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 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
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 182 239
Rank change year-on-year -46 +57 -78
Contract jobs citing Splunk 595 502 423
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.55% 0.98%
As % of the Vendors category 2.74% 3.27% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 312 274
10th Percentile £363 £382 £400
25th Percentile £430 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -0.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £613
90th Percentile £750 £775 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £44.16 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.45 - £40.00
75th Percentile £72.00 - -
90th Percentile £79.84 - £45.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £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 21,701 15,371 18,628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.23% 47.50% 43.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,508 9,423 11,588
10th Percentile £313 £281 £267
25th Percentile £413 £403 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,110 733 1,141
10th Percentile £15.81 £14.75 £12.40
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.30 £15.00
Median hourly rate £34.61 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.62% +0.60% -38.34%
75th Percentile £63.94 £52.16 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.55 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.63 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.61% -6.41% -22.00%

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 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 10 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 10 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 -39 523 £525 -4.11% 241
UK excluding London -66 316 £520 -5.45% 230
London -32 226 £550 +4.76% 76
Work from Home -29 158 £537 +1.13% 44
North of England -34 127 £500 - 51
Yorkshire -6 74 £500 +2.82% 13
South East -81 58 £465 -15.45% 56
North West -35 51 £501 -7.60% 27
Midlands -23 48 £581 +19.79% 16
West Midlands -35 43 £582 +13.62% 15
South West -1 39 £450 -16.67% 43
East of England -46 27 £675 +22.73% 32
Scotland -17 26 £557 +23.78% 16
East Midlands -13 5 £447 +3.23% 1
North East - 5 £413 - 11
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 (3.87%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.53%) Confluence
3 13 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.84%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.50%) Apache
5 3 (0.50%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 2 (0.34%) TPMS
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) MTS
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
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 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.67%) SAP MDG
2 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.50%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (0.50%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 188 (31.60%) AWS
2 174 (29.24%) Azure
3 93 (15.63%) GitHub
4 74 (12.44%) GCP
5 71 (11.93%) OpenShift
6 35 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 34 (5.71%) Entra ID
8 30 (5.04%) Datadog
9 29 (4.87%) Azure Sentinel
10 27 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (4.37%) Amazon S3
12 25 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (4.20%) Power Platform
13 24 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (3.87%) Serverless
15 21 (3.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
17 19 (3.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (13.61%) Firewall
2 78 (13.11%) DNS
3 40 (6.72%) SNMP
4 38 (6.39%) Network Security
5 36 (6.05%) WAN
6 32 (5.38%) BGP
7 30 (5.04%) OSPF
8 29 (4.87%) Ethernet VPN
8 29 (4.87%) LAN
9 28 (4.71%) DHCP
10 26 (4.37%) BIG-IP
11 25 (4.20%) VXLAN
12 24 (4.03%) Junos
12 24 (4.03%) VPN
13 23 (3.87%) TCP/IP
14 21 (3.53%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (1.85%) SSL
15 11 (1.85%) Wireless
16 10 (1.68%) MPLS
17 9 (1.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.54%) MongoDB
2 24 (4.03%) Power BI
3 20 (3.36%) NoSQL
3 20 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (3.19%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.69%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.18%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (2.02%) Big Data
8 10 (1.68%) DynamoDB
9 9 (1.51%) MySQL
9 9 (1.51%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.18%) Presto
11 6 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.67%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.67%) Apache Hudi
12 4 (0.67%) Redis
12 4 (0.67%) Tableau
13 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.50%) KDB
Development Applications
1 97 (16.30%) Jenkins
2 54 (9.08%) GitLab
3 49 (8.24%) Git
4 33 (5.55%) Gatling
5 31 (5.21%) JIRA
6 23 (3.87%) JMeter
7 13 (2.18%) LoadRunner
7 13 (2.18%) REST Assured
7 13 (2.18%) Selenium
8 12 (2.02%) Serenity BDD
9 9 (1.51%) Gradle
9 9 (1.51%) JUnit
9 9 (1.51%) Maven
9 9 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (1.18%) Eclipse
11 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.01%) Jaeger
11 6 (1.01%) Postman
11 6 (1.01%) Snyk
11 6 (1.01%) Xcode
General
1 162 (27.23%) Social Skills
2 119 (20.00%) Finance
3 73 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (8.74%) Banking
5 39 (6.55%) Public Sector
6 33 (5.55%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.35%) Retail
8 12 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.85%) Front Office
9 11 (1.85%) Legal
10 8 (1.34%) Military
11 5 (0.84%) Law
11 5 (0.84%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.67%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.50%) Advertising
13 3 (0.50%) Local Government
14 2 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (11.76%) Analyst
2 64 (10.76%) Architect
3 62 (10.42%) Senior
4 57 (9.58%) Lead
5 41 (6.89%) Consultant
5 41 (6.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 32 (5.38%) Developer
7 28 (4.71%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 25 (4.20%) SOC Engineer
9 24 (4.03%) Data Engineer
10 23 (3.87%) SOC Analyst
11 22 (3.70%) Security Architect
11 22 (3.70%) Site Engineer
12 21 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.53%) Security Engineer
13 20 (3.36%) Network Engineer
13 20 (3.36%) Splunk Engineer
14 18 (3.03%) CyberArk Architect
14 18 (3.03%) Test Engineer
15 17 (2.86%) Performance Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (10.76%) REST
2 61 (10.25%) Kafka
3 55 (9.24%) OpenTelemetry
4 37 (6.22%) Elastic Stack
5 34 (5.71%) Spring
6 32 (5.38%) Spring Boot
7 27 (4.54%) 802.1X
8 24 (4.03%) JSON
9 21 (3.53%) LDAP
10 18 (3.03%) OpenID
10 18 (3.03%) SAML
11 16 (2.69%) RESTful
12 13 (2.18%) Playwright
13 12 (2.02%) Spring Cloud
14 11 (1.85%) OAuth
14 11 (1.85%) OAuth2
14 11 (1.85%) SailPoint
15 10 (1.68%) Middleware
15 10 (1.68%) Protocol Buffers
15 10 (1.68%) React
Miscellaneous
1 79 (13.28%) Cloud Native
2 62 (10.42%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.72%) Security Operations Centre
4 36 (6.05%) PKI
5 35 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (5.21%) Data Centre
7 28 (4.71%) Clustering
7 28 (4.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (3.36%) Security Posture
9 17 (2.86%) CMDB
10 15 (2.52%) Product Ownership
11 14 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
11 14 (2.35%) Management Information System
12 12 (2.02%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.68%) Cyberattack
14 8 (1.34%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.34%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (1.18%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 164 (27.56%) Linux
2 140 (23.53%) Windows
3 44 (7.39%) Unix
4 18 (3.03%) AIX
4 18 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (2.69%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.51%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.01%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.67%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.67%) Android
9 4 (0.67%) zOS
10 2 (0.34%) 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
1 226 (37.98%) CI/CD
2 206 (34.62%) Observability
3 190 (31.93%) DevOps
4 141 (23.70%) SIEM
5 133 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
6 116 (19.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 105 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
8 98 (16.47%) Incident Response
8 98 (16.47%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 83 (13.95%) Agile
9 83 (13.95%) Security Operations
10 81 (13.61%) Containerisation
11 78 (13.11%) High Availability
12 66 (11.09%) ITSM
13 62 (10.42%) ITIL
14 58 (9.75%) Test Automation
15 57 (9.58%) Analytics
16 52 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (8.57%) Cloud Security
18 50 (8.40%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 217 (36.47%) Python
2 90 (15.13%) PowerShell
3 89 (14.96%) SQL
4 72 (12.10%) Bash
5 70 (11.76%) Java
6 47 (7.90%) Search Processing Language
7 26 (4.37%) Go
8 22 (3.70%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.35%) Bicep
10 12 (2.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 10 (1.68%) Scala
11 10 (1.68%) TypeScript
12 9 (1.51%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.34%) C#
13 8 (1.34%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.01%) Perl
14 6 (1.01%) Ruby
15 4 (0.67%) JCL
15 4 (0.67%) REXX
16 3 (0.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 229 (38.49%) Security Cleared
2 141 (23.70%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.59%) DV Cleared
4 49 (8.24%) CISSP
5 40 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (6.72%) Degree
6 29 (4.87%) CompTIA Security+
7 25 (4.20%) CISM
8 23 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (2.86%) AWS Certification
11 16 (2.69%) GIAC
12 14 (2.35%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (1.85%) CCNP
13 11 (1.85%) CEH
14 10 (1.68%) GCIA
14 10 (1.68%) GCIH
14 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.51%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (8.57%) NIST
2 39 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.86%) NCSC
4 15 (2.52%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.18%) GDPR
5 13 (2.18%) QA
6 9 (1.51%) SLA
7 8 (1.34%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.84%) GRC
9 4 (0.67%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.50%) COBIT
11 2 (0.34%) GLBA
11 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.34%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 92 (15.46%) Docker
2 25 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.69%) VMware NSX
5 13 (2.18%) vSphere
6 8 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.01%) etcd
8 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.67%) 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
1 157 (26.39%) Kubernetes
2 147 (24.71%) Grafana
3 142 (23.87%) Terraform
4 116 (19.50%) Prometheus
5 98 (16.47%) Ansible
6 26 (4.37%) FortiGate
7 25 (4.20%) QRadar
8 23 (3.87%) ZABBIX
9 21 (3.53%) Argo
10 20 (3.36%) Nagios
11 18 (3.03%) Netcool
12 17 (2.86%) Tivoli
13 15 (2.52%) Kibana
13 15 (2.52%) OpenView
13 15 (2.52%) Tivoli Monitoring
14 13 (2.18%) vCenter Server
15 11 (1.85%) Progress Chef
16 8 (1.34%) Control-M
16 8 (1.34%) Puppet
16 8 (1.34%) WMI
Vendors
1 100 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 77 (12.94%) ServiceNow
3 69 (11.60%) Dynatrace
4 61 (10.25%) Cisco
5 60 (10.08%) SolarWinds
6 43 (7.23%) CrowdStrike
7 41 (6.89%) F5
8 40 (6.72%) CyberArk
9 38 (6.39%) AppDynamics
10 30 (5.04%) IBM
11 28 (4.71%) New Relic
11 28 (4.71%) Tenable
12 26 (4.37%) VMware
13 25 (4.20%) Juniper
14 23 (3.87%) BMC
14 23 (3.87%) Google
15 22 (3.70%) Extreme Networks
15 22 (3.70%) Fortinet
15 22 (3.70%) Palo Alto
16 20 (3.36%) Oracle