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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 403 479
Rank change year-on-year -10 +76 +19
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 151 82 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.44% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.16% 0.85% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 65 62
10th Percentile £425 £370 £378
25th Percentile £486 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £540 £556
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -2.92% -4.91%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £688 £751 £734
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - -23.08%

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 12,984 9,650 12,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.43% 37.61% 32.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,962 6,496 9,030
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 148 312
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.38 £14.14
25th Percentile £19.19 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £27.63 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.96% +28.51% -14.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £79.50 £74.28 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.54 £27.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +36.51% +27.91% -14.00%

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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -7 82 £569 +6.81% 25
South West -1 21 £475 -33.33% 2
South East -25 14 £650 +4.00% 15
Midlands -43 13 £525 -30.00% 5
West Midlands -48 11 £550 -26.67% 4
North of England -47 9 £520 +5.69% 10
North West -27 6 £540 -10.00% 6
East of England -25 5 £613 -5.84% 3
East Midlands - 2 £469 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £500 - 2
North East -17 1 £400 -9.50% 2
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 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 151 (100.00%) Azure
2 50 (33.11%) AWS
2 50 (33.11%) Entra ID
3 37 (24.50%) GCP
4 33 (21.85%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (19.21%) Azure Monitor
6 19 (12.58%) Microsoft Purview
7 18 (11.92%) Azure AKS
8 16 (10.60%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (9.93%) IaaS
9 15 (9.93%) PaaS
10 13 (8.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 11 (7.28%) SaaS
12 10 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (5.30%) OpenShift
14 7 (4.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 6 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (3.97%) GitHub
16 5 (3.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (26.49%) Firewall
2 20 (13.25%) Network Security
2 20 (13.25%) VPN
3 8 (5.30%) DNS
4 5 (3.31%) BGP
4 5 (3.31%) OSPF
5 4 (2.65%) WAN
6 3 (1.99%) DHCP
6 3 (1.99%) IPsec
6 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.99%) Wireless
6 3 (1.99%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.32%) LAN
7 2 (1.32%) MPLS
7 2 (1.32%) NGFW
7 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.32%) SSL
7 2 (1.32%) VXLAN
7 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.65%) Power BI
2 3 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.99%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.32%) Snyk
4 1 (0.66%) AppScan
4 1 (0.66%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.66%) JIRA
4 1 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (22.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.60%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.28%) Finance
4 7 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (1.99%) Military
5 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.32%) Banking
6 2 (1.32%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.32%) Retail
7 1 (0.66%) Electronics
7 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.66%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.66%) Legal
7 1 (0.66%) Local Government
7 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing
7 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (27.81%) Security Engineer
2 31 (20.53%) Analyst
2 31 (20.53%) Azure Engineer
3 26 (17.22%) SOC Analyst
4 20 (13.25%) Monitoring Analyst
5 17 (11.26%) Architect
5 17 (11.26%) Senior
6 13 (8.61%) Azure Security Engineer
6 13 (8.61%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Consultant
8 9 (5.96%) Threat Hunter
9 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Engineer
9 8 (5.30%) Security Architect
10 7 (4.64%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 7 (4.64%) Security Analyst
11 6 (3.97%) Security Specialist
11 6 (3.97%) SIEM Engineer
12 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.95%) ARM Templates
2 7 (4.64%) OAuth
3 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.65%) JSON
4 4 (2.65%) REST
5 3 (1.99%) Node.js
5 3 (1.99%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.99%) SAML
6 2 (1.32%) .NET
6 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.32%) gRPC
6 2 (1.32%) Kafka
6 2 (1.32%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.32%) OpenID
6 2 (1.32%) Regular Expression
6 2 (1.32%) XML
7 1 (0.66%) eBPF
7 1 (0.66%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.91%) Security Posture
2 15 (9.93%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.64%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.97%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.99%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.99%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.99%) YARA
9 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.32%) CSOC
9 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.32%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.25%) Windows
2 12 (7.95%) Linux
3 6 (3.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.66%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.66%) VMS
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (50.99%) SIEM
2 56 (37.09%) Cloud Security
3 43 (28.48%) Incident Response
4 42 (27.81%) Zero Trust
5 40 (26.49%) SOAR
6 38 (25.17%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (24.50%) Security Operations
8 36 (23.84%) Analytics
9 33 (21.85%) DevOps
10 31 (20.53%) Identity Access Management
11 29 (19.21%) Threat Detection
12 27 (17.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (17.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 24 (15.89%) Data Loss Prevention
15 23 (15.23%) Log Analytics
16 22 (14.57%) CI/CD
17 20 (13.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 20 (13.25%) Security Architecture
18 19 (12.58%) RBAC
18 19 (12.58%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (33.11%) PowerShell
2 41 (27.15%) Kusto Query Language
3 35 (23.18%) Python
4 18 (11.92%) Bicep
5 12 (7.95%) Bash
6 3 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.66%) Java
7 1 (0.66%) Lisp
7 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (29.14%) Security Cleared
2 36 (23.84%) SC Cleared
3 30 (19.87%) CISSP
4 27 (17.88%) Azure Certification
5 19 (12.58%) CISM
6 18 (11.92%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (9.93%) DV Cleared
9 13 (8.61%) Degree
10 11 (7.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (6.62%) CCSP
11 10 (6.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (1.99%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.99%) CCNP
13 2 (1.32%) CCIE
13 2 (1.32%) CCNA
13 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.32%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.66%) CCDA
14 1 (0.66%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (31.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (24.50%) NIST
3 22 (14.57%) GDPR
4 11 (7.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (6.62%) NCSC
6 9 (5.96%) NIST 800
7 8 (5.30%) PCI DSS
8 7 (4.64%) SOC 2
9 6 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.99%) GRC
10 3 (1.99%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.32%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.66%) COBIT
12 1 (0.66%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.66%) QA
12 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (21.19%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.97%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.31%) Docker
3 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.99%) Snort
4 3 (1.99%) Squid
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (22.52%) Terraform
2 29 (19.21%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (3.97%) Ansible
5 6 (3.97%) QRadar
6 5 (3.31%) Nessus
7 4 (2.65%) SCCM
8 3 (1.99%) Icinga
8 3 (1.99%) Istio
8 3 (1.99%) logstash
8 3 (1.99%) Nexpose
8 3 (1.99%) Suricata
9 2 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.32%) Fluentd
9 2 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.32%) WSUS
10 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.66%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.66%) SCOM
Vendors
1 104 (68.87%) Microsoft
2 46 (30.46%) Splunk
3 22 (14.57%) Qualys
4 19 (12.58%) CrowdStrike
5 16 (10.60%) Carbon Black
6 14 (9.27%) Google
7 13 (8.61%) Palo Alto
8 10 (6.62%) Cisco
9 9 (5.96%) IBM
9 9 (5.96%) ServiceNow
9 9 (5.96%) Tenable
10 8 (5.30%) Red Hat
11 7 (4.64%) LogRhythm
11 7 (4.64%) Zscaler
12 6 (3.97%) Fortinet
12 6 (3.97%) Okta
12 6 (3.97%) VMware
13 4 (2.65%) CheckPoint
13 4 (2.65%) CyberArk
14 3 (1.99%) FireEye