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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 470 388 449
Rank change year-on-year -82 +61 -11
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 132 107 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.43% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.88% 1.15% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 87 73
10th Percentile £379 £340 £425
25th Percentile £450 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £645
90th Percentile £719 £850 £708
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
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 14,977 9,328 12,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.97% 37.77% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,153 6,351 8,591
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £512 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 228 333
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.68 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.33 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.97% +17.79% -36.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £38.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.55 £21.64
% change year-on-year +29.60% +31.93% -38.17%

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 15 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 15 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 -53 79 £525 +16.67% 13
South East -56 17 £466 -6.75% 11
South West -22 12 £566 -37.17% 3
North of England -75 10 £540 +1.98% 3
Midlands -53 8 £300 -60.00% 4
West Midlands -59 8 £300 -60.00% 3
North West -38 7 £540 +23.43% 3
East of England -33 4 £553 -20.79% 3
Yorkshire -52 3 £600 +2.13%
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 (3.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 132 (100.00%) Azure
2 53 (40.15%) Entra ID
3 39 (29.55%) AWS
4 29 (21.97%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (20.45%) Azure Monitor
6 26 (19.70%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (17.42%) GCP
8 18 (13.64%) Azure AKS
8 18 (13.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 16 (12.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 11 (8.33%) GitHub
11 10 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (7.58%) IaaS
11 10 (7.58%) PaaS
12 8 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (6.06%) SaaS
13 7 (5.30%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (3.79%) AWS Control Tower
14 5 (3.79%) OpenShift
15 4 (3.03%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 33 (25.00%) Firewall
2 23 (17.42%) Network Security
3 19 (14.39%) VPN
4 12 (9.09%) DNS
5 9 (6.82%) WAN
6 8 (6.06%) BGP
7 6 (4.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (4.55%) DHCP
8 5 (3.79%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.79%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.79%) Internet
8 5 (3.79%) VSAN
9 4 (3.03%) OSPF
9 4 (3.03%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.27%) IPsec
10 3 (2.27%) NGFW
10 3 (2.27%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.27%) VLAN
11 2 (1.52%) NAS
11 2 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
1 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.55%) Snyk
3 4 (3.03%) GitLab
4 3 (2.27%) Burp Suite
4 3 (2.27%) JIRA
5 2 (1.52%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.76%) AppScan
6 1 (0.76%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.76%) Git
6 1 (0.76%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.97%) Finance
3 13 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.55%) Retail
6 5 (3.79%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.79%) Legal
6 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.03%) Local Government
8 3 (2.27%) Banking
8 3 (2.27%) Military
9 2 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Advertising
10 1 (0.76%) Law
10 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (18.18%) Architect
2 22 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 22 (16.67%) Senior
3 20 (15.15%) Security Engineer
4 19 (14.39%) Analyst
5 15 (11.36%) Security Analyst
6 14 (10.61%) Security Architect
7 11 (8.33%) Lead
8 10 (7.58%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.06%) Network Engineer
9 8 (6.06%) Senior Architect
10 7 (5.30%) Azure Architect
10 7 (5.30%) Azure Security Engineer
10 7 (5.30%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 7 (5.30%) Consultant
10 7 (5.30%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (5.30%) Test Leader
11 6 (4.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 6 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
12 5 (3.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.58%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.79%) ADO
2 5 (3.79%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (3.03%) JSON
3 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (3.03%) OAuth
3 4 (3.03%) SailPoint
4 3 (2.27%) OpenID
5 2 (1.52%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.52%) LDAP
5 2 (1.52%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.52%) SAML
5 2 (1.52%) YAML
6 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.76%) Kafka
6 1 (0.76%) REST
6 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.91%) Security Posture
2 17 (12.88%) Cloud Native
3 14 (10.61%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.82%) Data Centre
5 8 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.79%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (3.79%) CMDB
8 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (2.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.27%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.52%) PKI
10 2 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.76%) Windows
2 20 (15.15%) Linux
3 8 (6.06%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.79%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.03%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.76%) CentOS
6 1 (0.76%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.76%) Unix
6 1 (0.76%) VMS
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.21%) SIEM
2 59 (44.70%) Cloud Security
3 46 (34.85%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (32.58%) DevOps
5 34 (25.76%) Identity Access Management
5 34 (25.76%) Zero Trust
6 32 (24.24%) Incident Response
7 31 (23.48%) Security Operations
8 30 (22.73%) Analytics
9 28 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (19.70%) RBAC
10 26 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (18.94%) Security Architecture
12 24 (18.18%) CI/CD
13 23 (17.42%) Log Analytics
14 22 (16.67%) SOAR
15 20 (15.15%) DevSecOps
15 20 (15.15%) Threat Modelling
16 19 (14.39%) Migration
16 19 (14.39%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 30 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 23 (17.42%) Python
3 22 (16.67%) Bicep
4 17 (12.88%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (3.79%) Bash
6 1 (0.76%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 35 (26.52%) CISSP
2 29 (21.97%) Security Cleared
3 23 (17.42%) SC Cleared
4 22 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 21 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (13.64%) CISM
7 12 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (9.09%) CCSP
7 12 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (5.30%) AWS Certification
8 7 (5.30%) CCNP
8 7 (5.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.30%) Degree
8 7 (5.30%) DV Cleared
9 6 (4.55%) GIAC
10 5 (3.79%) CCSE
10 5 (3.79%) CCSM
10 5 (3.79%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (3.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.27%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 33 (25.00%) NIST
2 12 (9.09%) GDPR
3 10 (7.58%) SOC 2
4 9 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (6.06%) NIST 800
5 8 (6.06%) SLA
6 7 (5.30%) QA
7 6 (4.55%) NCSC
7 6 (4.55%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.27%) GRC
10 2 (1.52%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.52%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.76%) COBIT
11 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.76%) GxP
11 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (15.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.79%) Docker
3 5 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (3.03%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (30.30%) Terraform
2 21 (15.91%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.58%) Ansible
4 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.03%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.03%) QRadar
7 3 (2.27%) Grafana
7 3 (2.27%) Istio
8 2 (1.52%) HP Fortify
8 2 (1.52%) Nexpose
8 2 (1.52%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.52%) Puppet
9 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.76%) CASB
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.76%) Nessus
9 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 84 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.91%) Splunk
3 12 (9.09%) Cisco
3 12 (9.09%) Qualys
4 11 (8.33%) Okta
4 11 (8.33%) Tenable
5 10 (7.58%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (7.58%) Palo Alto
5 10 (7.58%) VMware
6 9 (6.82%) Google
7 8 (6.06%) Fortinet
7 8 (6.06%) Zscaler
8 6 (4.55%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 5 (3.79%) CyberArk
9 5 (3.79%) IBM
9 5 (3.79%) LogRhythm
9 5 (3.79%) Rapid7
9 5 (3.79%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.27%) TOWER Software