SIEM Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 332 298
Rank change year-on-year -16 -34 +83
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 117 312 407
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 0.88% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.98% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 91 271 329
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,740 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,918 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% -6.28% -6.07%
75th Percentile £83,125 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £87,816
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £62,618
% change year-on-year -4.62% +3.80% -3.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,089 31,752 36,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.82% 89.60% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,510 23,753 25,817
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,875
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.65% +1.46%

SIEM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SIEM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SIEM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SIEM
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SIEM.

SIEM salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SIEM over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

SIEM salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SIEM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.61%) Azure
2 24 (20.51%) AWS
3 22 (18.80%) Azure Sentinel
3 22 (18.80%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.84%) SaaS
6 7 (5.98%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 6 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 6 (5.13%) PaaS
8 5 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (4.27%) AWS Control Tower
8 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (4.27%) GCP
8 5 (4.27%) Serverless
9 4 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.42%) IaaS
10 3 (2.56%) IBM Cloud
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (58.12%) Firewall
2 23 (19.66%) Network Security
3 19 (16.24%) Intrusion Detection
4 18 (15.38%) VPN
5 11 (9.40%) DHCP
5 11 (9.40%) DNS
6 9 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 8 (6.84%) WAN
8 7 (5.98%) SAN
9 5 (4.27%) NGFW
9 5 (4.27%) SD-WAN
10 4 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (2.56%) LAN
12 2 (1.71%) Internet
13 1 (0.85%) BGP
13 1 (0.85%) IGRP
13 1 (0.85%) IPv4
13 1 (0.85%) IPv6
13 1 (0.85%) MPLS
13 1 (0.85%) VRRP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
1 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 31 (26.50%) Analytical Skills
1 31 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.95%) Finance
3 9 (7.69%) Law
4 7 (5.98%) Retail
5 6 (5.13%) Banking
5 6 (5.13%) Legal
5 6 (5.13%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing
7 3 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.71%) Electronics
8 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (37.61%) Analyst
2 35 (29.91%) Security Analyst
3 23 (19.66%) Security Engineer
4 17 (14.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 16 (13.68%) Senior
6 11 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) IT Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) IT Security Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) SOC Analyst
8 9 (7.69%) Lead
9 7 (5.98%) AWS Engineer
9 7 (5.98%) Head of Security
9 7 (5.98%) Incident Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) Security Operations Analyst
10 6 (5.13%) Architect
10 6 (5.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) Head of Operations
10 6 (5.13%) Junior
10 6 (5.13%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.98%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.71%) AWS CDK
2 2 (1.71%) AWS SAM
2 2 (1.71%) YAML
3 1 (0.85%) boto
3 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (24.79%) Management Information System
2 20 (17.09%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (13.68%) Security Posture
4 15 (12.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (5.13%) Hedge funds
5 6 (5.13%) Podcast
6 5 (4.27%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (4.27%) PKI
7 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
7 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
7 4 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.71%) CSOC
9 2 (1.71%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 41 (35.04%) Windows
2 23 (19.66%) Linux
3 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.27%) Unix
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (64.96%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (52.14%) Incident Response
3 53 (45.30%) Information Security
4 45 (38.46%) Security Operations
5 30 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 24 (20.51%) DevOps
8 22 (18.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (17.95%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (17.09%) Incident Management
11 18 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
11 18 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
12 17 (14.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 15 (12.82%) Cloud Security
14 14 (11.97%) Data Loss Prevention
14 14 (11.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 13 (11.11%) Malware Analysis
16 12 (10.26%) Patch Management
16 12 (10.26%) SOAR
17 11 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.95%) PowerShell
1 21 (17.95%) Python
2 8 (6.84%) Bash
3 5 (4.27%) Go
3 5 (4.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.56%) Perl
5 2 (1.71%) Bicep
5 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.85%) Groovy
6 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 35 (29.91%) CISSP
2 25 (21.37%) Degree
3 24 (20.51%) CISM
4 18 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
6 13 (11.11%) CEH
6 13 (11.11%) SANS
7 11 (9.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (9.40%) SC Cleared
8 8 (6.84%) OSCP
9 7 (5.98%) GCIA
9 7 (5.98%) GCIH
10 6 (5.13%) AWS Certification
11 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
12 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.56%) CASP
13 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (2.56%) GIAC
13 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
13 3 (2.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (35.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (25.64%) NIST
3 21 (17.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (14.53%) GDPR
5 10 (8.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (6.84%) PCI DSS
7 7 (5.98%) NCSC
7 7 (5.98%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.56%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.71%) COBIT
9 2 (1.71%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.85%) GRC
10 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (21.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) Docker
2 6 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.84%) Ansible
2 8 (6.84%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.98%) Terraform
4 5 (4.27%) Grafana
4 5 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (3.42%) Nessus
5 4 (3.42%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.42%) Puppet
5 4 (3.42%) ZENworks
6 2 (1.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.71%) QRadar
6 2 (1.71%) SCOM
7 1 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.85%) CASB
Vendors
1 52 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.53%) VMware
3 11 (9.40%) Tenable
4 9 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (6.84%) Splunk
6 5 (4.27%) Meraki
7 3 (2.56%) Darktrace
7 3 (2.56%) IBM
7 3 (2.56%) Juniper
8 2 (1.71%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.71%) Cisco
8 2 (1.71%) Google
8 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.71%) SAP
8 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.85%) McAfee
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