SIEM Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 124 234
Rank change year-on-year -55 +110 -58
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 37 74 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.61% 1.91% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 2.03% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 19 33 54
10th Percentile £45,620 £48,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,713 £50,359 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -8.00% +16.82%
75th Percentile £80,625 £60,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £69,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

SIEM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,837 3,643 8,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 79.96% 94.18% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,504 2,761 5,019
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £66,650 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +4.35%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the West Midlands

SIEM
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SIEM in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SIEM in the West Midlands

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the West Midlands

SIEM
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Birmingham -31 11 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Solihull -11 5 £77,500 - 1
Warwickshire -24 5 £75,000 +25.00% 2
Staffordshire -25 5 - - 14
Worcestershire -15 3 £47,625 -24.40% 2
Coventry +12 1 £57,000 +34.12%
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Azure
2 8 (21.62%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (16.22%) AWS
4 4 (10.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 4 (10.81%) AWS CloudTrail
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (8.11%) dbt
6 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (5.41%) IaaS
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (5.41%) PaaS
6 2 (5.41%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (2.70%) AWS KMS
7 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
2 8 (21.62%) SD-WAN
3 2 (5.41%) Network Security
3 2 (5.41%) Skype
4 1 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Electronics
3 2 (5.41%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Analyst
1 12 (32.43%) Security Analyst
2 10 (27.03%) Architect
2 10 (27.03%) Security Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Network Architect
4 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Information Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Operations Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Security Operations Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Senior
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Data Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) PKI
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (35.14%) Security Operations
3 11 (29.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (24.32%) Computer Science
4 9 (24.32%) Information Security
5 8 (21.62%) Network Management
5 8 (21.62%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (21.62%) Presales
5 8 (21.62%) Requirements Management
6 7 (18.92%) Incident Response
7 6 (16.22%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (13.51%) Analytics
8 5 (13.51%) DevSecOps
8 5 (13.51%) Incident Management
8 5 (13.51%) ITIL
8 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.51%) Time Management
9 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (10.81%) RBAC
9 4 (10.81%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 3 (8.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 19 (51.35%) Security Cleared
2 18 (48.65%) SC Cleared
3 13 (35.14%) CISSP
4 11 (29.73%) CISM
5 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
6 9 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (24.32%) Degree
7 7 (18.92%) CISA
7 7 (18.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (16.22%) GIAC
9 5 (13.51%) SSCP
10 4 (10.81%) ISACA
10 4 (10.81%) SANS
11 3 (8.11%) CEH
12 2 (5.41%) CRISC
13 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
13 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
13 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
13 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (32.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (24.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (24.32%) NIST
3 4 (10.81%) JSP 440
3 4 (10.81%) NCSC
4 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.70%) Def Stans
5 1 (2.70%) GPG13
5 1 (2.70%) GRC
5 1 (2.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (2.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) vCloud
1 2 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (5.41%) vSphere
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Nessus
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
2 2 (5.41%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Splunk
3 2 (5.41%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow