Hybrid/Remote Splunk Job Trends

Splunk
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 16 October 2026, 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
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 164 366
Rank change year-on-year -233 +202 -66
Permanent jobs citing Splunk 66 310 108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 1.89% 0.52%
As % of the Vendors category 0.83% 3.70% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 35 28 73
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £48,875 £43,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,875 £91,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% -1.79% -

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,911 8,371 7,633
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.42% 50.97% 36.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,522 3,673 4,442
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,850 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.70% -13.04% -

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Splunk and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Splunk job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Splunk
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Splunk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Splunk

Splunk
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Splunk over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Splunk salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Splunk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (6.06%) Apache
1 4 (6.06%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.91%) AWS
2 25 (37.88%) Azure
3 18 (27.27%) GCP
4 12 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (16.67%) SaaS
6 9 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (9.09%) GitHub
7 6 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (7.58%) OpenShift
8 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
9 4 (6.06%) Cloud Composer
9 4 (6.06%) dbt
10 3 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (4.55%) Serverless
11 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
11 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.73%) Firewall
2 8 (12.12%) Network Security
3 6 (9.09%) LAN
3 6 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 6 (9.09%) WAN
4 4 (6.06%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (6.06%) Unified Communications
4 4 (6.06%) VLAN
4 4 (6.06%) WebEx
5 3 (4.55%) HTTP
6 2 (3.03%) DNS
6 2 (3.03%) FTP
6 2 (3.03%) Internet
6 2 (3.03%) SMTP
6 2 (3.03%) VPN
7 1 (1.52%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) BigQuery
1 4 (6.06%) Flink
1 4 (6.06%) Looker
2 2 (3.03%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (3.03%) GIS
2 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.03%) MySQL
2 2 (3.03%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.52%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.06%) JIRA
3 3 (4.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (4.55%) Bitbucket
3 3 (4.55%) Git
3 3 (4.55%) Postman
3 3 (4.55%) Selenium
4 1 (1.52%) GitLab
4 1 (1.52%) Jaeger
4 1 (1.52%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.52%) TestRail
General
1 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.30%) Finance
3 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (21.21%) Retail
5 11 (16.67%) Banking
5 11 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 7 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (10.61%) Telecoms
7 5 (7.58%) Legal
8 4 (6.06%) Law
8 4 (6.06%) Marketing
9 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Senior
2 12 (18.18%) Analyst
3 11 (16.67%) Developer
4 10 (15.15%) Senior Developer
5 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Security Engineer
6 6 (9.09%) Backend Developer
6 6 (9.09%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Backend Developer
7 5 (7.58%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Software Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Data Scientist
8 4 (6.06%) Information Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Security Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 3 (4.55%) Java Developer
9 3 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) Terraform
2 5 (7.58%) Kafka
2 5 (7.58%) RESTful
3 4 (6.06%) Apache Beam
3 4 (6.06%) React
3 4 (6.06%) Spring
3 4 (6.06%) Spring Boot
3 4 (6.06%) XMPP
4 3 (4.55%) .NET
4 3 (4.55%) Hibernate
4 3 (4.55%) JPA
4 3 (4.55%) JSON
4 3 (4.55%) OpenAPI
4 3 (4.55%) Spring MVC
4 3 (4.55%) Swagger
5 2 (3.03%) LDAP
5 2 (3.03%) Middleware
5 2 (3.03%) Play Framework
6 1 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 12 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 8 (12.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
6 6 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
8 4 (6.06%) FlexPod
8 4 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (4.55%) Blog
9 3 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (4.55%) Replication
9 3 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.52%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (1.52%) Online Gambling
11 1 (1.52%) PKI
11 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
11 1 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (1.52%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 26 (39.39%) Linux
2 21 (31.82%) Windows
3 9 (13.64%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.09%) macOS
5 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.52%) CentOS
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (39.39%) Incident Response
3 25 (37.88%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (37.88%) SIEM
4 19 (28.79%) Security Operations
5 18 (27.27%) AI
5 18 (27.27%) Mentoring
6 17 (25.76%) Information Security
6 17 (25.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 16 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (22.73%) SOAR
9 14 (21.21%) Agile
9 14 (21.21%) Analytics
9 14 (21.21%) Observability
9 14 (21.21%) Threat Detection
9 14 (21.21%) Threat Intelligence
10 13 (19.70%) Cloud Security
10 13 (19.70%) Containerisation
11 12 (18.18%) Clean Code
12 11 (16.67%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.94%) Python
2 18 (27.27%) Java
3 15 (22.73%) Go
4 13 (19.70%) PowerShell
4 13 (19.70%) SQL
5 12 (18.18%) Bash
6 9 (13.64%) Scala
7 4 (6.06%) Shell Script
7 4 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.55%) Kotlin
8 3 (4.55%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) CISSP
3 11 (16.67%) GIAC
4 9 (13.64%) CEH
5 8 (12.12%) CISM
5 8 (12.12%) Degree
6 7 (10.61%) GCFA
7 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
7 5 (7.58%) CompTIA CySA+
7 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (6.06%) AWS Certification
8 4 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.55%) GCIA
9 3 (4.55%) GCIH
10 2 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (3.03%) CASP
10 2 (3.03%) CCSP
10 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.67%) NIST
2 9 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.06%) Accessibility
4 4 (6.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (4.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (19.70%) Docker
2 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (46.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (16.67%) Grafana
3 7 (10.61%) Ansible
4 6 (9.09%) QRadar
5 5 (7.58%) Prometheus
6 4 (6.06%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (1.52%) Kibana
8 1 (1.52%) Nagios
8 1 (1.52%) SCCM
8 1 (1.52%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.70%) New Relic
3 9 (13.64%) Qualys
4 8 (12.12%) CrowdStrike
4 8 (12.12%) Google
5 7 (10.61%) ServiceNow
6 6 (9.09%) Dynatrace
6 6 (9.09%) Palo Alto
7 5 (7.58%) Cisco
7 5 (7.58%) SolarWinds
7 5 (7.58%) VMware
8 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.06%) Zerto
9 3 (4.55%) ArcSight
9 3 (4.55%) Forcepoint
9 3 (4.55%) LogRhythm
9 3 (4.55%) NetApp
9 3 (4.55%) Tenable
10 2 (3.03%) Exabeam
10 2 (3.03%) OpenAI