SIEM Analyst Contracts

SIEM Analyst
UK

The median SIEM Analyst daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 682 854
Rank change year-on-year +108 +172 -151
Contract jobs requiring a SIEM Analyst 5 12 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.021% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.022% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £448 - £413
25th Percentile £481 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +13.64% +46.67%
75th Percentile £576 £638 -
90th Percentile £644 £655 £592
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £625 £538
% change year-on-year -18.00% +16.28% -6.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

SIEM Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SIEM Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM Analyst in the UK

SIEM Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM Analyst.

Daily rate trend for SIEM Analyst in the UK

SIEM Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM Analyst in the UK

SIEM Analyst
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +108 5 £513 -18.00%
UK excluding London +47 3 £513 -18.00%
South West +8 3 £513 +13.89%
London +99 2 £570 +3.64%

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, SIEM Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SIEM Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) Use Case
4 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 2 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) CSOC
5 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Security Analytics
5 1 (20.00%) SOAR
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (20.00%) NIST 800

SIEM Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (40.00%) CSOC
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Use Case
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP