Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 209 372
Rank change year-on-year -119 +163 -43
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 869 1,662 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.81% 1.77% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.86% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 701 744 1,034
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,163 £38,367
25th Percentile £49,125 £47,500 £48,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £83,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,606 89,460 164,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.05% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,082 54,032 83,742
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,950 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England -69 809 £65,000 +4.00% 168
UK excluding London -203 478 £60,000 +4.35% 113
London +47 367 £70,000 +7.69% 68
Work from Home -19 315 £60,000 -7.69% 79
North of England -33 145 £56,500 +7.62% 37
South East -108 143 £57,500 - 27
South West -64 82 £90,000 +28.57% 12
Yorkshire +54 63 £65,000 +62.50% 15
North West -75 58 £47,500 -18.10% 22
East of England -23 33 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Midlands -155 32 £52,500 -5.41% 15
North East +6 24 £42,500 -40.35%
Scotland -192 23 £47,000 -17.10% 15
West Midlands -89 19 £52,500 -19.23% 11
East Midlands -88 13 £52,500 +10.53% 4
Wales -51 11 £58,750 +6.82% 1
Northern Ireland +6 6 £90,000 +176.92% 2
Isle of Man -16 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

SIEM
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 26 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.27%) IIS
4 2 (0.23%) Apache
4 2 (0.23%) CMS
4 2 (0.23%) Confluence
5 1 (0.12%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 289 (33.26%) Azure
2 145 (16.69%) Microsoft 365
3 134 (15.42%) AWS
4 72 (8.29%) Azure Sentinel
5 43 (4.95%) Cloud Computing
6 36 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.14%) SaaS
7 26 (2.99%) GCP
8 23 (2.65%) IaaS
9 22 (2.53%) PaaS
10 21 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (2.19%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.04%) Azure AKS
14 7 (0.81%) Amazon S3
14 7 (0.81%) GitHub
15 6 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.69%) Twilio
16 5 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 5 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 323 (37.17%) Firewall
2 149 (17.15%) Network Security
3 118 (13.58%) Intrusion Detection
4 71 (8.17%) WAN
5 67 (7.71%) LAN
6 62 (7.13%) TCP/IP
7 47 (5.41%) DNS
7 47 (5.41%) Internet
8 38 (4.37%) VPN
9 27 (3.11%) Wireshark
10 26 (2.99%) SD-WAN
10 26 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (2.76%) DKIM
11 24 (2.76%) DMARC
12 21 (2.42%) Wireless
13 14 (1.61%) DHCP
14 13 (1.50%) VLAN
14 13 (1.50%) VoIP
15 12 (1.38%) BGP
16 11 (1.27%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.07%) Power BI
2 15 (1.73%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.69%) Hadoop
5 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.35%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.23%) Big Data
8 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (1.61%) Jenkins
2 13 (1.50%) JIRA
3 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
3 3 (0.35%) Git
4 1 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 192 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 184 (21.17%) Finance
3 124 (14.27%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.25%) Law
5 54 (6.21%) Banking
6 38 (4.37%) Military
7 33 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 32 (3.68%) Legal
9 29 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.65%) Games
10 23 (2.65%) Retail
11 22 (2.53%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.38%) Marketing
13 10 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.46%) Advertising
17 4 (0.46%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 356 (40.97%) Analyst
2 229 (26.35%) Security Analyst
3 161 (18.53%) Senior
4 131 (15.07%) Security Engineer
5 99 (11.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 89 (10.24%) Lead
7 87 (10.01%) Senior Analyst
7 87 (10.01%) SOC Analyst
8 75 (8.63%) Consultant
9 68 (7.83%) Security Consultant
10 58 (6.67%) Architect
11 57 (6.56%) Information Analyst
11 57 (6.56%) Information Security Analyst
12 54 (6.21%) Senior Security Analyst
13 51 (5.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 50 (5.75%) IT Analyst
14 50 (5.75%) IT Security Analyst
15 45 (5.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 38 (4.37%) Senior Security Engineer
17 32 (3.68%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (1.27%) Fluent Bit
3 5 (0.58%) Kafka
3 5 (0.58%) Web Services
4 4 (0.46%) LDAP
4 4 (0.46%) OAuth
4 4 (0.46%) REST
5 3 (0.35%) OpenID
5 3 (0.35%) SAML
5 3 (0.35%) Sass
5 3 (0.35%) web3js
6 2 (0.23%) .NET
6 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.23%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.23%) EDI
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.23%) Next.js
6 2 (0.23%) Node.js
6 2 (0.23%) React
6 2 (0.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 154 (17.72%) Security Operations Centre
2 128 (14.73%) Management Information System
3 98 (11.28%) Cyber Threat
4 76 (8.75%) Cyberattack
5 72 (8.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 67 (7.71%) Cyber Defence
7 62 (7.13%) Security Posture
8 28 (3.22%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.76%) Onboarding
10 22 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 20 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 19 (2.19%) Client/Server
12 19 (2.19%) Cyber Security Posture
12 19 (2.19%) IoT
13 16 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.84%) Operational Technology
14 15 (1.73%) Cloud Native
14 15 (1.73%) PKI
15 10 (1.15%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 178 (20.48%) Windows
2 90 (10.36%) Linux
3 71 (8.17%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.42%) Unix
5 13 (1.50%) Android
5 13 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.38%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (0.81%) CentOS
10 6 (0.69%) Mac OS X
10 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.58%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.46%) Solaris
12 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.46%) Windows XP
12 4 (0.46%) zOS
13 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
14 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.23%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (71.23%) Cybersecurity
2 315 (36.25%) Security Operations
3 282 (32.45%) Incident Response
4 263 (30.26%) Information Security
5 209 (24.05%) Vulnerability Management
6 160 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
7 131 (15.07%) Cloud Security
8 128 (14.73%) Incident Management
9 97 (11.16%) SOAR
9 97 (11.16%) Threat Intelligence
10 92 (10.59%) Data Loss Prevention
11 86 (9.90%) Identity Access Management
12 84 (9.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 84 (9.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 81 (9.32%) Security Architecture
14 79 (9.09%) ITIL
15 77 (8.86%) Kalman Filter
16 75 (8.63%) Mentoring
16 75 (8.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 72 (8.29%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 103 (11.85%) Python
2 85 (9.78%) PowerShell
3 50 (5.75%) SQL
4 37 (4.26%) Bash
5 14 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (0.92%) Java
7 5 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.23%) C#
8 2 (0.23%) Perl
9 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 212 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 208 (23.94%) CISSP
3 132 (15.19%) Degree
4 110 (12.66%) DV Cleared
5 100 (11.51%) SC Cleared
6 74 (8.52%) CISM
7 55 (6.33%) CISA
7 55 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 47 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 46 (5.29%) CEH
10 39 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (3.34%) CCSP
11 29 (3.34%) CompTIA CySA+
12 27 (3.11%) Master's Degree
13 26 (2.99%) SANS
14 23 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 23 (2.65%) Azure Certification
15 22 (2.53%) GIAC
15 22 (2.53%) SSCP
16 20 (2.30%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (23.13%) NIST
2 188 (21.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 69 (7.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (7.94%) PCI DSS
4 45 (5.18%) GDPR
5 40 (4.60%) NCSC
6 25 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 25 (2.88%) SOC 2
7 24 (2.76%) GRC
8 22 (2.53%) NIST 800
9 16 (1.84%) HIPAA
10 12 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 11 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 9 (1.04%) COBIT
13 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
13 5 (0.58%) QA
14 4 (0.46%) SLA
15 3 (0.35%) HMG Infosec
15 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 74 (8.52%) Active Directory
2 38 (4.37%) vSphere
3 29 (3.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
7 10 (1.15%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.04%) Docker
8 9 (1.04%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 51 (5.87%) CASB
2 34 (3.91%) QRadar
3 27 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (2.65%) Ansible
5 21 (2.42%) Kubernetes
6 20 (2.30%) Nessus
7 19 (2.19%) Terraform
8 18 (2.07%) CSIRT
9 17 (1.96%) logstash
10 15 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.38%) WSUS
12 11 (1.27%) Fluentd
12 11 (1.27%) Nmap
13 9 (1.04%) SCOM
14 5 (0.58%) Suricata
15 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.46%) SCCM
16 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
16 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
16 3 (0.35%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 218 (25.09%) Microsoft
2 127 (14.61%) Splunk
3 51 (5.87%) Cisco
4 38 (4.37%) SolarWinds
4 38 (4.37%) VMware
5 35 (4.03%) Juniper
6 34 (3.91%) Qualys
7 32 (3.68%) Tripwire
8 31 (3.57%) Tanium
9 29 (3.34%) ServiceNow
10 28 (3.22%) Rapid7
11 24 (2.76%) McAfee
12 22 (2.53%) IBM
13 18 (2.07%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.96%) ArcSight
14 17 (1.96%) Carbon Black
15 16 (1.84%) Atlassian
16 15 (1.73%) CheckPoint
16 15 (1.73%) Fortinet
17 14 (1.61%) CyberArk