SIEM Job Trends in the North of England

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 207 163
Rank change year-on-year -28 -44 +107
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 26 79 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.25% 0.84% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.93% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 21 59 81
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,856 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £71,027
England median annual salary £68,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.38% +1.56% +0.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 8,495 6,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.05% 89.86% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,856 5,290
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,726
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the North of England

SIEM
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the North of England

SIEM
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +1 12 £60,000 +19.26% 24
Yorkshire -23 12 £47,500 -13.64% 15
North East 0 2 £52,500 +4.36% 6
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 6 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) SaaS
4 4 (15.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.85%) dbt
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Network Security
2 7 (26.92%) Firewall
3 3 (11.54%) Internet
4 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Security Engineer
3 6 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Security Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) IT Security Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Security Specialist
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) SIEM Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (3.85%) IT Security Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Security Officer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
1 4 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (15.38%) Operational Technology
1 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
2 3 (11.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.69%) Cyberattack
3 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (69.23%) Incident Response
2 9 (34.62%) Threat Intelligence
3 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (26.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 7 (26.92%) Security Operations
4 6 (23.08%) Cloud Security
4 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) DevOps
5 5 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 5 (19.23%) Threat Detection
5 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 4 (15.38%) Information Security
6 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (15.38%) SOAR
7 3 (11.54%) Identity Management
7 3 (11.54%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Bicep
1 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) CISSP
1 4 (15.38%) SANS
2 3 (11.54%) GCIA
2 3 (11.54%) GIAC
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.69%) CCNP
3 2 (7.69%) CEH
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CCNA
4 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.85%) GCFA
4 1 (3.85%) GCFE
4 1 (3.85%) GCIH
4 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) NIST
2 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.54%) GDPR
5 2 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.69%) GRC
5 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
6 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (11.54%) Splunk
4 2 (7.69%) CyberArk
4 2 (7.69%) Qualys
4 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco
5 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.85%) Juniper
5 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.85%) Rapid7