Hybrid/Remote Splunk Engineer Contract Job Trends

Splunk Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Splunk Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 292 356
Rank change year-on-year -23 +64 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Splunk Engineer 1 13 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.12% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.13% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - £420
25th Percentile - £600 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £675 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £775 £623
90th Percentile - - £654
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £618
% change year-on-year -12.50% -2.83% +12.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 9,263 10,089 15,371
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 93.05% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,998 6,383 10,464
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 170 383
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.56 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.67 £24.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £35.63 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.75% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

Splunk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Splunk Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Splunk Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Splunk Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Splunk 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 Splunk Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 1 (100.00%) Application Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Splunk 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Application Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk