SIEM Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 310 350
Rank change year-on-year +6 +40 -53
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 331 423 675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.98% 1.00% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.04% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 297 326 540
10th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £69,600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -6.61% +26.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,783 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.41% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,014 40,730 66,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,557 28,305 41,490
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

SIEM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SIEM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SIEM.

SIEM salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SIEM over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

SIEM salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (5.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.63%) IIS
3 9 (2.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 152 (45.92%) Azure
2 83 (25.08%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (19.34%) AWS
4 29 (8.76%) Azure Sentinel
5 24 (7.25%) GCP
6 20 (6.04%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (5.14%) SaaS
8 15 (4.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (4.23%) Entra ID
10 13 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.11%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.81%) IaaS
13 5 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.51%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.51%) PaaS
14 3 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.91%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 3 (0.91%) AWS Fargate
14 3 (0.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 137 (41.39%) Firewall
2 55 (16.62%) Network Security
3 54 (16.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 42 (12.69%) TCP/IP
5 40 (12.08%) WAN
6 39 (11.78%) Internet
7 35 (10.57%) LAN
8 34 (10.27%) DNS
9 24 (7.25%) DKIM
9 24 (7.25%) DMARC
10 20 (6.04%) Wireshark
11 16 (4.83%) SD-WAN
12 12 (3.63%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (1.81%) DHCP
14 4 (1.21%) VLAN
14 4 (1.21%) Wireless
15 3 (0.91%) Broadband
15 3 (0.91%) VPN
16 2 (0.60%) Ethernet
16 2 (0.60%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.51%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.51%) Hadoop
2 5 (1.51%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (2.72%) JIRA
2 7 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.91%) CircleCI
General
1 76 (22.96%) Finance
2 57 (17.22%) Social Skills
3 43 (12.99%) Law
4 39 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.53%) Legal
8 12 (3.63%) Banking
9 10 (3.02%) Aerospace
9 10 (3.02%) Retail
10 7 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.60%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.60%) Marketing
13 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Publishing
14 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 130 (39.27%) Analyst
2 92 (27.79%) Security Analyst
3 60 (18.13%) Security Engineer
4 45 (13.60%) Senior
5 44 (13.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 43 (12.99%) Lead
7 39 (11.78%) Information Analyst
7 39 (11.78%) Information Security Analyst
8 34 (10.27%) SOC Analyst
9 24 (7.25%) Team Leader
10 22 (6.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 15 (4.53%) Operations Engineer
12 14 (4.23%) Security Manager
12 14 (4.23%) Senior Security Engineer
13 12 (3.63%) SIEM Analyst
13 12 (3.63%) SIEM Engineer
14 11 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 11 (3.32%) Information Security Engineer
15 10 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.21%) Kafka
2 3 (0.91%) Fluent Bit
2 3 (0.91%) OAuth
3 2 (0.60%) OpenID
3 2 (0.60%) SAML
4 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 59 (17.82%) Management Information System
2 45 (13.60%) Security Operations Centre
3 39 (11.78%) Cyberattack
4 35 (10.57%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (6.04%) Security Posture
6 19 (5.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 15 (4.53%) IoT
8 11 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (3.32%) Data Centre
9 10 (3.02%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.72%) Operational Technology
10 9 (2.72%) Product Ownership
11 8 (2.42%) Client/Server
11 8 (2.42%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.42%) iPad
12 7 (2.11%) Cloud Native
12 7 (2.11%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
13 6 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 71 (21.45%) Windows
2 37 (11.18%) Linux
3 19 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.23%) Android
4 14 (4.23%) Apple iOS
5 13 (3.93%) Unix
6 9 (2.72%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.21%) CentOS
7 4 (1.21%) Solaris
7 4 (1.21%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.21%) zOS
8 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.91%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (67.07%) Cybersecurity
2 138 (41.69%) Security Operations
3 108 (32.63%) Information Security
4 103 (31.12%) Incident Response
5 75 (22.66%) Vulnerability Management
6 71 (21.45%) Cloud Security
7 57 (17.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 55 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (12.69%) ITIL
10 37 (11.18%) SOAR
11 35 (10.57%) Threat Intelligence
12 34 (10.27%) Kalman Filter
12 34 (10.27%) Security Management
12 34 (10.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 31 (9.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 31 (9.37%) Zero Trust
14 30 (9.06%) Mentoring
14 30 (9.06%) Security Monitoring
15 29 (8.76%) Data Loss Prevention
15 29 (8.76%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.97%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.67%) Python
3 15 (4.53%) SQL
4 8 (2.42%) Bash
5 5 (1.51%) Java
6 2 (0.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 54 (16.31%) CISSP
2 38 (11.48%) Degree
3 31 (9.37%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (6.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 23 (6.95%) CCSP
6 20 (6.04%) SSCP
7 19 (5.74%) CEH
7 19 (5.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 17 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (5.14%) SC Cleared
9 16 (4.83%) DV Cleared
9 16 (4.83%) SANS
10 13 (3.93%) CISM
11 9 (2.72%) CISA
12 8 (2.42%) DBS Check
13 7 (2.11%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.81%) GIAC
14 6 (1.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (31.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (23.87%) NIST
3 45 (13.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 35 (10.57%) PCI DSS
5 26 (7.85%) NCSC
6 22 (6.65%) SOC 2
7 20 (6.04%) GDPR
8 15 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (3.93%) GRC
10 5 (1.51%) Data Quality
11 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (1.21%) SLA
12 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.91%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.91%) QA
13 2 (0.60%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.30%) GxP
14 1 (0.30%) IEC 61508
14 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 39 (11.78%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (2.72%) Forefront TMG
4 9 (2.72%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.72%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (2.11%) vSphere
6 6 (1.81%) Docker
6 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.30%) Snort
7 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (10.27%) CASB
2 22 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (5.14%) QRadar
4 13 (3.93%) Nmap
5 12 (3.63%) Terraform
5 12 (3.63%) WSUS
6 10 (3.02%) CSIRT
7 9 (2.72%) SCOM
8 8 (2.42%) Kubernetes
8 8 (2.42%) logstash
8 8 (2.42%) Nessus
9 6 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.91%) Fluentd
10 3 (0.91%) ZENworks
11 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.30%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.30%) Network Intrusion Detection System
12 1 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 79 (23.87%) Microsoft
2 65 (19.64%) Splunk
3 30 (9.06%) Qualys
4 24 (7.25%) VMware
5 23 (6.95%) ServiceNow
6 17 (5.14%) IBM
7 16 (4.83%) Cisco
8 15 (4.53%) Rapid7
9 13 (3.93%) Thycotic
10 11 (3.32%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.32%) Meraki
11 9 (2.72%) Google
12 8 (2.42%) Veeam
13 6 (1.81%) LogRhythm
14 5 (1.51%) Sun
15 4 (1.21%) Citrix
15 4 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.21%) Darktrace
15 4 (1.21%) Intel
16 3 (0.91%) Varonis