SIEM Job Trends in the West Midlands

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SIEM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 136 140
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +60
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 36 62 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.68% 1.50% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.64% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 22 39 31
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £44,688 £46,666 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +17.35% -16.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £81,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SIEM job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SIEM
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SIEM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SIEM

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the West Midlands

SIEM
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Birmingham +25 18 £65,000 +29.20% 7
Warwickshire +25 9 - - 2
Worcestershire -14 4 £35,000 -19.08% 2
Staffordshire -19 2 £63,000 +5.00% 4
Solihull -7 1 - -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Azure
2 8 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (11.11%) AWS
4 4 (11.11%) Google Workspace
5 3 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (5.56%) GCP
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (50.00%) Firewall
2 15 (41.67%) WAN
3 12 (33.33%) LAN
4 10 (27.78%) VPN
5 5 (13.89%) DNS
6 4 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (8.33%) BGP
7 3 (8.33%) DHCP
7 3 (8.33%) IPsec
7 3 (8.33%) Network Security
7 3 (8.33%) OSPF
7 3 (8.33%) SD-WAN
7 3 (8.33%) VLAN
7 3 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (8.33%) Wireshark
8 2 (5.56%) HTTP
8 2 (5.56%) SSH
8 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.78%) Internet
9 1 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Legal
5 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Technical Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Technical Support
2 8 (22.22%) Technical Support Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) IT Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) IT Security Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Security Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) IT Support
5 4 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Security Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) SIEM Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Data Centre
2 6 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (13.89%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (8.33%) Product Ownership
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (30.56%) Incident Response
2 11 (30.56%) Information Security
3 9 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (19.44%) DevOps
5 7 (19.44%) Security Operations
6 6 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 5 (13.89%) Agile
7 5 (13.89%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
7 5 (13.89%) Threat Detection
7 5 (13.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (13.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 4 (11.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 4 (11.11%) SDLC
8 4 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (8.33%) Go
2 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 9 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (13.89%) CEH
3 5 (13.89%) CISSP
4 4 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 3 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 3 (8.33%) CCNP
5 3 (8.33%) CISM
6 2 (5.56%) GSEC
6 2 (5.56%) OSCP
7 1 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.78%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (27.78%) NIST
3 9 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (22.22%) SLA
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (5.56%) GDPR
5 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
5 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (30.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.33%) Docker
3 3 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Dell DRAC
2 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 2 (5.56%) Nessus
3 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.78%) Kibana
4 1 (2.78%) logstash
4 1 (2.78%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Cisco
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (30.56%) Dell
2 11 (30.56%) VMware
3 8 (22.22%) Juniper
3 8 (22.22%) McAfee
4 7 (19.44%) Google
5 4 (11.11%) Meraki
6 3 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 3 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 3 (8.33%) Zscaler
7 2 (5.56%) Qualys
7 2 (5.56%) Splunk
8 1 (2.78%) Exabeam
8 1 (2.78%) Varonis