SIEM Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East 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 220 179 171
Rank change year-on-year -41 -8 +89
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 50 133 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.48% 1.48% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.68% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 40 68 96
10th Percentile £42,350 £42,350 £36,875
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £88,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +2.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the South East

SIEM
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the South East 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
Hampshire +13 32 £50,000 -34.64% 12
Thames Valley -15 13 £65,000 +8.33% 25
Berkshire -14 10 £65,000 +8.33% 16
Surrey -18 3 - - 3
Oxfordshire - 3 £55,000 - 2
Kent -13 1 - - 2
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 25 (50.00%) Azure
2 19 (38.00%) AWS
3 9 (18.00%) GCP
4 7 (14.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.00%) Network Security
2 22 (44.00%) Firewall
3 12 (24.00%) VPN
4 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.00%) Legal
4 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.00%) Banking
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Games
7 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 18 (36.00%) Senior
3 12 (24.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 11 (22.00%) Analyst
5 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) IT Security Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Lead
7 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (8.00%) Architect
8 4 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Security Specialist
9 3 (6.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (6.00%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.00%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (46.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (12.00%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (12.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.00%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Linux
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (78.00%) Security Operations
2 30 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 19 (38.00%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (32.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (24.00%) Situational Awareness
6 12 (24.00%) SOAR
7 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (22.00%) Information Security
7 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (20.00%) Analytics
8 10 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 10 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 9 (18.00%) Threat Detection
10 8 (16.00%) Business Continuity
10 8 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (16.00%) Data Protection
11 7 (14.00%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (14.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 8 (16.00%) PowerShell
3 7 (14.00%) Python
4 6 (12.00%) SQL
5 4 (8.00%) Bicep
6 3 (6.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (24.00%) Degree
3 12 (24.00%) SC Cleared
4 10 (20.00%) GCIA
5 8 (16.00%) CISSP
6 6 (12.00%) CCNA
6 6 (12.00%) CCNP
6 6 (12.00%) CEH
6 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (12.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
6 6 (12.00%) GCIH
6 6 (12.00%) SANS
7 5 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (6.00%) CREST Certified
8 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (26.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (14.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.00%) Terraform
2 3 (6.00%) QRadar
3 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.00%) Ansible
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) Splunk
3 4 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.00%) LogRhythm
5 2 (4.00%) ArcSight
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.00%) Juniper
6 1 (2.00%) Qualys
6 1 (2.00%) Tenable