SIEM Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 164 152
Rank change year-on-year -13 -12 +91
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 42 82 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.54% 1.23% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.37% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24 51 38
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,625 £34,950
25th Percentile £40,188 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,814
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.32% -17.65%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,125 £81,250 £65,750
England median annual salary £68,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +4.62% +1.56% +0.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,373 5,992 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.74% 89.69% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,512 2,650 3,662
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SIEM
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the Midlands

SIEM
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
West Midlands +7 41 £55,000 -5.98% 13
East Midlands -24 1 - - 7
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (9.52%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) Google Workspace
5 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.76%) GCP
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 20 (47.62%) Firewall
2 17 (40.48%) WAN
3 14 (33.33%) LAN
4 11 (26.19%) VPN
5 5 (11.90%) DNS
6 4 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (7.14%) BGP
7 3 (7.14%) DHCP
7 3 (7.14%) IPsec
7 3 (7.14%) Network Security
7 3 (7.14%) OSPF
7 3 (7.14%) SD-WAN
7 3 (7.14%) VLAN
7 3 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (7.14%) Wireshark
8 2 (4.76%) HTTP
8 2 (4.76%) SSH
8 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.38%) Internet
9 1 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
2 6 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Security Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Technical Support
2 10 (23.81%) Technical Support Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) IT Security Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) SIEM Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) IT Support
6 4 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Security Support Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Data Centre
2 7 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (11.90%) Cloud Native
4 4 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.38%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 15 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 12 (28.57%) Information Security
4 11 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (23.81%) Proactive Monitoring
5 10 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 8 (19.05%) DevOps
7 6 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.29%) Threat Detection
8 5 (11.90%) Agile
8 5 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (11.90%) Risk Management
8 5 (11.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 4 (9.52%) ITIL
9 4 (9.52%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 4 (9.52%) Security Architecture
9 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Python
2 4 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (7.14%) Go
3 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.76%) SQL
5 1 (2.38%) Bash
5 1 (2.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.90%) CEH
4 5 (11.90%) CISSP
4 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.14%) CCNP
5 3 (7.14%) CISM
6 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (4.76%) CCSP
6 2 (4.76%) GSEC
6 2 (4.76%) OSCP
7 1 (2.38%) CCNA
7 1 (2.38%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (26.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (26.19%) NIST
3 10 (23.81%) SLA
4 4 (9.52%) GDPR
5 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (30.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.14%) Docker
3 3 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.14%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Terraform
3 2 (4.76%) Kibana
3 2 (4.76%) Nessus
3 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.38%) logstash
4 1 (2.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Cisco
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) Dell
2 13 (30.95%) VMware
3 10 (23.81%) Juniper
3 10 (23.81%) McAfee
4 7 (16.67%) Google
5 5 (11.90%) Meraki
6 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
6 3 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 3 (7.14%) Splunk
6 3 (7.14%) Zscaler
7 2 (4.76%) Exabeam
7 2 (4.76%) Qualys
8 1 (2.38%) LogRhythm
8 1 (2.38%) Varonis