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 25 August 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
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 157 226
Rank change year-on-year -85 +69 -60
Contract jobs citing Splunk 578 585 425
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.79% 1.09%
As % of the Vendors category 2.58% 3.78% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 369 275
10th Percentile £350 £359 £400
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £573
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -8.30% -4.58%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £699 £725 £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £534 £556
% change year-on-year -4.03% -4.00% -4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £44.86 - -
25th Percentile £56.22 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.57 - £47.50
75th Percentile £74.95 - £48.75
90th Percentile £80.48 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £47.50

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 22,372 15,460 16,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.71% 47.22% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,803 9,448 10,476
10th Percentile £313 £275 £286
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £611 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,160 806 783
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.67 £13.30
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.73 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.21% -10.18% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.03 £67.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.24 £26.13
% change year-on-year +31.83% -18.70% -34.03%

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 25 August 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 25 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 15 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 25 August 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 -89 501 £525 - 231
UK excluding London -89 298 £513 -4.03% 149
London -53 226 £550 +4.76% 131
Work from Home -52 156 £518 +3.50% 94
North of England -36 122 £475 +3.83% 43
North West -21 69 £520 +15.56% 36
Midlands -57 46 £575 +11.65% 2
Yorkshire -33 44 £475 -5.00% 7
West Midlands -37 43 £575 +9.52% 2
South West -12 42 £453 -20.48% 23
South East -118 40 £465 -7.00% 40
Scotland -11 31 £425 -6.39% 28
East of England -36 26 £700 +27.27% 5
North East -31 9 £425 -
East Midlands -22 2 £563 +47.49%

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 27 (4.67%) Confluence
2 17 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.38%) Apache
4 6 (1.04%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.52%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.35%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.17%) Mendix
7 1 (0.17%) MTS
7 1 (0.17%) Mule
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.69%) SAP MDG
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.52%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 215 (37.20%) AWS
2 205 (35.47%) Azure
3 100 (17.30%) GitHub
4 79 (13.67%) GCP
5 55 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
6 50 (8.65%) OpenShift
7 40 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (6.75%) Entra ID
9 37 (6.40%) Amazon EKS
10 35 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 35 (6.06%) Datadog
11 29 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (4.84%) Power Platform
12 28 (4.84%) SaaS
13 26 (4.50%) Amazon S3
13 26 (4.50%) Serverless
14 24 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (3.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (12.46%) Firewall
2 56 (9.69%) DNS
3 41 (7.09%) Network Security
4 37 (6.40%) SNMP
5 23 (3.98%) WAN
6 18 (3.11%) BGP
7 17 (2.94%) DHCP
7 17 (2.94%) VPN
8 16 (2.77%) LAN
8 16 (2.77%) TCP/IP
9 15 (2.60%) OSPF
10 12 (2.08%) BIG-IP
11 11 (1.90%) Ethernet VPN
11 11 (1.90%) VXLAN
12 10 (1.73%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (1.73%) HTTP
12 10 (1.73%) Internet
12 10 (1.73%) Junos
13 8 (1.38%) SSL
13 8 (1.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.67%) Power BI
2 26 (4.50%) MongoDB
3 23 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.11%) NoSQL
5 17 (2.94%) Big Data
6 13 (2.25%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.08%) DynamoDB
7 12 (2.08%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.56%) Hadoop
8 9 (1.56%) MySQL
9 7 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.21%) Presto
10 6 (1.04%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.04%) Flink
10 6 (1.04%) Redis
11 5 (0.87%) Looker
12 4 (0.69%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.69%) Apache Hudi
Development Applications
1 93 (16.09%) Jenkins
2 59 (10.21%) Git
3 58 (10.03%) GitLab
4 43 (7.44%) JIRA
5 32 (5.54%) Gatling
6 31 (5.36%) JMeter
7 20 (3.46%) LoadRunner
8 16 (2.77%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.90%) Selenium
10 9 (1.56%) JUnit
11 8 (1.38%) Gradle
11 8 (1.38%) Maven
11 8 (1.38%) REST Assured
11 8 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (1.21%) Artifactory
12 7 (1.21%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.21%) Eclipse
12 7 (1.21%) Postman
13 6 (1.04%) Serenity BDD
13 6 (1.04%) Xcode
General
1 138 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 110 (19.03%) Finance
3 83 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (9.34%) Banking
5 31 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.73%) Front Office
8 10 (1.73%) Legal
9 9 (1.56%) Retail
10 8 (1.38%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.87%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.87%) Law
12 3 (0.52%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.52%) Local Government
12 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.35%) Advertising
13 2 (0.35%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 55 (9.52%) Senior
2 52 (9.00%) Lead
3 50 (8.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 49 (8.48%) Analyst
5 46 (7.96%) Consultant
6 35 (6.06%) Architect
6 35 (6.06%) Splunk Engineer
7 34 (5.88%) Developer
8 25 (4.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 24 (4.15%) SOC Engineer
10 23 (3.98%) Performance Engineer
11 22 (3.81%) Security Engineer
12 19 (3.29%) AWS Engineer
12 19 (3.29%) Test Engineer
13 18 (3.11%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.11%) Site Engineer
14 16 (2.77%) Data Engineer
15 15 (2.60%) Applications Support
15 15 (2.60%) SOC Analyst
15 15 (2.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (25.78%) Terraform
2 59 (10.21%) Kafka
3 57 (9.86%) REST
4 43 (7.44%) Elastic Stack
5 42 (7.27%) OpenTelemetry
6 19 (3.29%) React
7 18 (3.11%) Spring
7 18 (3.11%) Spring Boot
8 17 (2.94%) JSON
8 17 (2.94%) RESTful
9 14 (2.42%) 802.1X
10 13 (2.25%) CSS
10 13 (2.25%) Middleware
11 12 (2.08%) .NET
11 12 (2.08%) OAuth
11 12 (2.08%) OAuth2
11 12 (2.08%) Play Framework
12 10 (1.73%) OpenID
13 9 (1.56%) HTML
13 9 (1.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.73%) Onboarding
2 59 (10.21%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (5.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 22 (3.81%) PKI
6 19 (3.29%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.60%) Clustering
8 15 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.42%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.25%) CMDB
10 13 (2.25%) Product Ownership
11 11 (1.90%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.38%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.21%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 157 (27.16%) Linux
2 118 (20.42%) Windows
3 43 (7.44%) Unix
4 25 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 21 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (3.11%) AIX
7 9 (1.56%) Apple iOS
8 7 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.04%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.69%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.69%) Android
10 4 (0.69%) zOS
11 3 (0.52%) CentOS
11 3 (0.52%) VMS
12 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.17%) MVS
13 1 (0.17%) Rocky
13 1 (0.17%) SUSE
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (37.72%) CI/CD
2 213 (36.85%) Observability
3 182 (31.49%) DevOps
4 127 (21.97%) SIEM
5 121 (20.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 108 (18.69%) Agile
7 106 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (17.47%) Incident Response
9 85 (14.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 83 (14.36%) Containerisation
11 76 (13.15%) Cybersecurity
12 72 (12.46%) Security Operations
13 67 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 63 (10.90%) Root Cause Analysis
15 60 (10.38%) Incident Management
15 60 (10.38%) ITSM
16 59 (10.21%) Test Automation
17 55 (9.52%) High Availability
18 54 (9.34%) Stakeholder Management
19 50 (8.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 213 (36.85%) Python
2 112 (19.38%) PowerShell
3 87 (15.05%) SQL
4 71 (12.28%) Bash
5 66 (11.42%) Java
6 51 (8.82%) Search Processing Language
7 32 (5.54%) Go
8 26 (4.50%) JavaScript
9 20 (3.46%) Scala
10 18 (3.11%) Shell Script
11 16 (2.77%) TypeScript
12 14 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.73%) Bicep
13 10 (1.73%) Perl
14 8 (1.38%) C#
15 5 (0.87%) Groovy
16 4 (0.69%) JCL
16 4 (0.69%) REXX
17 3 (0.52%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 212 (36.68%) Security Cleared
2 139 (24.05%) SC Cleared
3 58 (10.03%) DV Cleared
4 45 (7.79%) Degree
5 43 (7.44%) CISSP
6 28 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.63%) CISM
8 20 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.11%) AWS Certification
10 17 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (2.42%) GIAC
13 13 (2.25%) GCIH
14 11 (1.90%) CEH
15 10 (1.73%) CCNP
16 8 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (1.38%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.38%) CompTIA CySA+
16 8 (1.38%) GCIA
17 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (6.57%) NIST
2 24 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.81%) QA
4 21 (3.63%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.60%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.42%) PCI DSS
7 13 (2.25%) GDPR
8 10 (1.73%) SLA
9 9 (1.56%) NCSC
9 9 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.87%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.69%) GxP
11 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.52%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.35%) COBIT
13 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.35%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 105 (18.17%) Docker
2 26 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.38%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.21%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.04%) etcd
7 6 (1.04%) vSphere
8 2 (0.35%) HDFS
8 2 (0.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 1 (0.17%) Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) KVM
9 1 (0.17%) NFS
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.17%) Varnish
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 154 (26.64%) Kubernetes
2 144 (24.91%) Grafana
3 102 (17.65%) Prometheus
4 87 (15.05%) Ansible
5 29 (5.02%) QRadar
6 24 (4.15%) ZABBIX
7 21 (3.63%) Nagios
8 20 (3.46%) Argo
9 18 (3.11%) Netcool
10 17 (2.94%) Tivoli
11 15 (2.60%) Kibana
11 15 (2.60%) OpenView
11 15 (2.60%) Tivoli Monitoring
12 14 (2.42%) Progress Chef
13 13 (2.25%) FortiGate
14 10 (1.73%) Control-M
15 8 (1.38%) Puppet
15 8 (1.38%) SCOM
15 8 (1.38%) WMI
16 7 (1.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (19.72%) Microsoft
2 97 (16.78%) Dynatrace
3 73 (12.63%) ServiceNow
4 52 (9.00%) SolarWinds
5 48 (8.30%) Cisco
6 42 (7.27%) CrowdStrike
7 41 (7.09%) AppDynamics
8 39 (6.75%) New Relic
9 35 (6.06%) IBM
10 29 (5.02%) Oracle
11 26 (4.50%) Google
12 25 (4.33%) VMware
13 24 (4.15%) BMC
13 24 (4.15%) CyberArk
14 22 (3.81%) F5
14 22 (3.81%) Fortinet
15 20 (3.46%) Palo Alto
16 19 (3.29%) Tenable
17 18 (3.11%) Cribl.io
17 18 (3.11%) Zscaler