Splunk Contracts

Splunk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Splunk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Splunk over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 165 237
Rank change year-on-year -72 +72 -2
Contract jobs citing Splunk 445 883 1,087
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.02% 1.59% 1.25%
As % of the Vendors category 2.40% 3.65% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 664 698
10th Percentile £401 £413 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £699 £650
90th Percentile £688 £798 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 10
10th Percentile - £51.70 £40.00
25th Percentile - £54.74 £47.96
Median hourly rate £40.00 £59.80 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.11% -4.32% +37.36%
75th Percentile - £60.25 £76.88
90th Percentile £45.25 £60.52 £77.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £59.80 £62.50
% change year-on-year -33.11% -4.32% +37.36%

All Vendors
UK

Splunk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,520 24,187 35,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.44% 43.54% 40.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,498 16,122 23,595
10th Percentile £270 £270 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,157 636 849
10th Percentile £12.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.38 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%

Splunk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Splunk over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England -76 357 £550 -8.33% 89
UK excluding London -33 215 £550 - 67
Work from Home -36 175 £533 -11.17% 55
London -101 156 £500 -20.00% 31
North of England -31 74 £550 - 14
Yorkshire -2 57 £550 - 5
South West -1 35 £550 +4.76% 4
South East -29 34 £533 -9.28% 17
Scotland +42 25 £555 -5.53% 11
Midlands +10 21 £488 -25.00% 12
East of England -6 20 £650 +30.00% 8
North West -44 17 £550 - 9
East Midlands +18 13 £481 -31.25% 10
West Midlands -5 8 £650 -1.89% 2
Wales +28 6 £645 -0.85%

Splunk
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 30 (6.74%) Confluence
2 21 (4.72%) CMS
3 20 (4.49%) SAS
4 9 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.35%) Apache
5 6 (1.35%) JBoss
6 5 (1.12%) Apache Spark
6 5 (1.12%) IBM Notes
6 5 (1.12%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.67%) nginx
8 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (1.57%) Trello
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 143 (32.13%) AWS
2 113 (25.39%) Azure
3 39 (8.76%) GCP
4 37 (8.31%) GitHub
5 26 (5.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 24 (5.39%) Amazon S3
7 22 (4.94%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (4.72%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (4.04%) PaaS
10 17 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (3.82%) Datadog
11 16 (3.60%) SaaS
12 14 (3.15%) OpenShift
12 14 (3.15%) Serverless
13 12 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (2.47%) Snowflake
15 10 (2.25%) Kong
16 9 (2.02%) AWS Step Functions
16 9 (2.02%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 53 (11.91%) Firewall
2 36 (8.09%) TCP/IP
3 32 (7.19%) DNS
4 22 (4.94%) HTTP
5 19 (4.27%) VPN
6 12 (2.70%) DHCP
7 10 (2.25%) Network Security
8 9 (2.02%) FTP
8 9 (2.02%) SSL
8 9 (2.02%) WAN
8 9 (2.02%) Wireshark
9 8 (1.80%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (1.80%) Reverse Proxy
9 8 (1.80%) SMTP
10 7 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (1.57%) Kerberos
10 7 (1.57%) VLAN
11 6 (1.35%) LAN
11 6 (1.35%) SD-WAN
11 6 (1.35%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.62%) Elasticsearch
1 25 (5.62%) MySQL
2 22 (4.94%) Relational Database
2 22 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (3.37%) NoSQL
4 15 (3.37%) Tableau
5 12 (2.70%) RDBMS
6 9 (2.02%) DynamoDB
7 8 (1.80%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.80%) Power BI
8 7 (1.57%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.35%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.90%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.90%) Metadata
11 3 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (0.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 75 (16.85%) Jenkins
2 55 (12.36%) JIRA
3 47 (10.56%) Git
4 36 (8.09%) GitLab
5 21 (4.72%) SonarQube
6 14 (3.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 11 (2.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 11 (2.47%) Burp Suite
8 10 (2.25%) CircleCI
8 10 (2.25%) TeamCity
8 10 (2.25%) Travis CI
9 7 (1.57%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.57%) Maven
9 7 (1.57%) Selenium
10 6 (1.35%) AppScan
10 6 (1.35%) Gatling
10 6 (1.35%) JMeter
11 5 (1.12%) Bitbucket Server
11 5 (1.12%) CA Release Automation
11 5 (1.12%) Jaeger
General
1 93 (20.90%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.73%) Finance
3 52 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (11.69%) Banking
4 26 (5.84%) Public Sector
5 9 (2.02%) Retail
5 9 (2.02%) Telecoms
6 7 (1.57%) Legal
7 6 (1.35%) Front Office
7 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.67%) Aviation
9 3 (0.67%) Games
9 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.45%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.45%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Law
Job Titles
1 61 (13.71%) Analyst
2 45 (10.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (9.66%) Developer
4 42 (9.44%) Security Engineer
5 39 (8.76%) Senior
6 38 (8.54%) Splunk Engineer
7 35 (7.87%) SOC Analyst
8 30 (6.74%) Lead
9 28 (6.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 26 (5.84%) AWS Engineer
11 24 (5.39%) Architect
12 22 (4.94%) Site Engineer
13 20 (4.49%) Python Developer
14 15 (3.37%) Automation Engineer
14 15 (3.37%) Programmer
14 15 (3.37%) Systems Programmer
14 15 (3.37%) z/OS Systems Programmer
15 14 (3.15%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (3.15%) Data Analyst
15 14 (3.15%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (9.21%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (5.39%) ISPF
3 23 (5.17%) Kafka
4 20 (4.49%) JSON
4 20 (4.49%) REST
5 13 (2.92%) HTML
6 12 (2.70%) LDAP
7 11 (2.47%) Spring Boot
8 10 (2.25%) YAML
9 9 (2.02%) Lambda Expressions
9 9 (2.02%) XML
10 7 (1.57%) CSS
11 6 (1.35%) Swagger
12 5 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
12 5 (1.12%) LangChain
12 5 (1.12%) OLE
12 5 (1.12%) scikit-learn
12 5 (1.12%) TensorFlow
12 5 (1.12%) Torch
12 5 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.84%) Mainframe
1 26 (5.84%) Public Cloud
2 25 (5.62%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (4.94%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.27%) Onboarding
5 18 (4.04%) Data Structures
6 16 (3.60%) Cyberattack
7 15 (3.37%) Clustering
8 14 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (2.92%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (2.02%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 8 (1.80%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.80%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 109 (24.49%) Linux
2 96 (21.57%) Windows
3 28 (6.29%) zOS
4 22 (4.94%) Unix
5 18 (4.04%) Windows Server
6 15 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.57%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (1.12%) Solaris
9 3 (0.67%) CentOS
10 2 (0.45%) Android
10 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (30.11%) DevOps
2 96 (21.57%) Agile
3 78 (17.53%) CI/CD
4 74 (16.63%) Cybersecurity
5 64 (14.38%) Incident Response
5 64 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (14.16%) SIEM
7 45 (10.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 44 (9.89%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (9.44%) Security Operations
10 39 (8.76%) Use Case
11 34 (7.64%) Continuous Integration
12 33 (7.42%) Project Management
12 33 (7.42%) Scrum
13 32 (7.19%) Containerisation
14 30 (6.74%) Microservices
14 30 (6.74%) Vulnerability Management
15 29 (6.52%) Analytics
15 29 (6.52%) Migration
16 28 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (37.30%) Python
2 58 (13.03%) SQL
3 49 (11.01%) Bash
3 49 (11.01%) Java
4 47 (10.56%) PowerShell
5 35 (7.87%) Go
6 28 (6.29%) JavaScript
7 24 (5.39%) JCL
8 21 (4.72%) REXX
9 18 (4.04%) Search Processing Language
10 16 (3.60%) Ruby
11 15 (3.37%) Assembly Language
11 15 (3.37%) Shell Script
12 14 (3.15%) Perl
13 9 (2.02%) Groovy
14 8 (1.80%) C
14 8 (1.80%) C++
14 8 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.90%) C#
15 4 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 68 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 45 (10.11%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.52%) Degree
4 12 (2.70%) CISSP
5 9 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.12%) SANS
8 4 (0.90%) CCNP
8 4 (0.90%) CISM
9 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.67%) CCDP
9 3 (0.67%) CCNA
9 3 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.45%) CCSP
10 2 (0.45%) GIAC
10 2 (0.45%) ISSEP
10 2 (0.45%) Linux+ Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.45%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.54%) QA
2 22 (4.94%) NIST
3 16 (3.60%) GDPR
4 15 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.80%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.12%) NCSC
6 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (0.90%) SLA
8 3 (0.67%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.67%) GRC
8 3 (0.67%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.45%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.22%) COBIT
10 1 (0.22%) COSO
10 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (17.98%) Docker
2 18 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.82%) Time Sharing Option
4 15 (3.37%) ACF2
4 15 (3.37%) RACF
5 6 (1.35%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 6 (1.35%) Snort
6 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.45%) XenApp
7 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (22.02%) Kubernetes
2 83 (18.65%) Terraform
3 72 (16.18%) Ansible
4 50 (11.24%) Grafana
5 49 (11.01%) Prometheus
6 34 (7.64%) Kibana
7 33 (7.42%) Puppet
8 31 (6.97%) Progress Chef
9 19 (4.27%) logstash
10 18 (4.04%) Nagios
11 17 (3.82%) OMEGAMON
12 14 (3.15%) Graylog
13 13 (2.92%) Nessus
14 12 (2.70%) HP Fortify
15 11 (2.47%) Opsgenie
16 10 (2.25%) Docker Swarm
17 8 (1.80%) Netcool
17 8 (1.80%) Podman
17 8 (1.80%) SCCM
18 7 (1.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 74 (16.63%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.07%) Dynatrace
3 23 (5.17%) Cisco
3 23 (5.17%) IBM
4 21 (4.72%) VMware
5 20 (4.49%) FireEye
6 19 (4.27%) LogRhythm
7 18 (4.04%) AppDynamics
7 18 (4.04%) Darktrace
8 17 (3.82%) Broadcom
8 17 (3.82%) CyberArk
8 17 (3.82%) New Relic
9 15 (3.37%) Oracle
10 13 (2.92%) Adobe
10 13 (2.92%) Qualys
10 13 (2.92%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (2.47%) Palo Alto
12 10 (2.25%) F5
12 10 (2.25%) PagerDuty