Hybrid/Remote SIEM Engineer Contract Job Trends

SIEM Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median SIEM Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 311 353
Rank change year-on-year +5 +42 +192
Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Engineer 19 6 28
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.19% 0.052% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.056% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 28
10th Percentile £380 £538 £629
25th Percentile £413 £550 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £800
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -28.13% +45.45%
75th Percentile £700 £626 £825
90th Percentile £740 £635 -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -25.00% +40.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,511 10,779 15,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.12% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,187 6,809 10,941
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 194 352
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.65 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.44
Median hourly rate £45.46 £36.85 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -30.81% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

SIEM Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SIEM Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SIEM Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

SIEM Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SIEM Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SIEM Engineer job vacancies

SIEM Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SIEM Engineer over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

SIEM Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, SIEM Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring SIEM Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) SIEM
2 13 (68.42%) PowerShell
3 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (63.16%) Python
4 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
4 10 (52.63%) Threat Detection
5 7 (36.84%) Analytical Thinking
5 7 (36.84%) CEH
5 7 (36.84%) CISSP
5 7 (36.84%) GIAC
5 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 6 (31.58%) Incident Response
6 6 (31.58%) Kibana
6 6 (31.58%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (31.58%) Network Security
6 6 (31.58%) Tanium
7 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
7 5 (26.32%) FireEye
7 5 (26.32%) SOAR
7 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (15.79%) Azure
9 3 (15.79%) Firewall
9 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
10 2 (10.53%) ArcSight
10 2 (10.53%) AWS
10 2 (10.53%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (10.53%) MITRE ATT&CK

SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (5.26%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Network Security
2 3 (15.79%) Firewall
3 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (21.05%) Operational Technology
3 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
4 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) SIEM
2 12 (63.16%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (52.63%) Threat Detection
4 7 (36.84%) Analytical Thinking
5 6 (31.58%) Incident Response
6 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
6 5 (26.32%) SOAR
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
9 2 (10.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 2 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
10 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
10 1 (5.26%) Data Visualisation
10 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
10 1 (5.26%) Patch Management
10 1 (5.26%) Performance Metrics
10 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
10 1 (5.26%) Security Architecture
10 1 (5.26%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) PowerShell
2 12 (63.16%) Python
3 6 (31.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) CEH
2 7 (36.84%) CISSP
2 7 (36.84%) GIAC
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) GPG13
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Kibana
2 2 (10.53%) QRadar
3 1 (5.26%) Ansible
3 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.26%) logstash
3 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Tanium
3 5 (26.32%) FireEye
4 2 (10.53%) ArcSight
4 2 (10.53%) Splunk
5 1 (5.26%) Qualys
5 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow