SIEM Jobs in the South East

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 172 286
Rank change year-on-year -77 +114 0
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 146 285 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.86% 1.99% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 2.10% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 118 115 147
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,969 £50,875 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £58,497
Median % change year-on-year - -1.70% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,875 £79,375
90th Percentile £81,625 £77,500 £90,050
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,059 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% -2.99% +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,226 13,553 19,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.26% 94.52% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,862 7,908 11,946
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in the South East

SIEM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley -17 80 £50,000 -28.57% 11
Berkshire -8 46 £57,500 -14.81% 10
Buckinghamshire -19 33 £42,500 -49.25%
Hampshire -47 31 £70,000 +7.69% 10
Surrey -49 21 £72,500 +26.09% 5
West Sussex +12 3 £58,750 +11.90% 3
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire +1 1 £36,500 -39.17% 1
Sussex - 1 - -
SIEM
England

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.05%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (36.30%) Azure
2 36 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (14.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 16 (10.96%) AWS
5 12 (8.22%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (5.48%) Power Platform
7 6 (4.11%) Twilio
8 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.68%) SonarCloud
8 1 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 45 (30.82%) Firewall
2 28 (19.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (10.96%) DNS
3 16 (10.96%) Network Security
4 14 (9.59%) Internet
5 11 (7.53%) VPN
6 10 (6.85%) DKIM
6 10 (6.85%) DMARC
7 9 (6.16%) TCP/IP
8 8 (5.48%) SD-WAN
9 6 (4.11%) DHCP
9 6 (4.11%) Wireless
10 2 (1.37%) VoIP
10 2 (1.37%) WAN
11 1 (0.68%) LAN
11 1 (0.68%) SAN
11 1 (0.68%) SSL
11 1 (0.68%) tcpdump
11 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.48%) Power BI
2 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
General
1 30 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (14.38%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.64%) Finance
4 11 (7.53%) Marketing
5 5 (3.42%) Retail
6 3 (2.05%) Banking
7 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.37%) Publishing
7 2 (1.37%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.68%) Games
8 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 57 (39.04%) Analyst
2 33 (22.60%) Architect
3 30 (20.55%) Security Analyst
4 26 (17.81%) SOC Analyst
5 23 (15.75%) Network Architect
6 22 (15.07%) Senior
7 17 (11.64%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (10.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 14 (9.59%) Security Engineer
10 11 (7.53%) Information Analyst
10 11 (7.53%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (6.85%) Lead
11 10 (6.85%) Senior Security Analyst
12 9 (6.16%) Security Manager
13 8 (5.48%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (5.48%) SOC Engineer
14 7 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (4.79%) Security Architect
15 5 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
15 5 (3.42%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (21.92%) Management Information System
1 32 (21.92%) Security Operations Centre
2 23 (15.75%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (13.01%) Cyberattack
4 13 (8.90%) Client/Server
5 11 (7.53%) Security Posture
6 9 (6.16%) Data Centre
7 8 (5.48%) Social Media
8 7 (4.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (3.42%) iPad
9 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
10 3 (2.05%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.05%) IoT
10 3 (2.05%) Operational Technology
10 3 (2.05%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.68%) Blog
12 1 (0.68%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 35 (23.97%) Windows
2 11 (7.53%) Linux
2 11 (7.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.42%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (59.59%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (41.10%) Incident Response
3 59 (40.41%) Security Operations
4 32 (21.92%) Vulnerability Management
5 31 (21.23%) Information Security
6 29 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (19.18%) SOAR
8 26 (17.81%) Computer Science
9 23 (15.75%) Network Management
10 21 (14.38%) Cloud Security
11 19 (13.01%) Presales
12 16 (10.96%) ITIL
12 16 (10.96%) Kalman Filter
13 13 (8.90%) Incident Management
13 13 (8.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 13 (8.90%) Network Design
14 12 (8.22%) Customer Service
14 12 (8.22%) Security Architecture
14 12 (8.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 11 (7.53%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.48%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (4.79%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.42%) Python
4 2 (1.37%) SQL
4 2 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (25.34%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.92%) CISSP
3 31 (21.23%) SC Cleared
4 30 (20.55%) Degree
5 20 (13.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 20 (13.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (8.22%) DV Cleared
6 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.11%) MCP
7 6 (4.11%) MCSA
8 5 (3.42%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.42%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.74%) CEH
9 4 (2.74%) GCFE
9 4 (2.74%) GIAC
10 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.05%) CISM
10 3 (2.05%) GCIA
10 3 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.37%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (10.96%) NIST
3 12 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (8.22%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (3.42%) GRC
7 4 (2.74%) GDPR
7 4 (2.74%) NCSC
8 1 (0.68%) COBIT
8 1 (0.68%) IASME
8 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.48%) CASB
2 5 (3.42%) Suricata
3 3 (2.05%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.68%) Nessus
4 1 (0.68%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.68%) QRadar
4 1 (0.68%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 50 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.75%) Splunk
3 12 (8.22%) Cisco
4 9 (6.16%) McAfee
5 7 (4.79%) Juniper
6 6 (4.11%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.11%) Rapid7
6 6 (4.11%) VMware
7 4 (2.74%) Darktrace
7 4 (2.74%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.05%) Computacenter
9 2 (1.37%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.37%) Facebook
10 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.68%) Citrix
10 1 (0.68%) Forcepoint
10 1 (0.68%) Qualys
10 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.68%) Tripwire
10 1 (0.68%) Varonis