Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 231 369
Rank change year-on-year -105 +138 -43
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 857 1,622 1,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.64% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.71% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 703 739 992
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,262
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,719 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIEM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the UK

SIEM
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
England -52 796 £65,000 +2.36% 207
UK excluding London -162 484 £60,000 +4.35% 147
London +64 352 £67,500 - 97
Work from Home -4 323 £60,000 -7.69% 110
South East -82 145 £57,500 - 51
North of England 0 143 £53,750 +2.38% 42
South West -62 77 £90,000 +34.23% 14
Yorkshire +75 62 £60,000 +50.00% 26
North West -65 58 £47,000 -18.97% 15
Midlands -131 38 £52,500 -12.50% 14
East of England -13 35 £62,500 +4.17% 6
Scotland -179 25 £47,000 -27.69% 15
North East +14 23 £42,500 -37.04% 1
West Midlands -69 23 £47,000 -29.06% 11
East Midlands -63 15 £52,500 +10.53% 3
Wales -39 13 £58,750 +6.82% 3
Northern Ireland +13 6 £90,000 +176.92% 2
Isle of Man -17 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

SIEM
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 40 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 28 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.75%) IIS
4 2 (0.23%) Apache
4 2 (0.23%) CMS
4 2 (0.23%) Confluence
4 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 295 (34.42%) Azure
2 153 (17.85%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (14.94%) AWS
4 77 (8.98%) Azure Sentinel
5 45 (5.25%) Cloud Computing
6 37 (4.32%) SaaS
7 35 (4.08%) Entra ID
8 26 (3.03%) GCP
9 24 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (2.33%) PaaS
11 19 (2.22%) IaaS
12 14 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (1.17%) Power Platform
14 8 (0.93%) Azure AKS
15 7 (0.82%) Amazon S3
15 7 (0.82%) GitHub
16 6 (0.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 6 (0.70%) Twilio
17 5 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
17 5 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 311 (36.29%) Firewall
2 141 (16.45%) Network Security
3 103 (12.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 66 (7.70%) WAN
5 64 (7.47%) TCP/IP
6 62 (7.23%) LAN
7 52 (6.07%) DNS
7 52 (6.07%) Internet
8 33 (3.85%) VPN
9 31 (3.62%) DKIM
9 31 (3.62%) DMARC
10 28 (3.27%) Wireshark
11 26 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
12 25 (2.92%) SD-WAN
13 20 (2.33%) Wireless
14 14 (1.63%) DHCP
15 12 (1.40%) VLAN
16 11 (1.28%) WLAN
17 10 (1.17%) BGP
17 10 (1.17%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.05%) Power BI
3 6 (0.70%) Hadoop
4 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.23%) Big Data
6 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.23%) Redis
7 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (1.63%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.40%) JIRA
3 3 (0.35%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.12%) Git
4 1 (0.12%) Snyk
General
1 191 (22.29%) Social Skills
2 172 (20.07%) Finance
3 120 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (7.23%) Law
5 54 (6.30%) Banking
6 37 (4.32%) Military
7 35 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 31 (3.62%) Legal
9 30 (3.50%) Games
10 24 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (2.68%) Aerospace
11 23 (2.68%) Retail
12 14 (1.63%) Marketing
13 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.05%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.47%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.47%) Police
18 3 (0.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 359 (41.89%) Analyst
2 232 (27.07%) Security Analyst
3 146 (17.04%) Senior
4 123 (14.35%) Security Engineer
5 109 (12.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 88 (10.27%) SOC Analyst
7 82 (9.57%) Lead
8 79 (9.22%) Senior Analyst
9 69 (8.05%) Consultant
10 64 (7.47%) Architect
11 61 (7.12%) Information Analyst
11 61 (7.12%) Information Security Analyst
11 61 (7.12%) Security Consultant
12 49 (5.72%) IT Analyst
12 49 (5.72%) IT Security Analyst
13 48 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 46 (5.37%) Senior Security Analyst
15 40 (4.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 37 (4.32%) Security Manager
17 33 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (1.40%) Fluent Bit
3 5 (0.58%) Kafka
3 5 (0.58%) Web Services
4 4 (0.47%) REST
5 3 (0.35%) OAuth
5 3 (0.35%) Sass
5 3 (0.35%) web3js
6 2 (0.23%) .NET
6 2 (0.23%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.23%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.23%) EDI
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.23%) Next.js
6 2 (0.23%) Node.js
6 2 (0.23%) OpenID
6 2 (0.23%) React
6 2 (0.23%) RESTful
6 2 (0.23%) SAML
7 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 150 (17.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 119 (13.89%) Management Information System
3 104 (12.14%) Cyber Threat
4 79 (9.22%) Cyberattack
5 62 (7.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 61 (7.12%) Security Posture
7 56 (6.53%) Cyber Defence
8 27 (3.15%) Data Centre
9 25 (2.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (2.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 21 (2.45%) IoT
12 20 (2.33%) Onboarding
12 20 (2.33%) Operational Technology
13 19 (2.22%) Client/Server
13 19 (2.22%) Cyber Security Posture
14 17 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
15 16 (1.87%) PKI
16 11 (1.28%) Cloud Native
17 10 (1.17%) Public Cloud
17 10 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 173 (20.19%) Windows
2 88 (10.27%) Linux
3 67 (7.82%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.98%) Unix
5 16 (1.87%) Android
5 16 (1.87%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.40%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.70%) Mac OS X
9 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.58%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.47%) CentOS
11 4 (0.47%) Solaris
11 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.47%) zOS
12 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.23%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
2 321 (37.46%) Security Operations
3 262 (30.57%) Incident Response
4 254 (29.64%) Information Security
5 215 (25.09%) Vulnerability Management
6 150 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (14.82%) Cloud Security
8 111 (12.95%) Incident Management
9 104 (12.14%) SOAR
10 92 (10.74%) Threat Intelligence
11 90 (10.50%) Identity Access Management
12 84 (9.80%) Security Architecture
12 84 (9.80%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 81 (9.45%) ITIL
14 78 (9.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 78 (9.10%) Data Loss Prevention
15 77 (8.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 72 (8.40%) Kalman Filter
17 69 (8.05%) Penetration Testing
18 66 (7.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 95 (11.09%) Python
2 80 (9.33%) PowerShell
3 47 (5.48%) SQL
4 38 (4.43%) Bash
5 13 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (0.58%) Java
6 5 (0.58%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.23%) C#
7 2 (0.23%) VBScript
8 1 (0.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 222 (25.90%) Security Cleared
2 194 (22.64%) CISSP
3 133 (15.52%) Degree
4 110 (12.84%) DV Cleared
5 107 (12.49%) SC Cleared
6 58 (6.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 57 (6.65%) CISM
8 49 (5.72%) Cisco Certification
9 48 (5.60%) CEH
10 44 (5.13%) CISA
11 43 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (4.43%) CCSP
13 32 (3.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 30 (3.50%) SANS
15 29 (3.38%) Master's Degree
16 26 (3.03%) CompTIA CySA+
17 25 (2.92%) SSCP
18 24 (2.80%) Azure Certification
19 21 (2.45%) GIAC
20 20 (2.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (23.22%) NIST
2 193 (22.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 71 (8.28%) PCI DSS
4 47 (5.48%) GDPR
5 41 (4.78%) NCSC
6 30 (3.50%) SOC 2
7 24 (2.80%) GRC
8 21 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (2.22%) NIST 800
10 14 (1.63%) HIPAA
11 12 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 11 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.70%) COBIT
14 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
14 5 (0.58%) QA
15 4 (0.47%) SLA
16 3 (0.35%) HMG Infosec
16 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.35%) JSP 440
System Software
1 74 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 34 (3.97%) vSphere
3 30 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (1.28%) VMware Workstation
7 10 (1.17%) Hyper-V
8 9 (1.05%) Docker
8 9 (1.05%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) Snort
10 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (6.18%) CASB
2 34 (3.97%) QRadar
3 33 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (2.22%) CSIRT
5 18 (2.10%) Nessus
6 17 (1.98%) Kubernetes
6 17 (1.98%) logstash
7 15 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.63%) Nmap
8 14 (1.63%) Terraform
9 12 (1.40%) Ansible
9 12 (1.40%) Fluentd
9 12 (1.40%) WSUS
10 9 (1.05%) SCOM
11 5 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.58%) Suricata
12 4 (0.47%) SCCM
13 3 (0.35%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.23%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 218 (25.44%) Microsoft
2 129 (15.05%) Splunk
3 47 (5.48%) Cisco
4 36 (4.20%) Qualys
5 35 (4.08%) Juniper
5 35 (4.08%) SolarWinds
6 33 (3.85%) VMware
7 31 (3.62%) Rapid7
8 28 (3.27%) Tanium
8 28 (3.27%) Tripwire
9 23 (2.68%) ServiceNow
10 22 (2.57%) IBM
11 21 (2.45%) McAfee
12 16 (1.87%) ArcSight
12 16 (1.87%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.63%) CheckPoint
13 14 (1.63%) Thycotic
14 13 (1.52%) Carbon Black
14 13 (1.52%) Darktrace
14 13 (1.52%) Fortinet