Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 233 356
Rank change year-on-year -103 +123 -33
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 858 1,602 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.59% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.66% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 702 739 992
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,466 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,550
% change year-on-year +4.35% -0.09% +9.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIEM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
England -45 797 £65,000 - 174
UK excluding London -152 491 £60,000 +4.35% 112
London +61 346 £69,500 +2.96% 74
Work from Home +20 326 £60,000 -7.69% 92
South East -85 147 £57,500 - 31
North of England -4 143 £55,750 +4.21% 29
South West -61 77 £86,250 +23.21% 20
Yorkshire +79 63 £60,000 +30.43% 15
North West -61 57 £47,000 -18.97% 13
Midlands -127 41 £52,500 -10.64% 9
East of England 0 37 £65,000 +8.33% 6
West Midlands -68 25 £47,000 -29.06% 7
Scotland -164 25 £47,000 -32.86% 13
North East +16 23 £42,500 -37.04% 1
East Midlands -67 16 £52,500 +10.53% 2
Wales -36 13 £58,750 +6.82% 3
Northern Ireland +20 6 £90,000 +176.92% 1
Isle of Man -17 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 38 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.23%) Apache
4 2 (0.23%) CMS
4 2 (0.23%) Confluence
4 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 298 (34.73%) Azure
2 155 (18.07%) Microsoft 365
3 132 (15.38%) AWS
4 79 (9.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 44 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
6 37 (4.31%) Entra ID
7 36 (4.20%) SaaS
8 26 (3.03%) GCP
9 24 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (2.33%) IaaS
10 20 (2.33%) PaaS
11 14 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.17%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.93%) Azure AKS
14 7 (0.82%) Amazon S3
14 7 (0.82%) GitHub
15 6 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.70%) Twilio
16 5 (0.58%) Serverless
16 5 (0.58%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 315 (36.71%) Firewall
2 141 (16.43%) Network Security
3 105 (12.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 68 (7.93%) TCP/IP
5 65 (7.58%) WAN
6 61 (7.11%) LAN
7 54 (6.29%) DNS
8 53 (6.18%) Internet
9 34 (3.96%) VPN
10 31 (3.61%) DKIM
10 31 (3.61%) DMARC
11 27 (3.15%) Wireshark
12 25 (2.91%) SD-WAN
12 25 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (2.33%) Wireless
14 16 (1.86%) DHCP
15 11 (1.28%) VLAN
16 10 (1.17%) WLAN
17 9 (1.05%) BGP
17 9 (1.05%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.05%) Power BI
3 6 (0.70%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.23%) Big Data
6 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.23%) Redis
7 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.40%) JIRA
3 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.12%) Git
4 1 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 193 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 171 (19.93%) Finance
3 119 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (7.11%) Law
5 52 (6.06%) Banking
6 37 (4.31%) Military
7 36 (4.20%) Public Sector
8 34 (3.96%) Legal
9 30 (3.50%) Games
10 25 (2.91%) Aerospace
11 24 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.68%) Retail
13 14 (1.63%) Marketing
14 12 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.05%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (0.47%) Police
19 3 (0.35%) Advertising
19 3 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 358 (41.72%) Analyst
2 235 (27.39%) Security Analyst
3 146 (17.02%) Senior
4 124 (14.45%) Security Engineer
5 111 (12.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 88 (10.26%) SOC Analyst
7 81 (9.44%) Lead
8 79 (9.21%) Senior Analyst
9 69 (8.04%) Consultant
10 64 (7.46%) Architect
11 61 (7.11%) Security Consultant
12 60 (6.99%) Information Analyst
12 60 (6.99%) Information Security Analyst
13 49 (5.71%) IT Analyst
13 49 (5.71%) IT Security Analyst
14 47 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 47 (5.48%) Senior Security Analyst
15 40 (4.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 37 (4.31%) Security Manager
17 33 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.91%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (1.52%) Fluent Bit
3 5 (0.58%) Kafka
3 5 (0.58%) Web Services
4 4 (0.47%) REST
5 3 (0.35%) OAuth
5 3 (0.35%) Sass
5 3 (0.35%) web3js
6 2 (0.23%) .NET
6 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.23%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.23%) EDI
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.23%) Next.js
6 2 (0.23%) Node.js
6 2 (0.23%) OpenID
6 2 (0.23%) React
6 2 (0.23%) RESTful
6 2 (0.23%) SAML
7 1 (0.12%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 151 (17.60%) Security Operations Centre
2 121 (14.10%) Management Information System
3 107 (12.47%) Cyber Threat
4 80 (9.32%) Cyberattack
5 63 (7.34%) Security Posture
6 59 (6.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 56 (6.53%) Cyber Defence
8 27 (3.15%) Data Centre
9 25 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 21 (2.45%) IoT
11 21 (2.45%) Operational Technology
12 20 (2.33%) Onboarding
13 19 (2.21%) Client/Server
13 19 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
14 17 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (1.98%) PKI
15 11 (1.28%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.17%) Public Cloud
16 10 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 175 (20.40%) Windows
2 90 (10.49%) Linux
3 67 (7.81%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.86%) Android
4 16 (1.86%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.75%) Unix
6 13 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.70%) Mac OS X
9 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.58%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.47%) CentOS
11 4 (0.47%) Solaris
11 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.47%) zOS
12 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (72.14%) Cybersecurity
2 326 (38.00%) Security Operations
3 265 (30.89%) Incident Response
4 252 (29.37%) Information Security
5 217 (25.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 153 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (14.69%) Cloud Security
8 109 (12.70%) Incident Management
9 106 (12.35%) SOAR
10 93 (10.84%) Threat Intelligence
11 89 (10.37%) Identity Access Management
12 86 (10.02%) Security Architecture
13 83 (9.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 80 (9.32%) ITIL
15 79 (9.21%) Data Loss Prevention
16 78 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 78 (9.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 77 (8.97%) Kalman Filter
18 73 (8.51%) Penetration Testing
19 66 (7.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 98 (11.42%) Python
2 84 (9.79%) PowerShell
3 46 (5.36%) SQL
4 41 (4.78%) Bash
5 13 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (0.58%) Java
6 5 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.23%) C#
7 2 (0.23%) VBScript
8 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 223 (25.99%) Security Cleared
2 191 (22.26%) CISSP
3 132 (15.38%) Degree
4 108 (12.59%) SC Cleared
5 107 (12.47%) DV Cleared
6 61 (7.11%) CompTIA Security+
7 53 (6.18%) CISM
8 51 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
9 47 (5.48%) CEH
10 44 (5.13%) CISA
11 43 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 40 (4.66%) CCSP
13 34 (3.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 30 (3.50%) Master's Degree
14 30 (3.50%) SANS
15 29 (3.38%) CompTIA CySA+
16 24 (2.80%) Azure Certification
16 24 (2.80%) SSCP
17 21 (2.45%) GIAC
18 20 (2.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (23.08%) NIST
2 193 (22.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (8.28%) PCI DSS
4 48 (5.59%) GDPR
5 40 (4.66%) NCSC
6 32 (3.73%) SOC 2
7 23 (2.68%) GRC
8 21 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (2.21%) NIST 800
10 14 (1.63%) HIPAA
11 13 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.70%) QA
14 5 (0.58%) COBIT
14 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
14 5 (0.58%) SLA
15 4 (0.47%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.35%) HMG Infosec
16 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
System Software
1 79 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (3.85%) vSphere
3 23 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (1.28%) VMware Workstation
6 10 (1.17%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.05%) Docker
7 9 (1.05%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.23%) XenApp
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 53 (6.18%) CASB
2 33 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (3.85%) QRadar
3 19 (2.21%) CSIRT
4 18 (2.10%) logstash
5 17 (1.98%) Kubernetes
5 17 (1.98%) Nessus
6 15 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.63%) Nmap
7 14 (1.63%) Terraform
8 13 (1.52%) Fluentd
8 13 (1.52%) WSUS
9 11 (1.28%) Ansible
10 9 (1.05%) SCOM
11 5 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.58%) Suricata
12 4 (0.47%) SCCM
13 3 (0.35%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
14 2 (0.23%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 222 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 133 (15.50%) Splunk
3 45 (5.24%) Cisco
4 35 (4.08%) Qualys
4 35 (4.08%) VMware
5 34 (3.96%) SolarWinds
6 33 (3.85%) Juniper
7 32 (3.73%) Rapid7
8 27 (3.15%) Tanium
8 27 (3.15%) Tripwire
9 24 (2.80%) ServiceNow
10 21 (2.45%) IBM
11 19 (2.21%) McAfee
12 16 (1.86%) Palo Alto
13 15 (1.75%) ArcSight
14 14 (1.63%) Thycotic
15 13 (1.52%) CheckPoint
15 13 (1.52%) Darktrace
15 13 (1.52%) Fortinet
16 12 (1.40%) Citrix