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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 387 438
Rank change year-on-year -76 +51 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 175 128 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.46% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.10% 1.21% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 90 56
10th Percentile £404 £400 £468
25th Percentile £455 £456 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.27% -3.30%
75th Percentile £638 £614 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £704
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% - -
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -21.54% - -

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 15,949 10,616 11,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.43% 38.24% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,607 7,183 7,470
10th Percentile £320 £304 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -3.67%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £640
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 254 165
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.50 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +15.38% -24.56% +4.44%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -65 98 £515 -1.90% 75
South East -40 28 £615 +23.00% 37
North of England -63 23 £603 +13.41% 21
North West -35 20 £600 +45.45% 13
South West -37 10 £566 +2.82% 1
Midlands -39 10 £313 -39.02% 8
West Midlands -42 9 £313 -47.92% 5
East of England -32 5 £500 -23.08% 4
Yorkshire -39 3 £625 +16.28% 5
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 5 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.57%) Mendix
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (100.00%) Azure
2 75 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 58 (33.14%) AWS
4 43 (24.57%) GCP
5 33 (18.86%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (18.29%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (16.57%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (13.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 20 (11.43%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (9.14%) Azure AKS
11 13 (7.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (7.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 13 (7.43%) GitHub
11 13 (7.43%) SaaS
12 12 (6.86%) Datadog
13 8 (4.57%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (3.43%) Power Platform
15 4 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (2.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.14%) Firewall
2 22 (12.57%) Network Security
3 20 (11.43%) DNS
4 19 (10.86%) VPN
5 11 (6.29%) DHCP
5 11 (6.29%) WAN
6 10 (5.71%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.43%) SSH
8 5 (2.86%) BGP
9 4 (2.29%) Internet
9 4 (2.29%) VSAN
10 3 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (1.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.71%) LAN
10 3 (1.71%) NAS
10 3 (1.71%) SAN
10 3 (1.71%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.71%) VLAN
11 2 (1.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.43%) GitLab
1 13 (7.43%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.43%) Snyk
3 2 (1.14%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.14%) Git
3 2 (1.14%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.57%) Claude Code
General
1 36 (20.57%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.43%) Finance
3 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.43%) Banking
7 5 (2.86%) Retail
8 4 (2.29%) Legal
8 4 (2.29%) Military
9 3 (1.71%) Local Government
9 3 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.57%) Advertising
11 1 (0.57%) Billing
11 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.57%) Law
11 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (19.43%) Security Engineer
2 24 (13.71%) Architect
3 23 (13.14%) Senior
4 22 (12.57%) Analyst
5 20 (11.43%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (8.00%) Security Analyst
6 14 (8.00%) SIEM Engineer
7 13 (7.43%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 12 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (6.29%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (6.29%) Security Architect
10 10 (5.71%) Lead
11 8 (4.57%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (4.57%) Consultant
11 8 (4.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) SOC Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 7 (4.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (40.57%) Terraform
2 14 (8.00%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.86%) ADO
3 5 (2.86%) OpenID
3 5 (2.86%) Pulumi
3 5 (2.86%) SAML
4 4 (2.29%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (2.29%) JSON
4 4 (2.29%) LDAP
4 4 (2.29%) OAuth
4 4 (2.29%) OAuth2
4 4 (2.29%) REST
5 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.14%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.14%) XML
7 1 (0.57%) .NET
7 1 (0.57%) EDI
7 1 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.57%) Kafka
7 1 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.43%) Security Posture
2 24 (13.71%) Onboarding
3 23 (13.14%) Cloud Native
4 16 (9.14%) Management Information System
5 15 (8.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 15 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.57%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (4.57%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (4.00%) CMDB
7 7 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.43%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.86%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.29%) AI Agents
10 4 (2.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.29%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.29%) Replication
11 3 (1.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 39 (22.29%) Windows
2 33 (18.86%) Linux
3 19 (10.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.43%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.29%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (1.14%) CentOS
6 2 (1.14%) Unix
6 2 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.57%) Android
7 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (41.14%) Cybersecurity
1 72 (41.14%) SIEM
2 70 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 67 (38.29%) Cloud Security
4 64 (36.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (31.43%) CI/CD
6 53 (30.29%) DevOps
7 51 (29.14%) Security Operations
8 43 (24.57%) SOAR
9 42 (24.00%) Security Monitoring
10 38 (21.71%) Threat Detection
11 37 (21.14%) Analytics
12 32 (18.29%) Vulnerability Management
13 29 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
14 28 (16.00%) Runbook
14 28 (16.00%) Zero Trust
15 27 (15.43%) RBAC
16 26 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 25 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 62 (35.43%) PowerShell
2 41 (23.43%) Bicep
3 40 (22.86%) Python
4 30 (17.14%) Kusto Query Language
5 21 (12.00%) Bash
6 14 (8.00%) SQL
7 7 (4.00%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (1.14%) C
9 1 (0.57%) Go
9 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (26.86%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.86%) CISSP
2 33 (18.86%) SC Cleared
3 25 (14.29%) Degree
4 22 (12.57%) Azure Certification
5 16 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (6.86%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (6.86%) CISM
7 11 (6.29%) GCIH
8 10 (5.71%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.14%) DV Cleared
10 8 (4.57%) GIAC
11 7 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (3.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (3.43%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (3.43%) GCFA
13 5 (2.86%) CCNP
13 5 (2.86%) CCSP
14 4 (2.29%) GCIA
14 4 (2.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (21.14%) NIST
2 36 (20.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (8.57%) GDPR
4 13 (7.43%) PCI DSS
5 12 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (6.86%) SOC 2
6 9 (5.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (4.57%) QA
8 7 (4.00%) SLA
9 5 (2.86%) GRC
9 5 (2.86%) NCSC
9 5 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.71%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.14%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 48 (27.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.57%) Docker
3 6 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.14%) vSphere
6 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.57%) KVM
Systems Management
1 27 (15.43%) Kubernetes
2 25 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (12.57%) Ansible
4 12 (6.86%) QRadar
5 9 (5.14%) Grafana
6 8 (4.57%) Progress Chef
6 8 (4.57%) SCCM
7 7 (4.00%) CASB
8 6 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (2.86%) FortiGate
9 5 (2.86%) Prometheus
9 5 (2.86%) Puppet
10 2 (1.14%) HP Fortify
10 2 (1.14%) Nexpose
11 1 (0.57%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 138 (78.86%) Microsoft
2 43 (24.57%) Splunk
3 26 (14.86%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (6.29%) Google
4 11 (6.29%) Palo Alto
5 10 (5.71%) VMware
6 9 (5.14%) Cisco
6 9 (5.14%) Okta
7 8 (4.57%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.57%) Zscaler
8 7 (4.00%) Dynatrace
8 7 (4.00%) Tenable
9 6 (3.43%) Cribl.io
9 6 (3.43%) Qualys
10 5 (2.86%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.29%) ArcSight
11 4 (2.29%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.29%) CyberArk
11 4 (2.29%) IBM
11 4 (2.29%) Rapid7