Azure Sentinel Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Azure Sentinel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 140 173
Rank change year-on-year +21 +33 -34
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 16 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.59% 0.44% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.84% 1.19% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 4
10th Percentile - £430 £466
25th Percentile £425 £513 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.44% -
75th Percentile £616 £564 £566
90th Percentile £645 £631 £616
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £97.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +69.57% -

All Cloud Skills
North West

Azure Sentinel is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 869 1,179 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 31.93% 37.18% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 874 1,075
10th Percentile £284 £313 £213
25th Percentile £384 £419 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £570 £586 £594
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 32 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.19 £14.25
25th Percentile - £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £31.25 £18.84
Median % change year-on-year -48.61% +65.85% +8.45%
75th Percentile £20.00 £65.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £59.88
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -31.90% +45.24% -2.33%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the North West

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the North West

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in the North West

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the North West

Azure Sentinel
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +25 15 £450 -14.29% 3
Azure Sentinel
England

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (18.75%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon S3
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Security Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (6.25%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (12.50%) Cyberattack
2 2 (12.50%) Insider Threat
2 2 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) Information Security
4 3 (18.75%) Runbook
4 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
4 3 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 2 (12.50%) Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) API Integration
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 2 (12.50%) SIEM
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) Red Team
6 1 (6.25%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) CISM
1 8 (50.00%) CISSP
1 8 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) GIAC
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (6.25%) GRC
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Darktrace
2 2 (12.50%) Rapid7
3 1 (6.25%) Carbon Black
3 1 (6.25%) F5
3 1 (6.25%) Qualys
3 1 (6.25%) Splunk