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 25 November 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
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 198 230
Rank change year-on-year +48 +32 -7
Contract jobs citing Splunk 692 470 496
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.93% 1.29% 1.08%
As % of the Vendors category 4.07% 2.88% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 264 354
10th Percentile £358 £422 £400
25th Percentile £420 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £613 £738 £678
90th Percentile £694 £810 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £550 £593
% change year-on-year -6.82% -7.29% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £76.25 £38.25 -
25th Percentile £78.13 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £41.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +113.41% - -
75th Percentile £94.38 £46.94 -
90th Percentile £94.75 £61.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +68.42% - -

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 17,012 16,336 20,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.52% 44.98% 45.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,735 9,609 13,380
10th Percentile £288 £297 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 870 523 672
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.49 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.48 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +73.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £63.75 £63.91
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £27.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -38.20% +97.78%

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 25 November 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 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 25 November 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 +36 622 £525 -8.70% 89
UK excluding London +73 380 £513 -6.82% 79
London +15 242 £575 -4.17% 35
Work from Home 0 175 £525 -4.55% 53
North of England -10 128 £492 -15.54% 8
South East +55 106 £438 -23.08% 35
Midlands +31 100 £528 +2.28% 9
West Midlands +49 96 £532 -4.74% 7
Yorkshire -1 79 £500 -18.70% 6
North West -19 47 £455 -17.23% 1
Scotland +23 33 £454 +21.07% 3
South West -9 17 £550 +22.22% 7
East of England -22 12 - - 10
East Midlands -25 4 £381 -21.77% 2
North East -10 2 £600 -26.38% 1
Wales - 2 £600 - 10

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 33 (4.77%) Apache
2 32 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.60%) Skype for Business
3 18 (2.60%) WebLogic
4 17 (2.46%) JBoss
5 14 (2.02%) Confluence
6 13 (1.88%) Mattermost
6 13 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.88%) WebSphere
6 13 (1.88%) WebSphere Application Server
7 10 (1.45%) IIS
7 10 (1.45%) iPlanet
8 8 (1.16%) Apache Pig
9 6 (0.87%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.87%) TPMS
10 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.29%) Mule
12 2 (0.29%) Mule ESB
12 2 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.29%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg AIM
3 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.14%) Finacle
3 1 (0.14%) RMDS
3 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (38.29%) AWS
2 137 (19.80%) Azure
3 129 (18.64%) GCP
4 69 (9.97%) GitHub
5 59 (8.53%) OpenShift
6 49 (7.08%) Serverless
7 46 (6.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 45 (6.50%) SaaS
9 30 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (4.19%) Amazon S3
11 27 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
12 24 (3.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (3.03%) Akamai
15 20 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
16 18 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (2.60%) Sauce Labs
17 17 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
18 16 (2.31%) Datadog
18 16 (2.31%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 112 (16.18%) Firewall
2 44 (6.36%) DNS
3 34 (4.91%) Network Security
4 25 (3.61%) SSL
5 24 (3.47%) Cisco IOS
6 22 (3.18%) Wireshark
7 21 (3.03%) TCP/IP
7 21 (3.03%) Wireless
8 20 (2.89%) HTTP
9 18 (2.60%) Skype
10 16 (2.31%) VPN
11 13 (1.88%) Fibre Channel
11 13 (1.88%) iSCSI
12 11 (1.59%) Kerberos
12 11 (1.59%) Unified Communications
13 9 (1.30%) SNMP
14 8 (1.16%) SSH
15 7 (1.01%) DHCP
16 5 (0.72%) Internet
17 4 (0.58%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.50%) NoSQL
2 40 (5.78%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (4.34%) MongoDB
4 27 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 25 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (3.18%) MySQL
7 18 (2.60%) Oracle Database
7 18 (2.60%) Redis
8 12 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (1.73%) Power BI
9 10 (1.45%) Apache Hive
10 9 (1.30%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.16%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.72%) Flink
14 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.72%) SQL Server
15 4 (0.58%) DynamoDB
16 3 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 127 (18.35%) Jenkins
2 100 (14.45%) GitLab
3 55 (7.95%) Git
4 30 (4.34%) JIRA
4 30 (4.34%) Liquibase
5 23 (3.32%) Xcode
6 21 (3.03%) Bitbucket
6 21 (3.03%) Postman
7 19 (2.75%) Eclipse
7 19 (2.75%) JUnit
8 18 (2.60%) Android Studio
8 18 (2.60%) Browser DevTools
8 18 (2.60%) SonarQube
8 18 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
9 14 (2.02%) Bitbucket Server
9 14 (2.02%) CA Release Automation
10 13 (1.88%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.88%) Maven
11 10 (1.45%) Subversion
12 9 (1.30%) TeamCity
General
1 276 (39.88%) Social Skills
2 154 (22.25%) Finance
3 121 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (9.54%) Banking
5 63 (9.10%) Public Sector
6 37 (5.35%) Financial Institution
7 25 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (3.47%) Games
9 16 (2.31%) Military
10 9 (1.30%) Legal
10 9 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.30%) Retail
10 9 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.87%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.72%) Local Government
13 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.29%) Law
14 2 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (16.33%) Analyst
2 73 (10.55%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (9.97%) Senior
4 62 (8.96%) Architect
5 57 (8.24%) Platform Engineer
6 48 (6.94%) Security Engineer
7 46 (6.65%) SOC Analyst
8 37 (5.35%) Security Analyst
9 36 (5.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 32 (4.62%) Developer
11 27 (3.90%) Site Engineer
12 26 (3.76%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.61%) AWS Engineer
13 25 (3.61%) Security Architect
13 25 (3.61%) Splunk Engineer
14 23 (3.32%) Support Analyst
15 22 (3.18%) Lead
16 21 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (3.03%) Support Engineer
17 20 (2.89%) Monitoring Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.42%) Elastic Stack
2 76 (10.98%) REST
3 51 (7.37%) Kafka
4 45 (6.50%) RESTful
5 29 (4.19%) AngularJS
6 28 (4.05%) CSS
6 28 (4.05%) React
7 26 (3.76%) OAuth
8 24 (3.47%) SAML
9 22 (3.18%) GraphQL
9 22 (3.18%) Spring
9 22 (3.18%) Spring Boot
10 21 (3.03%) LDAP
11 20 (2.89%) OpenTelemetry
12 18 (2.60%) Ajax
13 17 (2.46%) Keycloak
13 17 (2.46%) Web Services
14 16 (2.31%) YAML
15 15 (2.17%) JSON
15 15 (2.17%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.37%) Security Operations Centre
3 50 (7.23%) Security Posture
4 45 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
5 43 (6.21%) Onboarding
6 37 (5.35%) Public Cloud
7 26 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
7 26 (3.76%) PKI
8 23 (3.32%) Cyber Defence
8 23 (3.32%) Mobile App
9 22 (3.18%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.89%) CSOC
11 18 (2.60%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.30%) Clustering
15 8 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
16 7 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (1.01%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 228 (32.95%) Linux
2 152 (21.97%) Windows
3 99 (14.31%) Unix
4 47 (6.79%) Android
5 35 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (4.62%) Windows Server
7 31 (4.48%) Mac OS
8 15 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.45%) CentOS
10 6 (0.87%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.58%) Solaris
11 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.43%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.43%) zOS
13 2 (0.29%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.29%) VMS
14 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (30.92%) CI/CD
2 202 (29.19%) DevOps
3 187 (27.02%) Cybersecurity
4 174 (25.14%) Incident Response
5 170 (24.57%) SIEM
6 150 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (20.23%) Observability
8 127 (18.35%) Agile
9 122 (17.63%) Containerisation
10 121 (17.49%) Infrastructure as Code
11 98 (14.16%) Security Operations
12 86 (12.43%) Microservices
13 75 (10.84%) Threat Detection
14 71 (10.26%) Computer Science
15 68 (9.83%) Root Cause Analysis
16 65 (9.39%) Test Automation
17 64 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
18 63 (9.10%) SOAR
19 58 (8.38%) Analytics
19 58 (8.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 256 (36.99%) Python
2 124 (17.92%) PowerShell
3 115 (16.62%) SQL
4 96 (13.87%) Bash
5 82 (11.85%) Java
6 70 (10.12%) Go
7 45 (6.50%) JavaScript
8 44 (6.36%) Shell Script
9 39 (5.64%) Perl
10 21 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (2.60%) Groovy
12 17 (2.46%) PromQL
13 14 (2.02%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.73%) Scala
14 12 (1.73%) Search Processing Language
15 7 (1.01%) C++
16 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.72%) Swift
17 4 (0.58%) Bicep
17 4 (0.58%) JCL
Qualifications
1 192 (27.75%) Security Cleared
2 122 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 88 (12.72%) Degree
4 77 (11.13%) CISSP
5 55 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (7.08%) DV Cleared
7 45 (6.50%) Master's Degree
8 39 (5.64%) CISM
9 31 (4.48%) CEH
10 28 (4.05%) GIAC
11 27 (3.90%) AWS Certification
12 26 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (3.61%) MCSE
14 22 (3.18%) ITIL Certification
15 21 (3.03%) GCIA
16 20 (2.89%) CompTIA Security+
16 20 (2.89%) GCIH
17 13 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 12 (1.73%) GCFA
19 10 (1.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.83%) NIST
2 56 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (5.35%) GDPR
4 18 (2.60%) PCI DSS
4 18 (2.60%) QA
5 14 (2.02%) HIPAA
5 14 (2.02%) NCSC
6 12 (1.73%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.30%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.01%) SLA
10 6 (0.87%) GLBA
11 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.43%) GRC
13 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.29%) FIPS 140-2
13 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 119 (17.20%) Docker
2 89 (12.86%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (2.46%) NFS
6 16 (2.31%) vSphere
7 8 (1.16%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 6 (0.87%) Snort
8 6 (0.87%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.58%) Squid
10 4 (0.58%) Veritas File System
10 4 (0.58%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (0.29%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.14%) GPFS
12 1 (0.14%) Lustre
12 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 193 (27.89%) Kubernetes
2 130 (18.79%) Terraform
3 125 (18.06%) Grafana
4 117 (16.91%) Ansible
5 101 (14.60%) Prometheus
6 42 (6.07%) QRadar
7 33 (4.77%) SCCM
8 28 (4.05%) Kibana
9 26 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
10 24 (3.47%) SCOM
11 21 (3.03%) CSIRT
11 21 (3.03%) HP SiteScope
11 21 (3.03%) Progress Chef
12 17 (2.46%) Puppet
13 16 (2.31%) Packer
13 16 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
14 15 (2.17%) Nessus
15 14 (2.02%) Argo
16 12 (1.73%) Fluentd
17 10 (1.45%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 205 (29.62%) Microsoft
2 80 (11.56%) Cisco
3 68 (9.83%) Oracle
4 66 (9.54%) Dynatrace
5 58 (8.38%) Google
6 52 (7.51%) CrowdStrike
7 49 (7.08%) AppDynamics
8 44 (6.36%) ServiceNow
9 38 (5.49%) Qualys
10 34 (4.91%) VMware
11 33 (4.77%) Red Hat
12 25 (3.61%) ArcSight
13 24 (3.47%) Meraki
14 23 (3.32%) Carbon Black
14 23 (3.32%) Remedy
15 22 (3.18%) F5
16 21 (3.03%) CyberArk
17 20 (2.89%) IBM
18 19 (2.75%) Tenable
18 19 (2.75%) Veeam