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 June 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 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 189 245
Rank change year-on-year -31 +56 -85
Contract jobs citing Splunk 574 450 423
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.51% 0.96%
As % of the Vendors category 2.79% 3.18% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 278 279
10th Percentile £351 £391 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £770 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 5
10th Percentile £44.51 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.23 - £40.00
75th Percentile £71.64 - -
90th Percentile £79.19 - £45.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -33.11%

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 20,549 14,166 18,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.77% 47.59% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,890 8,715 11,489
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £401 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,053 653 1,156
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.87 £12.19
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% +5.23% -44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.95 £58.90
90th Percentile £80.04 £69.47 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +39.13% +2.22% -43.75%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -38 504 £525 -4.55% 204
UK excluding London -30 326 £514 -6.55% 222
London -27 200 £550 +4.76% 57
Work from Home -29 143 £544 -0.28% 28
North of England -12 129 £500 - 45
Yorkshire -8 80 £500 - 12
South East -56 65 £375 -31.82% 62
Midlands -24 53 £564 +5.03% 13
West Midlands -22 48 £565 +3.57% 12
North West -26 47 £519 -1.19% 20
South West +10 39 £450 -14.29% 37
Scotland -11 28 £557 +26.59% 17
East of England -40 25 £688 +25.00% 30
East Midlands -21 5 £447 +3.23% 1
North East - 5 £413 - 13
Wales -13 1 - - 11

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 23 (4.01%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.79%) Confluence
3 13 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.05%) TPMS
5 4 (0.70%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.52%) Apache
6 3 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.52%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.52%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 176 (30.66%) AWS
2 152 (26.48%) Azure
3 79 (13.76%) GitHub
4 67 (11.67%) GCP
5 59 (10.28%) OpenShift
6 36 (6.27%) Datadog
7 28 (4.88%) Entra ID
7 28 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
9 25 (4.36%) Amazon S3
9 25 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (4.18%) Amazon EKS
10 24 (4.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 23 (4.01%) Serverless
12 22 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (3.66%) Power Platform
14 18 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 18 (3.14%) SaaS
15 17 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 81 (14.11%) Firewall
2 78 (13.59%) DNS
3 41 (7.14%) SNMP
4 32 (5.57%) BGP
4 32 (5.57%) Network Security
4 32 (5.57%) WAN
5 30 (5.23%) OSPF
6 29 (5.05%) Ethernet VPN
7 28 (4.88%) TCP/IP
8 27 (4.70%) LAN
9 26 (4.53%) BIG-IP
10 25 (4.36%) DHCP
10 25 (4.36%) VXLAN
11 24 (4.18%) Junos
12 21 (3.66%) VPN
13 20 (3.48%) Cisco ISE
14 15 (2.61%) SSL
15 11 (1.92%) Wireless
16 10 (1.74%) MPLS
17 9 (1.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.70%) MongoDB
2 21 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (3.48%) Power BI
4 19 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 19 (3.31%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.96%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (2.09%) Big Data
8 10 (1.74%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.39%) MySQL
9 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.22%) Presto
11 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.70%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.70%) Apache Hudi
12 4 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.70%) Redis
12 4 (0.70%) Tableau
13 3 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 89 (15.51%) Jenkins
2 54 (9.41%) GitLab
3 42 (7.32%) Git
4 32 (5.57%) Gatling
5 26 (4.53%) JIRA
6 22 (3.83%) JMeter
7 13 (2.26%) REST Assured
7 13 (2.26%) Selenium
8 12 (2.09%) LoadRunner
8 12 (2.09%) Serenity BDD
9 10 (1.74%) Jaeger
10 9 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (1.22%) Gradle
11 7 (1.22%) JUnit
11 7 (1.22%) Maven
12 6 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.05%) Eclipse
12 6 (1.05%) Snyk
13 5 (0.87%) Postman
13 5 (0.87%) Xcode
General
1 159 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.51%) Finance
3 65 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.71%) Banking
5 42 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.75%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 13 (2.26%) Retail
9 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.74%) Front Office
11 9 (1.57%) Military
12 8 (1.39%) Legal
13 5 (0.87%) Law
14 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.52%) Advertising
15 3 (0.52%) Local Government
16 2 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
17 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (11.85%) Analyst
2 63 (10.98%) Architect
3 61 (10.63%) Senior
4 55 (9.58%) Lead
5 36 (6.27%) Consultant
6 34 (5.92%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (4.88%) Developer
8 26 (4.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 25 (4.36%) Data Engineer
9 25 (4.36%) SOC Analyst
10 24 (4.18%) SOC Engineer
11 22 (3.83%) Security Engineer
12 21 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.66%) Security Architect
12 21 (3.66%) Site Engineer
13 20 (3.48%) Network Engineer
14 19 (3.31%) CyberArk Architect
15 18 (3.14%) Test Engineer
16 17 (2.96%) Performance Engineer
17 15 (2.61%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.32%) Kafka
2 57 (9.93%) OpenTelemetry
3 54 (9.41%) REST
4 34 (5.92%) Spring Boot
5 31 (5.40%) Elastic Stack
5 31 (5.40%) Spring
6 28 (4.88%) 802.1X
7 21 (3.66%) JSON
7 21 (3.66%) LDAP
8 19 (3.31%) OpenID
8 19 (3.31%) SAML
9 17 (2.96%) Middleware
10 14 (2.44%) RESTful
11 13 (2.26%) Playwright
12 12 (2.09%) Spring Cloud
13 11 (1.92%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.74%) .NET
14 10 (1.74%) CSS
14 10 (1.74%) OAuth
14 10 (1.74%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.94%) Cloud Native
2 60 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 36 (6.27%) PKI
5 30 (5.23%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.88%) Clustering
6 28 (4.88%) Data Centre
7 27 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 21 (3.66%) Management Information System
9 17 (2.96%) CMDB
9 17 (2.96%) Security Posture
10 15 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (2.61%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.44%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.92%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.22%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 164 (28.57%) Linux
2 144 (25.09%) Windows
3 46 (8.01%) Unix
4 18 (3.14%) AIX
5 16 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (2.26%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.70%) Android
9 4 (0.70%) zOS
10 2 (0.35%) CentOS
11 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.17%) MVS
11 1 (0.17%) Rocky
11 1 (0.17%) SUSE
11 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (36.93%) CI/CD
2 198 (34.49%) Observability
3 182 (31.71%) DevOps
4 132 (23.00%) SIEM
5 121 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (19.69%) Cybersecurity
7 102 (17.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 96 (16.72%) Incident Response
9 93 (16.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 76 (13.24%) Containerisation
11 75 (13.07%) Security Operations
12 69 (12.02%) Agile
13 68 (11.85%) High Availability
14 62 (10.80%) ITIL
15 56 (9.76%) Test Automation
16 54 (9.41%) Analytics
16 54 (9.41%) Migration
17 53 (9.23%) ITSM
17 53 (9.23%) Microservices
18 50 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 210 (36.59%) Python
2 91 (15.85%) SQL
3 82 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 69 (12.02%) Bash
4 69 (12.02%) Java
5 44 (7.67%) Search Processing Language
6 22 (3.83%) JavaScript
7 20 (3.48%) Go
8 13 (2.26%) Bicep
9 10 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (1.74%) Scala
9 10 (1.74%) TypeScript
10 8 (1.39%) C#
10 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.05%) Perl
11 6 (1.05%) Rust
11 6 (1.05%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.87%) Ruby
13 4 (0.70%) JCL
13 4 (0.70%) REXX
Qualifications
1 227 (39.55%) Security Cleared
2 140 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.63%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.19%) CISSP
4 47 (8.19%) Degree
5 38 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (5.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 28 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (4.18%) CISM
9 19 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.79%) AWS Certification
10 16 (2.79%) CompTIA CySA+
11 14 (2.44%) GIAC
12 12 (2.09%) CEH
13 11 (1.92%) GCIA
13 11 (1.92%) GCIH
14 9 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (1.57%) CCNP
14 9 (1.57%) CCSP
14 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.93%) NIST
2 41 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.14%) PCI DSS
4 17 (2.96%) GDPR
4 17 (2.96%) NCSC
5 16 (2.79%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.09%) QA
7 11 (1.92%) SLA
8 9 (1.57%) Data Quality
9 8 (1.39%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.05%) GLBA
11 5 (0.87%) GRC
12 4 (0.70%) COBIT
12 4 (0.70%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
14 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 98 (17.07%) Docker
2 19 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.79%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.09%) vSphere
6 8 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.05%) etcd
8 4 (0.70%) Snort
9 2 (0.35%) HDFS
9 2 (0.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 155 (27.00%) Kubernetes
2 142 (24.74%) Grafana
3 125 (21.78%) Terraform
4 113 (19.69%) Prometheus
5 95 (16.55%) Ansible
6 26 (4.53%) FortiGate
7 23 (4.01%) ZABBIX
8 21 (3.66%) Argo
9 20 (3.48%) Nagios
9 20 (3.48%) QRadar
10 18 (3.14%) Kibana
10 18 (3.14%) Netcool
11 17 (2.96%) Tivoli
12 15 (2.61%) OpenView
12 15 (2.61%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 12 (2.09%) vCenter Server
14 8 (1.39%) Fluentd
14 8 (1.39%) WMI
15 7 (1.22%) Kiali
15 7 (1.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 90 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.72%) Dynatrace
3 69 (12.02%) ServiceNow
4 57 (9.93%) Cisco
5 55 (9.58%) SolarWinds
6 48 (8.36%) AppDynamics
7 41 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
8 40 (6.97%) F5
9 37 (6.45%) CyberArk
10 27 (4.70%) IBM
10 27 (4.70%) Tenable
11 25 (4.36%) Juniper
12 24 (4.18%) New Relic
13 22 (3.83%) BMC
13 22 (3.83%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (3.66%) Fortinet
15 20 (3.48%) Google
15 20 (3.48%) Palo Alto
15 20 (3.48%) VMware
16 19 (3.31%) Oracle