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 26 May 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
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 202 231
Rank change year-on-year -14 +29 -59
Contract jobs citing Splunk 595 396 427
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.23% 1.38% 1.00%
As % of the Vendors category 2.99% 2.90% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 261 268
10th Percentile £352 £391 £400
25th Percentile £425 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 4
10th Percentile £44.86 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.69 - £40.00
75th Percentile £81.77 - -
90th Percentile £87.50 - -
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 19,907 13,659 18,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.00% 47.76% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,578 8,512 11,244
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £714 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +0.06% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,021 563 1,105
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +12.11% -47.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.40 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.75 £22.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +35.23% +2.52% -45.81%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -3 523 £525 -4.55% 243
UK excluding London -2 352 £514 -6.55% 243
London -37 191 £575 +9.52% 69
Work from Home -12 154 £525 -4.72% 30
North of England -12 131 £490 -14.78% 48
Yorkshire -2 84 £475 -19.49% 13
South East -25 81 £429 -22.05% 68
Midlands -23 60 £550 +2.42% 15
West Midlands -22 55 £564 +2.36% 15
North West -27 46 £538 -4.02% 21
South West +5 39 £453 -26.00% 39
Scotland -1 26 £592 +35.98% 19
East of England -41 26 £688 +25.00% 40
East Midlands -29 5 £447 +14.32%
North East - 4 £444 - 14
Wales -9 3 - - 9

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 17 (2.86%) Confluence
3 13 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.18%) TPMS
5 3 (0.50%) Apache
5 3 (0.50%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.50%) SAS
5 3 (0.50%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) MTS
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.50%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.50%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.50%) SAP MDG
2 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 188 (31.60%) AWS
2 166 (27.90%) Azure
3 85 (14.29%) GitHub
4 78 (13.11%) GCP
5 64 (10.76%) OpenShift
6 40 (6.72%) Datadog
7 35 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
9 30 (5.04%) Amazon S3
10 26 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (4.20%) Serverless
12 23 (3.87%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (3.87%) Entra ID
13 21 (3.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (3.19%) Power Platform
16 18 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 85 (14.29%) DNS
2 80 (13.45%) Firewall
3 41 (6.89%) TCP/IP
4 40 (6.72%) SNMP
5 30 (5.04%) WAN
6 29 (4.87%) BGP
6 29 (4.87%) Ethernet VPN
7 28 (4.71%) LAN
7 28 (4.71%) OSPF
8 25 (4.20%) DHCP
8 25 (4.20%) Network Security
8 25 (4.20%) VXLAN
9 24 (4.03%) BIG-IP
9 24 (4.03%) Junos
10 20 (3.36%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (3.03%) VPN
12 14 (2.35%) SSL
13 10 (1.68%) Wireless
14 8 (1.34%) MPLS
14 8 (1.34%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.21%) MongoDB
2 29 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (3.36%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.03%) NoSQL
4 18 (3.03%) Power BI
5 17 (2.86%) Hadoop
6 13 (2.18%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (2.02%) Big Data
8 11 (1.85%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.85%) MySQL
9 10 (1.68%) Redis
10 8 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.18%) Presto
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.01%) SQL Server
13 4 (0.67%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.67%) Apache Hudi
13 4 (0.67%) Tableau
14 3 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 97 (16.30%) Jenkins
2 68 (11.43%) GitLab
3 43 (7.23%) Git
4 33 (5.55%) JIRA
5 29 (4.87%) Gatling
6 18 (3.03%) JMeter
7 15 (2.52%) REST Assured
7 15 (2.52%) Selenium
8 13 (2.18%) Jaeger
8 13 (2.18%) LoadRunner
9 12 (2.02%) Serenity BDD
10 10 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (1.34%) Eclipse
11 8 (1.34%) JUnit
11 8 (1.34%) Postman
12 7 (1.18%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.18%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.18%) Maven
12 7 (1.18%) Snyk
12 7 (1.18%) Xcode
General
1 172 (28.91%) Social Skills
2 114 (19.16%) Finance
3 64 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (8.40%) Banking
4 50 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.55%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (3.19%) Financial Institution
7 13 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.85%) Retail
9 9 (1.51%) Front Office
9 9 (1.51%) Military
10 7 (1.18%) Legal
11 6 (1.01%) Law
12 5 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.50%) Advertising
13 3 (0.50%) Local Government
13 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.17%) Corporate Banking
15 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (13.45%) Analyst
2 64 (10.76%) Architect
3 60 (10.08%) Lead
4 56 (9.41%) Senior
5 39 (6.55%) DevOps Engineer
6 38 (6.39%) SOC Analyst
7 36 (6.05%) Consultant
8 30 (5.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 26 (4.37%) Data Engineer
9 26 (4.37%) Developer
10 24 (4.03%) Site Engineer
10 24 (4.03%) SOC Engineer
11 20 (3.36%) CyberArk Architect
12 19 (3.19%) Security Engineer
13 18 (3.03%) Network Engineer
14 17 (2.86%) Security Architect
15 15 (2.52%) AWS Engineer
15 15 (2.52%) Management Consultant
15 15 (2.52%) Splunk Engineer
16 14 (2.35%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (12.94%) Kafka
2 57 (9.58%) OpenTelemetry
3 51 (8.57%) REST
4 38 (6.39%) Spring Boot
5 35 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
6 32 (5.38%) Spring
7 26 (4.37%) 802.1X
8 23 (3.87%) JSON
9 22 (3.70%) Middleware
10 21 (3.53%) LDAP
11 18 (3.03%) OpenID
11 18 (3.03%) SAML
12 15 (2.52%) CSS
12 15 (2.52%) Playwright
13 14 (2.35%) RESTful
14 12 (2.02%) React
14 12 (2.02%) Spring Cloud
15 10 (1.68%) Protocol Buffers
15 10 (1.68%) SailPoint
16 9 (1.51%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 75 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.92%) Onboarding
3 48 (8.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 40 (6.72%) PKI
5 29 (4.87%) Data Centre
5 29 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (4.71%) Clustering
7 27 (4.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.87%) Management Information System
9 22 (3.70%) Cyberattack
10 19 (3.19%) Product Ownership
11 16 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
11 16 (2.69%) Security Posture
12 14 (2.35%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.85%) CMDB
14 9 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
15 7 (1.18%) Mainframe
16 6 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
16 6 (1.01%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 184 (30.92%) Linux
2 155 (26.05%) Windows
3 56 (9.41%) Unix
4 19 (3.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (3.03%) AIX
6 8 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.18%) Android
7 7 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.84%) zOS
9 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) CentOS
10 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.17%) MVS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) SUSE
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (37.48%) CI/CD
2 200 (33.61%) Observability
3 197 (33.11%) DevOps
4 144 (24.20%) SIEM
5 126 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
7 108 (18.15%) Infrastructure as Code
8 104 (17.48%) Incident Response
9 92 (15.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 89 (14.96%) Containerisation
11 75 (12.61%) Agile
12 73 (12.27%) Security Operations
13 68 (11.43%) High Availability
14 61 (10.25%) ITIL
14 61 (10.25%) Microservices
15 60 (10.08%) Test Automation
16 58 (9.75%) Migration
17 56 (9.41%) Analytics
18 51 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
19 50 (8.40%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 218 (36.64%) Python
2 95 (15.97%) SQL
3 88 (14.79%) PowerShell
4 84 (14.12%) Bash
5 78 (13.11%) Java
6 41 (6.89%) Search Processing Language
7 26 (4.37%) JavaScript
8 22 (3.70%) Go
9 13 (2.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 11 (1.85%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.68%) Scala
12 9 (1.51%) Bicep
12 9 (1.51%) Rust
13 8 (1.34%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.34%) Perl
13 8 (1.34%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.01%) C#
15 5 (0.84%) JCL
15 5 (0.84%) REXX
16 4 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 242 (40.67%) Security Cleared
2 150 (25.21%) SC Cleared
3 68 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 63 (10.59%) Degree
5 41 (6.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (6.72%) CISSP
7 36 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (5.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (3.36%) CompTIA CySA+
10 19 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (3.19%) CISM
11 14 (2.35%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.02%) GIAC
13 11 (1.85%) CEH
14 10 (1.68%) GCIA
15 9 (1.51%) CCSP
15 9 (1.51%) GCIH
16 8 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (1.34%) JNCIA
16 8 (1.34%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (9.58%) NIST
2 39 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (3.70%) NCSC
4 20 (3.36%) PCI DSS
5 19 (3.19%) GDPR
6 16 (2.69%) Accessibility
7 15 (2.52%) SLA
8 13 (2.18%) QA
9 7 (1.18%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.18%) GLBA
10 5 (0.84%) GRC
10 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.67%) COBIT
11 4 (0.67%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.34%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.34%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.34%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 112 (18.82%) Docker
2 18 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.52%) VMware NSX
4 12 (2.02%) vSphere
5 6 (1.01%) etcd
6 5 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.67%) Snort
8 3 (0.50%) Job Entry Subsystem
9 2 (0.34%) HDFS
9 2 (0.34%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) Varnish
10 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 176 (29.58%) Kubernetes
2 148 (24.87%) Grafana
3 129 (21.68%) Terraform
4 122 (20.50%) Prometheus
5 104 (17.48%) Ansible
6 26 (4.37%) Argo
7 25 (4.20%) FortiGate
8 22 (3.70%) Nagios
8 22 (3.70%) ZABBIX
9 18 (3.03%) Kibana
9 18 (3.03%) Netcool
9 18 (3.03%) QRadar
10 17 (2.86%) Tivoli
11 15 (2.52%) OpenView
11 15 (2.52%) Tivoli Monitoring
12 13 (2.18%) vCenter Server
13 12 (2.02%) Puppet
14 10 (1.68%) Kiali
14 10 (1.68%) linkerd
14 10 (1.68%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 93 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.59%) Dynatrace
3 61 (10.25%) ServiceNow
4 54 (9.08%) Cisco
5 53 (8.91%) SolarWinds
6 46 (7.73%) AppDynamics
7 37 (6.22%) F5
8 36 (6.05%) CrowdStrike
8 36 (6.05%) CyberArk
9 26 (4.37%) IBM
9 26 (4.37%) Red Hat
9 26 (4.37%) VMware
10 25 (4.20%) Juniper
11 24 (4.03%) BMC
12 23 (3.87%) Tenable
13 22 (3.70%) Extreme Networks
14 21 (3.53%) Oracle
15 20 (3.36%) New Relic
16 19 (3.19%) Fortinet
17 18 (3.03%) Palo Alto