Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Sentinel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 602 870
Rank change year-on-year -103 +268 -140
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 184 420 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.52% 0.97% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 161 332 290
10th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £39,347 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,313 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £97,328 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,426 43,437 76,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.72% 42.77% 48.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,744 28,539 41,573
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England -88 164 £55,000 -12.00% 44
UK excluding London -121 115 £50,000 -9.09% 35
Work from Home -97 61 £56,500 -13.08% 21
London +35 55 £75,000 +10.46% 16
North of England -26 37 £56,500 -5.83% 5
South East -12 33 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire +47 32 £56,500 -1.74% 4
Midlands -1 26 £30,000 -36.84% 6
West Midlands +20 23 £30,000 -58.62% 6
Scotland -55 10 £55,000 -20.80% 4
South West -23 8 £57,500 -17.20% 10
North West -26 5 £79,932 +22.97% 1
East Midlands -26 3 £75,000 +57.89%
East of England +5 1 £60,000 +23.08% 1

Azure Sentinel
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 19 (10.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (9.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.63%) CMS
4 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 184 (100.00%) Azure
2 120 (65.22%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (19.57%) Entra ID
4 33 (17.93%) AWS
5 31 (16.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 22 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (9.24%) Power Platform
8 16 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
9 15 (8.15%) SaaS
10 14 (7.61%) IaaS
11 12 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
12 11 (5.98%) GCP
12 11 (5.98%) OneDrive
13 8 (4.35%) PaaS
14 5 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (2.72%) Google Workspace
15 4 (2.17%) Azure AKS
15 4 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (2.17%) Power Automate
15 4 (2.17%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 65 (35.33%) Firewall
2 30 (16.30%) WAN
3 24 (13.04%) TCP/IP
4 23 (12.50%) LAN
5 19 (10.33%) Network Security
6 15 (8.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (7.61%) VPN
7 14 (7.61%) Wireshark
8 12 (6.52%) DHCP
8 12 (6.52%) DNS
9 10 (5.43%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.35%) VLAN
11 7 (3.80%) Internet
12 6 (3.26%) iSCSI
12 6 (3.26%) SAN
12 6 (3.26%) Wireless
13 5 (2.72%) Ethernet
13 5 (2.72%) MPLS
13 5 (2.72%) SMTP
13 5 (2.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.63%) Redis
5 2 (1.09%) Power Query
5 2 (1.09%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.54%) Big Data
6 1 (0.54%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (17.93%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.30%) Finance
4 8 (4.35%) Marketing
4 8 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.26%) Law
5 6 (3.26%) Police
6 5 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.72%) Legal
7 4 (2.17%) Banking
8 3 (1.63%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.63%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.09%) Games
10 1 (0.54%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (26.09%) Analyst
2 32 (17.39%) Senior
3 28 (15.22%) Security Engineer
4 27 (14.67%) Lead
4 27 (14.67%) SOC Analyst
5 18 (9.78%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (7.61%) Consultant
7 12 (6.52%) Architect
7 12 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (6.52%) Security Analyst
8 11 (5.98%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (5.98%) Information Security Engineer
8 11 (5.98%) Support Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (4.89%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 9 (4.89%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (4.89%) Team Leader
10 8 (4.35%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
10 8 (4.35%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (2.72%) REST
3 4 (2.17%) Kafka
4 3 (1.63%) .NET
4 3 (1.63%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.63%) Middleware
4 3 (1.63%) Next.js
4 3 (1.63%) Node.js
4 3 (1.63%) React
4 3 (1.63%) RESTful
5 2 (1.09%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.09%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.83%) Security Operations Centre
2 31 (16.85%) Management Information System
3 17 (9.24%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (7.07%) Client/Server
5 9 (4.89%) Driving Licence
6 8 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.26%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.26%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.72%) NHS
9 4 (2.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.17%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.17%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.63%) Clustering
10 3 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 74 (40.22%) Windows
2 28 (15.22%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.87%) Windows 10
4 17 (9.24%) Apple iOS
4 17 (9.24%) Linux
5 15 (8.15%) Android
6 11 (5.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (4.35%) CentOS
7 8 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.17%) Mac OS X
8 4 (2.17%) Solaris
8 4 (2.17%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.17%) Unix
8 4 (2.17%) zOS
9 3 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (45.65%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (43.48%) SIEM
3 51 (27.72%) Security Operations
4 45 (24.46%) Cloud Security
5 40 (21.74%) Incident Response
6 34 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 29 (15.76%) DevOps
9 28 (15.22%) Vulnerability Management
10 24 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
11 23 (12.50%) Information Security
12 22 (11.96%) Service Delivery
13 21 (11.41%) Data Loss Prevention
13 21 (11.41%) Ethical Hacking
14 20 (10.87%) ITIL
15 19 (10.33%) Agile
16 18 (9.78%) Analytics
16 18 (9.78%) Key Management
16 18 (9.78%) Zero Trust
17 16 (8.70%) Project Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 62 (33.70%) PowerShell
2 32 (17.39%) Python
3 18 (9.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 13 (7.07%) SQL
5 9 (4.89%) Bash
6 3 (1.63%) C#
6 3 (1.63%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.09%) Bicep
7 2 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 43 (23.37%) CISSP
2 39 (21.20%) Degree
3 27 (14.67%) SC Cleared
3 27 (14.67%) Security Cleared
4 20 (10.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (9.24%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (9.24%) SSCP
6 14 (7.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (7.61%) Azure Certification
6 14 (7.61%) CCSP
6 14 (7.61%) CEH
6 14 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (7.61%) SANS
7 13 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (6.52%) CISM
9 8 (4.35%) PMI Certification
9 8 (4.35%) PMP
10 6 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (3.26%) MCP
11 3 (1.63%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (19.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (16.30%) NIST
3 19 (10.33%) PCI DSS
4 7 (3.80%) GDPR
5 5 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (2.72%) QA
6 3 (1.63%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.63%) ISO 9000
7 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.09%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.54%) NCSC
8 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 49 (26.63%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (7.07%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (5.98%) Hyper-V
5 9 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.09%) Docker
7 1 (0.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 52 (28.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.61%) Nmap
3 12 (6.52%) SCCM
4 10 (5.43%) Nessus
5 9 (4.89%) Kubernetes
6 8 (4.35%) Terraform
7 7 (3.80%) Ansible
7 7 (3.80%) SysTrack
8 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (3.26%) SCDPM
9 4 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.63%) Autotask
10 3 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (1.63%) ZENworks
11 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.54%) QRadar
11 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 153 (83.15%) Microsoft
2 37 (20.11%) Splunk
3 21 (11.41%) Rapid7
4 20 (10.87%) Qualys
5 14 (7.61%) Thycotic
6 11 (5.98%) Datto
7 10 (5.43%) Dell
7 10 (5.43%) ServiceNow
7 10 (5.43%) VMware
8 9 (4.89%) Snow
9 8 (4.35%) Cisco
9 8 (4.35%) Sophos
9 8 (4.35%) Veeam
10 7 (3.80%) Darktrace
10 7 (3.80%) Draytek
10 7 (3.80%) Webroot
11 6 (3.26%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (3.26%) McAfee
11 6 (3.26%) SolarWinds
11 6 (3.26%) Zscaler