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 26 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
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 181 251
Rank change year-on-year -51 +70 -93
Contract jobs citing Splunk 574 469 419
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.55% 0.96%
As % of the Vendors category 2.76% 3.27% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 393 289 278
10th Percentile £359 £393 £400
25th Percentile £425 £447 £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 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -3.42%
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 20,820 14,360 18,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.92% 47.48% 42.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,035 8,825 11,531
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% -1.24%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,072 669 1,157
10th Percentile £15.58 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £14.71
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +4.01% -42.40%
75th Percentile £61.63 £53.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £22.75 £23.22
% change year-on-year +41.63% -1.99% -38.09%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -44 508 £525 -4.55% 222
UK excluding London -44 316 £514 -6.55% 224
London -34 211 £550 +4.76% 68
Work from Home -40 149 £537 - 40
North of England -10 128 £500 -2.44% 47
Yorkshire 0 76 £500 - 12
South East -69 59 £375 -31.82% 60
North West -31 50 £501 -7.60% 23
Midlands -32 49 £581 +13.48% 12
West Midlands -28 44 £581 +8.19% 12
South West -1 39 £450 -16.67% 41
East of England -40 26 £688 +25.00% 30
Scotland -14 25 £514 +16.82% 16
East Midlands -8 5 £447 +3.23%
North East - 5 £413 - 12
Wales -13 1 - - 12

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 4 (0.70%) TPMS
4 4 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.52%) Apache
5 3 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) MTS
7 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
1 174 (30.31%) AWS
2 152 (26.48%) Azure
3 82 (14.29%) GitHub
4 66 (11.50%) GCP
5 61 (10.63%) OpenShift
6 33 (5.75%) Datadog
7 32 (5.57%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (5.05%) Entra ID
9 27 (4.70%) Amazon ECS
10 25 (4.36%) Amazon S3
10 25 (4.36%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (4.18%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.18%) Azure Sentinel
12 23 (4.01%) Power Platform
12 23 (4.01%) Serverless
13 22 (3.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (3.14%) SaaS
16 17 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (13.94%) Firewall
2 75 (13.07%) DNS
3 40 (6.97%) SNMP
4 35 (6.10%) WAN
5 32 (5.57%) Network Security
6 31 (5.40%) BGP
7 29 (5.05%) Ethernet VPN
7 29 (5.05%) LAN
7 29 (5.05%) OSPF
8 26 (4.53%) BIG-IP
9 25 (4.36%) DHCP
9 25 (4.36%) VXLAN
10 24 (4.18%) Junos
10 24 (4.18%) TCP/IP
11 22 (3.83%) VPN
12 20 (3.48%) Cisco ISE
13 13 (2.26%) SSL
14 11 (1.92%) Wireless
15 10 (1.74%) MPLS
16 9 (1.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.53%) MongoDB
2 22 (3.83%) Power BI
3 20 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.31%) NoSQL
5 18 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.96%) Hadoop
7 13 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (2.09%) Big Data
9 10 (1.74%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.57%) MySQL
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.22%) Presto
13 6 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.70%) Apache Hive
14 4 (0.70%) Apache Hudi
14 4 (0.70%) Redis
14 4 (0.70%) Tableau
15 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.52%) KDB
Development Applications
1 91 (15.85%) Jenkins
2 54 (9.41%) GitLab
3 43 (7.49%) 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 9 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (1.39%) Gradle
10 8 (1.39%) Jaeger
10 8 (1.39%) JUnit
10 8 (1.39%) Maven
11 6 (1.05%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.05%) Eclipse
11 6 (1.05%) Snyk
11 6 (1.05%) Xcode
12 5 (0.87%) Postman
General
1 157 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 113 (19.69%) Finance
3 64 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (8.89%) Banking
5 40 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 31 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.26%) Retail
8 12 (2.09%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.92%) Front Office
10 9 (1.57%) Legal
11 8 (1.39%) Military
12 5 (0.87%) Law
13 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.52%) Advertising
14 3 (0.52%) Local Government
15 2 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (11.50%) Analyst
2 63 (10.98%) Architect
3 60 (10.45%) Senior
4 52 (9.06%) Lead
5 38 (6.62%) Consultant
6 36 (6.27%) DevOps Engineer
7 30 (5.23%) Developer
8 27 (4.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 25 (4.36%) Data Engineer
10 24 (4.18%) SOC Engineer
11 22 (3.83%) Site Engineer
11 22 (3.83%) SOC Analyst
12 21 (3.66%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.66%) Security Architect
12 21 (3.66%) Security 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 64 (11.15%) Kafka
2 55 (9.58%) OpenTelemetry
3 54 (9.41%) REST
4 32 (5.57%) Spring
4 32 (5.57%) Spring Boot
5 31 (5.40%) Elastic Stack
6 27 (4.70%) 802.1X
7 22 (3.83%) JSON
8 21 (3.66%) LDAP
9 19 (3.31%) OpenID
9 19 (3.31%) SAML
10 15 (2.61%) RESTful
11 13 (2.26%) Playwright
12 12 (2.09%) Middleware
12 12 (2.09%) Spring Cloud
13 11 (1.92%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.74%) OAuth
14 10 (1.74%) OAuth2
14 10 (1.74%) Protocol Buffers
14 10 (1.74%) React
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.76%) Cloud Native
2 59 (10.28%) Onboarding
3 36 (6.27%) PKI
3 36 (6.27%) Security Operations Centre
4 32 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (5.23%) Data Centre
6 28 (4.88%) Clustering
7 27 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (3.31%) Security Posture
9 18 (3.14%) Management Information System
10 17 (2.96%) CMDB
11 15 (2.61%) Product Ownership
12 14 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
13 12 (2.09%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.74%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (1.39%) Public Cloud
17 7 (1.22%) AI Agents
17 7 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
18 6 (1.05%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 157 (27.35%) Linux
2 137 (23.87%) Windows
3 46 (8.01%) Unix
4 18 (3.14%) AIX
5 16 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (2.61%) Windows Server
7 9 (1.57%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.05%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.70%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.70%) Android
10 4 (0.70%) zOS
11 2 (0.35%) CentOS
12 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.17%) MVS
12 1 (0.17%) Rocky
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE
12 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (37.28%) CI/CD
2 194 (33.80%) Observability
3 182 (31.71%) DevOps
4 132 (23.00%) SIEM
5 123 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (18.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 107 (18.64%) Cybersecurity
8 94 (16.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 93 (16.20%) Incident Response
10 80 (13.94%) Containerisation
11 75 (13.07%) Security Operations
12 70 (12.20%) Agile
12 70 (12.20%) High Availability
13 60 (10.45%) ITIL
14 57 (9.93%) Test Automation
15 55 (9.58%) Analytics
15 55 (9.58%) ITSM
16 53 (9.23%) Migration
17 50 (8.71%) Microservices
18 49 (8.54%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 212 (36.93%) Python
2 89 (15.51%) SQL
3 82 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 69 (12.02%) Java
5 68 (11.85%) Bash
6 44 (7.67%) Search Processing Language
7 24 (4.18%) Go
8 22 (3.83%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.44%) Bicep
10 10 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (1.74%) Scala
10 10 (1.74%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.39%) C#
11 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.05%) Perl
13 6 (1.05%) Ruby
14 4 (0.70%) JCL
14 4 (0.70%) REXX
14 4 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 219 (38.15%) Security Cleared
2 132 (23.00%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.28%) DV Cleared
4 48 (8.36%) CISSP
5 42 (7.32%) Degree
6 38 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
8 24 (4.18%) CISM
8 24 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.79%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.61%) GIAC
12 13 (2.26%) CompTIA CySA+
13 12 (2.09%) CEH
14 11 (1.92%) GCIA
14 11 (1.92%) GCIH
15 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (1.57%) CCNP
16 9 (1.57%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (9.58%) NIST
2 41 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.96%) NCSC
4 16 (2.79%) PCI DSS
5 15 (2.61%) GDPR
6 12 (2.09%) QA
7 11 (1.92%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.57%) SLA
9 8 (1.39%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.87%) GRC
11 4 (0.70%) COBIT
11 4 (0.70%) GLBA
11 4 (0.70%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.35%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 96 (16.72%) Docker
2 19 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.79%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (2.26%) 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
1 154 (26.83%) Kubernetes
2 141 (24.56%) Grafana
3 129 (22.47%) Terraform
4 113 (19.69%) Prometheus
5 94 (16.38%) Ansible
6 26 (4.53%) FortiGate
7 23 (4.01%) QRadar
7 23 (4.01%) ZABBIX
8 21 (3.66%) Argo
9 20 (3.48%) Nagios
10 18 (3.14%) Netcool
11 17 (2.96%) Kibana
11 17 (2.96%) Tivoli
12 15 (2.61%) OpenView
12 15 (2.61%) Tivoli Monitoring
13 12 (2.09%) vCenter Server
14 9 (1.57%) Progress Chef
15 8 (1.39%) Fluentd
15 8 (1.39%) Puppet
15 8 (1.39%) WMI
Vendors
1 93 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 73 (12.72%) Dynatrace
3 71 (12.37%) ServiceNow
4 59 (10.28%) Cisco
5 55 (9.58%) SolarWinds
6 42 (7.32%) AppDynamics
7 41 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
8 40 (6.97%) F5
9 37 (6.45%) CyberArk
10 28 (4.88%) IBM
11 27 (4.70%) Tenable
12 25 (4.36%) Juniper
12 25 (4.36%) New Relic
13 22 (3.83%) BMC
13 22 (3.83%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (3.66%) Google
14 21 (3.66%) VMware
15 20 (3.48%) Fortinet
16 19 (3.31%) Palo Alto
17 18 (3.14%) Oracle