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 15 October 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
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 144 204
Rank change year-on-year -101 +60 +4
Contract jobs citing Splunk 612 676 465
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 2.04% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 2.65% 4.26% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 422 285
10th Percentile £350 £360 £419
25th Percentile £425 £428 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -6.19% -5.52%
75th Percentile £604 £625 £688
90th Percentile £721 £700 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £44.29 £81.63 £38.05
25th Percentile £51.00 £82.19 £41.13
Median hourly rate £65.45 £88.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% +86.84% -
75th Percentile £70.59 £94.69 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £94.88 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.98 - £60.00

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 23,078 15,851 16,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.74% 47.74% 44.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,920 9,777 9,878
10th Percentile £310 £275 £286
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £613 £625
90th Percentile £712 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,446 804 580
10th Percentile £13.68 £14.84 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.03 £17.87 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.19 £24.81 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -24.82% -24.83%
75th Percentile £56.00 £38.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £21.30 £31.00
% change year-on-year +8.83% -31.29% -29.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -110 515 £525 -0.94% 374
UK excluding London -122 292 £537 +2.29% 189
London -53 257 £525 -1.64% 207
Work from Home -65 158 £537 +7.40% 163
North of England -61 123 £500 - 46
North West -28 71 £525 +13.09% 26
Midlands -82 46 £575 +9.52% 18
West Midlands -74 45 £575 +9.52% 17
Scotland -22 36 £424 -15.03% 24
South East -126 36 £500 +2.56% 36
Yorkshire -68 35 £522 +4.40% 15
South West -24 27 £650 +18.18% 26
East of England -42 23 £576 +4.73% 19
North East -21 17 £425 -29.17% 5
Wales -5 8 - - 13
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

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 31 (5.07%) Confluence
2 8 (1.31%) WebSphere
3 7 (1.14%) Apache
3 7 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.14%) IIS
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.49%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
5 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.16%) CMS
5 1 (0.16%) Mendix
5 1 (0.16%) MTS
5 1 (0.16%) Mule
5 1 (0.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.16%) Traefik
5 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) SAP MDG
1 8 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 237 (38.73%) Azure
2 230 (37.58%) AWS
3 106 (17.32%) GCP
4 98 (16.01%) GitHub
5 55 (8.99%) GitHub Actions
6 50 (8.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 44 (7.19%) OpenShift
8 42 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (6.54%) Datadog
10 36 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
10 36 (5.88%) Entra ID
11 34 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (5.07%) Power Platform
13 26 (4.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 26 (4.25%) SaaS
14 23 (3.76%) Serverless
15 20 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
18 14 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 66 (10.78%) Firewall
2 44 (7.19%) DNS
2 44 (7.19%) Network Security
3 29 (4.74%) SNMP
4 24 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 22 (3.59%) WAN
6 21 (3.43%) VPN
7 14 (2.29%) HTTP
8 13 (2.12%) BGP
9 12 (1.96%) SSL
10 11 (1.80%) OSPF
11 10 (1.63%) DHCP
12 9 (1.47%) Internet
12 9 (1.47%) VLAN
12 9 (1.47%) Wireless
13 8 (1.31%) LAN
13 8 (1.31%) MPLS
13 8 (1.31%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.31%) Wireshark
14 7 (1.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (4.90%) Power BI
2 28 (4.58%) MongoDB
3 20 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.94%) SQL Server
5 16 (2.61%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.29%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.96%) MySQL
8 11 (1.80%) Tableau
9 9 (1.47%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.31%) Big Data
10 8 (1.31%) Redis
11 7 (1.14%) Looker
12 6 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.98%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.82%) Flink
13 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.65%) KDB
Development Applications
1 96 (15.69%) Jenkins
2 76 (12.42%) Git
3 62 (10.13%) GitLab
4 52 (8.50%) JIRA
5 23 (3.76%) Gatling
5 23 (3.76%) JMeter
6 21 (3.43%) Bitbucket
7 13 (2.12%) LoadRunner
7 13 (2.12%) Selenium
8 11 (1.80%) Postman
9 8 (1.31%) JUnit
9 8 (1.31%) Maven
9 8 (1.31%) REST Assured
9 8 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (1.14%) Eclipse
10 7 (1.14%) Gradle
11 6 (0.98%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.98%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.98%) Xcode
General
1 185 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 130 (21.24%) Finance
3 110 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.11%) Banking
5 41 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.12%) Retail
8 12 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.63%) Front Office
9 10 (1.63%) Legal
9 10 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.47%) Military
11 5 (0.82%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.82%) Law
11 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.33%) Advertising
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 66 (10.78%) Senior
2 61 (9.97%) Analyst
3 51 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (8.01%) Lead
5 47 (7.68%) Splunk Engineer
6 45 (7.35%) Developer
7 44 (7.19%) Architect
8 42 (6.86%) Security Engineer
9 33 (5.39%) Consultant
10 26 (4.25%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 23 (3.76%) Test Engineer
12 22 (3.59%) SOC Engineer
13 21 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (3.43%) Security Analyst
14 20 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.27%) Security Architect
15 19 (3.10%) Support Engineer
16 18 (2.94%) Applications Support
16 18 (2.94%) SIEM Engineer
17 17 (2.78%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (24.51%) Terraform
2 63 (10.29%) Kafka
3 57 (9.31%) REST
4 49 (8.01%) Elastic Stack
5 36 (5.88%) OpenTelemetry
6 22 (3.59%) JSON
6 22 (3.59%) OAuth
6 22 (3.59%) RESTful
6 22 (3.59%) Spring
6 22 (3.59%) Spring Boot
7 21 (3.43%) React
8 20 (3.27%) Middleware
8 20 (3.27%) OAuth2
9 13 (2.12%) OpenID
10 12 (1.96%) .NET
10 12 (1.96%) SAML
11 10 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 10 (1.63%) OpenAPI
11 10 (1.63%) Swagger
12 9 (1.47%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 69 (11.27%) Cloud Native
1 69 (11.27%) Onboarding
2 45 (7.35%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (6.37%) Security Operations Centre
4 24 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (3.92%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.94%) CMDB
6 18 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.78%) Security Posture
8 15 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (2.29%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.80%) AI Agents
11 10 (1.63%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) Blog
12 8 (1.31%) Clustering
12 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.31%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 174 (28.43%) Linux
2 111 (18.14%) Windows
3 52 (8.50%) Unix
4 33 (5.39%) Windows Server
5 28 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.31%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.98%) AIX
7 6 (0.98%) macOS
8 5 (0.82%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (0.82%) Android
9 4 (0.65%) CentOS
9 4 (0.65%) VMS
10 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.16%) Rocky
11 1 (0.16%) SUSE
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (40.36%) Observability
2 225 (36.76%) CI/CD
3 193 (31.54%) DevOps
4 146 (23.86%) SIEM
5 130 (21.24%) Infrastructure as Code
6 128 (20.92%) Agile
7 126 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
8 119 (19.44%) Incident Response
9 100 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
10 93 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (14.71%) Security Operations
12 85 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
12 85 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
13 84 (13.73%) Containerisation
14 82 (13.40%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 67 (10.95%) Incident Management
16 62 (10.13%) Cloud Security
17 59 (9.64%) ITSM
18 58 (9.48%) AI
18 58 (9.48%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 208 (33.99%) Python
2 108 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 82 (13.40%) SQL
4 80 (13.07%) Bash
5 78 (12.75%) Java
6 48 (7.84%) Search Processing Language
7 44 (7.19%) Go
8 26 (4.25%) Shell Script
9 22 (3.59%) JavaScript
10 18 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 18 (2.94%) TypeScript
11 14 (2.29%) Scala
12 10 (1.63%) Bicep
12 10 (1.63%) Perl
13 9 (1.47%) C#
14 6 (0.98%) Groovy
14 6 (0.98%) Ruby
15 4 (0.65%) C
15 4 (0.65%) C++
15 4 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 218 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 156 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.82%) DV Cleared
4 50 (8.17%) CISSP
5 46 (7.52%) Degree
6 23 (3.76%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.59%) CISM
8 21 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (2.78%) GIAC
11 16 (2.61%) GCIH
12 15 (2.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.96%) CCSP
15 10 (1.63%) Azure Certification
15 10 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.47%) CEH
16 9 (1.47%) GCIA
17 7 (1.14%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.21%) NIST
2 35 (5.72%) QA
3 31 (5.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (4.08%) Data Quality
5 20 (3.27%) PCI DSS
6 19 (3.10%) Accessibility
7 18 (2.94%) GDPR
8 12 (1.96%) NCSC
9 8 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.98%) GRC
10 6 (0.98%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.82%) ISO 31000
11 5 (0.82%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (0.82%) SLA
11 5 (0.82%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.65%) ISO 15022
13 3 (0.49%) HIPAA
System Software
1 100 (16.34%) Docker
2 33 (5.39%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.82%) ISA Server
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.49%) vSphere
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.16%) Firmware
9 1 (0.16%) KVM
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (25.82%) Kubernetes
2 156 (25.49%) Grafana
3 101 (16.50%) Prometheus
4 96 (15.69%) Ansible
5 35 (5.72%) QRadar
6 14 (2.29%) Progress Chef
7 13 (2.12%) ZABBIX
8 11 (1.80%) Argo
9 10 (1.63%) CASB
9 10 (1.63%) Kibana
9 10 (1.63%) Nagios
10 9 (1.47%) SCOM
11 8 (1.31%) Control-M
11 8 (1.31%) Puppet
11 8 (1.31%) SCCM
11 8 (1.31%) WMI
12 6 (0.98%) Istio
12 6 (0.98%) ITRS Geneos
12 6 (0.98%) NetBackup
13 5 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 135 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 114 (18.63%) Dynatrace
3 78 (12.75%) ServiceNow
4 52 (8.50%) CrowdStrike
5 46 (7.52%) Google
6 43 (7.03%) AppDynamics
6 43 (7.03%) Cisco
7 41 (6.70%) Oracle
8 36 (5.88%) SolarWinds
9 35 (5.72%) New Relic
10 27 (4.41%) IBM
11 26 (4.25%) Palo Alto
12 25 (4.08%) VMware
13 24 (3.92%) F5
14 20 (3.27%) Cribl.io
14 20 (3.27%) Qualys
15 17 (2.78%) Tenable
16 16 (2.61%) Fortinet
16 16 (2.61%) Rapid7
17 15 (2.45%) CyberArk