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 27 July 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
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 183 238
Rank change year-on-year -54 +55 -69
Contract jobs citing Splunk 583 513 411
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.56% 1.02%
As % of the Vendors category 2.67% 3.28% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 319 268
10th Percentile £363 £359 £400
25th Percentile £425 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -7.29%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile £43.81 - -
25th Percentile £56.22 - -
Median hourly rate £65.57 - £40.00
75th Percentile £73.63 - -
90th Percentile £80.48 - £45.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.23 - £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 21,812 15,620 17,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.31% 47.40% 43.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,564 9,561 10,963
10th Percentile £313 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £401 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,085 778 915
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.68 £13.27
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.13 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.22 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.04% -6.85% -34.94%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.38 £22.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +54.04% -10.74% -24.74%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -53 510 £525 -2.23% 252
UK excluding London -62 307 £515 -4.63% 220
London -23 223 £550 +4.76% 99
Work from Home -36 152 £522 +4.40% 43
North of England -28 125 £505 +6.76% 55
Yorkshire -14 68 £500 +11.11% 14
North West -32 56 £513 -8.89% 27
South East -105 51 £465 -11.39% 44
Midlands -27 46 £581 +9.73% 18
West Midlands -25 44 £581 +8.80% 17
South West -12 40 £450 -21.05% 39
Scotland -5 27 £423 -1.63% 21
East of England -34 27 £688 +25.00% 26
North East - 4 £369 - 14
East Midlands -13 2 £563 +18.42% 1
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 26 (4.46%) Confluence
2 23 (3.95%) Apache Spark
3 16 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.03%) Apache
5 5 (0.86%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.51%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.51%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
7 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.17%) MTS
8 1 (0.17%) Mule
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.51%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Bloomberg AIM
4 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 189 (32.42%) AWS
2 182 (31.22%) Azure
3 97 (16.64%) GitHub
4 73 (12.52%) GCP
5 63 (10.81%) OpenShift
6 39 (6.69%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (5.66%) Entra ID
8 32 (5.49%) Datadog
9 31 (5.32%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (4.97%) Amazon EKS
10 29 (4.97%) Azure Sentinel
11 27 (4.63%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (4.29%) Amazon S3
12 25 (4.29%) Serverless
13 24 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
13 24 (4.12%) Power Platform
14 21 (3.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (3.60%) SaaS
15 20 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 83 (14.24%) Firewall
2 76 (13.04%) DNS
3 38 (6.52%) SNMP
4 37 (6.35%) Network Security
5 35 (6.00%) WAN
6 31 (5.32%) BGP
7 29 (4.97%) Ethernet VPN
7 29 (4.97%) OSPF
8 28 (4.80%) DHCP
8 28 (4.80%) LAN
9 26 (4.46%) BIG-IP
10 25 (4.29%) VXLAN
11 24 (4.12%) Junos
12 21 (3.60%) Cisco ISE
12 21 (3.60%) VPN
13 19 (3.26%) TCP/IP
14 11 (1.89%) SSL
15 10 (1.72%) Wireless
16 9 (1.54%) Internet
17 8 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.29%) MongoDB
2 23 (3.95%) Power BI
3 21 (3.60%) NoSQL
3 21 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.26%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.57%) Big Data
5 15 (2.57%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
7 10 (1.72%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.37%) MySQL
8 8 (1.37%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.20%) Presto
10 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.69%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.69%) Apache Hudi
11 4 (0.69%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.69%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.69%) Flink
12 3 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 89 (15.27%) Jenkins
2 56 (9.61%) GitLab
3 50 (8.58%) Git
4 37 (6.35%) JIRA
5 34 (5.83%) Gatling
6 24 (4.12%) JMeter
7 15 (2.57%) Selenium
8 14 (2.40%) LoadRunner
9 13 (2.23%) REST Assured
10 12 (2.06%) Serenity BDD
11 11 (1.89%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (1.37%) Gradle
13 8 (1.37%) JUnit
13 8 (1.37%) Maven
14 7 (1.20%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.20%) Eclipse
14 7 (1.20%) Postman
15 6 (1.03%) Artifactory
15 6 (1.03%) Snyk
General
1 148 (25.39%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.35%) Finance
3 73 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (9.09%) Banking
5 33 (5.66%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.26%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.40%) Retail
8 11 (1.89%) Front Office
9 10 (1.72%) Legal
10 9 (1.54%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.37%) Military
12 5 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.86%) Law
12 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.69%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.51%) Advertising
14 3 (0.51%) Local Government
14 3 (0.51%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (10.46%) Lead
1 61 (10.46%) Senior
2 58 (9.95%) Analyst
3 48 (8.23%) Consultant
4 47 (8.06%) Architect
5 42 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
6 33 (5.66%) Developer
7 26 (4.46%) Data Engineer
8 25 (4.29%) SOC Engineer
8 25 (4.29%) Splunk Engineer
9 23 (3.95%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 19 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
10 19 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
10 19 (3.26%) Security Engineer
11 18 (3.09%) Security Architect
11 18 (3.09%) Site Engineer
11 18 (3.09%) Test Engineer
12 17 (2.92%) Network Engineer
12 17 (2.92%) Performance Engineer
13 16 (2.74%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (12.18%) REST
2 63 (10.81%) Kafka
3 59 (10.12%) OpenTelemetry
4 34 (5.83%) Elastic Stack
5 33 (5.66%) Spring
6 32 (5.49%) Spring Boot
7 27 (4.63%) 802.1X
8 26 (4.46%) JSON
9 16 (2.74%) RESTful
10 14 (2.40%) React
11 13 (2.23%) Playwright
12 12 (2.06%) OAuth
12 12 (2.06%) OAuth2
12 12 (2.06%) Spring Cloud
13 11 (1.89%) .NET
13 11 (1.89%) Middleware
13 11 (1.89%) SailPoint
14 10 (1.72%) CSS
14 10 (1.72%) Protocol Buffers
15 9 (1.54%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.01%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.61%) Onboarding
3 36 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (6.17%) PKI
4 33 (5.66%) Security Operations Centre
5 30 (5.15%) Data Centre
6 28 (4.80%) Clustering
6 28 (4.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (2.92%) CMDB
8 16 (2.74%) Security Posture
9 12 (2.06%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (1.89%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.72%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.54%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.37%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.03%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 151 (25.90%) Linux
2 132 (22.64%) Windows
3 44 (7.55%) Unix
4 18 (3.09%) AIX
4 18 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (3.09%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.54%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.20%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.03%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.69%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.69%) Android
8 4 (0.69%) zOS
9 2 (0.34%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) MVS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) SUSE
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (37.22%) Observability
2 216 (37.05%) CI/CD
3 181 (31.05%) DevOps
4 132 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (20.93%) SIEM
6 108 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 96 (16.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 94 (16.12%) Agile
9 91 (15.61%) Incident Response
10 80 (13.72%) Containerisation
11 78 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
12 75 (12.86%) High Availability
13 71 (12.18%) Security Operations
14 61 (10.46%) ITIL
14 61 (10.46%) ITSM
15 59 (10.12%) Test Automation
16 58 (9.95%) Analytics
17 53 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
18 51 (8.75%) Root Cause Analysis
19 50 (8.58%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 209 (35.85%) Python
2 91 (15.61%) PowerShell
3 87 (14.92%) SQL
4 74 (12.69%) Java
5 67 (11.49%) Bash
6 44 (7.55%) Search Processing Language
7 29 (4.97%) Go
8 22 (3.77%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.40%) TypeScript
10 13 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (2.23%) Scala
11 12 (2.06%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.89%) Bicep
13 8 (1.37%) C#
13 8 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.37%) Perl
14 5 (0.86%) Ruby
15 4 (0.69%) JCL
15 4 (0.69%) REXX
16 3 (0.51%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 212 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 127 (21.78%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.29%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.06%) CISSP
5 41 (7.03%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (5.66%) Degree
7 24 (4.12%) CISM
7 24 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
8 21 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (2.74%) AWS Certification
11 13 (2.23%) GIAC
12 11 (1.89%) CCNP
12 11 (1.89%) CEH
13 10 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (1.54%) CCSP
14 9 (1.54%) CompTIA CySA+
15 8 (1.37%) GCIA
15 8 (1.37%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.83%) NIST
2 24 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.40%) QA
5 10 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.54%) SLA
7 8 (1.37%) GDPR
8 6 (1.03%) NCSC
9 5 (0.86%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.86%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.51%) GRC
10 3 (0.51%) GxP
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 15022
10 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.34%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 96 (16.47%) Docker
2 24 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.40%) VMware NSX
5 13 (2.23%) vSphere
6 7 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.03%) etcd
8 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.69%) Snort
9 2 (0.34%) HDFS
9 2 (0.34%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.17%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 149 (25.56%) Grafana
2 148 (25.39%) Kubernetes
3 145 (24.87%) Terraform
4 114 (19.55%) Prometheus
5 88 (15.09%) Ansible
6 27 (4.63%) QRadar
7 26 (4.46%) FortiGate
8 25 (4.29%) Argo
9 23 (3.95%) ZABBIX
10 20 (3.43%) Nagios
11 18 (3.09%) Netcool
12 17 (2.92%) Tivoli
13 15 (2.57%) OpenView
13 15 (2.57%) Tivoli Monitoring
14 14 (2.40%) Kibana
15 13 (2.23%) vCenter Server
16 11 (1.89%) Control-M
17 9 (1.54%) Progress Chef
18 8 (1.37%) Fluentd
18 8 (1.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 96 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 80 (13.72%) Dynatrace
3 79 (13.55%) ServiceNow
4 61 (10.46%) SolarWinds
5 58 (9.95%) Cisco
6 44 (7.55%) CrowdStrike
7 40 (6.86%) F5
8 38 (6.52%) AppDynamics
9 32 (5.49%) New Relic
10 29 (4.97%) IBM
11 28 (4.80%) Google
12 27 (4.63%) CyberArk
13 26 (4.46%) Tenable
14 25 (4.29%) Juniper
14 25 (4.29%) VMware
15 23 (3.95%) BMC
16 22 (3.77%) Extreme Networks
16 22 (3.77%) Fortinet
16 22 (3.77%) Oracle
16 22 (3.77%) Palo Alto