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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 416 466
Rank change year-on-year +30 +50 +91
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 163 81 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.35% 0.80% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 56 63
10th Percentile £441 £379 £375
25th Percentile £470 £474 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £688
90th Percentile £650 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £558 £520 £600
% change year-on-year +7.21% -13.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +20.12%

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 12,075 10,180 12,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.10% 36.56% 34.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 6,809 9,207
10th Percentile £304 £313 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 135 246
10th Percentile £14.68 £16.46 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £28.50 £23.43
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +21.66% +3.51%
75th Percentile £57.06 £46.84 £53.44
90th Percentile £77.70 £67.65 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.19
% change year-on-year -1.05% +9.17% +11.96%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 92 £563 +7.14% 20
South West +14 24 £563 +7.14%
Midlands -24 14 £525 +5.00% 11
South East -12 13 £600 -7.69% 25
West Midlands -27 11 £592 +18.35% 8
North of England -35 8 £538 -28.33% 12
East of England -14 6 £613 +16.67%
North West -30 5 £463 -39.34% 6
East Midlands - 3 £463 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £538 - 5
North East -7 1 £400 +14.29% 1
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 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) Azure
2 51 (31.29%) AWS
3 49 (30.06%) Entra ID
4 33 (20.25%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (19.02%) Azure Monitor
5 31 (19.02%) GCP
6 17 (10.43%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (8.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 13 (7.98%) Azure AKS
10 12 (7.36%) IaaS
10 12 (7.36%) PaaS
11 11 (6.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (5.52%) SaaS
13 8 (4.91%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (4.91%) OpenShift
14 4 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (2.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 4 (2.45%) Power Platform
14 4 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (26.38%) Firewall
2 20 (12.27%) VPN
3 13 (7.98%) Network Security
4 8 (4.91%) DNS
5 3 (1.84%) DHCP
5 3 (1.84%) Internet
5 3 (1.84%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.23%) BGP
6 2 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.23%) LAN
6 2 (1.23%) OSPF
6 2 (1.23%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.23%) WAN
6 2 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.23%) Wireless
6 2 (1.23%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.61%) SAN
7 1 (0.61%) SSL
7 1 (0.61%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.61%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.45%) Power BI
2 3 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Git
2 2 (1.23%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 29 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.50%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.52%) Finance
5 8 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.68%) Local Government
7 4 (2.45%) Military
8 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Banking
9 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.23%) Legal
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Electronics
10 1 (0.61%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.61%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (27.61%) Security Engineer
2 39 (23.93%) Analyst
3 34 (20.86%) SOC Analyst
4 28 (17.18%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (15.34%) Monitoring Analyst
6 15 (9.20%) Architect
7 13 (7.98%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.36%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (7.36%) Senior
9 10 (6.13%) Azure Security Engineer
9 10 (6.13%) Consultant
9 10 (6.13%) Lead
10 9 (5.52%) SIEM Engineer
10 9 (5.52%) Threat Hunter
11 8 (4.91%) Security Analyst
12 7 (4.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Security Architect
12 7 (4.29%) Security Specialist
13 6 (3.68%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.75%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (3.07%) JSON
3 5 (3.07%) OAuth
4 4 (2.45%) REST
5 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.84%) Node.js
5 3 (1.84%) SAML
5 3 (1.84%) YAML
6 2 (1.23%) .NET
6 2 (1.23%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.23%) gRPC
6 2 (1.23%) Kafka
6 2 (1.23%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.23%) OpenID
6 2 (1.23%) Regular Expression
6 2 (1.23%) XML
7 1 (0.61%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.61%) pytest
7 1 (0.61%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.04%) Security Posture
2 12 (7.36%) Onboarding
3 11 (6.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.07%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (3.07%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.07%) YARA
7 4 (2.45%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.84%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.84%) STIX
9 2 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.23%) CSOC
9 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.72%) Windows
2 15 (9.20%) Linux
3 7 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (52.76%) SIEM
2 58 (35.58%) Incident Response
3 51 (31.29%) Cloud Security
4 46 (28.22%) Cybersecurity
5 43 (26.38%) SOAR
6 39 (23.93%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 38 (23.31%) Analytics
8 36 (22.09%) Security Operations
9 34 (20.86%) Zero Trust
10 31 (19.02%) Threat Detection
11 27 (16.56%) DevOps
12 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (15.34%) Log Analytics
14 23 (14.11%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (12.27%) Data Loss Prevention
15 20 (12.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (11.66%) Vulnerability Management
17 18 (11.04%) RBAC
18 17 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 16 (9.82%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 51 (31.29%) PowerShell
2 34 (20.86%) Python
3 19 (11.66%) Bicep
4 15 (9.20%) Bash
5 3 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.23%) SQL
7 1 (0.61%) Java
7 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (26.99%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.31%) SC Cleared
3 30 (18.40%) CISSP
4 27 (16.56%) Azure Certification
5 21 (12.88%) Degree
6 20 (12.27%) CISM
7 16 (9.82%) DV Cleared
8 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (6.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (4.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.45%) CCSP
13 4 (2.45%) CISA
14 3 (1.84%) GCFA
14 3 (1.84%) GCIA
14 3 (1.84%) GCIH
15 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (1.23%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (30.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (28.22%) NIST
3 24 (14.72%) GDPR
4 15 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (5.52%) NIST 800
6 8 (4.91%) NCSC
7 7 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (4.29%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.07%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.84%) GRC
9 3 (1.84%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.23%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.61%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.61%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (25.15%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.91%) Docker
3 5 (3.07%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.07%) Snort
4 4 (2.45%) Squid
4 4 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (17.79%) Terraform
2 22 (13.50%) Kubernetes
3 18 (11.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.91%) QRadar
5 7 (4.29%) SCCM
6 6 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (3.07%) logstash
7 5 (3.07%) Nessus
8 4 (2.45%) CSIRT
8 4 (2.45%) Nexpose
8 4 (2.45%) Suricata
9 3 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.84%) Ansible
9 3 (1.84%) Fluentd
9 3 (1.84%) Icinga
9 3 (1.84%) Kibana
10 2 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.23%) WSUS
11 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.61%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (79.14%) Microsoft
2 51 (31.29%) Splunk
3 24 (14.72%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (14.11%) Qualys
5 21 (12.88%) Carbon Black
6 15 (9.20%) Google
7 13 (7.98%) Palo Alto
8 11 (6.75%) Cisco
9 10 (6.13%) Fortinet
10 9 (5.52%) IBM
10 9 (5.52%) ServiceNow
11 8 (4.91%) Red Hat
12 7 (4.29%) Zscaler
13 5 (3.07%) LogRhythm
13 5 (3.07%) VMware
14 4 (2.45%) Blue Coat
14 4 (2.45%) Citrix
14 4 (2.45%) FireEye
14 4 (2.45%) Tenable
15 3 (1.84%) Okta