Splunk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Splunk products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Splunk over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Splunk, Inc.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 425 455
Rank change year-on-year -13 +30 -28
Permanent jobs citing Splunk 556 730 1,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.74% 0.81%
As % of the Vendors category 1.52% 1.75% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 286 455 607
10th Percentile £42,238 £42,544 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,970 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% - +7.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £94,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +8.33% -

All Vendors
UK

Splunk is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,536 41,710 62,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.57% 42.06% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 24,889 23,890 32,938
10th Percentile £26,742 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Splunk in the UK

Splunk
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Splunk 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
UK excluding London +28 420 £56,500 -13.08% 80
England -81 346 £60,000 -17.24% 107
Scotland +52 192 £90,000 +20.00% 12
Work from Home -119 142 £60,000 -17.24% 57
London -65 119 £72,500 -3.33% 53
North of England +26 96 £57,500 -0.54% 15
South East +1 67 £55,000 -8.33% 30
Yorkshire +81 49 £65,000 -6.40% 8
North West -30 32 £62,783 +14.40% 7
East of England +26 29 £60,000 +7.62% 10
North East +5 17 £52,500 -38.24%
South West -65 17 £50,000 -13.51% 8
Midlands -13 16 £50,000 -24.53% 6
East Midlands -1 11 £50,000 +5.26% 2
West Midlands +1 5 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Wales -1 1 - -
Isle of Man -17 1 - - 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 21 (3.78%) GemFire
2 9 (1.62%) Apache
3 7 (1.26%) Confluence
4 6 (1.08%) JBoss
4 6 (1.08%) nginx
5 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.90%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.90%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.72%) IIS
7 3 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.54%) SAS
8 2 (0.36%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 189 (33.99%) AWS
2 141 (25.36%) Datadog
3 133 (23.92%) Azure
4 77 (13.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 37 (6.65%) Azure Sentinel
6 33 (5.94%) IaaS
7 29 (5.22%) Cloud Computing
8 28 (5.04%) Amazon ECS
9 27 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.32%) GCP
12 22 (3.96%) GitHub
12 22 (3.96%) PaaS
13 21 (3.78%) BlazeMeter
14 15 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
14 15 (2.70%) SaaS
15 14 (2.52%) Serverless
16 13 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
17 12 (2.16%) OpenShift
18 11 (1.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (10.43%) Firewall
2 54 (9.71%) TCP/IP
3 41 (7.37%) Network Security
4 23 (4.14%) VPN
4 23 (4.14%) WAN
5 18 (3.24%) LAN
5 18 (3.24%) Wireshark
6 15 (2.70%) DNS
6 15 (2.70%) SNMP
7 13 (2.34%) SSH
8 10 (1.80%) SAN
9 9 (1.62%) Internet
9 9 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.08%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.08%) SSL
11 5 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.54%) IPv4
12 3 (0.54%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.99%) Relational Database
2 46 (8.27%) NoSQL
3 41 (7.37%) Apache Cassandra
4 29 (5.22%) CockroachDB
5 21 (3.78%) Hazelcast
5 21 (3.78%) MongoDB
6 18 (3.24%) MySQL
7 17 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (2.52%) SQL Server
10 12 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
11 11 (1.98%) Power BI
12 9 (1.62%) Redis
13 6 (1.08%) BigQuery
13 6 (1.08%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.90%) Pentaho
15 4 (0.72%) Big Data
15 4 (0.72%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 56 (10.07%) Jenkins
2 38 (6.83%) JUnit
3 32 (5.76%) GitLab
4 29 (5.22%) Jaeger
5 28 (5.04%) Git
6 27 (4.86%) JIRA
7 21 (3.78%) Bitbucket
8 16 (2.88%) Eclipse
9 11 (1.98%) Maven
10 10 (1.80%) JMeter
10 10 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
11 9 (1.62%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.44%) Selenium
12 8 (1.44%) TeamCity
13 6 (1.08%) Postman
14 4 (0.72%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.72%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.72%) Mockito
14 4 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
14 4 (0.72%) Robot Framework
General
1 280 (50.36%) Finance
2 210 (37.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 202 (36.33%) Law
4 179 (32.19%) Social Skills
5 96 (17.27%) Marketing
6 79 (14.21%) Banking
7 50 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
8 35 (6.29%) Investment Banking
9 33 (5.94%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.78%) Private Banking
11 19 (3.42%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.52%) Financial Institution
13 12 (2.16%) Legal
14 10 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.54%) Retail
17 3 (0.54%) Telecoms
18 2 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
18 2 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 165 (29.68%) Software Engineer
2 115 (20.68%) Lead
3 83 (14.93%) Senior
4 74 (13.31%) Analyst
5 73 (13.13%) Lead Software Engineer
6 62 (11.15%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (9.35%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 47 (8.45%) Java Engineer
8 47 (8.45%) Java Software Engineer
9 42 (7.55%) Security Engineer
10 41 (7.37%) SOC Analyst
11 33 (5.94%) Splunk Engineer
12 27 (4.86%) Architect
13 26 (4.68%) Support Engineer
14 24 (4.32%) Lead Cloud Engineer
14 24 (4.32%) Lead Java Engineer
15 23 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 20 (3.60%) Developer
16 20 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
16 20 (3.60%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (18.71%) OpenTelemetry
2 82 (14.75%) Spring
3 80 (14.39%) Kafka
4 67 (12.05%) Spring Boot
5 59 (10.61%) REST
6 32 (5.76%) HTML
6 32 (5.76%) JPA
7 28 (5.04%) .NET
8 22 (3.96%) Web Services
9 21 (3.78%) CSS
10 18 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
11 16 (2.88%) AngularJS
11 16 (2.88%) RESTful
12 13 (2.34%) Ajax
12 13 (2.34%) JDBC
12 13 (2.34%) ODBC
12 13 (2.34%) SOAP
12 13 (2.34%) XHTML
12 13 (2.34%) XML
13 12 (2.16%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 108 (19.42%) Cloud Native
2 98 (17.63%) Public Cloud
3 73 (13.13%) Management Information System
4 45 (8.09%) Algorithms
5 35 (6.29%) Security Operations Centre
6 33 (5.94%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (4.32%) Data Centre
8 21 (3.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (3.78%) Replication
9 20 (3.60%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.70%) Data Structures
11 13 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.34%) CMDB
11 13 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (2.16%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.80%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.62%) PKI
14 9 (1.62%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.62%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 120 (21.58%) Windows
2 94 (16.91%) Linux
3 56 (10.07%) Unix
4 22 (3.96%) Windows Server
5 14 (2.52%) Android
5 14 (2.52%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (1.62%) CentOS
7 9 (1.62%) Windows 10
7 9 (1.62%) zOS
8 8 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.08%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.08%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.08%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (0.90%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.90%) Solaris
11 3 (0.54%) AIX
12 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (43.17%) Agile
2 232 (41.73%) CI/CD
3 209 (37.59%) Software Engineering
4 167 (30.04%) Community of Practice
5 156 (28.06%) Operational Stability
6 150 (26.98%) SDLC
7 138 (24.82%) Observability
8 137 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
9 129 (23.20%) SIEM
10 126 (22.66%) Continuous Delivery
11 119 (21.40%) Artificial Intelligence
12 103 (18.53%) Architectural Design
12 103 (18.53%) DevOps
12 103 (18.53%) Machine Learning
13 97 (17.45%) Identity Access Management
14 96 (17.27%) Information Architecture
15 92 (16.55%) Microservices
16 86 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
17 84 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
18 83 (14.93%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 192 (34.53%) Java
2 137 (24.64%) Python
3 86 (15.47%) SQL
4 82 (14.75%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.29%) Bash
6 33 (5.94%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.68%) C#
8 21 (3.78%) Groovy
9 18 (3.24%) Perl
10 14 (2.52%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.80%) Go
12 6 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (1.08%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.90%) JCL
13 5 (0.90%) REXX
14 4 (0.72%) C++
15 3 (0.54%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.54%) C
15 3 (0.54%) R
16 2 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 76 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 48 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 44 (7.91%) Degree
4 42 (7.55%) CISSP
5 23 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (2.88%) CEH
7 16 (2.88%) SSCP
8 14 (2.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (2.52%) CCSP
8 14 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 14 (2.52%) SANS
9 9 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.44%) GIAC
11 7 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.08%) CISA
12 6 (1.08%) JNCIA
13 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (7.01%) NIST
3 22 (3.96%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.80%) NCSC
5 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (1.26%) QA
7 6 (1.08%) SLA
8 5 (0.90%) JSP 440
9 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.54%) HMG Infosec
9 3 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.54%) RMADS
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 31000
10 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.18%) IASME
System Software
1 77 (13.85%) Docker
2 28 (5.04%) Active Directory
3 19 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.98%) vSphere
6 6 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.90%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.54%) ACF2
8 3 (0.54%) RACF
8 3 (0.54%) VirtualBox
8 3 (0.54%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.36%) Firmware
9 2 (0.36%) KVM
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.18%) LXC
10 1 (0.18%) Squid
10 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 214 (38.49%) Grafana
2 120 (21.58%) Terraform
3 108 (19.42%) Prometheus
4 73 (13.13%) Kubernetes
5 44 (7.91%) Kibana
6 37 (6.65%) Ansible
7 26 (4.68%) ITRS Geneos
8 23 (4.14%) Nagios
8 23 (4.14%) QRadar
9 21 (3.78%) HAProxy
9 21 (3.78%) Zipkin
10 18 (3.24%) logstash
11 17 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
12 15 (2.70%) Puppet
13 14 (2.52%) Nmap
14 13 (2.34%) WMI
15 12 (2.16%) Fluentd
15 12 (2.16%) Progress Chef
16 10 (1.80%) Graphite
17 9 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (35.43%) Dynatrace
2 70 (12.59%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.22%) Oracle
3 29 (5.22%) ServiceNow
3 29 (5.22%) VMware
4 28 (5.04%) IBM
5 27 (4.86%) Cisco
5 27 (4.86%) Google
6 22 (3.96%) Rapid7
7 21 (3.78%) New Relic
8 20 (3.60%) Qualys
9 17 (3.06%) AppDynamics
9 17 (3.06%) Red Hat
10 14 (2.52%) Juniper
10 14 (2.52%) Thycotic
11 13 (2.34%) Palo Alto
12 11 (1.98%) LogicMonitor
13 9 (1.62%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.44%) Ivanti
15 7 (1.26%) McAfee