SIEM Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 372 184
Rank change year-on-year +3 -188 +112
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 222 475 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.63% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.77% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 156 399 384
10th Percentile £41,375 £37,500 £35,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -0.09%
75th Percentile £63,500 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £91,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +2.36% -2.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East -3 62 £50,000 -13.04% 76
Midlands +84 52 £49,000 -6.67% 26
North of England -58 46 £55,000 -2.65% 45
West Midlands +72 36 £55,000 -5.14% 15
East of England +47 31 £61,500 -1.60% 29
North West -33 23 £70,000 +48.94% 33
East Midlands +46 16 £45,000 -14.29% 11
Yorkshire +10 16 £50,000 -20.00% 10
South West +51 15 £51,729 -42.52% 28
Scotland +109 13 £48,507 +3.21% 29
North East +34 7 £57,500 +35.29% 2
Northern Ireland +37 1 - - 18
Wales +31 1 £55,000 -6.38%
Isle of Man +14 1 £34,500 -
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.80%) Confluence
3 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 64 (28.83%) Azure
2 31 (13.96%) Azure Sentinel
3 26 (11.71%) AWS
4 20 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.86%) SaaS
6 11 (4.95%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.50%) IaaS
8 9 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (3.15%) GCP
10 6 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.70%) PaaS
11 2 (0.90%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.45%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 119 (53.60%) Firewall
2 46 (20.72%) Network Security
3 42 (18.92%) VPN
4 37 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 34 (15.32%) TCP/IP
6 22 (9.91%) WAN
7 20 (9.01%) LAN
8 14 (6.31%) HTTP
8 14 (6.31%) SMTP
9 13 (5.86%) DHCP
9 13 (5.86%) DNS
10 12 (5.41%) FTP
10 12 (5.41%) Internet
11 6 (2.70%) NGFW
12 3 (1.35%) SAN
13 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (0.45%) CATAPAN
14 1 (0.45%) Cisco Firepower
14 1 (0.45%) Mobile Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.60%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.45%) DB2
3 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 77 (34.68%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.11%) Finance
3 18 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (3.60%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.60%) Retail
6 7 (3.15%) Aviation
7 6 (2.70%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.25%) Law
9 4 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
10 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.45%) Automotive
12 1 (0.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (33.78%) Analyst
2 45 (20.27%) SOC Analyst
3 34 (15.32%) Lead
3 34 (15.32%) Senior
4 33 (14.86%) Security Analyst
5 32 (14.41%) Security Engineer
6 23 (10.36%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 13 (5.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Architect
9 12 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) IT Engineer
10 11 (4.95%) IT Security Engineer
10 11 (4.95%) Security Architect
10 11 (4.95%) Security Specialist
11 9 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 9 (4.05%) SOC Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Consultant
12 8 (3.60%) SOC Manager
12 8 (3.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.31%) LDAP
2 5 (2.25%) SAML
3 3 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (24.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 53 (23.87%) Management Information System
3 38 (17.12%) Security Posture
4 36 (16.22%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (5.86%) Client/Server
6 10 (4.50%) PKI
6 10 (4.50%) Private Cloud
7 8 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (3.15%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.70%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.70%) Robotics
9 6 (2.70%) Social Media
9 6 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.35%) MISP
11 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.90%) Blog
12 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 71 (31.98%) Windows
2 27 (12.16%) Linux
3 9 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.70%) Android
4 6 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.70%) Windows Vista
5 5 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (59.46%) Cybersecurity
2 124 (55.86%) Incident Response
3 84 (37.84%) Security Operations
4 65 (29.28%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (25.68%) Information Security
6 49 (22.07%) Vulnerability Management
7 44 (19.82%) Incident Management
8 39 (17.57%) Cloud Security
8 39 (17.57%) Threat Intelligence
9 36 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 33 (14.86%) Threat Detection
11 31 (13.96%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 29 (13.06%) SOAR
13 28 (12.61%) Risk Management
14 27 (12.16%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 27 (12.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 26 (11.71%) Malware Analysis
16 24 (10.81%) Security Architecture
17 23 (10.36%) Use Case
18 22 (9.91%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.77%) Kusto Query Language
2 34 (15.32%) PowerShell
3 32 (14.41%) Python
4 27 (12.16%) Bash
5 10 (4.50%) C#
5 10 (4.50%) Perl
6 6 (2.70%) C++
7 2 (0.90%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.45%) Ruby
8 1 (0.45%) SQL
8 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (34.23%) Security Cleared
2 55 (24.77%) Degree
3 47 (21.17%) SC Cleared
4 46 (20.72%) CISSP
5 45 (20.27%) DV Cleared
6 33 (14.86%) CISM
7 24 (10.81%) CEH
8 16 (7.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (5.86%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (5.86%) CompTIA CySA+
10 10 (4.50%) CISA
10 10 (4.50%) GCIH
10 10 (4.50%) SANS
11 9 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (4.05%) GIAC
12 7 (3.15%) DBS Check
12 7 (3.15%) Master's Degree
12 7 (3.15%) OSCP
13 4 (1.80%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (31.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (19.82%) NIST
3 22 (9.91%) GDPR
4 18 (8.11%) SLA
5 17 (7.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (5.41%) COBIT
7 10 (4.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.25%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.25%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.80%) HIPAA
9 4 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.35%) NCSC
11 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 24 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.50%) Docker
4 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) Snort
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (14.41%) QRadar
2 6 (2.70%) Ansible
2 6 (2.70%) ArcSight ESM
3 4 (1.80%) Nessus
4 3 (1.35%) Terraform
5 2 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.90%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.90%) Puppet
5 2 (0.90%) SCOM
5 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.90%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.45%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.45%) Graylog
6 1 (0.45%) Kibana
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) WMI
6 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 111 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 62 (27.93%) Splunk
3 21 (9.46%) Cisco
4 14 (6.31%) ArcSight
5 13 (5.86%) McAfee
5 13 (5.86%) VMware
6 11 (4.95%) Juniper
6 11 (4.95%) Palo Alto
7 9 (4.05%) AlienVault
8 8 (3.60%) Dell
8 8 (3.60%) Google
9 7 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (3.15%) Tenable
10 6 (2.70%) LogLogic
11 4 (1.80%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.35%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.35%) LogRhythm
12 3 (1.35%) Meraki
12 3 (1.35%) Sophos
12 3 (1.35%) Veeam