SIEM Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 179 162 225
Rank change year-on-year -17 +63 -23
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 72 86 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.97% 1.54% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.63% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 58 19 54
10th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £61,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +64.71% -40.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,625 £87,500 £82,125
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,750 £57,600
% change year-on-year +3.90% +0.26% -6.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,117 5,275 7,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.61% 94.70% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 2,984 3,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the Thames Valley

SIEM
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Thames Valley 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +1 39 £60,000 -9.43% 4
Buckinghamshire -17 32 £42,500 -50.00% 1
Oxfordshire -9 1 £36,500 -39.17% 1
SIEM
South East

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 32 (44.44%) Azure
2 20 (27.78%) Azure Sentinel
2 20 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) AWS
3 6 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub
4 1 (1.39%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (44.44%) Firewall
2 24 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (15.28%) Internet
4 8 (11.11%) Network Security
5 6 (8.33%) DKIM
5 6 (8.33%) DMARC
5 6 (8.33%) DNS
6 5 (6.94%) VPN
7 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.78%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.78%) WAN
9 1 (1.39%) LAN
9 1 (1.39%) tcpdump
9 1 (1.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.33%) Power BI
2 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) Hadoop
General
1 26 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.17%) Retail
4 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (40.28%) Analyst
2 21 (29.17%) SOC Analyst
3 12 (16.67%) Architect
4 11 (15.28%) Lead
5 10 (13.89%) Senior
6 7 (9.72%) Security Analyst
6 7 (9.72%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Information Analyst
7 6 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
7 6 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (8.33%) SOC Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Security Architect
8 5 (6.94%) SIEM Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Splunk Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Network Architect
10 3 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Consultant
10 3 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (34.72%) Management Information System
2 21 (29.17%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (27.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (18.06%) Client/Server
5 10 (13.89%) Cyberattack
6 8 (11.11%) Data Centre
7 6 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (8.33%) Security Posture
8 5 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (6.94%) iPad
8 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
9 4 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (4.17%) IoT
10 3 (4.17%) Private Cloud
11 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
11 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (6.94%) Kali Linux
3 4 (5.56%) Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (59.72%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (55.56%) Security Operations
3 33 (45.83%) Incident Response
4 24 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 22 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (25.00%) Information Security
7 15 (20.83%) Cloud Security
8 13 (18.06%) SOAR
8 13 (18.06%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (13.89%) Use Case
10 8 (11.11%) Application Security
10 8 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 8 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (9.72%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 7 (9.72%) Threat Detection
12 6 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
12 6 (8.33%) Data Protection
12 6 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
12 6 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 6 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.72%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (6.94%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) Degree
2 26 (36.11%) CISSP
3 20 (27.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (26.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (18.06%) Security Cleared
6 10 (13.89%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (6.94%) AWS Certification
8 5 (6.94%) Azure Certification
9 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
9 3 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (2.78%) CCNA
10 2 (2.78%) CCNP
10 2 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.78%) CISM
10 2 (2.78%) GCFA
10 2 (2.78%) GCFE
10 2 (2.78%) GCIA
10 2 (2.78%) OSCP
10 2 (2.78%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (18.06%) NIST
3 11 (15.28%) PCI DSS
4 5 (6.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.78%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.39%) COBIT
7 1 (1.39%) IASME
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.39%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) CASB
2 5 (6.94%) Suricata
3 1 (1.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.39%) Nessus
3 1 (1.39%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.39%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 28 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.78%) Splunk
3 9 (12.50%) McAfee
4 6 (8.33%) Cisco
4 6 (8.33%) Rapid7
5 5 (6.94%) Juniper
5 5 (6.94%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.17%) Computacenter
6 3 (4.17%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.78%) VMware
8 1 (1.39%) AlienVault
8 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.39%) Citrix