343
UK excluding London -86 305 £517 -4.31% 253
London -52 223 £550 +4.76% 164
Work from Home -40 149 £525 +5.00% 71
North of England -34 122 £500 +7.52% 60
North West -30 64 £520 +13.66% 34
Yorkshire -25 54 £485 -3.00% 11
South East -99 53 £470 -8.29% 61
Midlands -39 44 £581 +10.67% 16
South West -9 41 £450 -21.05% 45
West Midlands -26 41 £581 +8.19% 15
Scotland -9 28 £423 -15.90% 24
East of England -35 26 £700 +27.27% 29
North East -39 4 £413 - 15
East Midlands -20 2 £563 +47.49% 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 27 (4.64%) Confluence
2 22 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.37%) Apache
5 6 (1.03%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.52%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.34%) SAS
7 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.17%) Mendix
8 1 (0.17%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.17%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 200 (34.36%) AWS
2 197 (33.85%) Azure
3 95 (16.32%) GitHub
4 72 (12.37%) GCP
5 49 (8.42%) GitHub Actions
5 49 (8.42%) OpenShift
6 39 (6.70%) Entra ID
7 37 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (6.19%) Datadog
9 34 (5.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 31 (5.33%) Amazon EKS
11 29 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (4.81%) SaaS
13 27 (4.64%) Power Platform
14 26 (4.47%) Amazon S3
14 26 (4.47%) Serverless
15 24 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 88 (15.12%) Firewall
2 71 (12.20%) DNS
3 43 (7.39%) Network Security
4 38 (6.53%) SNMP
5 37 (6.36%) WAN
6 31 (5.33%) BGP
6 31 (5.33%) DHCP
7 30 (5.15%) LAN
8 29 (4.98%) OSPF
9 26 (4.47%) BIG-IP
9 26 (4.47%) Ethernet VPN
10 25 (4.30%) VXLAN
11 24 (4.12%) Junos
12 21 (3.61%) Cisco ISE
13 17 (2.92%) TCP/IP
13 17 (2.92%) VPN
14 11 (1.89%) SSL
15 10 (1.72%) Internet
16 9 (1.55%) Wireless
17 8 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.47%) Power BI
2 20 (3.44%) MongoDB
2 20 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.26%) NoSQL
4 17 (2.92%) Big Data
5 14 (2.41%) Hadoop
5 14 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 13 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (1.72%) DynamoDB
8 9 (1.55%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.37%) MySQL
10 7 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.20%) Presto
11 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
11 6 (1.03%) Flink
11 6 (1.03%) Tableau
12 5 (0.86%) Looker
13 4 (0.69%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.69%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 89 (15.29%) Jenkins
2 58 (9.97%) GitLab
3 50 (8.59%) Git
4 38 (6.53%) JIRA
5 32 (5.50%) Gatling
6 31 (5.33%) JMeter
7 20 (3.44%) LoadRunner
8 13 (2.23%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.89%) Selenium
10 9 (1.55%) REST Assured
10 9 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (1.37%) JUnit
12 7 (1.20%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.20%) Eclipse
12 7 (1.20%) Gradle
12 7 (1.20%) Maven
12 7 (1.20%) Postman
12 7 (1.20%) Serenity BDD
13 6 (1.03%) Artifactory
13 6 (1.03%) Xcode
General
1 142 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 106 (18.21%) Finance
3 83 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (8.93%) Banking
5 27 (4.64%) Public Sector
6 15 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.72%) Front Office
7 10 (1.72%) Legal
7 10 (1.72%) Retail
8 9 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.03%) Military
11 5 (0.86%) Law
12 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.52%) Local Government
13 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.34%) Advertising
14 2 (0.34%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (10.31%) Lead
2 57 (9.79%) Senior
3 54 (9.28%) Analyst
4 48 (8.25%) Consultant
5 46 (7.90%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (7.22%) Architect
7 31 (5.33%) Splunk Engineer
8 30 (5.15%) Developer
9 24 (4.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 24 (4.12%) SOC Engineer
10 23 (3.95%) Performance Engineer
11 21 (3.61%) Security Engineer
12 19 (3.26%) Data Engineer
12 19 (3.26%) Test Engineer
13 18 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
13 18 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (2.92%) Network Engineer
14 17 (2.92%) Site Engineer
15 16 (2.75%) Security Architect
15 16 (2.75%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (10.31%) REST
2 54 (9.28%) Kafka
3 43 (7.39%) OpenTelemetry
4 40 (6.87%) Elastic Stack
5 28 (4.81%) 802.1X
6 19 (3.26%) Spring
6 19 (3.26%) Spring Boot
7 18 (3.09%) JSON
8 15 (2.58%) React
9 14 (2.41%) RESTful
10 13 (2.23%) Middleware
11 11 (1.89%) .NET
11 11 (1.89%) OAuth
11 11 (1.89%) OAuth2
12 10 (1.72%) CSS
12 10 (1.72%) SailPoint
13 9 (1.55%) OpenID
13 9 (1.55%) SAML
14 8 (1.37%) LDAP
14 8 (1.37%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.14%) Onboarding
3 35 (6.01%) PKI
4 34 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
5 32 (5.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 31 (5.33%) Data Centre
7 28 (4.81%) Clustering
8 16 (2.75%) CMDB
8 16 (2.75%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (2.06%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.72%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.55%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
15 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.20%) Public Cloud
16 6 (1.03%) Algorithms
16 6 (1.03%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 150 (25.77%) Linux
2 132 (22.68%) Windows
3 44 (7.56%) Unix
4 21 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.09%) AIX
6 9 (1.55%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.20%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.03%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.69%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.69%) Android
9 4 (0.69%) zOS
10 2 (0.34%) CentOS
10 2 (0.34%) VMS
11 1 (0.17%) MVS
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) SUSE
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (37.29%) Observability
2 212 (36.43%) CI/CD
3 173 (29.73%) DevOps
4 126 (21.65%) SIEM
5 120 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (20.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 100 (17.18%) Agile
8 93 (15.98%) Incident Response
9 87 (14.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 83 (14.26%) Containerisation
11 76 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
12 71 (12.20%) Security Operations
13 67 (11.51%) High Availability
14 64 (11.00%) ITSM
15 60 (10.31%) ITIL
15 60 (10.31%) Test Automation
16 59 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (9.45%) Analytics
18 54 (9.28%) Root Cause Analysis
19 53 (9.11%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 208 (35.74%) Python
2 103 (17.70%) PowerShell
3 86 (14.78%) SQL
4 64 (11.00%) Java
5 63 (10.82%) Bash
6 51 (8.76%) Search Processing Language
7 29 (4.98%) Go
8 25 (4.30%) JavaScript
9 15 (2.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 15 (2.58%) Scala
10 14 (2.41%) Shell Script
11 13 (2.23%) TypeScript
12 10 (1.72%) Bicep
12 10 (1.72%) Perl
13 8 (1.37%) C#
14 5 (0.86%) Groovy
15 4 (0.69%) JCL
15 4 (0.69%) REXX
16 3 (0.52%) C++
16 3 (0.52%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 216 (37.11%) Security Cleared
2 132 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 62 (10.65%) DV Cleared
4 46 (7.90%) CISSP
5 40 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (6.87%) Degree
6 22 (3.78%) CISM
7 20 (3.44%) CompTIA Security+
8 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (2.92%) AWS Certification
10 16 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (2.06%) GCIH
11 12 (2.06%) GIAC
12 11 (1.89%) CEH
13 10 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.72%) CCNP
14 9 (1.55%) CCSP
14 9 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (1.37%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (1.37%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.01%) NIST
2 23 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.61%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.92%) QA
5 12 (2.06%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.89%) GDPR
7 9 (1.55%) SLA
8 8 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.20%) NCSC
10 5 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.69%) GxP
11 4 (0.69%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.34%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
System Software
1 100 (17.18%) Docker
2 27 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.37%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.20%) vSphere
6 6 (1.03%) etcd
7 2 (0.34%) HDFS
7 2 (0.34%) Job Entry Subsystem
7 2 (0.34%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Firmware
8 1 (0.17%) KVM
8 1 (0.17%) NFS
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.17%) Varnish
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 145 (24.91%) Kubernetes
2 142 (24.40%) Terraform
3 136 (23.37%) Grafana
4 98 (16.84%) Prometheus
5 83 (14.26%) Ansible
6 27 (4.64%) FortiGate
7 26 (4.47%) QRadar
8 24 (4.12%) ZABBIX
9 20 (3.44%) Argo
9 20 (3.44%) Nagios
10 18 (3.09%) Netcool
11 17 (2.92%) Tivoli
12 15 (2.58%) OpenView
12 15 (2.58%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 14 (2.41%) Kibana
14 13 (2.23%) Progress Chef
15 9 (1.55%) Control-M
16 8 (1.37%) CASB
16 8 (1.37%) Puppet
16 8 (1.37%) WMI
Vendors
1 105 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 94 (16.15%) Dynatrace
3 78 (13.40%) ServiceNow
4 67 (11.51%) SolarWinds
5 61 (10.48%) Cisco
6 43 (7.39%) CrowdStrike
7 41 (7.04%) AppDynamics
7 41 (7.04%) New Relic
8 37 (6.36%) F5
9 35 (6.01%) IBM
10 28 (4.81%) CyberArk
11 26 (4.47%) Google
11 26 (4.47%) Tenable
12 25 (4.30%) Juniper
13 24 (4.12%) Oracle
14 23 (3.95%) BMC
14 23 (3.95%) VMware
15 22 (3.78%) Extreme Networks
15 22 (3.78%) Fortinet
16 20 (3.44%) Palo Alto