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 22 February 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
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 202 275
Rank change year-on-year +26 +73 -87
Contract jobs citing Splunk 652 417 375
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 1.36% 0.84%
As % of the Vendors category 3.59% 2.91% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 438 247 231
10th Percentile £350 £403 £403
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £700 £650
90th Percentile £700 £785 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -6.55% +3.19% -5.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £48.27 £37.80 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £41.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.12% +2.50% -29.30%
75th Percentile £90.00 £41.50 -
90th Percentile £94.00 £60.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.33 £56.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.69% +41.88% -29.30%

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 18,176 14,311 19,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 44.58% 46.55% 43.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,650 8,642 12,143
10th Percentile £303 £280 £256
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -0.94%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 419 946
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +7.78% -22.47%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +4.33% -16.13%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +20 576 £525 -7.24% 120
UK excluding London +50 374 £514 -6.55% 108
London -13 217 £575 -4.17% 38
Work from Home -3 169 £550 -4.35% 42
North of England +9 149 £514 -6.55% 28
Yorkshire +5 114 £518 +3.50% 16
Midlands +20 104 £525 -2.51% 10
West Midlands +11 100 £529 -3.85% 7
South East +17 93 £375 -34.78% 35
North West -22 34 £490 -10.91% 12
Scotland +15 31 £577 +39.04% 11
South West -18 11 £625 - 10
East of England -32 6 £600 - 15
Wales - 5 £600 -
East Midlands -28 4 £442 +13.11% 3
North East -20 3 £538 -8.51%

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 15 (2.30%) Apache
2 14 (2.15%) Confluence
3 13 (1.99%) Skype for Business
3 13 (1.99%) TPMS
4 10 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.23%) Mattermost
6 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.92%) IIS
7 6 (0.92%) iPlanet
7 6 (0.92%) JBoss
7 6 (0.92%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.92%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.61%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.61%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.46%) SAS
11 2 (0.31%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.61%) Bloomberg AIM
2 4 (0.61%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.15%) BASE24
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) RMDS
3 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 241 (36.96%) AWS
2 157 (24.08%) Azure
3 140 (21.47%) GCP
4 74 (11.35%) GitHub
5 68 (10.43%) OpenShift
6 54 (8.28%) Azure Sentinel
7 42 (6.44%) Serverless
8 31 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (4.75%) Datadog
9 26 (3.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (3.53%) Amazon S3
12 20 (3.07%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
13 19 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (2.91%) SaaS
13 19 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (2.30%) AWS KMS
16 14 (2.15%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 101 (15.49%) Firewall
2 81 (12.42%) DNS
3 45 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 29 (4.45%) Network Security
5 25 (3.83%) SSL
5 25 (3.83%) VPN
6 20 (3.07%) BGP
7 19 (2.91%) OSPF
8 18 (2.76%) DHCP
8 18 (2.76%) Ethernet VPN
8 18 (2.76%) WAN
8 18 (2.76%) Wireless
9 17 (2.61%) LAN
10 16 (2.45%) HTTP
11 15 (2.30%) SNMP
12 14 (2.15%) VXLAN
12 14 (2.15%) Wireshark
13 13 (1.99%) Junos
13 13 (1.99%) Skype
13 13 (1.99%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.21%) MongoDB
3 33 (5.06%) NoSQL
4 27 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
5 24 (3.68%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.91%) MySQL
7 13 (1.99%) Redis
8 12 (1.84%) Hadoop
9 9 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.38%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.23%) Oracle Database
11 7 (1.07%) Power BI
12 6 (0.92%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.92%) Tableau
13 5 (0.77%) Apache Hive
13 5 (0.77%) Data Mining
14 4 (0.61%) Flink
15 3 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 126 (19.33%) Jenkins
2 104 (15.95%) GitLab
3 42 (6.44%) Git
4 26 (3.99%) JIRA
5 22 (3.37%) Liquibase
6 16 (2.45%) Postman
7 15 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
7 15 (2.30%) Xcode
8 14 (2.15%) Android Studio
8 14 (2.15%) Browser DevTools
8 14 (2.15%) Eclipse
9 12 (1.84%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.84%) JUnit
9 12 (1.84%) Selenium
10 11 (1.69%) Gatling
10 11 (1.69%) Maven
11 10 (1.53%) Cypress.io
11 10 (1.53%) Gradle
11 10 (1.53%) Jaeger
12 8 (1.23%) Cucumber
General
1 284 (43.56%) Social Skills
2 155 (23.77%) Finance
3 106 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 63 (9.66%) Banking
6 46 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
7 40 (6.13%) Financial Institution
8 18 (2.76%) Military
9 13 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.38%) Retail
11 8 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.77%) Legal
12 5 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.61%) Front Office
13 4 (0.61%) Law
14 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.15%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.15%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 122 (18.71%) Analyst
2 76 (11.66%) Senior
3 65 (9.97%) Architect
4 58 (8.90%) SOC Analyst
5 47 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (6.44%) Security Engineer
7 39 (5.98%) Lead
8 38 (5.83%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 30 (4.60%) Security Analyst
9 30 (4.60%) Splunk Engineer
10 26 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
10 26 (3.99%) Site Engineer
11 23 (3.53%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (3.37%) Developer
13 21 (3.22%) Network Engineer
13 21 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
14 20 (3.07%) Data Engineer
14 20 (3.07%) Monitoring Analyst
14 20 (3.07%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.89%) REST
2 67 (10.28%) Elastic Stack
3 64 (9.82%) Kafka
4 40 (6.13%) OpenTelemetry
5 38 (5.83%) Spring Boot
6 36 (5.52%) RESTful
7 33 (5.06%) SAML
8 32 (4.91%) Spring
9 26 (3.99%) LDAP
10 25 (3.83%) OpenID
11 24 (3.68%) JSON
12 23 (3.53%) Middleware
13 22 (3.37%) OAuth
14 20 (3.07%) AngularJS
15 19 (2.91%) React
16 18 (2.76%) CSS
17 15 (2.30%) GraphQL
17 15 (2.30%) Playwright
18 14 (2.15%) 802.1X
18 14 (2.15%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 77 (11.81%) Cloud Native
2 51 (7.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 47 (7.21%) Distributed Systems
4 44 (6.75%) Onboarding
5 34 (5.21%) Public Cloud
6 32 (4.91%) PKI
7 29 (4.45%) Management Information System
7 29 (4.45%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 24 (3.68%) Mobile App
10 22 (3.37%) Cyber Defence
11 21 (3.22%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (3.07%) Clustering
12 20 (3.07%) Data Centre
13 19 (2.91%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.99%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.69%) Algorithms
16 10 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
18 6 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 238 (36.50%) Linux
2 152 (23.31%) Windows
3 83 (12.73%) Unix
4 32 (4.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.76%) Windows Server
6 17 (2.61%) Android
7 7 (1.07%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.92%) CentOS
9 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.61%) zOS
11 3 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.31%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (34.97%) CI/CD
2 216 (33.13%) DevOps
3 183 (28.07%) Observability
4 179 (27.45%) Cybersecurity
5 164 (25.15%) SIEM
6 160 (24.54%) Incident Response
7 156 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
8 141 (21.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 127 (19.48%) Containerisation
10 111 (17.02%) Agile
11 88 (13.50%) Computer Science
12 87 (13.34%) Microservices
13 84 (12.88%) Security Operations
14 77 (11.81%) High Availability
15 74 (11.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 69 (10.58%) Migration
17 67 (10.28%) Root Cause Analysis
18 60 (9.20%) Threat Detection
19 58 (8.90%) Test Automation
20 57 (8.74%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 239 (36.66%) Python
2 100 (15.34%) Bash
3 92 (14.11%) Java
4 91 (13.96%) PowerShell
5 85 (13.04%) SQL
6 46 (7.06%) Go
7 32 (4.91%) JavaScript
8 28 (4.29%) Shell Script
9 22 (3.37%) Perl
10 20 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
11 14 (2.15%) TypeScript
12 11 (1.69%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.53%) Bicep
13 10 (1.53%) Groovy
14 9 (1.38%) Rust
15 8 (1.23%) Scala
16 7 (1.07%) Search Processing Language
17 4 (0.61%) JCL
17 4 (0.61%) REXX
18 3 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 237 (36.35%) Security Cleared
2 156 (23.93%) SC Cleared
3 97 (14.88%) Degree
4 71 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (8.90%) DV Cleared
6 54 (8.28%) CISSP
7 34 (5.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 34 (5.21%) Master's Degree
8 33 (5.06%) CISM
9 21 (3.22%) GIAC
10 20 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.91%) AWS Certification
12 17 (2.61%) CEH
13 16 (2.45%) CompTIA CySA+
13 16 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (1.99%) FFIEC
14 13 (1.99%) GCIA
14 13 (1.99%) GCIH
15 12 (1.84%) MCSE
15 12 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.35%) NIST
2 58 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (5.06%) GDPR
4 25 (3.83%) NCSC
5 24 (3.68%) PCI DSS
6 22 (3.37%) QA
7 18 (2.76%) Accessibility
8 13 (1.99%) GLBA
9 8 (1.23%) SLA
9 8 (1.23%) SOC 2
10 7 (1.07%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.77%) GRC
12 4 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.46%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.31%) ISO 15022
14 2 (0.31%) ISO 8583
14 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 135 (20.71%) Docker
2 45 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.30%) VMware NSX
5 12 (1.84%) vSphere
6 8 (1.23%) Snort
7 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.77%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 5 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.61%) NFS
10 3 (0.46%) ISA Server
10 3 (0.46%) Job Entry Subsystem
10 3 (0.46%) Squid
11 2 (0.31%) Veritas File System
11 2 (0.31%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
12 1 (0.15%) GPFS
12 1 (0.15%) Lustre
12 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 206 (31.60%) Kubernetes
2 144 (22.09%) Grafana
3 135 (20.71%) Terraform
4 132 (20.25%) Ansible
5 113 (17.33%) Prometheus
6 28 (4.29%) Kibana
7 24 (3.68%) Argo
8 21 (3.22%) Puppet
9 20 (3.07%) QRadar
10 19 (2.91%) Progress Chef
11 15 (2.30%) SCOM
12 14 (2.15%) FortiGate
12 14 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
13 13 (1.99%) Fluentd
13 13 (1.99%) HP SiteScope
14 12 (1.84%) CSIRT
14 12 (1.84%) Nessus
14 12 (1.84%) vCenter Server
15 11 (1.69%) logstash
15 11 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 132 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 53 (8.13%) Cisco
3 47 (7.21%) Google
4 45 (6.90%) AppDynamics
5 44 (6.75%) Dynatrace
5 44 (6.75%) Oracle
6 41 (6.29%) ServiceNow
7 36 (5.52%) CrowdStrike
8 32 (4.91%) Red Hat
8 32 (4.91%) VMware
9 29 (4.45%) CyberArk
9 29 (4.45%) F5
10 27 (4.14%) Qualys
11 26 (3.99%) Cribl.io
12 25 (3.83%) SolarWinds
13 23 (3.53%) Tenable
14 22 (3.37%) Carbon Black
14 22 (3.37%) Palo Alto
15 17 (2.61%) Remedy
16 13 (1.99%) Juniper