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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 380 448
Rank change year-on-year -82 +68 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 129 98 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.91% 1.09% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 82 73
10th Percentile £398 £325 £425
25th Percentile £456 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £479 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% -13.00% -2.48%
75th Percentile £615 £623 £645
90th Percentile £717 £850 £733
UK median daily rate £525 £479 £575
% change year-on-year +9.72% -16.78% +1.77%

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 14,193 8,966 11,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.21% 37.17% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,725 6,222 8,419
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £635 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 194 323
10th Percentile £15.52 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.39% +21.43% -34.98%
75th Percentile £67.84 £37.50 £34.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.13 £65.10
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +43.64% +28.69% -38.94%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -55 71 £530 +20.45% 23
South East -48 18 £473 -5.50% 21
Midlands -49 11 £313 -58.33% 6
West Midlands -52 11 £313 -58.33% 4
South West -27 10 £575 -20.69%
North of England -70 10 £534 +1.71% 6
North West -30 7 £540 +27.06% 4
East of England -27 6 £575 -22.82% 1
Yorkshire -52 2 £500 -4.76% 1
North East -20 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 4 (3.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 129 (100.00%) Azure
2 40 (31.01%) Entra ID
3 38 (29.46%) AWS
4 29 (22.48%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (20.93%) GCP
6 25 (19.38%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (13.18%) Azure AKS
9 14 (10.85%) IaaS
9 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (10.85%) PaaS
10 12 (9.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 10 (7.75%) SaaS
12 9 (6.98%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (6.20%) GitHub
14 6 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (3.88%) OpenShift
16 4 (3.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 4 (3.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (29.46%) Firewall
2 24 (18.60%) Network Security
3 19 (14.73%) VPN
4 13 (10.08%) DNS
5 8 (6.20%) DHCP
6 5 (3.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (3.10%) BGP
7 4 (3.10%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (3.10%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (3.10%) OSPF
7 4 (3.10%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.10%) VSAN
7 4 (3.10%) WAN
8 3 (2.33%) Internet
8 3 (2.33%) IPsec
8 3 (2.33%) NGFW
8 3 (2.33%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.55%) MPLS
9 2 (1.55%) VLAN
9 2 (1.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Snyk
2 3 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.33%) JIRA
3 2 (1.55%) Git
4 1 (0.78%) AppScan
4 1 (0.78%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.78%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.78%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.60%) Finance
3 13 (10.08%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.88%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.88%) Legal
5 5 (3.88%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.88%) Retail
6 3 (2.33%) Banking
6 3 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Local Government
7 2 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Military
7 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.78%) Advertising
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.78%) Law
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (19.38%) Security Engineer
2 23 (17.83%) Architect
2 23 (17.83%) Azure Engineer
3 22 (17.05%) Analyst
4 17 (13.18%) Senior
5 12 (9.30%) Security Analyst
6 11 (8.53%) Security Architect
7 10 (7.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Azure Security Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Lead
8 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Network Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) SIEM Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (4.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Monitoring Analyst
10 5 (3.88%) Azure Architect
10 5 (3.88%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.20%) ARM Templates
2 4 (3.10%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (3.10%) JSON
2 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.33%) ADO
3 3 (2.33%) Node.js
3 3 (2.33%) OAuth
3 3 (2.33%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.55%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.55%) Kafka
4 2 (1.55%) REST
4 2 (1.55%) XML
4 2 (1.55%) YAML
5 1 (0.78%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.78%) eBPF
5 1 (0.78%) gRPC
5 1 (0.78%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.78%) pytest
5 1 (0.78%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.18%) Security Posture
2 15 (11.63%) Onboarding
3 11 (8.53%) Cloud Native
4 8 (6.20%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.88%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (3.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (3.10%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.33%) YARA
10 2 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.55%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.55%) STIX
11 1 (0.78%) Anti-Spyware
11 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.71%) Windows
2 16 (12.40%) Linux
3 4 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (3.10%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.10%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.78%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (51.16%) SIEM
2 46 (35.66%) Cloud Security
3 35 (27.13%) DevOps
4 33 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (24.81%) Zero Trust
6 30 (23.26%) Analytics
7 29 (22.48%) Identity Access Management
7 29 (22.48%) Incident Response
7 29 (22.48%) SOAR
8 28 (21.71%) Threat Detection
9 26 (20.16%) Security Operations
10 24 (18.60%) CI/CD
11 22 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (15.50%) DevSecOps
13 19 (14.73%) Log Analytics
13 19 (14.73%) RBAC
14 18 (13.95%) Security Architecture
14 18 (13.95%) Threat Modelling
14 18 (13.95%) Vulnerability Management
15 17 (13.18%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 36 (27.91%) PowerShell
2 30 (23.26%) Python
3 28 (21.71%) Kusto Query Language
4 17 (13.18%) Bicep
5 8 (6.20%) Bash
6 3 (2.33%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) Java
7 1 (0.78%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 31 (24.03%) CISSP
2 26 (20.16%) Security Cleared
3 23 (17.83%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (17.05%) SC Cleared
5 21 (16.28%) Azure Certification
6 14 (10.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (10.85%) CCSP
6 14 (10.85%) CISM
7 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (5.43%) Degree
9 6 (4.65%) CCNP
9 6 (4.65%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (3.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (3.10%) CCSE
11 4 (3.10%) CCSM
11 4 (3.10%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (3.10%) GCIA
12 3 (2.33%) GCIH
13 2 (1.55%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (21.71%) NIST
2 26 (20.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (9.30%) GDPR
4 7 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (5.43%) NCSC
4 7 (5.43%) NIST 800
4 7 (5.43%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.65%) SLA
5 6 (4.65%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.33%) GRC
6 3 (2.33%) QA
7 2 (1.55%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.78%) COBIT
8 1 (0.78%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.78%) GxP
8 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.78%) SOC 1
System Software
1 20 (15.50%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.65%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.10%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.55%) Docker
6 1 (0.78%) Snort
6 1 (0.78%) Squid
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (24.03%) Terraform
2 21 (16.28%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.88%) Ansible
5 4 (3.10%) QRadar
6 3 (2.33%) Icinga
6 3 (2.33%) Istio
6 3 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.55%) Nessus
7 2 (1.55%) Nexpose
8 1 (0.78%) CASB
8 1 (0.78%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.78%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.78%) Grafana
8 1 (0.78%) logstash
8 1 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.78%) Puppet
8 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.78%) Suricata
Vendors
1 79 (61.24%) Microsoft
2 29 (22.48%) Splunk
3 12 (9.30%) Qualys
4 11 (8.53%) Cisco
5 10 (7.75%) Palo Alto
5 10 (7.75%) VMware
6 9 (6.98%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (6.20%) Tenable
8 7 (5.43%) CheckPoint
8 7 (5.43%) Fortinet
8 7 (5.43%) Google
8 7 (5.43%) LogRhythm
9 6 (4.65%) Okta
10 5 (3.88%) Carbon Black
10 5 (3.88%) IBM
10 5 (3.88%) Red Hat
10 5 (3.88%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.88%) Zscaler
11 4 (3.10%) CyberArk
12 3 (2.33%) SolarWinds