SIEM Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 158 273
Rank change year-on-year -55 +115 +3
Contract jobs citing SIEM 138 384 434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 1.58% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.77% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 270 323
10th Percentile £425 £450 £395
25th Percentile £500 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £690 £738 £688
90th Percentile £825 £823 £773
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +12.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £62.50
75th Percentile £58.13 - £68.75
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -46.67% +13.98% +31.60%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SIEM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SIEM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

SIEM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SIEM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SIEM over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

SIEM hourly rate 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 5 (3.62%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.94%) Azure
2 16 (11.59%) AWS
3 8 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 6 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
5 6 (4.35%) GCP
6 4 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.90%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (2.17%) Serverless
8 2 (1.45%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (1.45%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.45%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.45%) GitHub
8 2 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (27.54%) Firewall
2 20 (14.49%) Network Security
3 12 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.80%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (5.07%) Wireshark
6 6 (4.35%) DNS
6 6 (4.35%) VPN
7 5 (3.62%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (3.62%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (2.90%) DHCP
8 4 (2.90%) SD-WAN
8 4 (2.90%) tcpdump
8 4 (2.90%) VLAN
9 3 (2.17%) LAN
9 3 (2.17%) WAN
10 2 (1.45%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (1.45%) SNMP
11 1 (0.72%) HTTP
11 1 (0.72%) SMTP
11 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.62%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.90%) Apache Hive
2 4 (2.90%) Hadoop
2 4 (2.90%) Tableau
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.45%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.72%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.90%) IDA Disassembler
3 3 (2.17%) Git
3 3 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.32%) Finance
4 13 (9.42%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.97%) Banking
6 10 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.62%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Electronics
9 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Legal
9 1 (0.72%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 32 (23.19%) Analyst
2 30 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 16 (11.59%) Senior
3 16 (11.59%) SOC Analyst
4 15 (10.87%) Security Analyst
5 13 (9.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (7.97%) Architect
6 11 (7.97%) Security Specialist
7 9 (6.52%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.80%) IT Security Specialist
8 8 (5.80%) Security Operations Specialist
8 8 (5.80%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (5.07%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (5.07%) SIEM Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Lead
10 6 (4.35%) Network Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.35%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.80%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (2.90%) OLE
3 3 (2.17%) JSON
3 3 (2.17%) Regular Expression
3 3 (2.17%) XML
4 2 (1.45%) Ajax
4 2 (1.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.45%) AWS SAM
4 2 (1.45%) CSS
4 2 (1.45%) HTML
4 2 (1.45%) SOAP
4 2 (1.45%) Web Services
5 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.72%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.72%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.72%) Celery
5 1 (0.72%) Django
5 1 (0.72%) EDI
5 1 (0.72%) JWT
5 1 (0.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (25.36%) Management Information System
2 18 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (10.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 15 (10.87%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (7.25%) Security Posture
5 7 (5.07%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (3.62%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.62%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.90%) YARA
9 3 (2.17%) CSOC
9 3 (2.17%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.45%) CMDB
10 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.45%) PMI
11 1 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.72%) Insider Threat
11 1 (0.72%) PKI
11 1 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.77%) Windows
2 17 (12.32%) Linux
3 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.45%) Unix
4 2 (1.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (42.75%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (36.23%) Incident Response
3 47 (34.06%) Security Operations
4 45 (32.61%) Vulnerability Management
5 39 (28.26%) Use Case
6 31 (22.46%) Information Security
7 24 (17.39%) Data Loss Prevention
8 21 (15.22%) Incident Management
8 21 (15.22%) Penetration Testing
9 20 (14.49%) Security Architecture
10 19 (13.77%) Data Security
10 19 (13.77%) SOAR
11 16 (11.59%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 16 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (10.87%) Cloud Security
12 15 (10.87%) Root Cause Analysis
13 14 (10.14%) Mentoring
14 13 (9.42%) Roadmaps
14 13 (9.42%) Threat Intelligence
15 12 (8.70%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.25%) Python
2 6 (4.35%) Bash
2 6 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.90%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.90%) SQL
4 3 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.45%) Bicep
5 2 (1.45%) Go
6 1 (0.72%) C#
6 1 (0.72%) Java
6 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 18 (13.04%) CISSP
3 18 (13.04%) DV Cleared
4 12 (8.70%) CISM
5 10 (7.25%) Degree
6 9 (6.52%) CCNA
6 9 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (5.80%) CEH
7 8 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.35%) PMP
9 4 (2.90%) APMP
9 4 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.17%) CCIE
10 3 (2.17%) CCNP
10 3 (2.17%) CCSA
10 3 (2.17%) SANS
11 2 (1.45%) CCSP
11 2 (1.45%) GCIA
11 2 (1.45%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (26.81%) NIST
2 19 (13.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.07%) GDPR
3 7 (5.07%) NIST 800
4 5 (3.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (3.62%) NCSC
4 5 (3.62%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.72%) GLBA
6 1 (0.72%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.62%) Snort
3 4 (2.90%) Docker
4 3 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (6.52%) Terraform
2 8 (5.80%) Kibana
3 7 (5.07%) QRadar
4 6 (4.35%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.90%) logstash
5 4 (2.90%) Nessus
5 4 (2.90%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 3 (2.17%) Ansible
6 3 (2.17%) Grafana
6 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.45%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.45%) Nagios
7 2 (1.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.45%) OpenView
7 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.72%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.72%) Nmap
8 1 (0.72%) Puppet
8 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.29%) LogRhythm
3 20 (14.49%) Qualys
4 19 (13.77%) Splunk
5 16 (11.59%) Cisco
5 16 (11.59%) Forcepoint
5 16 (11.59%) Varonis
6 9 (6.52%) Google
7 7 (5.07%) ArcSight
8 5 (3.62%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.62%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.90%) AlienVault
9 4 (2.90%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.90%) Tanium
10 3 (2.17%) AlgoSec
10 3 (2.17%) F5
10 3 (2.17%) Oracle
10 3 (2.17%) VMware
10 3 (2.17%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.45%) ServiceNow