Azure Sentinel Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 111 131
Rank change year-on-year -2 +20 +59
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 11 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.60% 0.50% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 1.26% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £463 £442 £454
25th Percentile £469 £486 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £619
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -15.96% +3.13%
75th Percentile £606 £574 £684
90th Percentile £690 £652 £746
Central London median daily rate £525 £520 £619
% change year-on-year +0.96% -15.96% -1.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

Azure Sentinel falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 769 791 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.88% 39.20% 39.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 504 711
10th Percentile £328 £401 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile £25.49 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £85.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.35% +309.64% +3.75%
75th Percentile £41.94 £92.50 £40.69
90th Percentile £45.28 - £56.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% +1.22%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Sentinel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Sentinel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in the City of London

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Purview
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
5 2 (18.18%) AWS
5 2 (18.18%) GCP
5 2 (18.18%) IaaS
5 2 (18.18%) PaaS
5 2 (18.18%) SaaS
6 1 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (9.09%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
6 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (9.09%) GitHub
6 1 (9.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (18.18%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Programme Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Security Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Principal Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
1 1 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) STIX
3 1 (9.09%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cloud Security
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
3 5 (45.45%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (45.45%) Security Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Zero Trust
5 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Red Team
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 2 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (9.09%) CCSP
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) GCFA
4 1 (9.09%) GCIA
4 1 (9.09%) GCIH
4 1 (9.09%) OSCP
4 1 (9.09%) SANS
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (45.45%) NIST
3 4 (36.36%) GDPR
4 2 (18.18%) GRC
4 2 (18.18%) NCSC
4 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) Terraform
3 1 (9.09%) Icinga
3 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.09%) Rapid7