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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 165 139
Rank change year-on-year +5 -26 +67
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 19 80 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.56% 1.19% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.40% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 14 67 23
10th Percentile £45,375 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -25.93% +58.82%
75th Percentile £63,438 £66,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £65,500 £74,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -4.17%

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 3,186 5,702 5,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.90% 84.81% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 3,926 3,077
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,313 £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 £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 12 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 12 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 +11 9 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Berkshire -2 6 £62,500 +8.70% 22
Oxfordshire +37 4 £45,000 +23.29% 9
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 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Cloudflare
5 1 (5.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 2 (10.53%) Broadband
3 2 (10.53%) DNS
3 2 (10.53%) Internet
3 2 (10.53%) Mobile Broadband
3 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 2 (10.53%) SSL
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
3 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (5.26%) VPN
4 1 (5.26%) VSAN
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Retail
2 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Analyst
1 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Security Engineer
1 5 (26.32%) Senior
2 3 (15.79%) Security Manager
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Head of Security
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SIEM Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (5.26%) Business Engagement Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.26%) Incident Responder
4 1 (5.26%) Regulatory Compliance Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Engagement Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
1 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
1 3 (15.79%) SCADA
1 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (47.37%) Security Operations
3 7 (36.84%) Information Security
4 6 (31.58%) Incident Response
4 6 (31.58%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) Cloud Security
5 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
5 4 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Budget Management
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 2 (10.53%) Open Source
7 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.53%) Use Case
7 2 (10.53%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.79%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) Go
2 2 (10.53%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) CISSP
3 5 (26.32%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (15.79%) CCNP
5 3 (15.79%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (10.53%) CCNA
6 2 (10.53%) CISM
6 2 (10.53%) GCIA
6 2 (10.53%) SANS
7 1 (5.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (5.26%) CCSE
7 1 (5.26%) CCSM
7 1 (5.26%) CCSP
7 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) SLA
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (10.53%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Graylog
2 2 (10.53%) ZENworks
3 1 (5.26%) Nessus
3 1 (5.26%) QRadar
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) AlienVault
2 3 (15.79%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) Apple
3 2 (10.53%) Meraki
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk
4 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.26%) Tenable