SIEM Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 102 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +31
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 32 51 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.29% 1.93% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 2.35% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 29 25 13
10th Percentile £41,700 £62,500 £51,400
25th Percentile £43,000 £67,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £76,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.64% +45.71% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £81,250 £73,000
90th Percentile £78,500 - £79,500
South East median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,991 2,168 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.12% 82.00% 88.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,281 1,203
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,000 £29,550
25th Percentile £33,313 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%
75th Percentile £62,825 £72,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SIEM
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Hampshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SIEM in Hampshire

SIEM
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Portsmouth +8 6 £78,500 -17.37% 1
Farnborough +7 6 £65,000 - 5
Basingstoke -2 5 £64,000 -17.42% 1
Southampton +5 3 £50,000 -34.64% 2
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Azure
2 15 (46.88%) AWS
3 9 (28.13%) GCP
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) Firewall
1 13 (40.63%) Network Security
2 11 (34.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Big Data
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Legal
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Security Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Senior
4 8 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 6 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (15.63%) IT Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) IT Security Engineer
6 5 (15.63%) Senior Security Engineer
7 4 (12.50%) Lead
7 4 (12.50%) Security Analyst
7 4 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (9.38%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (9.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (9.38%) IT Security Specialist
8 3 (9.38%) Security Specialist
9 1 (3.13%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.13%) Kafka
2 1 (3.13%) Regular Expression
2 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (12.50%) ARM Cortex
2 4 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (90.63%) Security Operations
2 25 (78.13%) Incident Response
3 16 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 12 (37.50%) Situational Awareness
5 11 (34.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (34.38%) SOAR
5 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 10 (31.25%) Information Security
7 9 (28.13%) Cloud Security
8 8 (25.00%) Business Continuity
8 8 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
8 8 (25.00%) Data Protection
9 7 (21.88%) Analytics
9 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (21.88%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 6 (18.75%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (18.75%) Cyber Resilience
10 6 (18.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (21.88%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (21.88%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) Bicep
4 3 (9.38%) Bash
4 3 (9.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 11 (34.38%) SC Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) Degree
4 6 (18.75%) CEH
4 6 (18.75%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (18.75%) GCIH
5 4 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (12.50%) GCIA
6 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
6 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) QRadar
3 1 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 4 (12.50%) Splunk
3 3 (9.38%) LogRhythm
4 2 (6.25%) ArcSight
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco
5 1 (3.13%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.13%) Juniper