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 18 March 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
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 190 260
Rank change year-on-year -5 +70 -83
Contract jobs citing Splunk 617 429 384
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.43% 1.46% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 3.26% 3.10% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 265 229
10th Percentile £350 £391 £400
25th Percentile £424 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £645
90th Percentile £729 £775 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
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 18,925 13,857 19,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.74% 47.27% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,095 8,657 11,944
10th Percentile £310 £291 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -2.75%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 462 1,030
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -31.05%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.04 £82.91 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £27.43 £23.11
% change year-on-year -14.31% +18.68% -29.98%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -12 545 £525 -4.72% 112
UK excluding London +26 362 £500 -9.09% 90
London -34 195 £600 +9.09% 38
Work from Home -30 154 £537 -6.61% 52
North of England 0 147 £514 -10.61% 40
Yorkshire +6 105 £514 -18.70% 14
South East -8 91 £400 -30.43% 21
Midlands +1 89 £525 -2.23% 3
West Midlands +1 84 £525 -4.55% 3
North West -31 41 £500 -9.09% 17
Scotland +15 25 £564 +35.90% 5
South West -6 20 £440 -41.33% 9
Wales -2 5 £600 +31.87% 1
East of England -32 5 £600 - 13
East Midlands -37 5 £447 +3.83%
North East -11 3 £538 -8.51% 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 17 (2.76%) Confluence
2 12 (1.94%) TPMS
3 10 (1.62%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.81%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
7 2 (0.32%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.32%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.65%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.16%) BASE24
3 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) RMDS
3 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 215 (34.85%) AWS
2 153 (24.80%) Azure
3 122 (19.77%) GCP
4 83 (13.45%) GitHub
5 66 (10.70%) OpenShift
6 49 (7.94%) Azure Sentinel
7 37 (6.00%) Serverless
8 31 (5.02%) Datadog
9 30 (4.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (4.54%) Amazon S3
11 24 (3.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 24 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (3.24%) Entra ID
13 20 (3.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (2.59%) SaaS
15 15 (2.43%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (15.40%) Firewall
2 80 (12.97%) DNS
3 41 (6.65%) TCP/IP
4 29 (4.70%) Network Security
5 26 (4.21%) Ethernet VPN
6 25 (4.05%) BGP
6 25 (4.05%) WAN
7 24 (3.89%) LAN
8 23 (3.73%) OSPF
9 22 (3.57%) VXLAN
10 21 (3.40%) DHCP
10 21 (3.40%) SNMP
11 20 (3.24%) BIG-IP
11 20 (3.24%) Junos
12 18 (2.92%) SSL
12 18 (2.92%) VPN
13 15 (2.43%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (2.27%) Wireless
15 12 (1.94%) HTTP
15 12 (1.94%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (5.02%) MongoDB
3 28 (4.54%) NoSQL
4 21 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
5 20 (3.24%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.27%) MySQL
7 12 (1.94%) Hadoop
7 12 (1.94%) Redis
8 8 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.30%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.30%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.97%) Tableau
10 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.65%) Flink
11 3 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.32%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.32%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 119 (19.29%) Jenkins
2 94 (15.24%) GitLab
3 36 (5.83%) Git
4 31 (5.02%) JIRA
5 14 (2.27%) Gatling
6 12 (1.94%) Liquibase
7 11 (1.78%) Postman
7 11 (1.78%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (1.78%) Xcode
8 10 (1.62%) Android Studio
8 10 (1.62%) Browser DevTools
8 10 (1.62%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.62%) Eclipse
8 10 (1.62%) Jaeger
9 9 (1.46%) JUnit
9 9 (1.46%) Maven
9 9 (1.46%) Selenium
10 8 (1.30%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.30%) Gradle
10 8 (1.30%) Snyk
General
1 234 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 127 (20.58%) Finance
3 93 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (10.70%) Public Sector
5 59 (9.56%) Banking
6 43 (6.97%) Documentation Skills
7 31 (5.02%) Financial Institution
8 15 (2.43%) Military
9 13 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.13%) Retail
12 4 (0.65%) Front Office
12 4 (0.65%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.65%) Law
12 4 (0.65%) Legal
13 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.32%) Advertising
14 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.32%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.16%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 107 (17.34%) Analyst
2 68 (11.02%) Senior
3 63 (10.21%) Architect
4 54 (8.75%) SOC Analyst
5 49 (7.94%) Lead
6 42 (6.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 37 (6.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 32 (5.19%) Security Engineer
9 27 (4.38%) Splunk Engineer
10 25 (4.05%) Developer
10 25 (4.05%) Site Engineer
11 24 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
11 24 (3.89%) Security Analyst
12 22 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
13 20 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
13 20 (3.24%) Consultant
14 18 (2.92%) Data Engineer
14 18 (2.92%) Monitoring Analyst
14 18 (2.92%) Network Engineer
14 18 (2.92%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.02%) Kafka
2 61 (9.89%) REST
3 52 (8.43%) Elastic Stack
4 45 (7.29%) OpenTelemetry
5 38 (6.16%) Spring Boot
6 32 (5.19%) Spring
7 27 (4.38%) RESTful
8 25 (4.05%) JSON
9 24 (3.89%) SAML
10 22 (3.57%) 802.1X
11 20 (3.24%) LDAP
11 20 (3.24%) Middleware
12 19 (3.08%) OpenID
13 17 (2.76%) React
14 16 (2.59%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.59%) OAuth
15 15 (2.43%) Playwright
16 14 (2.27%) CSS
17 12 (1.94%) Keycloak
18 11 (1.78%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.35%) Cloud Native
2 50 (8.10%) Onboarding
3 48 (7.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 42 (6.81%) PKI
5 38 (6.16%) Distributed Systems
6 29 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (4.54%) Data Centre
8 27 (4.38%) Management Information System
9 26 (4.21%) Security Posture
10 24 (3.89%) Clustering
10 24 (3.89%) Public Cloud
11 21 (3.40%) Cyber Defence
11 21 (3.40%) Cyberattack
12 19 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (2.92%) Mobile App
14 17 (2.76%) Product Ownership
15 9 (1.46%) CMDB
15 9 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
17 6 (0.97%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 200 (32.41%) Linux
2 151 (24.47%) Windows
3 62 (10.05%) Unix
4 27 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (1.78%) Android
6 10 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.13%) AIX
8 4 (0.65%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.65%) zOS
9 3 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.49%) CentOS
9 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.32%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (35.98%) CI/CD
2 199 (32.25%) DevOps
3 180 (29.17%) Observability
4 164 (26.58%) SIEM
5 162 (26.26%) Cybersecurity
6 148 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (22.69%) Incident Response
8 130 (21.07%) Infrastructure as Code
9 113 (18.31%) Containerisation
10 100 (16.21%) Agile
11 83 (13.45%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 78 (12.64%) Microservices
13 77 (12.48%) High Availability
14 76 (12.32%) Security Operations
15 70 (11.35%) Computer Science
16 66 (10.70%) Migration
17 62 (10.05%) Test Automation
18 56 (9.08%) Analytics
19 55 (8.91%) Mentoring
19 55 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 224 (36.30%) Python
2 92 (14.91%) Bash
3 79 (12.80%) PowerShell
4 78 (12.64%) Java
5 74 (11.99%) SQL
6 35 (5.67%) Go
7 30 (4.86%) JavaScript
8 17 (2.76%) Search Processing Language
9 16 (2.59%) Shell Script
9 16 (2.59%) TypeScript
10 15 (2.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (2.27%) Perl
12 11 (1.78%) Bicep
13 9 (1.46%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.46%) Rust
14 5 (0.81%) Groovy
15 4 (0.65%) JCL
15 4 (0.65%) REXX
16 3 (0.49%) Ruby
16 3 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 244 (39.55%) Security Cleared
2 161 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.29%) Degree
4 59 (9.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (9.24%) DV Cleared
6 49 (7.94%) CISSP
7 37 (6.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (5.19%) CISM
9 27 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (3.08%) Master's Degree
11 18 (2.92%) CompTIA CySA+
11 18 (2.92%) GIAC
12 16 (2.59%) CEH
13 12 (1.94%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.94%) FFIEC
14 10 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.62%) GCIA
14 10 (1.62%) GCIH
15 8 (1.30%) JNCIA
15 8 (1.30%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (12.32%) NIST
2 55 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.38%) GDPR
3 27 (4.38%) NCSC
4 26 (4.21%) PCI DSS
5 20 (3.24%) QA
6 16 (2.59%) Accessibility
7 14 (2.27%) SLA
8 12 (1.94%) GLBA
9 6 (0.97%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.81%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.81%) GRC
10 5 (0.81%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.65%) COBIT
11 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.49%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.32%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.32%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 124 (20.10%) Docker
2 21 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.76%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.11%) vSphere
6 6 (0.97%) Snort
7 5 (0.81%) etcd
8 3 (0.49%) ISA Server
8 3 (0.49%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.32%) Squid
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.16%) GPFS
10 1 (0.16%) Lustre
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Varnish
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 200 (32.41%) Kubernetes
2 142 (23.01%) Grafana
3 131 (21.23%) Terraform
4 112 (18.15%) Ansible
5 111 (17.99%) Prometheus
6 32 (5.19%) Argo
7 22 (3.57%) Kibana
8 21 (3.40%) FortiGate
9 19 (3.08%) QRadar
10 16 (2.59%) Puppet
11 15 (2.43%) Fluentd
11 15 (2.43%) vCenter Server
12 12 (1.94%) Progress Chef
13 11 (1.78%) Nessus
14 10 (1.62%) CSIRT
14 10 (1.62%) Istio
14 10 (1.62%) linkerd
14 10 (1.62%) Nagios
15 9 (1.46%) Kiali
15 9 (1.46%) logstash
Vendors
1 100 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 52 (8.43%) Cisco
3 48 (7.78%) Dynatrace
4 41 (6.65%) AppDynamics
5 40 (6.48%) Google
5 40 (6.48%) ServiceNow
6 34 (5.51%) Red Hat
7 33 (5.35%) F5
7 33 (5.35%) SolarWinds
8 29 (4.70%) CrowdStrike
8 29 (4.70%) Oracle
8 29 (4.70%) VMware
9 27 (4.38%) Tenable
10 25 (4.05%) CyberArk
11 22 (3.57%) Qualys
12 21 (3.40%) Cribl.io
13 20 (3.24%) Juniper
14 19 (3.08%) Palo Alto
15 18 (2.92%) Carbon Black
15 18 (2.92%) Extreme Networks