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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 378 439
Rank change year-on-year -86 +61 +8
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 175 126 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.38% 0.46% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.10% 1.20% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 89 61
10th Percentile £393 £400 £473
25th Percentile £453 £456 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.27% -1.12%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £716 £705 £713
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 10,507 11,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.43% 38.13% 34.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,636 7,122 7,511
10th Percentile £319 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £532
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -5.83% -3.36%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 245 162
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.09 £15.98
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £34.47
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -27.03% +4.44%
75th Percentile £69.80 £43.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.30 £33.54
% change year-on-year +14.07% -21.59% +1.64%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -59 97 £535 -0.47% 67
South East -52 28 £615 +23.00% 27
North of England -65 23 £603 +13.41% 20
North West -38 20 £600 +45.45% 15
Midlands -38 12 £288 -43.90% 5
West Midlands -38 11 £288 -52.08% 3
South West -42 9 £556 +1.09% 1
East of England -34 5 £500 -23.08% 5
Yorkshire -43 3 £625 +16.28% 3
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 (4.00%) 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%) Microsoft Project
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 74 (42.29%) Entra ID
3 58 (33.14%) AWS
4 42 (24.00%) GCP
5 34 (19.43%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (18.86%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (16.57%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (13.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 21 (12.00%) 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
12 12 (6.86%) SaaS
13 11 (6.29%) Datadog
14 8 (4.57%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (4.57%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (3.43%) Power Platform
16 5 (2.86%) OneDrive
17 4 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.57%) Firewall
2 21 (12.00%) DNS
2 21 (12.00%) Network Security
3 20 (11.43%) VPN
4 13 (7.43%) DHCP
5 10 (5.71%) WAN
6 9 (5.14%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.43%) SSH
8 5 (2.86%) BGP
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%) Internet
10 3 (1.71%) LAN
10 3 (1.71%) NAS
10 3 (1.71%) SAN
10 3 (1.71%) VLAN
11 2 (1.14%) SSL
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 5 (2.86%) Snyk
3 2 (1.14%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.14%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.14%) Git
3 2 (1.14%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.57%) JIRA
General
1 35 (20.00%) Finance
1 35 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.43%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.43%) Banking
5 6 (3.43%) Retail
6 4 (2.29%) Legal
6 4 (2.29%) Military
7 3 (1.71%) Local Government
7 3 (1.71%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.57%) Advertising
9 1 (0.57%) Billing
9 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Law
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
9 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (18.86%) Security Engineer
2 24 (13.71%) Senior
3 23 (13.14%) Analyst
3 23 (13.14%) Architect
4 20 (11.43%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (8.00%) SIEM Engineer
6 13 (7.43%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 13 (7.43%) Security Analyst
7 12 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (6.29%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (6.29%) Security Architect
9 10 (5.71%) Lead
10 9 (5.14%) SOC Engineer
11 8 (4.57%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (4.57%) Consultant
11 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 7 (4.00%) Test Leader
13 6 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (40.00%) 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 32 (18.29%) Security Posture
2 26 (14.86%) 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
8 6 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.86%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.86%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.29%) Private Cloud
10 4 (2.29%) Replication
11 3 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.71%) NHS
11 3 (1.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.86%) Windows
2 32 (18.29%) 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
5 4 (2.29%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.14%) CentOS
6 2 (1.14%) Unix
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 73 (41.71%) SIEM
2 71 (40.57%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (40.57%) Incident Response
3 67 (38.29%) Cloud Security
4 63 (36.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 55 (31.43%) CI/CD
6 54 (30.86%) DevOps
7 50 (28.57%) 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 30 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
13 28 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (16.00%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (15.43%) Zero Trust
15 26 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 26 (14.86%) RBAC
15 26 (14.86%) Runbook
16 24 (13.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 61 (34.86%) PowerShell
2 41 (23.43%) Bicep
3 39 (22.29%) Python
4 29 (16.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 21 (12.00%) Bash
6 13 (7.43%) 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 45 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 32 (18.29%) CISSP
3 31 (17.71%) SC Cleared
4 25 (14.29%) Degree
5 21 (12.00%) Azure Certification
6 15 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (6.86%) CISM
8 11 (6.29%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (6.29%) GCIH
9 10 (5.71%) AWS Certification
10 9 (5.14%) DV Cleared
11 8 (4.57%) GIAC
12 7 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (3.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (3.43%) CompTIA CySA+
13 6 (3.43%) GCFA
14 5 (2.86%) CCSP
15 4 (2.29%) CCNP
15 4 (2.29%) GCIA
15 4 (2.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (21.71%) NIST
2 35 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (9.14%) GDPR
4 13 (7.43%) PCI DSS
5 11 (6.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (6.29%) SOC 2
6 8 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (4.57%) QA
7 7 (4.00%) SLA
8 6 (3.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (2.86%) GRC
9 5 (2.86%) NCSC
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%) GxP
12 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 49 (28.00%) 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 26 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (12.57%) Ansible
4 11 (6.29%) QRadar
5 9 (5.14%) Grafana
6 8 (4.57%) Progress Chef
6 8 (4.57%) SCCM
7 6 (3.43%) CASB
7 6 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.86%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.86%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.86%) Puppet
9 2 (1.14%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.14%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.57%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 137 (78.29%) Microsoft
2 44 (25.14%) Splunk
3 27 (15.43%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (5.71%) Google
4 10 (5.71%) Palo Alto
4 10 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.71%) VMware
5 9 (5.14%) Okta
6 8 (4.57%) Cisco
7 7 (4.00%) Dynatrace
7 7 (4.00%) Tenable
7 7 (4.00%) Zscaler
8 6 (3.43%) Cribl.io
8 6 (3.43%) Qualys
9 5 (2.86%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.29%) ArcSight
10 4 (2.29%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.29%) CyberArk
10 4 (2.29%) IBM
10 4 (2.29%) Rapid7