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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 377 462
Rank change year-on-year -83 +85 -33
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 130 110 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.44% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.86% 1.17% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 87 74
10th Percentile £375 £362 £425
25th Percentile £446 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £645
90th Percentile £722 £850 £705
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £581
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.98% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 -

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 15,154 9,411 12,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.01% 37.70% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,260 6,394 8,641
10th Percentile £325 £310 £303
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £718 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 540 234 338
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.12 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.39% +15.91% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £39.69 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.03 £70.13 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year +31.12% +30.00% -37.14%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 76 £515 +13.31% 13
South East -60 16 £463 -7.50% 8
South West -27 13 £556 -38.22% 5
North of England -74 11 £540 +2.86% 3
North West -35 8 £540 +27.06% 2
Midlands -53 8 £300 -60.00% 3
West Midlands -56 8 £300 -60.00% 2
East of England -28 4 £553 -20.79% 3
Yorkshire -55 3 £600 +2.13% 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 (4.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 130 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 38 (29.23%) AWS
4 27 (20.77%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (20.77%) Azure Monitor
4 27 (20.77%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.46%) GCP
6 18 (13.85%) Azure AKS
6 18 (13.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 14 (10.77%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (8.46%) GitHub
9 10 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (6.92%) IaaS
10 9 (6.92%) PaaS
11 8 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (6.15%) SaaS
12 5 (3.85%) AWS Control Tower
12 5 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (3.85%) OpenShift
13 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (23.85%) Firewall
2 23 (17.69%) Network Security
3 18 (13.85%) VPN
4 12 (9.23%) WAN
5 10 (7.69%) DNS
6 8 (6.15%) BGP
7 6 (4.62%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.85%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.85%) DHCP
8 5 (3.85%) Internet
8 5 (3.85%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.85%) VSAN
9 4 (3.08%) VLAN
10 3 (2.31%) IPsec
10 3 (2.31%) LAN
10 3 (2.31%) NAS
10 3 (2.31%) OSPF
10 3 (2.31%) SAN
10 3 (2.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.62%) Snyk
3 4 (3.08%) GitLab
4 3 (2.31%) Burp Suite
4 3 (2.31%) JIRA
5 2 (1.54%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.77%) AppScan
6 1 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.77%) Git
6 1 (0.77%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.08%) Finance
3 12 (9.23%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.62%) Retail
6 5 (3.85%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.85%) Legal
6 5 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Local Government
8 3 (2.31%) Banking
8 3 (2.31%) Military
9 2 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Advertising
10 1 (0.77%) Law
10 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (18.46%) Architect
2 21 (16.15%) Senior
3 20 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
4 19 (14.62%) Analyst
5 16 (12.31%) Security Engineer
6 15 (11.54%) Security Analyst
7 14 (10.77%) Security Architect
8 10 (7.69%) Lead
9 8 (6.15%) Consultant
9 8 (6.15%) Senior Architect
10 7 (5.38%) Azure Architect
10 7 (5.38%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Network Engineer
10 7 (5.38%) Test Leader
11 6 (4.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (4.62%) Azure Security Engineer
11 6 (4.62%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 5 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.69%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.85%) ADO
3 4 (3.08%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (3.08%) JSON
3 4 (3.08%) OAuth
3 4 (3.08%) SailPoint
4 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (2.31%) OpenID
5 2 (1.54%) LDAP
5 2 (1.54%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.54%) SAML
5 2 (1.54%) YAML
6 1 (0.77%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.77%) Kafka
6 1 (0.77%) REST
6 1 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Security Posture
2 16 (12.31%) Cloud Native
3 14 (10.77%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.92%) Data Centre
5 8 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.62%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (3.85%) CMDB
7 5 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.31%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.54%) PKI
10 2 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (26.15%) Windows
2 20 (15.38%) Linux
3 8 (6.15%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.85%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.08%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (3.08%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.77%) CentOS
7 1 (0.77%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.77%) Unix
7 1 (0.77%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (43.85%) Cloud Security
1 57 (43.85%) SIEM
2 45 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (33.08%) DevOps
4 34 (26.15%) Identity Access Management
5 31 (23.85%) Analytics
5 31 (23.85%) Security Operations
5 31 (23.85%) Zero Trust
6 30 (23.08%) Incident Response
6 30 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (20.00%) RBAC
8 25 (19.23%) Security Architecture
9 24 (18.46%) CI/CD
9 24 (18.46%) Log Analytics
9 24 (18.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 21 (16.15%) DevSecOps
10 21 (16.15%) Threat Modelling
11 20 (15.38%) Migration
11 20 (15.38%) SOAR
12 18 (13.85%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 29 (22.31%) PowerShell
2 23 (17.69%) Bicep
2 23 (17.69%) Python
3 16 (12.31%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (4.62%) Bash
5 1 (0.77%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 33 (25.38%) CISSP
2 29 (22.31%) Security Cleared
3 23 (17.69%) SC Cleared
4 20 (15.38%) Azure Certification
4 20 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (12.31%) CISM
6 12 (9.23%) CCSP
7 11 (8.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (5.38%) AWS Certification
8 7 (5.38%) CCNP
8 7 (5.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.38%) Degree
8 7 (5.38%) DV Cleared
9 6 (4.62%) GIAC
10 5 (3.85%) CCSE
10 5 (3.85%) CCSM
10 5 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.31%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (25.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 33 (25.38%) NIST
2 10 (7.69%) GDPR
3 9 (6.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.92%) SOC 2
4 8 (6.15%) NIST 800
4 8 (6.15%) QA
4 8 (6.15%) SLA
5 6 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (4.62%) NCSC
5 6 (4.62%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.31%) GRC
7 2 (1.54%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.54%) SOC 1
8 1 (0.77%) COBIT
8 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.77%) GxP
8 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.85%) Docker
3 5 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (31.54%) Terraform
2 22 (16.92%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.69%) Ansible
4 9 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.85%) FortiGate
7 4 (3.08%) QRadar
8 3 (2.31%) Grafana
8 3 (2.31%) Istio
9 2 (1.54%) CASB
9 2 (1.54%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.54%) Nexpose
9 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.54%) Puppet
10 1 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.77%) Nessus
10 1 (0.77%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.77%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 82 (63.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.38%) Splunk
3 13 (10.00%) Cisco
4 11 (8.46%) Okta
4 11 (8.46%) Qualys
4 11 (8.46%) Tenable
5 10 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
6 9 (6.92%) Google
6 9 (6.92%) Palo Alto
6 9 (6.92%) VMware
6 9 (6.92%) Zscaler
7 7 (5.38%) Fortinet
8 6 (4.62%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.62%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.85%) CyberArk
9 5 (3.85%) IBM
9 5 (3.85%) LogRhythm
9 5 (3.85%) Rapid7
9 5 (3.85%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.31%) TOWER Software