Splunk, a software company known for its data-to-everything platform, employs roughly 6,640 people worldwide. Recent staffing activity shows 727 hires and 704 departures, keeping overall headcount broadly stable while allowing the organisation to refresh skills in strategic areas. The company supports customers in security, observability, and analytics, and its workforce structure reflects the technical and customer enablement expertise required to deliver these solutions.
Splunk’s two largest groups – Sales & Support (about 2,292 employees) and Engineering (around 2,274 employees) – each account for roughly one-third of total headcount, underscoring the equal emphasis placed on product development and customer adoption. Marketing & Product follows with approximately 620 employees, while Business Management, Finance & Administration, and Information Technology collectively add another 878 team members. Human Resources, Operations, and Legal round out the roster, supported by a small "Other" category. Company-wide, 727 hires and 704 departures were recorded, suggesting that most functions held steady with selective additions to maintain capability and scale.
Splunk’s workforce is distributed across more than ten hubs, with the largest concentration in the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco office hosts roughly 739 employees, and nearby San Jose adds another 255, combining for about 15 percent of global staff. Outside California, notable U.S. presences include Dallas (269 employees), Washington DC (243), Seattle (195), Denver (125), New York (106), and Austin (91). Internationally, London supports 66 employees, while a further 366 people operate from assorted remote or regional locations, highlighting a flexible, multi-site operating model that balances talent access with proximity to customers.