SIEM Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 160 140
Rank change year-on-year -9 -20 +75
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 16 36 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.45% 0.84% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.99% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 14 19 32
10th Percentile £54,000 £39,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,375 £44,125 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.08% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - £65,450 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -11.15%

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 3,118 3,620 3,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.51% 84.19% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 1,738 2,180
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,500 £32,338
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,106 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £56,763 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.96% +3.20% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 November 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 12 November 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
Berkshire -3 14 £65,000 +8.33% 26
Oxfordshire - 2 £58,750 - 8
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Network Security
3 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
4 3 (18.75%) VPN
5 1 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) DTS
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Games
3 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.25%) Humanities
3 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Senior
2 8 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 8 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (68.75%) Security Operations
3 8 (50.00%) ITIL
4 7 (43.75%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 2 (12.50%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (12.50%) RBAC
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Register
7 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) CISSP
2 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (43.75%) CCNA
3 7 (43.75%) CCNP
3 7 (43.75%) GCIA
3 7 (43.75%) SANS
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) CISM
5 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
5 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) CREST Certified
7 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (6.25%) CCSP
7 1 (6.25%) GIAC
7 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (6.25%) Postgraduate
7 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (56.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (12.50%) NIST
4 1 (6.25%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) Juniper
2 1 (6.25%) Qualys
2 1 (6.25%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) Tenable