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 28 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
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 196 250
Rank change year-on-year +41 +54 -33
Contract jobs citing Splunk 684 440 415
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.85% 1.31% 0.95%
As % of the Vendors category 3.95% 2.86% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 244 266
10th Percentile £340 £425 £404
25th Percentile £416 £505 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £599
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.17% -0.17%
75th Percentile £613 £750 £675
90th Percentile £675 £810 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -13.04% +0.88% +2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £77.50 £37.80 -
25th Percentile £81.25 £40.50 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £41.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +113.41% - -
75th Percentile £93.75 £41.50 -
90th Percentile £94.50 £60.85 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £56.75 -
% change year-on-year +49.78% - -

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 17,331 15,375 19,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.91% 45.82% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,059 9,171 12,306
10th Percentile £294 £285 £252
25th Percentile £409 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £717 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 451 667
10th Percentile £15.15 £15.50 £14.26
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.51 £19.19
Median hourly rate £23.79 £27.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.50% -38.89% +74.76%
75th Percentile £44.69 £61.25 £64.70
90th Percentile £73.90 £76.25 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £45.55
% change year-on-year -14.00% -45.11% +102.42%

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 28 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 28 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 +32 606 £525 -12.50% 238
UK excluding London +72 395 £500 -13.04% 196
London +4 223 £575 -9.80% 75
Work from Home -4 173 £525 -12.50% 66
North of England +3 139 £475 -20.83% 45
Midlands +31 113 £525 -4.72% 36
West Midlands +44 109 £525 -7.41% 24
South East +37 98 £433 -24.78% 41
Yorkshire -1 90 £500 -18.70% 23
North West -25 47 £453 -21.22% 20
Scotland +40 39 £510 +45.71% 14
South West -3 16 £600 -2.04% 15
East of England -29 7 £575 - 37
East Midlands -27 4 £381 +4.49% 10
Wales - 4 £600 - 10
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 (4.82%) Apache
2 18 (2.63%) Skype for Business
2 18 (2.63%) WebLogic
3 14 (2.05%) JBoss
4 13 (1.90%) Mattermost
4 13 (1.90%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.61%) Confluence
7 10 (1.46%) IIS
7 10 (1.46%) iPlanet
7 10 (1.46%) WebSphere
7 10 (1.46%) WebSphere Application Server
8 9 (1.32%) TPMS
9 8 (1.17%) Apache Pig
10 7 (1.02%) OpenStack
11 5 (0.73%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.44%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.44%) SAS
13 2 (0.29%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 23 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.15%) BASE24
2 1 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.15%) Finacle
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.15%) RMDS
2 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 279 (40.79%) AWS
2 174 (25.44%) Azure
3 149 (21.78%) GCP
4 68 (9.94%) GitHub
5 57 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 54 (7.89%) OpenShift
7 52 (7.60%) Serverless
8 33 (4.82%) SaaS
9 28 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 27 (3.95%) Datadog
10 27 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
11 26 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (3.36%) Akamai
12 23 (3.36%) Amazon S3
13 21 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (3.07%) Sauce Labs
14 18 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (2.49%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 16 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 99 (14.47%) Firewall
2 61 (8.92%) DNS
3 42 (6.14%) TCP/IP
4 32 (4.68%) Network Security
5 25 (3.65%) SSL
6 23 (3.36%) Wireless
7 22 (3.22%) HTTP
7 22 (3.22%) Wireshark
8 18 (2.63%) Skype
9 17 (2.49%) VPN
10 12 (1.75%) SNMP
11 11 (1.61%) Kerberos
11 11 (1.61%) SSH
11 11 (1.61%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.02%) DHCP
12 7 (1.02%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (1.02%) iSCSI
13 5 (0.73%) BGP
13 5 (0.73%) VSAN
14 4 (0.58%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (6.14%) NoSQL
3 31 (4.53%) MongoDB
4 29 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
5 28 (4.09%) Relational Database
6 26 (3.80%) MySQL
7 20 (2.92%) Redis
8 17 (2.49%) Oracle Database
9 12 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.75%) Power BI
10 10 (1.46%) Apache Hive
11 9 (1.32%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.17%) Data Mining
12 8 (1.17%) SQL Server
13 6 (0.88%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.73%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.73%) Flink
15 4 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
16 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
16 3 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 129 (18.86%) Jenkins
2 116 (16.96%) GitLab
3 53 (7.75%) Git
4 31 (4.53%) JIRA
5 30 (4.39%) Liquibase
6 26 (3.80%) Xcode
7 24 (3.51%) Postman
8 22 (3.22%) Eclipse
9 21 (3.07%) Android Studio
9 21 (3.07%) Browser DevTools
10 17 (2.49%) JUnit
10 17 (2.49%) SonarQube
10 17 (2.49%) Sonatype Nexus
11 16 (2.34%) Bitbucket
12 14 (2.05%) CircleCI
12 14 (2.05%) Cypress.io
13 13 (1.90%) Maven
14 12 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
14 12 (1.75%) CA Release Automation
15 10 (1.46%) Subversion
General
1 303 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 164 (23.98%) Finance
3 122 (17.84%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (10.53%) Banking
5 65 (9.50%) Public Sector
6 44 (6.43%) Financial Institution
7 21 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.90%) Military
9 10 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.17%) Legal
11 7 (1.02%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.73%) Local Government
13 4 (0.58%) Games
13 4 (0.58%) Law
13 4 (0.58%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.44%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.44%) Retail
15 2 (0.29%) Marketing
15 2 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (18.71%) Analyst
2 72 (10.53%) Senior
3 69 (10.09%) DevOps Engineer
4 61 (8.92%) SOC Analyst
5 49 (7.16%) Architect
6 48 (7.02%) Security Engineer
7 35 (5.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 34 (4.97%) Platform Engineer
8 34 (4.97%) Security Analyst
9 30 (4.39%) Lead
10 26 (3.80%) Splunk Engineer
11 25 (3.65%) Monitoring Analyst
12 24 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
12 24 (3.51%) Developer
12 24 (3.51%) Software Engineer
12 24 (3.51%) Support Engineer
13 23 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (3.36%) Support Analyst
14 22 (3.22%) Site Engineer
15 21 (3.07%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (11.26%) REST
2 75 (10.96%) Elastic Stack
3 56 (8.19%) Kafka
4 48 (7.02%) RESTful
5 32 (4.68%) AngularJS
6 30 (4.39%) CSS
7 28 (4.09%) Spring Boot
8 27 (3.95%) React
9 24 (3.51%) GraphQL
9 24 (3.51%) OAuth
10 22 (3.22%) SAML
11 21 (3.07%) Ajax
11 21 (3.07%) OpenTelemetry
12 20 (2.92%) LDAP
12 20 (2.92%) Spring
13 18 (2.63%) JSON
13 18 (2.63%) Keycloak
14 17 (2.49%) Middleware
15 16 (2.34%) OpenID
16 15 (2.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 50 (7.31%) Security Operations Centre
3 48 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
4 42 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 38 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 38 (5.56%) Public Cloud
6 27 (3.95%) Cyber Defence
6 27 (3.95%) Management Information System
6 27 (3.95%) PKI
7 26 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
7 26 (3.80%) Mobile App
8 15 (2.19%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.75%) Cyberattack
10 10 (1.46%) Clustering
10 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.32%) Product Ownership
12 8 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 260 (38.01%) Linux
2 153 (22.37%) Windows
3 113 (16.52%) Unix
4 41 (5.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (4.24%) Android
5 29 (4.24%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.32%) CentOS
7 9 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.88%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.58%) Solaris
9 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.58%) zOS
10 3 (0.44%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.29%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.15%) VMS
12 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (32.16%) DevOps
2 218 (31.87%) CI/CD
3 189 (27.63%) Incident Response
4 183 (26.75%) Cybersecurity
5 167 (24.42%) SIEM
6 150 (21.93%) Observability
7 148 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (19.01%) Infrastructure as Code
9 129 (18.86%) Containerisation
10 126 (18.42%) Agile
11 93 (13.60%) Computer Science
12 90 (13.16%) Microservices
13 86 (12.57%) Security Operations
14 81 (11.84%) Threat Detection
15 70 (10.23%) Root Cause Analysis
16 67 (9.80%) Test Automation
17 60 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
18 56 (8.19%) Change Management
18 56 (8.19%) High Availability
18 56 (8.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 263 (38.45%) Python
2 117 (17.11%) PowerShell
3 113 (16.52%) SQL
4 99 (14.47%) Bash
5 94 (13.74%) Java
6 62 (9.06%) Go
7 47 (6.87%) Shell Script
8 45 (6.58%) JavaScript
9 39 (5.70%) Perl
10 23 (3.36%) Kusto Query Language
11 18 (2.63%) Groovy
12 13 (1.90%) TypeScript
13 12 (1.75%) Scala
14 11 (1.61%) Search Processing Language
15 7 (1.02%) PromQL
16 5 (0.73%) JCL
16 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.73%) Rust
16 5 (0.73%) Swift
17 4 (0.58%) REXX
Qualifications
1 209 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 136 (19.88%) SC Cleared
3 113 (16.52%) Degree
4 72 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (9.94%) CISSP
6 53 (7.75%) DV Cleared
7 45 (6.58%) Master's Degree
8 34 (4.97%) CISM
9 28 (4.09%) AWS Certification
10 26 (3.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 26 (3.80%) GIAC
11 25 (3.65%) CEH
12 22 (3.22%) ITIL Certification
13 19 (2.78%) MCSE
13 19 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (2.34%) GCIA
14 16 (2.34%) GCIH
15 13 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 12 (1.75%) CompTIA CySA+
17 11 (1.61%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (9.80%) NIST
2 54 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (5.56%) GDPR
4 22 (3.22%) PCI DSS
5 19 (2.78%) QA
6 17 (2.49%) NCSC
7 16 (2.34%) HIPAA
8 13 (1.90%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.46%) SLA
10 9 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.32%) GLBA
11 6 (0.88%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
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
15 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
System Software
1 139 (20.32%) Docker
2 67 (9.80%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (1.61%) NFS
6 10 (1.46%) vSphere
7 8 (1.17%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 6 (0.88%) Snort
8 6 (0.88%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.58%) Squid
10 4 (0.58%) Veritas File System
10 4 (0.58%) Veritas Volume Manager
11 3 (0.44%) ISA Server
11 3 (0.44%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 1 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 1 (0.15%) GPFS
12 1 (0.15%) Lustre
12 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 200 (29.24%) Kubernetes
2 136 (19.88%) Terraform
3 130 (19.01%) Grafana
4 128 (18.71%) Ansible
5 103 (15.06%) Prometheus
6 35 (5.12%) QRadar
7 32 (4.68%) Kibana
8 25 (3.65%) SCOM
9 23 (3.36%) Progress Chef
9 23 (3.36%) Puppet
10 21 (3.07%) CSIRT
10 21 (3.07%) HP SiteScope
11 20 (2.92%) Argo
12 16 (2.34%) Nessus
13 13 (1.90%) SCCM
13 13 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
14 12 (1.75%) Fluentd
15 11 (1.61%) Packer
16 10 (1.46%) CA Wily
16 10 (1.46%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 181 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.53%) Oracle
3 66 (9.65%) Dynatrace
4 61 (8.92%) AppDynamics
5 56 (8.19%) Google
6 55 (8.04%) Cisco
7 48 (7.02%) CrowdStrike
8 45 (6.58%) ServiceNow
9 37 (5.41%) Qualys
10 32 (4.68%) Red Hat
10 32 (4.68%) VMware
11 24 (3.51%) ArcSight
11 24 (3.51%) Remedy
12 23 (3.36%) Carbon Black
13 22 (3.22%) F5
14 21 (3.07%) CyberArk
14 21 (3.07%) Palo Alto
15 20 (2.92%) Tenable
16 17 (2.49%) Cribl.io
17 14 (2.05%) IBM