SIEM Engineer Jobs in England

SIEM Engineer
UK > England

The median SIEM Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 793 927 1097
Rank change year-on-year +134 +170 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a SIEM Engineer 29 14 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.034% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.016% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 29 10 28
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% +25.84%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £111,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +25.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

SIEM Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SIEM Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM Engineer in England

SIEM Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM Engineer in England.

Salary trend for SIEM Engineer in England

SIEM Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM Engineer in England

SIEM Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 16 £65,000 -
South East +29 5 £55,000 -8.33% 2
London +139 3 £85,000 -22.73% 1
North of England +46 3 £65,000 +23.81% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £65,000 - 1
South West -22 2 £62,500 +38.89%
SIEM Engineer
UK

SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, SIEM Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring SIEM Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) SIEM
2 26 (89.66%) Splunk
3 17 (58.62%) Security Cleared
3 17 (58.62%) Python
4 15 (51.72%) PowerShell
4 15 (51.72%) SC Cleared
4 15 (51.72%) Client Onboarding
5 13 (44.83%) Onboarding
6 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (34.48%) Bash
6 10 (34.48%) Windows
6 10 (34.48%) Linux
7 9 (31.03%) logstash
7 9 (31.03%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (31.03%) Fluentd
7 9 (31.03%) Security Operations
7 9 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (31.03%) Fluent Bit
8 8 (27.59%) iPad
8 8 (27.59%) Use Case
9 7 (24.14%) Aerospace
10 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (10.34%) Threat Intelligence
10 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
11 2 (6.90%) Banking
11 2 (6.90%) Finance
11 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (6.90%) Apache
11 2 (6.90%) Security Architecture

SIEM Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
1 2 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) IaaS
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.45%) PaaS
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Big Data
General
1 7 (24.14%) Aerospace
2 2 (6.90%) Banking
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Onboarding
2 8 (27.59%) iPad
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Linux
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) SIEM
2 15 (51.72%) Client Onboarding
3 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (31.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (31.03%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (31.03%) Security Operations
5 8 (27.59%) Use Case
6 3 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (10.34%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (6.90%) Cyber Intelligence
7 2 (6.90%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (6.90%) Incident Response
7 2 (6.90%) Security Architecture
8 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) Python
2 15 (51.72%) PowerShell
3 10 (34.48%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Fluentd
1 9 (31.03%) logstash
2 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) Splunk
2 2 (6.90%) ArcSight
2 2 (6.90%) Carbon Black
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft