SIEM Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 169 152
Rank change year-on-year +3 -17 +55
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 14 78 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 1.13% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.34% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11 67 19
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £38,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% +64.71%
75th Percentile £63,125 £63,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £66,250 £74,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -1.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,137 5,808 5,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.73% 83.86% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,153 3,909 3,043
10th Percentile £27,600 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,160 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Buckinghamshire +6 5 £50,000 +17.65% 42
Berkshire +2 5 £62,500 +8.70% 106
Oxfordshire +49 4 £45,000 +23.29% 25
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
2 2 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) Broadband
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile Broadband
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SOC Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Head of Security
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Threat Hunter
5 1 (7.14%) Compliance Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Operations
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) SCADA
2 2 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.14%) e-Learning
3 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 5 (35.71%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Incident Management
5 3 (21.43%) Information Security
5 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (14.29%) Budget Management
6 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
6 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (14.29%) Use Case
6 2 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
6 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) CISM
3 3 (21.43%) CISSP
3 3 (21.43%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (14.29%) CCSP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
5 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (21.43%) SLA
3 2 (14.29%) NIST
3 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) ZENworks
2 1 (7.14%) Graylog
2 1 (7.14%) Nessus
2 1 (7.14%) QRadar
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) AlienVault
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) Splunk
3 2 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) Tenable