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 17 September 2025, 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 227 184
Rank change year-on-year +79 -43 +48
Contract jobs citing Splunk 635 417 687
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.93% 1.09% 1.39%
As % of the Vendors category 4.08% 2.47% 3.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 258 513
10th Percentile £360 £417 £400
25th Percentile £427 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £574 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -4.38% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £678 £700
90th Percentile £700 £800 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £586
% change year-on-year -4.55% -6.06% +6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 -

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 15,556 16,900 22,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.23% 44.19% 44.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,537 10,137 14,284
10th Percentile £275 £285 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £737
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 796 677 655
10th Percentile £14.72 £14.26 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.45 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -31.56% +83.33%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £64.45
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.28 £30.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -29.07% -27.71% +107.50%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Splunk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Splunk 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 17 September 2025.

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
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 17 September 2025. 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 +83 556 £525 -7.28% 189
UK excluding London +84 342 £525 -4.55% 192
London +63 225 £525 -10.64% 55
Work from Home -7 153 £500 -9.09% 151
South East +87 104 £500 -9.09% 50
North of England +1 99 £471 -19.83% 33
Midlands +20 57 £528 +7.65% 27
West Midlands +31 52 £534 -34.48% 17
North West -5 50 £458 -22.13% 17
Yorkshire -12 48 £488 -18.26% 14
East of England +31 39 £550 -2.65% 25
Scotland +12 36 £503 +5.89% 37
South West +2 15 £550 +15.79% 14
East Midlands -16 5 £360 -26.15% 8
North East -5 1 - - 2

Splunk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (5.04%) Apache
2 30 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (4.09%) Skype for Business
4 22 (3.46%) Mattermost
5 20 (3.15%) JBoss
6 17 (2.68%) WebLogic
7 14 (2.20%) SharePoint
8 13 (2.05%) WebSphere
8 13 (2.05%) WebSphere Application Server
9 10 (1.57%) Confluence
9 10 (1.57%) IIS
9 10 (1.57%) iPlanet
10 8 (1.26%) Apache Pig
11 7 (1.10%) OpenStack
12 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
12 5 (0.79%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.47%) CMS
14 2 (0.31%) Mule
14 2 (0.31%) Mule ESB
14 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 21 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (2.68%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.31%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 210 (33.07%) AWS
2 108 (17.01%) Azure
3 85 (13.39%) GCP
4 50 (7.87%) GitHub
5 48 (7.56%) SaaS
6 42 (6.61%) OpenShift
7 34 (5.35%) Serverless
8 31 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
9 30 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
11 26 (4.09%) Amazon S3
12 23 (3.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (3.46%) Amazon SQS
13 22 (3.46%) Cohesity
14 21 (3.31%) Datadog
15 17 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
17 13 (2.05%) Akamai
18 12 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
18 12 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (14.65%) Firewall
2 57 (8.98%) DNS
3 33 (5.20%) Network Security
4 26 (4.09%) Skype
5 25 (3.94%) Cisco IOS
5 25 (3.94%) SSL
6 23 (3.62%) TCP/IP
7 20 (3.15%) SAN
8 19 (2.99%) Unified Communications
9 18 (2.83%) Wireshark
10 17 (2.68%) Fibre Channel
10 17 (2.68%) iSCSI
11 15 (2.36%) HTTP
11 15 (2.36%) VPN
11 15 (2.36%) Wireless
12 10 (1.57%) Kerberos
13 9 (1.42%) Softphone
13 9 (1.42%) WebEx
14 6 (0.94%) DHCP
15 4 (0.63%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.98%) NoSQL
2 22 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.46%) Relational Database
3 19 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
3 19 (2.99%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.83%) Oracle Database
5 17 (2.68%) Redis
6 13 (2.05%) MySQL
7 11 (1.73%) Power BI
8 10 (1.57%) Apache Hive
8 10 (1.57%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
9 9 (1.42%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.26%) Data Mining
11 7 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.94%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.79%) Big Data
14 4 (0.63%) Flink
14 4 (0.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 97 (15.28%) Jenkins
2 64 (10.08%) GitLab
3 58 (9.13%) Git
4 27 (4.25%) JUnit
5 25 (3.94%) JIRA
6 21 (3.31%) Liquibase
7 19 (2.99%) Bitbucket
7 19 (2.99%) SonarQube
8 17 (2.68%) Sonatype Nexus
8 17 (2.68%) Xcode
9 16 (2.52%) Bitbucket Server
9 16 (2.52%) CA Release Automation
10 15 (2.36%) Eclipse
10 15 (2.36%) Postman
11 14 (2.20%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.89%) Maven
13 11 (1.73%) Android Studio
13 11 (1.73%) Browser DevTools
14 10 (1.57%) Mockito
14 10 (1.57%) Subversion
General
1 202 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 143 (22.52%) Finance
3 83 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.50%) Banking
5 50 (7.87%) Public Sector
6 24 (3.78%) Games
7 23 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
8 22 (3.46%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.89%) Military
10 11 (1.73%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.26%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.26%) Legal
11 8 (1.26%) Retail
12 6 (0.94%) Front Office
13 5 (0.79%) Local Government
14 4 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.47%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.47%) Marketing
16 2 (0.31%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 90 (14.17%) Analyst
2 75 (11.81%) Architect
3 66 (10.39%) DevOps Engineer
4 51 (8.03%) Senior
5 43 (6.77%) Platform Engineer
6 40 (6.30%) Developer
7 35 (5.51%) Security Architect
8 33 (5.20%) SOC Analyst
9 31 (4.88%) Security Engineer
9 31 (4.88%) Support Analyst
10 29 (4.57%) Consultant
11 25 (3.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 25 (3.94%) Splunk Engineer
12 23 (3.62%) Site Engineer
13 22 (3.46%) Messaging Support
14 21 (3.31%) Operations Analyst
14 21 (3.31%) Security Analyst
14 21 (3.31%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.31%) Support Engineer
15 20 (3.15%) Messaging Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (8.98%) Elastic Stack
2 50 (7.87%) Kafka
3 48 (7.56%) REST
4 27 (4.25%) CSS
4 27 (4.25%) RESTful
4 27 (4.25%) Spring
5 25 (3.94%) AngularJS
6 24 (3.78%) LDAP
6 24 (3.78%) Spring Boot
7 22 (3.46%) React
7 22 (3.46%) Web Services
8 18 (2.83%) OAuth
9 17 (2.68%) SAML
10 16 (2.52%) GraphQL
10 16 (2.52%) OpenTelemetry
11 14 (2.20%) OpenID
12 13 (2.05%) Keycloak
12 13 (2.05%) YAML
13 11 (1.73%) Ajax
13 11 (1.73%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.92%) Security Operations Centre
2 51 (8.03%) Onboarding
3 46 (7.24%) Cloud Native
4 42 (6.61%) Security Posture
5 33 (5.20%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (4.88%) CSOC
7 28 (4.41%) Management Information System
8 27 (4.25%) Cyber Threat
9 24 (3.78%) Algorithms
10 20 (3.15%) Public Cloud
11 18 (2.83%) PKI
12 15 (2.36%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
15 8 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 7 (1.10%) Clustering
16 7 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 7 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
17 6 (0.94%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 188 (29.61%) Linux
2 152 (23.94%) Windows
3 86 (13.54%) Unix
4 52 (8.19%) Windows Server
5 39 (6.14%) Android
6 37 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 30 (4.72%) Mac OS
8 29 (4.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.10%) CentOS
11 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.63%) Solaris
13 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.31%) VMS
14 1 (0.16%) AIX
14 1 (0.16%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (28.19%) CI/CD
1 179 (28.19%) DevOps
2 169 (26.61%) SIEM
3 158 (24.88%) Cybersecurity
4 137 (21.57%) Incident Response
5 131 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (18.43%) Observability
7 102 (16.06%) Security Operations
8 98 (15.43%) Agile
9 88 (13.86%) Containerisation
10 78 (12.28%) Microservices
11 74 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 60 (9.45%) SOAR
13 59 (9.29%) ITIL
14 58 (9.13%) Threat Detection
15 55 (8.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 50 (7.87%) Migration
16 50 (7.87%) Use Case
17 48 (7.56%) Change Management
17 48 (7.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 215 (33.86%) Python
2 151 (23.78%) PowerShell
3 128 (20.16%) SQL
4 89 (14.02%) Bash
5 74 (11.65%) Java
6 46 (7.24%) Go
7 39 (6.14%) Shell Script
8 38 (5.98%) JavaScript
9 33 (5.20%) Perl
10 19 (2.99%) Groovy
11 17 (2.68%) PromQL
12 14 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
13 11 (1.73%) C++
13 11 (1.73%) Search Processing Language
13 11 (1.73%) TypeScript
14 10 (1.57%) Scala
15 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.63%) Swift
16 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 175 (27.56%) Security Cleared
2 109 (17.17%) SC Cleared
3 63 (9.92%) Degree
4 57 (8.98%) CISSP
5 53 (8.35%) DV Cleared
6 35 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (4.57%) AWS Certification
8 29 (4.57%) ITIL Certification
8 29 (4.57%) MCSE
9 28 (4.41%) Master's Degree
10 25 (3.94%) CEH
11 23 (3.62%) CISM
12 22 (3.46%) GIAC
13 19 (2.99%) GCIA
13 19 (2.99%) GCIH
14 16 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 11 (1.73%) VCP5
16 11 (1.73%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (7.56%) NIST
2 45 (7.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (5.04%) GDPR
4 12 (1.89%) HIPAA
4 12 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.57%) QA
5 10 (1.57%) SOC 2
6 9 (1.42%) NCSC
6 9 (1.42%) SLA
7 6 (0.94%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.79%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.47%) GRC
11 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.31%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.16%) GLBA
System Software
1 112 (17.64%) Active Directory
2 103 (16.22%) Docker
3 44 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (3.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 24 (3.78%) Virtual Servers
5 21 (3.31%) NFS
5 21 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (2.68%) vSphere
7 8 (1.26%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 5 (0.79%) Snort
9 4 (0.63%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (0.63%) Veritas File System
9 4 (0.63%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 3 (0.47%) Squid
11 2 (0.31%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.16%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 155 (24.41%) Kubernetes
2 111 (17.48%) Ansible
3 100 (15.75%) Grafana
4 88 (13.86%) Terraform
5 77 (12.13%) Prometheus
6 50 (7.87%) SCCM
7 42 (6.61%) QRadar
8 32 (5.04%) SCOM
9 25 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
10 24 (3.78%) WSUS
11 21 (3.31%) HP SiteScope
12 20 (3.15%) Kibana
12 20 (3.15%) Progress Chef
13 16 (2.52%) CSIRT
14 15 (2.36%) Puppet
15 13 (2.05%) Nessus
15 13 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
16 10 (1.57%) CA Single Sign-On
16 10 (1.57%) CA Wily
16 10 (1.57%) Packer
Vendors
1 210 (33.07%) Microsoft
2 83 (13.07%) Cisco
3 73 (11.50%) Dynatrace
4 60 (9.45%) Oracle
5 54 (8.50%) VMware
6 45 (7.09%) AppDynamics
6 45 (7.09%) CrowdStrike
7 43 (6.77%) ServiceNow
8 38 (5.98%) Google
9 37 (5.83%) NetApp
9 37 (5.83%) Red Hat
10 29 (4.57%) Qualys
11 25 (3.94%) IBM
12 24 (3.78%) Meraki
13 22 (3.46%) ArcSight
13 22 (3.46%) CyberArk
13 22 (3.46%) Remedy
14 21 (3.31%) Veeam
15 16 (2.52%) F5
16 15 (2.36%) LogRhythm