Azure Sentinel Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 390 474
Rank change year-on-year -42 +84 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 149 89 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.36% 0.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.09% 0.95% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 71 63
10th Percentile £425 £370 £400
25th Percentile £496 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -4.55% -2.48%
75th Percentile £618 £631 £645
90th Percentile £688 £775 £685
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £575
% change year-on-year +7.32% -10.87% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,669 9,403 12,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.06% 37.78% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,402 6,522 8,821
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £607 £638 £638
90th Percentile £710 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 166 326
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.19 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £38.54 £26.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.23% +23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.66 £42.06
90th Percentile £79.75 £75.88 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in England

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in England over the 6 months to 15 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in England

Azure Sentinel
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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
London -19 84 £575 +19.79% 24
South West -21 15 £563 -37.50% 3
South East -46 15 £650 +4.00% 17
North of England -58 12 £528 -0.28% 8
North West -22 9 £540 -10.00% 5
Midlands -53 9 £525 -30.00% 3
West Midlands -60 9 £525 -30.00% 2
East of England -24 5 £613 -5.84% 1
Yorkshire -56 2 £500 -4.76% 1
North East -14 1 £400 -25.09% 2
Azure Sentinel
UK

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 149 (100.00%) Azure
2 54 (36.24%) Entra ID
3 46 (30.87%) AWS
4 35 (23.49%) GCP
5 34 (22.82%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (20.13%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (14.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 19 (12.75%) Azure AKS
9 18 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (11.41%) IaaS
10 17 (11.41%) PaaS
11 12 (8.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (7.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (7.38%) SaaS
13 9 (6.04%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (5.37%) GitHub
15 7 (4.70%) OpenShift
16 6 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (4.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 6 (4.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 44 (29.53%) Firewall
2 23 (15.44%) Network Security
3 18 (12.08%) VPN
4 9 (6.04%) DNS
5 4 (2.68%) BGP
5 4 (2.68%) OSPF
5 4 (2.68%) WAN
6 3 (2.01%) DHCP
6 3 (2.01%) IPsec
6 3 (2.01%) Wireless
7 2 (1.34%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.34%) Internet
7 2 (1.34%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.34%) LAN
7 2 (1.34%) MPLS
7 2 (1.34%) NGFW
7 2 (1.34%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.34%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.34%) VXLAN
7 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) Power BI
2 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Git
1 4 (2.68%) Snyk
2 3 (2.01%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.01%) JIRA
3 2 (1.34%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.67%) AppScan
4 1 (0.67%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.74%) Public Sector
3 15 (10.07%) Finance
4 11 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.68%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.01%) Banking
7 3 (2.01%) Legal
7 3 (2.01%) Military
7 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.34%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Electronics
9 1 (0.67%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.67%) Local Government
9 1 (0.67%) Marketing
9 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (26.85%) Security Engineer
2 31 (20.81%) Azure Engineer
3 26 (17.45%) Analyst
4 22 (14.77%) Architect
5 21 (14.09%) SOC Analyst
6 19 (12.75%) Monitoring Analyst
7 18 (12.08%) Senior
8 13 (8.72%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (8.05%) Azure Security Engineer
10 11 (7.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 11 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (7.38%) Security Architect
11 9 (6.04%) Consultant
11 9 (6.04%) Threat Hunter
12 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Engineer
13 7 (4.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 7 (4.70%) SIEM Engineer
14 6 (4.03%) Azure Architect
14 6 (4.03%) Security Analyst
15 5 (3.36%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.38%) ARM Templates
2 7 (4.70%) OAuth
3 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (2.68%) JSON
4 4 (2.68%) REST
5 3 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.01%) Node.js
5 3 (2.01%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.34%) .NET
6 2 (1.34%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.34%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.34%) gRPC
6 2 (1.34%) Kafka
6 2 (1.34%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.34%) OpenID
6 2 (1.34%) Regular Expression
6 2 (1.34%) SAML
6 2 (1.34%) XML
6 2 (1.34%) YAML
7 1 (0.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.42%) Security Posture
2 15 (10.07%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.71%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (5.37%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (4.03%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.68%) YARA
8 3 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.34%) CSOC
9 2 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.34%) SCADA
9 2 (1.34%) STIX
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.44%) Windows
2 12 (8.05%) Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.67%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.67%) VMS
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (50.34%) SIEM
2 55 (36.91%) Cloud Security
3 41 (27.52%) Zero Trust
4 39 (26.17%) Analytics
4 39 (26.17%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (25.50%) SOAR
6 37 (24.83%) Incident Response
7 35 (23.49%) DevOps
8 32 (21.48%) Identity Access Management
8 32 (21.48%) Security Operations
9 31 (20.81%) Threat Detection
10 26 (17.45%) Data Loss Prevention
10 26 (17.45%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (16.11%) CI/CD
11 24 (16.11%) Log Analytics
12 23 (15.44%) RBAC
12 23 (15.44%) Security Architecture
13 22 (14.77%) DevSecOps
14 21 (14.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 19 (12.75%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (32.89%) PowerShell
2 41 (27.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 32 (21.48%) Python
4 22 (14.77%) Bicep
5 8 (5.37%) Bash
6 3 (2.01%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.67%) Java
7 1 (0.67%) Lisp
7 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (24.16%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.48%) CISSP
3 28 (18.79%) SC Cleared
4 26 (17.45%) Azure Certification
5 22 (14.77%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (13.42%) CISM
7 14 (9.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (9.40%) Degree
7 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (8.72%) DV Cleared
9 12 (8.05%) CCSP
10 9 (6.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (2.68%) CCNP
12 3 (2.01%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.34%) CCIE
13 2 (1.34%) CCNA
13 2 (1.34%) GCFA
13 2 (1.34%) GCIA
13 2 (1.34%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (28.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (24.16%) NIST
3 21 (14.09%) GDPR
4 9 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.04%) NCSC
5 8 (5.37%) NIST 800
5 8 (5.37%) PCI DSS
6 6 (4.03%) SOC 2
7 5 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.01%) GRC
8 3 (2.01%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.34%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.34%) SLA
10 1 (0.67%) COBIT
10 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 30 (20.13%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.36%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.01%) Docker
5 2 (1.34%) Snort
5 2 (1.34%) Squid
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (24.16%) Terraform
2 26 (17.45%) Kubernetes
3 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.70%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (4.03%) QRadar
6 5 (3.36%) Ansible
7 3 (2.01%) Icinga
7 3 (2.01%) Istio
7 3 (2.01%) Nessus
7 3 (2.01%) SCCM
8 2 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.34%) Fluentd
8 2 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.34%) logstash
8 2 (1.34%) Nexpose
8 2 (1.34%) Suricata
8 2 (1.34%) WSUS
9 1 (0.67%) CASB
9 1 (0.67%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 97 (65.10%) Microsoft
2 44 (29.53%) Splunk
3 21 (14.09%) Qualys
4 15 (10.07%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (8.72%) Carbon Black
6 12 (8.05%) Google
7 11 (7.38%) Palo Alto
8 10 (6.71%) Tenable
9 9 (6.04%) Cisco
10 8 (5.37%) IBM
10 8 (5.37%) Okta
11 7 (4.70%) Fortinet
11 7 (4.70%) LogRhythm
11 7 (4.70%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.70%) ServiceNow
11 7 (4.70%) VMware
12 5 (3.36%) CheckPoint
12 5 (3.36%) Zscaler
13 4 (2.68%) CyberArk
14 3 (2.01%) BeyondTrust