SIEM Contracts in England

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIEM over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 173 325
Rank change year-on-year +16 +152 -15
Contract jobs citing SIEM 582 711 594
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.55% 1.51% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.68% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 526 435
10th Percentile £425 £431 £400
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £786 £795
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £588
% change year-on-year - +2.13% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 6
10th Percentile - - £56.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £72.50 £58.01
Median hourly rate £48.75 £75.00 £65.80
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +13.98% +31.60%
75th Percentile £72.50 £77.75 £69.31
90th Percentile £76.78 £79.10 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £48.75 £75.00 £65.80
% change year-on-year -35.00% +13.98% +31.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Daily rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIEM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SIEM in England

SIEM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SIEM in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SIEM in England

SIEM
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +6 194 £600 -7.69% 67
South West +50 153 £582 +10.86% 12
South East +22 117 £625 +8.70% 30
Midlands +23 78 £584 +1.57% 25
West Midlands +30 76 £584 +1.57% 20
North of England -67 37 £582 +5.82% 38
Yorkshire -22 22 £800 +39.13% 17
North West -42 15 £544 -1.09% 21
East of England +6 4 £600 -9.43% 3
East Midlands -8 2 £596 -1.65% 5
SIEM
UK

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (1.37%) Confluence
2 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.52%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 96 (16.49%) Azure
2 55 (9.45%) AWS
3 28 (4.81%) Azure Sentinel
4 23 (3.95%) SaaS
5 18 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.23%) Entra ID
6 13 (2.23%) GCP
6 13 (2.23%) IaaS
7 11 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (1.20%) AWS CloudTrail
10 5 (0.86%) PaaS
11 4 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 3 (0.52%) AWS KMS
12 3 (0.52%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.34%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 105 (18.04%) Firewall
2 68 (11.68%) Network Security
3 29 (4.98%) Intrusion Detection
4 22 (3.78%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.61%) SD-WAN
6 15 (2.58%) DNS
6 15 (2.58%) WAN
7 12 (2.06%) Cisco ISE
8 10 (1.72%) DHCP
9 9 (1.55%) HTTP
10 6 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (1.03%) VPN
11 5 (0.86%) LAN
12 4 (0.69%) FTP
12 4 (0.69%) HTTPS
12 4 (0.69%) SMTP
13 3 (0.52%) Internet
13 3 (0.52%) IPsec
13 3 (0.52%) POP3
13 3 (0.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.70%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (3.09%) Big Data
3 4 (0.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.34%) Power BI
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.17%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.17%) MySQL
5 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (2.41%) JIRA
2 3 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 142 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.84%) Finance
3 79 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.56%) Banking
5 36 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 18 (3.09%) Legal
7 17 (2.92%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.75%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.89%) Military
10 4 (0.69%) Retail
11 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.34%) Electronics
12 2 (0.34%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.34%) Law
12 2 (0.34%) Marketing
12 2 (0.34%) Police
12 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 159 (27.32%) Analyst
2 88 (15.12%) Security Engineer
3 77 (13.23%) SOC Analyst
4 60 (10.31%) Architect
5 53 (9.11%) Consultant
6 50 (8.59%) SIEM Engineer
7 40 (6.87%) Lead
8 36 (6.19%) Senior
9 33 (5.67%) Security Analyst
9 33 (5.67%) Security Consultant
10 30 (5.15%) Network Architect
11 27 (4.64%) SOC Engineer
12 25 (4.30%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
13 23 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 23 (3.95%) Security Architect
14 21 (3.61%) ArcSight Engineer
14 21 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 20 (3.44%) Network Engineer
16 17 (2.92%) Cyber Threat Analyst
16 17 (2.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (5.67%) Elastic Stack
2 18 (3.09%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (2.06%) OpenID
4 8 (1.37%) JWT
4 8 (1.37%) SAML
5 6 (1.03%) OAuth
6 4 (0.69%) JSON
6 4 (0.69%) Regular Expression
7 3 (0.52%) Kafka
7 3 (0.52%) XML
8 2 (0.34%) Ajax
8 2 (0.34%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.34%) CSS
8 2 (0.34%) HTML
8 2 (0.34%) REST
8 2 (0.34%) RESTful
8 2 (0.34%) SOAP
8 2 (0.34%) Web Services
8 2 (0.34%) YAML
9 1 (0.17%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 128 (21.99%) Cyber Threat
2 115 (19.76%) Cyber Defence
3 98 (16.84%) Management Information System
4 89 (15.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 70 (12.03%) Security Operations Centre
6 37 (6.36%) Security Posture
7 27 (4.64%) CSOC
8 23 (3.95%) Distributed Applications
9 22 (3.78%) PKI
10 15 (2.58%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.58%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 9 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.55%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.37%) Onboarding
15 7 (1.20%) Cyberattack
16 6 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (1.03%) Private Cloud
17 5 (0.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.78%) Linux
2 77 (13.23%) Windows
3 30 (5.15%) Unix
4 21 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (3.09%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.75%) Android
6 16 (2.75%) Apple iOS
7 12 (2.06%) Mac OS X
8 11 (1.89%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.34%) zOS
10 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (55.33%) Cybersecurity
2 188 (32.30%) Incident Response
3 173 (29.73%) Security Operations
4 137 (23.54%) Information Security
5 125 (21.48%) Use Case
6 112 (19.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 106 (18.21%) Threat Intelligence
8 105 (18.04%) SOAR
9 101 (17.35%) Incident Management
10 94 (16.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 94 (16.15%) Vulnerability Management
11 79 (13.57%) Mentoring
12 76 (13.06%) Protective Monitoring
13 72 (12.37%) Cloud Security
14 66 (11.34%) Security Architecture
15 62 (10.65%) Analytics
16 61 (10.48%) Root Cause Analysis
17 55 (9.45%) Case Management
18 52 (8.93%) Data Loss Prevention
19 50 (8.59%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.56%) PowerShell
2 28 (4.81%) Python
3 15 (2.58%) Java
3 15 (2.58%) Kusto Query Language
4 13 (2.23%) C#
5 8 (1.37%) Bash
5 8 (1.37%) R
6 5 (0.86%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.69%) SQL
7 4 (0.69%) VBScript
8 2 (0.34%) Bicep
9 1 (0.17%) Go
9 1 (0.17%) Perl
9 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 317 (54.47%) Security Cleared
2 231 (39.69%) DV Cleared
3 74 (12.71%) SC Cleared
4 69 (11.86%) Degree
5 67 (11.51%) CISSP
6 31 (5.33%) SANS
7 27 (4.64%) CISM
8 21 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (3.26%) CEH
10 17 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.75%) GIAC
12 14 (2.41%) CCNP
13 13 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.89%) CCNA
15 9 (1.55%) GCIH
16 8 (1.37%) CCIE
17 7 (1.20%) GCIA
18 6 (1.03%) CCSP
19 5 (0.86%) CCSA
20 4 (0.69%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (24.74%) NIST
2 72 (12.37%) NIST 800
3 63 (10.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (4.47%) GDPR
5 19 (3.26%) PCI DSS
6 18 (3.09%) Actionable Recommendations
7 16 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 14 (2.41%) HIPAA
9 10 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (1.20%) NCSC
11 6 (1.03%) GRC
12 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.52%) QA
14 2 (0.34%) COBIT
14 2 (0.34%) ISA99
14 2 (0.34%) SLA
15 1 (0.17%) GPG13
15 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.55%) iptables
5 7 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.20%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.03%) Docker
7 4 (0.69%) Snort
8 2 (0.34%) XenApp
9 1 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (5.67%) logstash
2 32 (5.50%) Kibana
3 18 (3.09%) Terraform
4 15 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.58%) QRadar
5 12 (2.06%) Nessus
6 11 (1.89%) SCCM
7 7 (1.20%) ArcSight ESM
7 7 (1.20%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.86%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.69%) Ansible
9 4 (0.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 4 (0.69%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 3 (0.52%) CASB
10 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.34%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.34%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.34%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 170 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.11%) Splunk
3 34 (5.84%) ArcSight
4 32 (5.50%) Cisco
4 32 (5.50%) LogRhythm
5 24 (4.12%) Qualys
6 18 (3.09%) Varonis
7 17 (2.92%) Forcepoint
7 17 (2.92%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.41%) Palo Alto
8 14 (2.41%) VMware
9 13 (2.23%) Tanium
10 12 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.72%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.72%) Fortinet
12 9 (1.55%) Rapid7
13 8 (1.37%) ServiceNow
14 7 (1.20%) F5
14 7 (1.20%) Veeam
15 6 (1.03%) AlgoSec