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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 98 101
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +51
Contract jobs citing SIEM 24 21 30
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.28% 1.13% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.24% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 25
10th Percentile £415 £479 £419
25th Percentile £463 £531 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £613 £700 £650
90th Percentile £637 £723 £925
Central London median daily rate £525 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.80% -4.58%

All Process & 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 1,671 1,700 2,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.98% 91.84% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,034 1,570
10th Percentile £350 £363 £352
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -3.36%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -6.09% +1.77% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 13
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -21.43%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £69.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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 27 January 2026.

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 6 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) OCI
5 2 (8.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
5 2 (8.33%) IaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.17%) Amazon ECR
6 1 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure AKS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
6 1 (4.17%) PaaS
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
1 4 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.17%) BGP
3 1 (4.17%) Broadband
3 1 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
3 1 (4.17%) OSPF
3 1 (4.17%) SSL
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.17%) VPN
3 1 (4.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Burp Suite
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Local Government
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Architect
1 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.33%) CyberArk Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Junior
4 2 (8.33%) Junior Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Principal Security Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Salesforce Architect
5 1 (4.17%) SIEM Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) SOC Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.17%) Kafka
2 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) SAML
2 1 (4.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Windows
3 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.17%) Kali Linux
4 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (29.17%) Cloud Security
2 7 (29.17%) Security Operations
3 6 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (20.83%) Zero Trust
5 4 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 4 (16.67%) DevOps
5 4 (16.67%) RBAC
5 4 (16.67%) SOAR
5 4 (16.67%) Threat Detection
6 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 3 (12.50%) Information Security
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (12.50%) Project Management
6 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.50%) Security Architecture
6 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.17%) Bash
3 1 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) CISSP
3 2 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
3 2 (8.33%) CISM
3 2 (8.33%) CISMP
3 2 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.17%) CCSP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) OSCP
4 1 (4.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (33.33%) NIST
3 3 (12.50%) GDPR
3 3 (12.50%) NCSC
4 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.33%) NIST 800
4 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
5 1 (4.17%) PMO
5 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Docker
3 1 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Terraform
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.17%) Icinga
3 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.17%) logstash
3 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 6 (25.00%) LogRhythm
3 3 (12.50%) Splunk
4 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.33%) McAfee
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle
4 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.33%) Trend Micro
5 1 (4.17%) BT
5 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.17%) VMware
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler