SIEM Jobs in the Midlands

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 282 158
Rank change year-on-year +81 -124 +83
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 59 39 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.85% 0.33% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.40% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 38 29 72
10th Percentile £39,850 £29,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -10.64% +6.82%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,294 £72,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £83,375
England median annual salary £63,250 £65,000 £64,100
% change year-on-year -2.69% +1.40% -1.38%

All Process and 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 6,383 9,729 8,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.58% 81.97% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 7,134 4,536
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,311 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the Midlands

SIEM
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the Midlands.

Salary trend for SIEM in the Midlands

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 +68 38 £55,000 +10.55% 26
East Midlands +39 21 £45,000 -14.29% 9
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 30 (50.85%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (23.73%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.78%) AWS
5 4 (6.78%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.39%) IaaS
6 2 (3.39%) SaaS
7 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (44.07%) Firewall
2 15 (25.42%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (11.86%) LAN
3 7 (11.86%) WAN
4 5 (8.47%) VPN
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (5.08%) DHCP
6 3 (5.08%) Network Security
7 2 (3.39%) DNS
7 2 (3.39%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.69%) Internet
8 1 (1.69%) SAN
8 1 (1.69%) Wireless
General
1 30 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Law
6 2 (3.39%) Legal
6 2 (3.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Analyst
2 16 (27.12%) Senior
3 15 (25.42%) SOC Analyst
4 14 (23.73%) Lead
4 14 (23.73%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (11.86%) Support Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Support
6 6 (10.17%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) SOC Manager
10 2 (3.39%) Active Directory Engineer
10 2 (3.39%) Backup Engineer
10 2 (3.39%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
10 2 (3.39%) Head of Operations
10 2 (3.39%) Head of Security
10 2 (3.39%) Monitoring Engineer
11 1 (1.69%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) Management Information System
2 10 (16.95%) Private Cloud
3 6 (10.17%) Data Centre
4 5 (8.47%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
6 3 (5.08%) Housing Association
6 3 (5.08%) PKI
7 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.69%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) Windows
2 4 (6.78%) Linux
2 4 (6.78%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Incident Response
2 21 (35.59%) ITIL
3 19 (32.20%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (32.20%) Information Security
3 19 (32.20%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (28.81%) Security Operations
5 16 (27.12%) Threat Intelligence
6 14 (23.73%) Time Management
7 13 (22.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 12 (20.34%) Incident Management
8 12 (20.34%) Kalman Filter
8 12 (20.34%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (18.64%) Change Control
10 10 (16.95%) CI/CD
10 10 (16.95%) Commercial Awareness
10 10 (16.95%) IT Governance
11 9 (15.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (13.56%) ITSM
12 8 (13.56%) Risk Management
13 7 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) Kusto Query Language
1 14 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 12 (20.34%) Bash
2 12 (20.34%) Python
3 10 (16.95%) C#
4 2 (3.39%) Perl
4 2 (3.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) CISM
1 12 (20.34%) CISSP
2 9 (15.25%) Degree
3 7 (11.86%) CISA
4 6 (10.17%) SANS
4 6 (10.17%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) GIAC
5 4 (6.78%) ISACA
5 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.08%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.39%) CASP
7 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.39%) IISP
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.69%) CCNA
8 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (37.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.64%) COBIT
3 8 (13.56%) SLA
4 5 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (5.08%) GRC
5 3 (5.08%) JSP 440
5 3 (5.08%) NCSC
6 2 (3.39%) NIST
7 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (23.73%) Docker
2 7 (11.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) FortiGate
1 4 (6.78%) QRadar
2 3 (5.08%) Nessus
3 2 (3.39%) Ansible
3 2 (3.39%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.39%) Puppet
3 2 (3.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (57.63%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) Cisco
3 8 (13.56%) VMware
4 7 (11.86%) Splunk
5 6 (10.17%) Dell
5 6 (10.17%) Juniper
5 6 (10.17%) McAfee
6 4 (6.78%) Tenable
7 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.08%) Google
8 2 (3.39%) ArcSight
8 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.39%) Veeam
9 1 (1.69%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.69%) Datto
9 1 (1.69%) IBM
9 1 (1.69%) Meraki
9 1 (1.69%) Rapid7