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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 445 444
Rank change year-on-year +58 -1 +208
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 137 83 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.26% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.26% 0.74% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 55 110
10th Percentile £401 £455 £363
25th Percentile £456 £503 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year - -1.12% -3.26%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £672
90th Percentile £699 £704 £739
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +212.37%

All Cloud 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 10,867 11,238 14,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.63% 35.17% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,349 7,492 10,591
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 158 293
10th Percentile £14.99 £16.21 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +8.36% +43.56%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £67.03 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.41
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.99% +44.04%

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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 2025. 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 +50 74 £551 +0.23% 20
North of England -20 14 £531 -16.67% 11
South East +11 13 £600 -4.00% 20
South West +27 12 £550 +25.71% 1
East of England +5 11 £650 +30.00% 1
Midlands -2 11 £500 - 5
North West -8 8 £413 -46.77% 8
West Midlands -11 8 £575 +15.00% 5
Yorkshire -19 6 £538 -10.42% 1
East Midlands - 3 £463 -
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 13 (9.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 50 (36.50%) Entra ID
3 41 (29.93%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (26.28%) AWS
5 22 (16.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 21 (15.33%) GCP
7 15 (10.95%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (8.03%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (6.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (5.84%) OneDrive
10 8 (5.84%) SaaS
11 7 (5.11%) Azure AKS
11 7 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (5.11%) IaaS
11 7 (5.11%) PaaS
12 6 (4.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (2.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (2.92%) Cloudflare
13 4 (2.92%) OpenDNS
13 4 (2.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (27.74%) Firewall
2 14 (10.22%) Network Security
3 11 (8.03%) VPN
4 3 (2.19%) DNS
4 3 (2.19%) Internet
5 2 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.46%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.46%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.73%) BGP
6 1 (0.73%) LAN
6 1 (0.73%) OSPF
6 1 (0.73%) SSL
6 1 (0.73%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.73%) WAN
6 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (2.19%) Power BI
2 2 (1.46%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.46%) Looker
2 2 (1.46%) Power Query
3 1 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.73%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.73%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.19%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) Git
2 2 (1.46%) Metasploit
General
1 28 (20.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.68%) Finance
2 16 (11.68%) Public Sector
3 11 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.11%) Banking
5 6 (4.38%) Local Government
6 5 (3.65%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Legal
7 3 (2.19%) Military
8 2 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.46%) Law
8 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (32.85%) Security Engineer
2 35 (25.55%) Analyst
3 26 (18.98%) SOC Analyst
4 18 (13.14%) Architect
4 18 (13.14%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 11 (8.03%) Monitoring Analyst
5 11 (8.03%) Security Analyst
5 11 (8.03%) Security Architect
6 10 (7.30%) SIEM Engineer
7 9 (6.57%) Azure Architect
7 9 (6.57%) Lead
8 8 (5.84%) Azure Security Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Consultant
9 7 (5.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 6 (4.38%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (4.38%) Security Specialist
10 6 (4.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (2.19%) OAuth
2 2 (1.46%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.46%) JSON
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.46%) YAML
3 1 (0.73%) .NET
3 1 (0.73%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.73%) Lucene
3 1 (0.73%) REST
3 1 (0.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.68%) Security Posture
2 10 (7.30%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (7.30%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.57%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (5.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.11%) Operational Technology
5 5 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.19%) PKI
7 3 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.46%) STIX
8 2 (1.46%) YARA
9 1 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.44%) Windows
2 12 (8.76%) Linux
3 4 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (46.72%) SIEM
2 52 (37.96%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (35.04%) Incident Response
4 45 (32.85%) Security Operations
5 44 (32.12%) Cloud Security
6 34 (24.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 32 (23.36%) SOAR
8 27 (19.71%) Analytics
8 27 (19.71%) Data Loss Prevention
8 27 (19.71%) Zero Trust
9 21 (15.33%) Threat Intelligence
9 21 (15.33%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (14.60%) DevOps
11 19 (13.87%) Information Security
11 19 (13.87%) Security Architecture
11 19 (13.87%) Threat Detection
12 18 (13.14%) Identity Access Management
13 16 (11.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 16 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (11.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.66%) Kusto Query Language
2 41 (29.93%) PowerShell
3 30 (21.90%) Python
4 12 (8.76%) Bash
5 7 (5.11%) Bicep
6 2 (1.46%) Perl
6 2 (1.46%) SQL
7 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (25.55%) Security Cleared
2 30 (21.90%) SC Cleared
3 27 (19.71%) Degree
4 23 (16.79%) CISSP
5 21 (15.33%) Azure Certification
6 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (8.03%) CISM
8 9 (6.57%) DV Cleared
9 7 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (5.11%) GCIH
10 5 (3.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (2.92%) CISA
11 4 (2.92%) CISMP
11 4 (2.92%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.92%) GCIA
11 4 (2.92%) GSEC
11 4 (2.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (1.46%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (33.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (32.12%) NIST
3 30 (21.90%) GDPR
4 15 (10.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (6.57%) HIPAA
6 7 (5.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (5.11%) SOC 2
7 6 (4.38%) NCSC
8 4 (2.92%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.46%) GRC
9 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.46%) JSP 440
9 2 (1.46%) SLA
10 1 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.73%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.11%) Docker
3 5 (3.65%) Snort
4 4 (2.92%) Squid
5 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (7.30%) QRadar
3 10 (7.30%) Terraform
4 5 (3.65%) Nessus
4 5 (3.65%) SCCM
4 5 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.92%) CSIRT
5 4 (2.92%) Nexpose
5 4 (2.92%) Suricata
6 3 (2.19%) Kibana
6 3 (2.19%) logstash
7 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.46%) Ansible
7 2 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.73%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.73%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 117 (85.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (21.90%) Splunk
3 19 (13.87%) CrowdStrike
4 15 (10.95%) Carbon Black
4 15 (10.95%) Qualys
5 13 (9.49%) Palo Alto
6 12 (8.76%) Google
7 11 (8.03%) Cisco
8 10 (7.30%) Zscaler
9 9 (6.57%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.65%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.92%) Blue Coat
11 4 (2.92%) Citrix
11 4 (2.92%) Darktrace
11 4 (2.92%) FireEye
12 3 (2.19%) ArcSight
12 3 (2.19%) Okta
13 2 (1.46%) Intel
13 2 (1.46%) LogRhythm
13 2 (1.46%) McAfee