Splunk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Splunk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Splunk over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 413 416
Rank change year-on-year -39 +3 +18
Permanent jobs citing Splunk 447 608 1,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.75% 0.88%
As % of the Vendors category 1.46% 1.87% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 206 375 699
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,874 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £58,707 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,850 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%

All Vendors
UK

Splunk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 30,670 32,578 68,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.94% 40.37% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19,230 21,852 34,342
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,372
25th Percentile £36,963 £41,250 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £91,973
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,501
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Splunk over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
UK excluding London -8 319 £60,000 -7.69% 46
England -145 252 £65,000 -10.34% 41
Scotland +60 172 £80,000 +6.67% 6
London -49 117 £77,500 +3.33% 14
Work from Home -101 107 £62,783 -13.40% 41
South East -10 44 £53,750 -20.37% 7
North of England -24 43 £62,783 +0.45% 12
Midlands -18 25 £50,000 -16.67% 3
North West -34 21 £62,783 +4.21% 9
East Midlands -16 20 £50,000 -13.04%
Yorkshire +51 16 £65,000 +4.00% 1
South West -41 15 £52,500 -22.22% 8
East of England +2 13 £60,000 +7.62% 3
North East -11 6 £62,783 -26.14% 2
West Midlands -12 5 £50,000 -24.53% 3
Northern Ireland +17 2 £50,309 -32.92% 7
Wales +3 2 £50,309 +7.04% 1
Isle of Man -13 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Splunk
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 21 (4.70%) GemFire
2 11 (2.46%) Apache
3 8 (1.79%) JBoss
4 7 (1.57%) nginx
5 6 (1.34%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.12%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.12%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.89%) Confluence
7 4 (0.89%) IIS
8 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.67%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) Mattermost
Applications
1 8 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.22%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 201 (44.97%) AWS
2 145 (32.44%) Datadog
3 140 (31.32%) Azure
4 80 (17.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 38 (8.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 31 (6.94%) Amazon ECS
7 21 (4.70%) Serverless
8 18 (4.03%) GCP
9 17 (3.80%) AWS CloudTrail
9 17 (3.80%) GitHub
10 15 (3.36%) PaaS
11 14 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 14 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (3.13%) dbt
12 12 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.24%) OpenShift
15 9 (2.01%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.95%) Network Security
2 33 (7.38%) Firewall
3 25 (5.59%) TCP/IP
4 23 (5.15%) DNS
5 12 (2.68%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (2.46%) VPN
7 10 (2.24%) DHCP
8 9 (2.01%) Internet
8 9 (2.01%) SAN
9 6 (1.34%) SSL
10 4 (0.89%) BGP
10 4 (0.89%) LAN
10 4 (0.89%) WAN
11 3 (0.67%) IPv4
11 3 (0.67%) IPv6
11 3 (0.67%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
12 2 (0.45%) FIX Connectivity
12 2 (0.45%) SNMP
12 2 (0.45%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.05%) NoSQL
2 31 (6.94%) Apache Cassandra
3 26 (5.82%) CockroachDB
4 24 (5.37%) Relational Database
5 21 (4.70%) Hazelcast
6 18 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (4.03%) SQL Server
7 14 (3.13%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.24%) Hadoop
8 10 (2.24%) Redis
9 9 (2.01%) Power BI
10 7 (1.57%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.34%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (1.12%) MySQL
12 5 (1.12%) Pentaho
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.67%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (12.75%) Jenkins
2 30 (6.71%) GitLab
3 26 (5.82%) Git
3 26 (5.82%) Jaeger
4 25 (5.59%) JUnit
5 23 (5.15%) JIRA
6 17 (3.80%) Bitbucket
7 13 (2.91%) JMeter
8 10 (2.24%) Maven
9 9 (2.01%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.57%) Mockito
10 7 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (1.34%) Postman
11 6 (1.34%) Selenium
11 6 (1.34%) TeamCity
12 5 (1.12%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.89%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.89%) Robot Framework
14 2 (0.45%) Flyway
14 2 (0.45%) Liquibase
General
1 215 (48.10%) Finance
2 201 (44.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 170 (38.03%) Law
4 168 (37.58%) Social Skills
5 84 (18.79%) Marketing
6 52 (11.63%) Banking
7 35 (7.83%) Investment Banking
8 27 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (6.04%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.68%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.57%) Legal
12 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.34%) Private Banking
13 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
15 2 (0.45%) Advertising
15 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 155 (34.68%) Software Engineer
2 106 (23.71%) Lead
3 73 (16.33%) Lead Software Engineer
4 69 (15.44%) Cloud Engineer
5 52 (11.63%) Cloud Software Engineer
6 48 (10.74%) Security Engineer
7 43 (9.62%) Senior
8 42 (9.40%) Java Engineer
9 39 (8.72%) Java Software Engineer
10 36 (8.05%) Analyst
11 30 (6.71%) Lead Cloud Engineer
12 24 (5.37%) Lead Java Engineer
13 20 (4.47%) SOC Analyst
14 19 (4.25%) Architect
15 18 (4.03%) Data Engineer
15 18 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
16 17 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
17 16 (3.58%) Developer
17 16 (3.58%) Platform Engineer
18 14 (3.13%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (22.60%) OpenTelemetry
2 70 (15.66%) Spring
3 67 (14.99%) Kafka
4 61 (13.65%) Spring Boot
5 34 (7.61%) REST
6 32 (7.16%) JPA
7 26 (5.82%) HTML
8 25 (5.59%) .NET
9 23 (5.15%) Elastic Stack
10 17 (3.80%) CSS
11 14 (3.13%) Django
11 14 (3.13%) Web Services
12 12 (2.68%) RESTful
13 10 (2.24%) Hibernate
13 10 (2.24%) OAuth
13 10 (2.24%) OAuth2
13 10 (2.24%) OpenID
14 9 (2.01%) Keycloak
15 8 (1.79%) Middleware
16 7 (1.57%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 112 (25.06%) Cloud Native
2 82 (18.34%) Public Cloud
3 43 (9.62%) Management Information System
4 37 (8.28%) Algorithms
5 34 (7.61%) Distributed Systems
6 26 (5.82%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (4.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 21 (4.70%) Replication
8 15 (3.36%) Data Structures
9 13 (2.91%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.24%) Cyberattack
12 9 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (2.01%) Product Ownership
13 8 (1.79%) Client/Server
13 8 (1.79%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (1.57%) PKI
14 7 (1.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 91 (20.36%) Linux
2 61 (13.65%) Windows
3 24 (5.37%) Windows Server
4 23 (5.15%) Unix
5 14 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (2.68%) CentOS
7 10 (2.24%) Solaris
8 9 (2.01%) Ubuntu
8 9 (2.01%) zOS
9 6 (1.34%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.12%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.89%) AIX
11 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (46.53%) CI/CD
2 196 (43.85%) Agile
3 188 (42.06%) Software Engineering
4 147 (32.89%) Community of Practice
5 137 (30.65%) Operational Stability
5 137 (30.65%) SDLC
6 125 (27.96%) Observability
7 120 (26.85%) Cybersecurity
8 118 (26.40%) Continuous Delivery
9 113 (25.28%) Artificial Intelligence
10 109 (24.38%) Architectural Design
11 108 (24.16%) SIEM
12 99 (22.15%) Machine Learning
13 96 (21.48%) Information Architecture
14 95 (21.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 89 (19.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 78 (17.45%) Identity Access Management
17 76 (17.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
18 72 (16.11%) DevOps
19 61 (13.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 157 (35.12%) Java
2 135 (30.20%) Python
3 73 (16.33%) SQL
4 58 (12.98%) PowerShell
5 36 (8.05%) JavaScript
6 35 (7.83%) Bash
7 22 (4.92%) Shell Script
8 21 (4.70%) Groovy
9 19 (4.25%) Kusto Query Language
10 13 (2.91%) Go
11 9 (2.01%) Perl
12 7 (1.57%) C#
13 5 (1.12%) JCL
13 5 (1.12%) REXX
13 5 (1.12%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.67%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.67%) C
14 3 (0.67%) C++
14 3 (0.67%) Ruby
14 3 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (14.32%) Security Cleared
2 44 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 43 (9.62%) Degree
4 32 (7.16%) CISSP
5 28 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.01%) CISM
8 7 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (1.34%) CCSP
9 6 (1.34%) GIAC
10 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.12%) CISA
10 5 (1.12%) JNCIA
11 3 (0.67%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.67%) RHCE
12 2 (0.45%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.04%) NIST
2 26 (5.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 9 (2.01%) NCSC
5 8 (1.79%) SOC 2
6 7 (1.57%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.57%) QA
7 5 (1.12%) SLA
8 4 (0.89%) GDPR
8 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.67%) HMG Infosec
9 3 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.67%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.67%) RMADS
10 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 84 (18.79%) Docker
2 25 (5.59%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.79%) vSphere
5 6 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.12%) Time Sharing Option
7 4 (0.89%) LXC
7 4 (0.89%) Squid
7 4 (0.89%) VMware Server
8 3 (0.67%) ACF2
8 3 (0.67%) KVM
8 3 (0.67%) RACF
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.45%) Firmware
9 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.22%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 192 (42.95%) Grafana
2 120 (26.85%) Prometheus
3 116 (25.95%) Terraform
4 82 (18.34%) Kubernetes
5 45 (10.07%) Ansible
6 42 (9.40%) Kibana
7 26 (5.82%) ITRS Geneos
8 23 (5.15%) Puppet
9 21 (4.70%) HAProxy
9 21 (4.70%) Zipkin
10 17 (3.80%) Progress Chef
11 15 (3.36%) Nagios
11 15 (3.36%) QRadar
12 11 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (2.24%) Graphite
14 7 (1.57%) NetCrunch
15 6 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 6 (1.34%) Kiali
15 6 (1.34%) logstash
16 5 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 152 (34.00%) Dynatrace
2 58 (12.98%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.26%) ServiceNow
4 26 (5.82%) VMware
5 24 (5.37%) IBM
5 24 (5.37%) Oracle
6 23 (5.15%) Google
7 21 (4.70%) Red Hat
8 19 (4.25%) New Relic
9 17 (3.80%) AppDynamics
10 15 (3.36%) Palo Alto
11 12 (2.68%) Atlassian
11 12 (2.68%) Cisco
12 10 (2.24%) Juniper
13 9 (2.01%) Qualys
14 8 (1.79%) LogRhythm
15 6 (1.34%) ArcSight
15 6 (1.34%) Rapid7
16 5 (1.12%) Broadcom
16 5 (1.12%) SolarWinds