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 1 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
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 190 269
Rank change year-on-year +7 +79 -83
Contract jobs citing Splunk 644 418 375
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.55% 1.37% 0.84%
As % of the Vendors category 3.49% 2.94% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 249 226
10th Percentile £352 £404 £400
25th Percentile £425 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £631 £700 £650
90th Percentile £701 £776 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -6.50% +3.19% -5.24%
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 18,462 14,199 19,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.47% 46.65% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,843 8,658 12,092
10th Percentile £306 £281 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.97% -2.09%
75th Percentile £604 £625 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 439 985
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £12.74
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.28 £30.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.08% +17.65% -27.14%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £55.11
90th Percentile £74.64 £81.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £27.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.26% +9.40% -21.65%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +14 572 £525 -7.08% 118
UK excluding London +47 372 £514 -6.50% 123
London -29 211 £580 -0.85% 33
Work from Home +1 165 £545 -5.22% 73
North of England +14 156 £518 -8.81% 35
Yorkshire +9 115 £516 -16.10% 16
Midlands +13 98 £525 -2.23% 7
South East +9 95 £383 -33.48% 30
West Midlands +15 94 £525 -4.55% 5
North West -29 40 £550 - 18
Scotland +23 27 £592 +42.53% 27
South West -21 10 £700 -6.67% 13
East of England -36 6 £600 - 8
Wales -2 5 £600 +31.87% 4
East Midlands -25 4 £442 +2.73% 2
North East -12 3 £538 -8.51% 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 15 (2.33%) Confluence
2 12 (1.86%) TPMS
3 11 (1.71%) Apache
4 10 (1.55%) Skype for Business
5 9 (1.40%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.24%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.93%) Mattermost
7 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.78%) IIS
8 5 (0.78%) iPlanet
8 5 (0.78%) JBoss
8 5 (0.78%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.78%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.47%) Apache Pig
9 3 (0.47%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.47%) SAS
9 3 (0.47%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.31%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (0.62%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.16%) BASE24
3 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.16%) RMDS
3 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 231 (35.87%) AWS
2 156 (24.22%) Azure
3 137 (21.27%) GCP
4 78 (12.11%) GitHub
5 66 (10.25%) OpenShift
6 55 (8.54%) Azure Sentinel
7 38 (5.90%) Serverless
8 32 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.66%) Datadog
10 27 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (3.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (3.57%) Amazon S3
13 22 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (3.26%) Entra ID
15 19 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (2.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (2.80%) SaaS
17 15 (2.33%) AWS KMS
18 13 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (16.30%) Firewall
2 83 (12.89%) DNS
3 45 (6.99%) TCP/IP
4 31 (4.81%) Network Security
5 25 (3.88%) VPN
6 24 (3.73%) BGP
6 24 (3.73%) SSL
7 22 (3.42%) Ethernet VPN
7 22 (3.42%) OSPF
8 21 (3.26%) WAN
9 20 (3.11%) DHCP
9 20 (3.11%) LAN
10 18 (2.80%) VXLAN
11 17 (2.64%) Wireless
12 16 (2.48%) BIG-IP
12 16 (2.48%) HTTP
12 16 (2.48%) Junos
13 14 (2.17%) SNMP
13 14 (2.17%) Wireshark
14 13 (2.02%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (5.59%) MongoDB
3 33 (5.12%) NoSQL
4 25 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
5 23 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 18 (2.80%) MySQL
7 15 (2.33%) Hadoop
8 12 (1.86%) Redis
9 9 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.40%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.09%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.93%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.93%) Power BI
11 6 (0.93%) Tableau
12 4 (0.62%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.62%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.47%) Flink
13 3 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 124 (19.25%) Jenkins
2 103 (15.99%) GitLab
3 39 (6.06%) Git
4 29 (4.50%) JIRA
5 18 (2.80%) Liquibase
6 15 (2.33%) Postman
6 15 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
7 14 (2.17%) Xcode
8 13 (2.02%) Android Studio
8 13 (2.02%) Browser DevTools
8 13 (2.02%) Eclipse
9 11 (1.71%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.71%) Gatling
9 11 (1.71%) JUnit
9 11 (1.71%) Selenium
10 10 (1.55%) Jaeger
10 10 (1.55%) Maven
11 9 (1.40%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.40%) Gradle
12 8 (1.24%) Cucumber
General
1 272 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 147 (22.83%) Finance
3 105 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.56%) Public Sector
5 64 (9.94%) Banking
6 45 (6.99%) Documentation Skills
7 38 (5.90%) Financial Institution
8 18 (2.80%) Military
9 13 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.24%) Retail
11 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.78%) Legal
11 5 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.62%) Front Office
12 4 (0.62%) Law
13 3 (0.47%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Billing
15 1 (0.16%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (18.32%) Analyst
2 78 (12.11%) Senior
3 67 (10.40%) Architect
4 58 (9.01%) SOC Analyst
5 48 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (6.99%) Lead
7 40 (6.21%) Security Engineer
8 36 (5.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 29 (4.50%) Splunk Engineer
10 26 (4.04%) Security Analyst
11 25 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
12 24 (3.73%) Site Engineer
13 23 (3.57%) Developer
14 22 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
14 22 (3.42%) Network Engineer
15 21 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
15 21 (3.26%) Security Architect
16 20 (3.11%) Monitoring Analyst
16 20 (3.11%) Software Engineer
17 19 (2.95%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (9.78%) REST
2 62 (9.63%) Kafka
3 61 (9.47%) Elastic Stack
4 39 (6.06%) OpenTelemetry
5 38 (5.90%) Spring Boot
6 32 (4.97%) RESTful
6 32 (4.97%) SAML
6 32 (4.97%) Spring
7 25 (3.88%) JSON
7 25 (3.88%) LDAP
8 24 (3.73%) OpenID
9 23 (3.57%) Middleware
10 21 (3.26%) OAuth
11 19 (2.95%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.80%) React
13 17 (2.64%) 802.1X
13 17 (2.64%) CSS
14 15 (2.33%) Playwright
15 14 (2.17%) GraphQL
16 13 (2.02%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.34%) Cloud Native
2 49 (7.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 44 (6.83%) Distributed Systems
4 43 (6.68%) Onboarding
5 35 (5.43%) PKI
6 30 (4.66%) Public Cloud
7 29 (4.50%) Security Posture
8 28 (4.35%) Management Information System
9 25 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (3.73%) Data Centre
11 23 (3.57%) Mobile App
12 22 (3.42%) Clustering
13 21 (3.26%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
14 20 (3.11%) Cyberattack
15 16 (2.48%) Product Ownership
16 10 (1.55%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
18 6 (0.93%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 224 (34.78%) Linux
2 149 (23.14%) Windows
3 76 (11.80%) Unix
4 31 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.64%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.48%) Android
7 6 (0.93%) CentOS
7 6 (0.93%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.62%) zOS
10 3 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) Solaris
12 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 214 (33.23%) DevOps
3 179 (27.80%) Observability
4 172 (26.71%) Cybersecurity
5 164 (25.47%) SIEM
6 159 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
7 149 (23.14%) Incident Response
8 140 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 124 (19.25%) Containerisation
10 111 (17.24%) Agile
11 85 (13.20%) Microservices
12 83 (12.89%) Computer Science
13 81 (12.58%) Security Operations
13 81 (12.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 76 (11.80%) High Availability
15 68 (10.56%) Migration
16 64 (9.94%) Test Automation
17 63 (9.78%) Root Cause Analysis
18 60 (9.32%) ITIL
19 56 (8.70%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 236 (36.65%) Python
2 100 (15.53%) Bash
3 89 (13.82%) PowerShell
4 88 (13.66%) Java
5 82 (12.73%) SQL
6 42 (6.52%) Go
7 31 (4.81%) JavaScript
8 27 (4.19%) Shell Script
9 20 (3.11%) Perl
10 19 (2.95%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (2.17%) TypeScript
12 12 (1.86%) Bicep
13 11 (1.71%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.40%) Groovy
14 9 (1.40%) Rust
15 7 (1.09%) Search Processing Language
16 6 (0.93%) Scala
17 4 (0.62%) JCL
17 4 (0.62%) REXX
18 3 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 231 (35.87%) Security Cleared
2 150 (23.29%) SC Cleared
3 95 (14.75%) Degree
4 67 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (8.85%) DV Cleared
6 51 (7.92%) CISSP
7 34 (5.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 32 (4.97%) CISM
9 30 (4.66%) Master's Degree
10 24 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (2.80%) AWS Certification
11 18 (2.80%) GIAC
12 17 (2.64%) CompTIA CySA+
13 14 (2.17%) CEH
14 13 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
15 12 (1.86%) FFIEC
15 12 (1.86%) GCIA
15 12 (1.86%) GCIH
16 10 (1.55%) MCSE
16 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (11.65%) NIST
2 57 (8.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (4.81%) GDPR
4 26 (4.04%) NCSC
5 23 (3.57%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.42%) QA
7 18 (2.80%) Accessibility
8 12 (1.86%) GLBA
9 9 (1.40%) SLA
10 8 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 7 (1.09%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.78%) GRC
13 4 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.47%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.31%) COBIT
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 15022
15 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
15 2 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 132 (20.50%) Docker
2 41 (6.37%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.48%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.86%) vSphere
6 7 (1.09%) Snort
7 5 (0.78%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 5 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.47%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.47%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 3 (0.47%) NFS
9 3 (0.47%) Squid
10 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.16%) GPFS
11 1 (0.16%) Lustre
11 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Veritas File System
11 1 (0.16%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 202 (31.37%) Kubernetes
2 139 (21.58%) Grafana
3 134 (20.81%) Terraform
4 128 (19.88%) Ansible
5 108 (16.77%) Prometheus
6 27 (4.19%) Argo
7 26 (4.04%) Kibana
8 19 (2.95%) Puppet
9 18 (2.80%) Progress Chef
9 18 (2.80%) QRadar
10 17 (2.64%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (2.02%) Fluentd
13 12 (1.86%) Nessus
13 12 (1.86%) SCOM
13 12 (1.86%) vCenter Server
14 11 (1.71%) CSIRT
14 11 (1.71%) logstash
15 10 (1.55%) HP SiteScope
15 10 (1.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 126 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 54 (8.39%) Cisco
3 46 (7.14%) Google
4 44 (6.83%) ServiceNow
5 41 (6.37%) AppDynamics
5 41 (6.37%) Dynatrace
6 39 (6.06%) Oracle
7 35 (5.43%) CrowdStrike
8 31 (4.81%) F5
8 31 (4.81%) Red Hat
8 31 (4.81%) VMware
9 28 (4.35%) CyberArk
10 27 (4.19%) SolarWinds
11 26 (4.04%) Cribl.io
11 26 (4.04%) Qualys
12 23 (3.57%) Tenable
13 22 (3.42%) Carbon Black
13 22 (3.42%) Palo Alto
14 16 (2.48%) Juniper
15 15 (2.33%) Remedy