SIEM Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SIEM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 105 109
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +63
Contract jobs citing SIEM 22 17 39
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.31% 0.81% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 0.88% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 28
10th Percentile £444 £425 £443
25th Percentile £463 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.28% +3.16% -17.62%
75th Percentile £617 £594 £623
90th Percentile £653 £613 £661
Central London median daily rate £525 £552 £550
% change year-on-year -4.89% +0.41% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,586 1,921 2,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.52% 91.78% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,177 1,782
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £764 £785 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £578
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.43% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.05%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -37.06%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SIEM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SIEM job vacancy trend in the City of London

SIEM
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SIEM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SIEM

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in the City of London

SIEM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (22.73%) AWS
4 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (9.09%) Amazon S3
5 2 (9.09%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (9.09%) GCP
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (9.09%) SaaS
6 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.55%) IaaS
6 1 (4.55%) Nutanix
6 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
3 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (9.09%) SSL
3 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.09%) VPN
4 1 (4.55%) BGP
4 1 (4.55%) DNS
4 1 (4.55%) OSPF
4 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Law
6 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
1 6 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Architect
2 5 (22.73%) Security Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Security Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) Principal Security Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Technical Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Salesforce Architect
6 1 (4.55%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (4.55%) SAML
2 1 (4.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (13.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (9.09%) CSOC
3 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.55%) PKI
4 1 (4.55%) SCADA
4 1 (4.55%) STIX
4 1 (4.55%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Kali Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 9 (40.91%) Security Operations
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) SOAR
5 5 (22.73%) Migration
5 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 4 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
6 4 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
7 3 (13.64%) Change Management
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (13.64%) Information Security
7 3 (13.64%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
1 5 (22.73%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.55%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.09%) CISM
4 2 (9.09%) CISMP
4 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.55%) GCFA
5 1 (4.55%) GCIA
5 1 (4.55%) GCIH
5 1 (4.55%) GIAC
5 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) NIST
2 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (13.64%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) NCSC
5 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Docker
2 1 (4.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.55%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (40.91%) Splunk
3 4 (18.18%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) Fortinet
4 3 (13.64%) LogRhythm
4 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
5 2 (9.09%) CyberArk
5 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) AlgoSec
6 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.55%) Exabeam
6 1 (4.55%) MobileIron
6 1 (4.55%) Qualys
6 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.55%) Tufin
6 1 (4.55%) Zscaler