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 10 October 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
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 142 201
Rank change year-on-year -94 +59 0
Contract jobs citing Splunk 609 657 467
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.12% 1.98% 1.23%
As % of the Vendors category 2.68% 4.16% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 407 284
10th Percentile £350 £359 £425
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -7.24% -5.67%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £688
90th Percentile £719 £688 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% -4.55% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £44.57 - £38.05
25th Percentile £53.42 £85.00 £41.13
Median hourly rate £65.57 £90.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +89.47% -
75th Percentile £72.96 £95.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £79.19 - £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.98 - £60.00

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 22,765 15,787 16,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.70% 47.66% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,737 9,715 9,930
10th Percentile £310 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £613 £625
90th Percentile £711 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,403 805 601
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.11 £17.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -23.08% -25.50%
75th Percentile £57.00 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.40 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £21.27 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.01% -29.12% -29.41%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -110 513 £525 - 405
UK excluding London -116 290 £537 +2.29% 194
London -58 256 £525 - 238
Work from Home -47 159 £537 +7.40% 161
North of England -64 121 £500 +3.31% 47
North West -28 69 £525 +14.75% 24
Midlands -78 46 £575 +9.52% 18
West Midlands -75 45 £575 +9.52% 15
South East -125 37 £500 +2.56% 39
Scotland -21 36 £424 -14.52% 25
Yorkshire -58 35 £522 +4.40% 19
South West -17 25 £650 +18.18% 29
East of England -47 24 £600 +9.09% 17
North East -26 17 £425 - 4
Wales - 8 - - 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 31 (5.09%) Confluence
2 14 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.31%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.99%) Apache
6 6 (0.99%) IIS
7 3 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.49%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.16%) Appian
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Mendix
8 1 (0.16%) MTS
8 1 (0.16%) Mule
8 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.31%) SAP MDG
1 8 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.82%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 233 (38.26%) Azure
2 232 (38.10%) AWS
3 101 (16.58%) GCP
4 98 (16.09%) GitHub
5 56 (9.20%) GitHub Actions
6 48 (7.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 44 (7.22%) OpenShift
8 41 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (6.40%) Datadog
10 35 (5.75%) Azure Monitor
10 35 (5.75%) Entra ID
11 34 (5.58%) Amazon EKS
12 31 (5.09%) Power Platform
13 25 (4.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (4.11%) SaaS
13 25 (4.11%) Serverless
14 22 (3.61%) Amazon S3
15 21 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
16 20 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (10.18%) Firewall
2 44 (7.22%) DNS
3 41 (6.73%) Network Security
4 29 (4.76%) SNMP
5 23 (3.78%) TCP/IP
5 23 (3.78%) WAN
6 21 (3.45%) VPN
7 14 (2.30%) BGP
8 13 (2.13%) HTTP
9 12 (1.97%) OSPF
10 11 (1.81%) DHCP
10 11 (1.81%) SSL
11 9 (1.48%) LAN
11 9 (1.48%) VLAN
11 9 (1.48%) Wireless
12 8 (1.31%) Internet
12 8 (1.31%) MPLS
12 8 (1.31%) SD-WAN
12 8 (1.31%) Wireshark
13 7 (1.15%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.58%) MongoDB
2 30 (4.93%) Power BI
3 27 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (3.61%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.79%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.63%) Big Data
7 14 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.13%) MySQL
9 11 (1.81%) Tableau
10 9 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.31%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (1.15%) Looker
12 7 (1.15%) Presto
12 7 (1.15%) Redis
13 6 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 102 (16.75%) Jenkins
2 76 (12.48%) Git
3 62 (10.18%) GitLab
4 51 (8.37%) JIRA
5 24 (3.94%) Gatling
5 24 (3.94%) JMeter
6 21 (3.45%) Bitbucket
7 14 (2.30%) LoadRunner
8 13 (2.13%) Selenium
9 11 (1.81%) Postman
10 8 (1.31%) JUnit
10 8 (1.31%) Maven
10 8 (1.31%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (1.15%) Eclipse
11 7 (1.15%) Gradle
11 7 (1.15%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.99%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.99%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.99%) Serenity BDD
General
1 179 (29.39%) Social Skills
2 127 (20.85%) Finance
3 114 (18.72%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (11.17%) Banking
5 40 (6.57%) Public Sector
6 14 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.97%) Retail
8 10 (1.64%) Front Office
8 10 (1.64%) Legal
8 10 (1.64%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.31%) Military
10 5 (0.82%) Investment Banking
10 5 (0.82%) Law
10 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
12 3 (0.49%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (0.49%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.33%) Advertising
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 62 (10.18%) Analyst
1 62 (10.18%) Senior
2 51 (8.37%) DevOps Engineer
3 50 (8.21%) Lead
4 47 (7.72%) Splunk Engineer
5 44 (7.22%) Developer
6 42 (6.90%) Architect
7 38 (6.24%) Security Engineer
8 34 (5.58%) Consultant
9 26 (4.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 23 (3.78%) SOC Engineer
10 23 (3.78%) Test Engineer
11 21 (3.45%) AWS Engineer
11 21 (3.45%) Security Analyst
12 20 (3.28%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.12%) Support Engineer
14 18 (2.96%) Applications Support
14 18 (2.96%) Security Architect
15 17 (2.79%) Site Engineer
15 17 (2.79%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (25.29%) Terraform
2 62 (10.18%) Kafka
3 55 (9.03%) REST
4 49 (8.05%) Elastic Stack
5 35 (5.75%) OpenTelemetry
6 25 (4.11%) RESTful
7 22 (3.61%) JSON
7 22 (3.61%) React
7 22 (3.61%) Spring
7 22 (3.61%) Spring Boot
8 21 (3.45%) OAuth
9 20 (3.28%) Middleware
10 19 (3.12%) OAuth2
11 15 (2.46%) CSS
11 15 (2.46%) Play Framework
12 13 (2.13%) OpenID
13 12 (1.97%) HTML
13 12 (1.97%) SAML
14 11 (1.81%) .NET
15 10 (1.64%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.17%) Cloud Native
1 68 (11.17%) Onboarding
2 43 (7.06%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (6.08%) Security Operations Centre
4 24 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
5 23 (3.78%) Management Information System
6 20 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.12%) Data Centre
8 17 (2.79%) CMDB
9 16 (2.63%) Security Posture
10 15 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
11 14 (2.30%) Public Cloud
12 13 (2.13%) Product Ownership
13 11 (1.81%) AI Agents
14 10 (1.64%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.31%) Blog
15 8 (1.31%) Clustering
15 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
16 7 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 176 (28.90%) Linux
2 106 (17.41%) Windows
3 57 (9.36%) Unix
4 32 (5.25%) Windows Server
5 26 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.31%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.99%) AIX
9 5 (0.82%) Android
9 5 (0.82%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.66%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.66%) CentOS
10 4 (0.66%) VMS
11 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.16%) Rocky
12 1 (0.16%) SUSE
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (39.90%) Observability
2 226 (37.11%) CI/CD
3 188 (30.87%) DevOps
4 142 (23.32%) SIEM
5 132 (21.67%) Agile
6 131 (21.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 121 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (19.38%) Incident Response
9 97 (15.93%) Cybersecurity
10 90 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 87 (14.29%) Security Operations
12 83 (13.63%) Root Cause Analysis
13 82 (13.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 81 (13.30%) Containerisation
15 80 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
16 67 (11.00%) Incident Management
17 62 (10.18%) Test Automation
18 58 (9.52%) ITSM
19 57 (9.36%) AI
19 57 (9.36%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 211 (34.65%) Python
2 107 (17.57%) PowerShell
3 84 (13.79%) SQL
4 82 (13.46%) Java
5 78 (12.81%) Bash
6 46 (7.55%) Search Processing Language
7 41 (6.73%) Go
8 29 (4.76%) JavaScript
9 25 (4.11%) Shell Script
10 21 (3.45%) Scala
11 18 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (2.96%) TypeScript
12 10 (1.64%) Perl
13 8 (1.31%) Bicep
13 8 (1.31%) C#
14 6 (0.99%) Groovy
14 6 (0.99%) Ruby
15 4 (0.66%) C
15 4 (0.66%) C++
15 4 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 221 (36.29%) Security Cleared
2 158 (25.94%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.87%) DV Cleared
4 48 (7.88%) CISSP
5 46 (7.55%) Degree
6 22 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 21 (3.45%) CISM
8 20 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (3.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.79%) GIAC
11 16 (2.63%) GCIH
12 15 (2.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 15 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (1.97%) CCSP
14 10 (1.64%) Azure Certification
15 9 (1.48%) CEH
15 9 (1.48%) GCIA
15 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.15%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.91%) NIST
2 35 (5.75%) QA
3 28 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (4.11%) Data Quality
5 19 (3.12%) Accessibility
6 18 (2.96%) GDPR
6 18 (2.96%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.97%) NCSC
8 8 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.99%) GRC
9 6 (0.99%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.82%) ISO 31000
10 5 (0.82%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (0.82%) SLA
11 4 (0.66%) ISO 15022
11 4 (0.66%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (17.08%) Docker
2 30 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.82%) ISA Server
7 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.16%) Firmware
9 1 (0.16%) HDFS
9 1 (0.16%) KVM
9 1 (0.16%) NFS
9 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 161 (26.44%) Grafana
2 156 (25.62%) Kubernetes
3 100 (16.42%) Prometheus
4 92 (15.11%) Ansible
5 35 (5.75%) QRadar
6 17 (2.79%) Kibana
7 14 (2.30%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.13%) ZABBIX
9 11 (1.81%) Argo
10 10 (1.64%) CASB
10 10 (1.64%) Nagios
11 9 (1.48%) SCOM
12 8 (1.31%) Control-M
12 8 (1.31%) Puppet
12 8 (1.31%) SCCM
12 8 (1.31%) WMI
13 6 (0.99%) Istio
13 6 (0.99%) ITRS Geneos
13 6 (0.99%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.82%) Netcool
Vendors
1 132 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 112 (18.39%) Dynatrace
3 76 (12.48%) ServiceNow
4 51 (8.37%) CrowdStrike
5 45 (7.39%) Google
6 42 (6.90%) AppDynamics
6 42 (6.90%) Cisco
7 40 (6.57%) Oracle
8 37 (6.08%) SolarWinds
9 36 (5.91%) New Relic
10 27 (4.43%) IBM
11 24 (3.94%) F5
11 24 (3.94%) Palo Alto
12 23 (3.78%) VMware
13 19 (3.12%) Cribl.io
14 18 (2.96%) Qualys
15 16 (2.63%) Fortinet
15 16 (2.63%) Tenable
16 15 (2.46%) CyberArk
17 12 (1.97%) Rapid7