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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 377 452
Rank change year-on-year -73 +75 -19
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 137 102 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.42% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.96% 1.12% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 85 72
10th Percentile £389 £325 £425
25th Percentile £463 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £688 £850 £735
UK median daily rate £540 £479 £575
% change year-on-year +12.85% -16.78% +4.55%

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 14,314 9,067 11,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.50% 37.27% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,862 6,351 8,548
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £740 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 194 323
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.11 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £45.25 £25.98 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +74.21% +25.06% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.75 £41.85 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.38 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.78 £27.43 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.70% +30.60% -40.00%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -39 74 £556 +26.42% 21
South East -46 17 £488 -17.02% 13
South West -23 14 £550 -24.14% 1
West Midlands -54 11 £313 -58.33% 4
Midlands -64 11 £313 -58.33% 6
North of England -72 11 £528 -0.28% 5
North West -33 8 £540 +20.00% 2
East of England -36 6 £575 -22.82% 5
Yorkshire -57 2 £500 -4.76% 2
North East -18 1 £400 -25.09% 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 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.73%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 47 (34.31%) Entra ID
3 38 (27.74%) AWS
4 34 (24.82%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (21.17%) GCP
6 25 (18.25%) Azure Monitor
7 19 (13.87%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (13.14%) Azure AKS
9 17 (12.41%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (9.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (9.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (9.49%) IaaS
10 13 (9.49%) PaaS
11 8 (5.84%) SaaS
12 7 (5.11%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (4.38%) GitHub
13 6 (4.38%) OpenShift
14 5 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (2.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 4 (2.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (28.47%) Firewall
2 23 (16.79%) Network Security
3 22 (16.06%) VPN
4 13 (9.49%) DNS
5 8 (5.84%) DHCP
6 5 (3.65%) WAN
7 4 (2.92%) BGP
7 4 (2.92%) OSPF
7 4 (2.92%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.19%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.19%) IPsec
8 3 (2.19%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.46%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (1.46%) Internet
9 2 (1.46%) MPLS
9 2 (1.46%) NGFW
9 2 (1.46%) SAN
9 2 (1.46%) VLAN
9 2 (1.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.73%) Power BI
2 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Snyk
2 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.19%) JIRA
3 2 (1.46%) Git
4 1 (0.73%) AppScan
4 1 (0.73%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.73%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.73%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.60%) Finance
3 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.65%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.65%) Legal
6 4 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Banking
7 3 (2.19%) Local Government
7 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.19%) Military
7 3 (2.19%) Retail
8 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.73%) Advertising
9 1 (0.73%) Electronics
9 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (19.71%) Security Engineer
2 24 (17.52%) Analyst
2 24 (17.52%) Azure Engineer
3 22 (16.06%) Architect
4 16 (11.68%) Senior
5 13 (9.49%) SOC Analyst
6 12 (8.76%) Monitoring Analyst
7 11 (8.03%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Security Architect
8 9 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) Security Analyst
10 7 (5.11%) SIEM Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Azure Security Engineer
11 6 (4.38%) Consultant
11 6 (4.38%) Lead
11 6 (4.38%) Threat Hunter
12 5 (3.65%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 5 (3.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.30%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.65%) OAuth
3 4 (2.92%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.19%) JSON
4 3 (2.19%) Node.js
4 3 (2.19%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.19%) OpenID
4 3 (2.19%) REST
4 3 (2.19%) SAML
5 2 (1.46%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.46%) ADO
5 2 (1.46%) gRPC
5 2 (1.46%) Kafka
5 2 (1.46%) Regular Expression
5 2 (1.46%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.46%) XML
5 2 (1.46%) YAML
6 1 (0.73%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.73%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.60%) Security Posture
2 13 (9.49%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.30%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.11%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.38%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.65%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (2.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.92%) YARA
9 3 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.19%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.46%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.46%) STIX
11 1 (0.73%) Anti-Spyware
11 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.98%) Windows
2 14 (10.22%) Linux
3 6 (4.38%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.73%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.73%) VMS
6 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (51.09%) SIEM
2 45 (32.85%) Cloud Security
3 36 (26.28%) Zero Trust
4 33 (24.09%) DevOps
4 33 (24.09%) SOAR
5 31 (22.63%) Analytics
5 31 (22.63%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (22.63%) Identity Access Management
5 31 (22.63%) Incident Response
5 31 (22.63%) Threat Detection
6 27 (19.71%) Security Operations
7 23 (16.79%) CI/CD
7 23 (16.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (16.06%) RBAC
9 19 (13.87%) Data Loss Prevention
9 19 (13.87%) DevSecOps
9 19 (13.87%) Log Analytics
9 19 (13.87%) Threat Modelling
10 18 (13.14%) Data Protection
10 18 (13.14%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (29.20%) PowerShell
2 34 (24.82%) Kusto Query Language
3 27 (19.71%) Python
4 20 (14.60%) Bicep
5 6 (4.38%) Bash
6 3 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.73%) Java
7 1 (0.73%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 27 (19.71%) CISSP
1 27 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.79%) SC Cleared
3 21 (15.33%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (14.60%) Azure Certification
5 14 (10.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (10.22%) CCSP
5 14 (10.22%) CISM
6 10 (7.30%) Degree
6 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.11%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (2.92%) CCNP
10 3 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.46%) CCSM
11 2 (1.46%) GCIA
11 2 (1.46%) GCIH
11 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.90%) NIST
2 28 (20.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (13.87%) GDPR
4 9 (6.57%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (5.11%) NCSC
6 6 (4.38%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.65%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.92%) SLA
9 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.19%) QA
10 2 (1.46%) GRC
10 2 (1.46%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.73%) COBIT
11 1 (0.73%) GxP
11 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (19.71%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.38%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.46%) Docker
4 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.73%) Snort
5 1 (0.73%) Squid
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (24.09%) Terraform
2 22 (16.06%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.65%) Ansible
5 4 (2.92%) QRadar
6 3 (2.19%) Icinga
6 3 (2.19%) Istio
6 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.46%) Fluentd
7 2 (1.46%) logstash
7 2 (1.46%) Nessus
7 2 (1.46%) SCCM
8 1 (0.73%) CASB
8 1 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.73%) Nexpose
8 1 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.73%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.73%) SCOM
8 1 (0.73%) Suricata
8 1 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (63.50%) Microsoft
2 35 (25.55%) Splunk
3 15 (10.95%) Qualys
4 10 (7.30%) ServiceNow
5 9 (6.57%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (6.57%) VMware
6 8 (5.84%) Carbon Black
6 8 (5.84%) Cisco
6 8 (5.84%) Tenable
7 7 (5.11%) Google
7 7 (5.11%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.38%) IBM
8 6 (4.38%) LogRhythm
8 6 (4.38%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.65%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.65%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.65%) Okta
10 4 (2.92%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.92%) Zscaler
11 3 (2.19%) SolarWinds