SIEM Job Trends in Essex

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.10% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £51,250 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.50% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

SIEM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 759 284 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 76.59% 86.06% 83.35%
Number of salaries quoted 460 129 563
10th Percentile £26,725 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,100 £76,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SIEM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

SIEM job vacancy trend in Essex

SIEM
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SIEM

SIEM
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Essex region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Colchester - 1 £40,000 - 1
SIEM
East of England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree