SIEM Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 181 288
Rank change year-on-year -191 +107 +10
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 478 1,120 897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 1.98% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 2.08% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 401 383 505
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,050 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% +5.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £87,850
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,618 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.80% -3.66% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK excluding London

SIEM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England -30 145 £56,500 +7.62% 46
South East -93 144 £57,500 - 33
South West -70 78 £90,000 +28.57% 15
Yorkshire +45 62 £62,500 +50.60% 17
North West -75 59 £47,000 -18.97% 28
East of England -19 34 £62,500 -3.85% 2
Midlands -148 33 £52,500 -7.49% 16
Scotland -185 25 £47,000 -20.60% 15
North East +12 24 £42,500 -40.35% 1
West Midlands -94 20 £57,983 -10.80% 13
East Midlands -81 13 £52,500 +10.53% 3
Wales -46 11 £58,750 +6.82% 1
Northern Ireland +9 6 £90,000 +176.92% 1
Isle of Man -18 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 193 (40.38%) Azure
2 96 (20.08%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (12.13%) AWS
4 44 (9.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 25 (5.23%) Entra ID
6 24 (5.02%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.51%) SaaS
8 9 (1.88%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.26%) IaaS
10 6 (1.26%) Twilio
11 5 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.05%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.05%) PaaS
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 3 (0.63%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 147 (30.75%) Firewall
2 82 (17.15%) Network Security
3 68 (14.23%) Intrusion Detection
4 44 (9.21%) DNS
4 44 (9.21%) Internet
5 33 (6.90%) TCP/IP
6 29 (6.07%) DKIM
6 29 (6.07%) DMARC
7 26 (5.44%) LAN
7 26 (5.44%) WAN
8 18 (3.77%) VPN
9 12 (2.51%) Wireshark
10 11 (2.30%) DHCP
11 9 (1.88%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.88%) Wireless
12 4 (0.84%) HTTP
12 4 (0.84%) SMTP
12 4 (0.84%) tcpdump
13 3 (0.63%) WLAN
14 2 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.67%) Power BI
2 6 (1.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.42%) Big Data
4 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.21%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (2.30%) JIRA
2 3 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.21%) Git
3 1 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 114 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 92 (19.25%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (11.30%) Finance
4 26 (5.44%) Law
5 22 (4.60%) Military
6 18 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.56%) Aerospace
7 17 (3.56%) Legal
8 15 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.14%) Retail
9 14 (2.93%) Banking
10 12 (2.51%) Games
10 12 (2.51%) Marketing
11 8 (1.67%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.42%) Electronics
13 2 (0.42%) Publishing
14 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 191 (39.96%) Analyst
2 126 (26.36%) Security Analyst
3 67 (14.02%) Senior
4 63 (13.18%) Lead
5 61 (12.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 58 (12.13%) Security Engineer
7 50 (10.46%) SOC Analyst
8 45 (9.41%) Architect
9 44 (9.21%) Senior Analyst
10 40 (8.37%) Information Analyst
10 40 (8.37%) Information Security Analyst
11 35 (7.32%) Consultant
12 33 (6.90%) Security Consultant
13 29 (6.07%) Team Leader
14 25 (5.23%) Senior Security Analyst
15 23 (4.81%) Security Manager
16 22 (4.60%) Network Architect
17 20 (4.18%) Security Architect
17 20 (4.18%) SIEM Engineer
18 19 (3.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.93%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (2.51%) Fluent Bit
3 5 (1.05%) Web Services
4 2 (0.42%) OAuth
4 2 (0.42%) OpenID
4 2 (0.42%) SAML
5 1 (0.21%) EDI
5 1 (0.21%) LDAP
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 108 (22.59%) Security Operations Centre
2 72 (15.06%) Management Information System
3 62 (12.97%) Cyber Threat
4 51 (10.67%) Cyberattack
5 46 (9.62%) Security Posture
6 31 (6.49%) Cyber Defence
7 30 (6.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 17 (3.56%) Cyber Security Posture
9 16 (3.35%) IoT
9 16 (3.35%) Onboarding
10 15 (3.14%) Data Centre
11 13 (2.72%) Client/Server
12 11 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.88%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.67%) Cloud Native
14 8 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 8 (1.67%) iPad
14 8 (1.67%) Social Media
15 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 91 (19.04%) Windows
2 43 (9.00%) Linux
3 32 (6.69%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.46%) Android
5 7 (1.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.26%) Unix
6 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.05%) Kali Linux
7 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.63%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (70.08%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (39.33%) Security Operations
3 156 (32.64%) Incident Response
4 135 (28.24%) Information Security
5 123 (25.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 115 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (17.78%) Cloud Security
8 79 (16.53%) SOAR
9 60 (12.55%) Kalman Filter
10 57 (11.92%) Mentoring
11 48 (10.04%) Threat Intelligence
12 47 (9.83%) ITIL
12 47 (9.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 45 (9.41%) Incident Management
14 44 (9.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 43 (9.00%) Data Loss Prevention
15 43 (9.00%) Identity Access Management
16 42 (8.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 39 (8.16%) Security Architecture
18 37 (7.74%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 51 (10.67%) Python
2 38 (7.95%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.81%) Bash
4 10 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (1.88%) SQL
6 3 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 132 (27.62%) Security Cleared
2 91 (19.04%) CISSP
3 79 (16.53%) Degree
4 62 (12.97%) SC Cleared
5 58 (12.13%) DV Cleared
6 51 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 31 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (4.81%) CEH
9 20 (4.18%) CISA
10 17 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (3.35%) SANS
11 16 (3.35%) SSCP
12 15 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (3.14%) CISM
13 14 (2.93%) CompTIA CySA+
14 13 (2.72%) GIAC
14 13 (2.72%) Master's Degree
15 11 (2.30%) AWS Certification
16 10 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (2.09%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (23.22%) NIST
2 94 (19.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (9.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 42 (8.79%) PCI DSS
5 27 (5.65%) GDPR
6 21 (4.39%) NIST 800
7 18 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (3.77%) NCSC
8 16 (3.35%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 6 (1.26%) GRC
11 5 (1.05%) QA
12 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.63%) HMG Infosec
12 3 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.63%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.63%) RMADS
13 1 (0.21%) COBIT
13 1 (0.21%) IASME
System Software
1 46 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.56%) vSphere
3 16 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.63%) Docker
8 3 (0.63%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.21%) Snort
10 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 37 (7.74%) CASB
2 14 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (2.72%) logstash
4 12 (2.51%) Fluentd
4 12 (2.51%) Nessus
5 9 (1.88%) CSIRT
5 9 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.88%) Terraform
6 6 (1.26%) Nmap
7 5 (1.05%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.05%) Suricata
8 4 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.84%) WSUS
9 3 (0.63%) QRadar
9 3 (0.63%) SCOM
10 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.42%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.21%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.21%) Kibana
11 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 137 (28.66%) Microsoft
2 80 (16.74%) Splunk
3 21 (4.39%) ServiceNow
4 20 (4.18%) Rapid7
5 19 (3.97%) Cisco
6 17 (3.56%) VMware
7 14 (2.93%) Tanium
7 14 (2.93%) Tripwire
8 13 (2.72%) SolarWinds
9 11 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (1.88%) McAfee
10 9 (1.88%) Qualys
11 8 (1.67%) AlienVault
11 8 (1.67%) Juniper
12 7 (1.46%) LogRhythm
12 7 (1.46%) Proofpoint
13 6 (1.26%) Datto
13 6 (1.26%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.26%) Thycotic
14 5 (1.05%) Darktrace