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 3 December 2025, 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
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 191 237
Rank change year-on-year +42 +46 -18
Contract jobs citing Splunk 690 468 461
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.90% 1.31% 1.02%
As % of the Vendors category 4.02% 2.88% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 268 323
10th Percentile £358 £424 £400
25th Percentile £419 £480 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.85% -0.33%
75th Percentile £613 £738 £677
90th Percentile £700 £810 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £556 £593
% change year-on-year -8.31% -6.20% +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £76.88 £38.25 -
25th Percentile £79.69 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £88.75 £41.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +116.46% - -
75th Percentile £94.06 £46.94 -
90th Percentile £94.63 £61.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +78.95% - -

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 17,159 16,224 20,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.37% 45.30% 45.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,893 9,596 13,014
10th Percentile £288 £293 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 853 512 668
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.51 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.22 £19.28 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £29.39 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.92% -33.97% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.50 £64.55
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.04% +97.78%

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 3 December 2025.

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
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 3 December 2025. 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 +41 618 £525 -8.70% 91
UK excluding London +71 382 £510 -8.31% 83
London +5 241 £575 -4.17% 33
Work from Home +4 180 £525 -8.70% 68
North of England -11 126 £480 -20.00% 16
South East +53 105 £435 -24.35% 31
Midlands +36 101 £528 +2.28% 11
West Midlands +49 97 £532 -4.74% 9
Yorkshire +3 79 £507 -17.56% 5
North West -30 45 £453 -19.47% 9
Scotland +32 34 £454 +29.71% 2
South West -2 18 £575 +27.78% 6
East of England -22 13 £575 +4.55% 12
East Midlands -28 4 £381 -21.77% 2
Wales - 3 £600 - 8
North East -10 2 £600 -26.38% 2

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 33 (4.78%) Apache
2 30 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.61%) Skype for Business
3 18 (2.61%) WebLogic
4 16 (2.32%) JBoss
5 13 (1.88%) Confluence
5 13 (1.88%) Mattermost
5 13 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.59%) WebSphere
6 11 (1.59%) WebSphere Application Server
7 10 (1.45%) IIS
7 10 (1.45%) iPlanet
8 8 (1.16%) Apache Pig
9 7 (1.01%) TPMS
10 6 (0.87%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.43%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.43%) SAS
13 2 (0.29%) Mule ESB
13 2 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 23 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (2.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.14%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.14%) Finacle
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.14%) RMDS
2 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 266 (38.55%) AWS
2 146 (21.16%) Azure
3 134 (19.42%) GCP
4 69 (10.00%) GitHub
5 56 (8.12%) OpenShift
6 51 (7.39%) Azure Sentinel
6 51 (7.39%) Serverless
7 39 (5.65%) SaaS
8 28 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (3.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (3.62%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (3.33%) Akamai
11 23 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (3.19%) GitHub Actions
13 19 (2.75%) Sauce Labs
14 17 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (2.46%) Datadog
14 17 (2.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 113 (16.38%) Firewall
2 44 (6.38%) DNS
3 33 (4.78%) Network Security
4 24 (3.48%) SSL
5 22 (3.19%) TCP/IP
5 22 (3.19%) Wireshark
6 21 (3.04%) Cisco IOS
6 21 (3.04%) HTTP
6 21 (3.04%) Wireless
7 18 (2.61%) Skype
8 16 (2.32%) VPN
9 12 (1.74%) Fibre Channel
9 12 (1.74%) iSCSI
10 11 (1.59%) Kerberos
10 11 (1.59%) Unified Communications
11 10 (1.45%) SNMP
12 9 (1.30%) SSH
13 7 (1.01%) DHCP
14 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
14 4 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.52%) NoSQL
2 42 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.49%) MongoDB
4 26 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (3.77%) Relational Database
5 24 (3.48%) MySQL
6 20 (2.90%) Redis
7 18 (2.61%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (1.74%) Power BI
9 10 (1.45%) Apache Hive
10 9 (1.30%) Hadoop
11 8 (1.16%) Data Mining
12 7 (1.01%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.01%) SQL Server
13 6 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (0.72%) Flink
15 4 (0.58%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.58%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 126 (18.26%) Jenkins
2 104 (15.07%) GitLab
3 54 (7.83%) Git
4 30 (4.35%) Liquibase
5 29 (4.20%) JIRA
6 24 (3.48%) Xcode
7 22 (3.19%) Postman
8 20 (2.90%) Eclipse
9 19 (2.75%) Android Studio
9 19 (2.75%) Browser DevTools
9 19 (2.75%) JUnit
10 17 (2.46%) Bitbucket
10 17 (2.46%) SonarQube
10 17 (2.46%) Sonatype Nexus
11 13 (1.88%) Bitbucket Server
11 13 (1.88%) CA Release Automation
11 13 (1.88%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.74%) Maven
13 10 (1.45%) Subversion
14 9 (1.30%) Selenium
General
1 283 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 158 (22.90%) Finance
3 122 (17.68%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (10.00%) Banking
5 61 (8.84%) Public Sector
6 40 (5.80%) Financial Institution
7 22 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (3.19%) Games
8 15 (2.17%) Military
9 9 (1.30%) Legal
9 9 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
11 6 (0.87%) Retail
11 6 (0.87%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.72%) Local Government
13 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.43%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.29%) Front Office
15 2 (0.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 117 (16.96%) Analyst
2 74 (10.72%) DevOps Engineer
3 69 (10.00%) Senior
4 54 (7.83%) Platform Engineer
5 53 (7.68%) Architect
6 49 (7.10%) Security Engineer
7 48 (6.96%) SOC Analyst
8 39 (5.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 37 (5.36%) Security Analyst
10 29 (4.20%) Developer
11 28 (4.06%) Site Engineer
12 26 (3.77%) Software Engineer
13 25 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
14 24 (3.48%) Splunk Engineer
15 23 (3.33%) Lead
15 23 (3.33%) Support Analyst
15 23 (3.33%) Support Engineer
16 22 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
16 22 (3.19%) Monitoring Analyst
17 21 (3.04%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.45%) Elastic Stack
2 77 (11.16%) REST
3 51 (7.39%) Kafka
4 46 (6.67%) RESTful
5 30 (4.35%) AngularJS
6 29 (4.20%) CSS
7 28 (4.06%) React
8 25 (3.62%) OAuth
9 22 (3.19%) GraphQL
9 22 (3.19%) SAML
9 22 (3.19%) Spring
10 21 (3.04%) Spring Boot
11 19 (2.75%) Ajax
11 19 (2.75%) Keycloak
11 19 (2.75%) LDAP
12 17 (2.46%) OpenTelemetry
13 16 (2.32%) Web Services
13 16 (2.32%) YAML
14 15 (2.17%) JSON
14 15 (2.17%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.83%) Cloud Native
2 49 (7.10%) Security Posture
3 46 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 45 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (5.36%) Onboarding
5 37 (5.36%) Public Cloud
6 25 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.62%) PKI
7 24 (3.48%) Cyber Defence
7 24 (3.48%) Mobile App
8 23 (3.33%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.61%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.74%) CSOC
11 10 (1.45%) Clustering
11 10 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
13 8 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
14 7 (1.01%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 231 (33.48%) Linux
2 150 (21.74%) Windows
3 102 (14.78%) Unix
4 45 (6.52%) Android
5 36 (5.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 33 (4.78%) Windows Server
7 28 (4.06%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.45%) CentOS
10 6 (0.87%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.58%) Solaris
11 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.58%) zOS
12 3 (0.43%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.29%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.29%) VMS
14 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (31.59%) CI/CD
2 207 (30.00%) DevOps
3 179 (25.94%) Incident Response
4 177 (25.65%) Cybersecurity
5 165 (23.91%) SIEM
6 150 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 142 (20.58%) Observability
8 131 (18.99%) Infrastructure as Code
9 129 (18.70%) Agile
10 125 (18.12%) Containerisation
11 91 (13.19%) Security Operations
12 84 (12.17%) Microservices
13 77 (11.16%) Threat Detection
14 75 (10.87%) Computer Science
15 67 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 66 (9.57%) Test Automation
17 65 (9.42%) Root Cause Analysis
18 58 (8.41%) High Availability
19 57 (8.26%) SOAR
20 56 (8.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 260 (37.68%) Python
2 123 (17.83%) PowerShell
3 114 (16.52%) SQL
4 102 (14.78%) Bash
5 83 (12.03%) Java
6 72 (10.43%) Go
7 46 (6.67%) JavaScript
8 44 (6.38%) Shell Script
9 40 (5.80%) Perl
10 23 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (2.61%) Groovy
12 16 (2.32%) PromQL
13 14 (2.03%) TypeScript
14 12 (1.74%) Scala
14 12 (1.74%) Search Processing Language
15 6 (0.87%) C++
16 5 (0.72%) JCL
16 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.72%) Swift
17 4 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 187 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 116 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 95 (13.77%) Degree
4 77 (11.16%) CISSP
5 59 (8.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (7.10%) DV Cleared
7 45 (6.52%) Master's Degree
8 40 (5.80%) CISM
9 30 (4.35%) CEH
10 29 (4.20%) AWS Certification
11 28 (4.06%) GIAC
12 25 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (3.48%) MCSE
14 22 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
15 21 (3.04%) GCIA
16 20 (2.90%) GCIH
17 19 (2.75%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 12 (1.74%) GCFA
20 10 (1.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.14%) NIST
2 57 (8.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (5.80%) GDPR
4 22 (3.19%) PCI DSS
5 19 (2.75%) QA
6 16 (2.32%) HIPAA
7 15 (2.17%) NCSC
8 13 (1.88%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.30%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (1.01%) GLBA
11 7 (1.01%) SLA
12 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (0.43%) GRC
14 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.29%) FIPS 140-2
14 2 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 120 (17.39%) Docker
2 86 (12.46%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (2.32%) NFS
6 15 (2.17%) vSphere
7 8 (1.16%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 7 (1.01%) Snort
9 6 (0.87%) VMware NSX
10 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.72%) Squid
10 5 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.58%) Veritas File System
11 4 (0.58%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 3 (0.43%) Job Entry Subsystem
13 1 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.14%) GPFS
13 1 (0.14%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.14%) Lustre
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 196 (28.41%) Kubernetes
2 135 (19.57%) Terraform
3 127 (18.41%) Grafana
4 122 (17.68%) Ansible
5 102 (14.78%) Prometheus
6 42 (6.09%) QRadar
7 30 (4.35%) SCCM
8 29 (4.20%) Kibana
9 25 (3.62%) SCOM
10 23 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 21 (3.04%) CSIRT
11 21 (3.04%) HP SiteScope
11 21 (3.04%) Progress Chef
12 18 (2.61%) Puppet
13 16 (2.32%) Argo
13 16 (2.32%) Nessus
13 16 (2.32%) Packer
14 14 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
15 12 (1.74%) Fluentd
16 10 (1.45%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 203 (29.42%) Microsoft
2 79 (11.45%) Cisco
3 66 (9.57%) Oracle
4 61 (8.84%) Dynatrace
5 58 (8.41%) Google
6 53 (7.68%) CrowdStrike
7 49 (7.10%) AppDynamics
8 46 (6.67%) ServiceNow
9 40 (5.80%) Qualys
10 34 (4.93%) Red Hat
10 34 (4.93%) VMware
11 25 (3.62%) ArcSight
11 25 (3.62%) Carbon Black
12 24 (3.48%) Remedy
13 22 (3.19%) F5
14 21 (3.04%) CyberArk
14 21 (3.04%) Meraki
15 20 (2.90%) Palo Alto
15 20 (2.90%) Tenable
16 18 (2.61%) Veeam