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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 371 440
Rank change year-on-year -98 +69 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 156 142 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.51% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.37% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 103 69
10th Percentile £375 £384 £425
25th Percentile £450 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £764 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -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 15,983 10,336 11,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.97% 37.18% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,666 6,998 7,938
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £720 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 274 221
10th Percentile £15.53 £15.02 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.22 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.36 £26.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.22% +4.60% -22.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £83.58 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.00% -28.15%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -74 82 £515 +3.00% 27
South East -51 29 £615 +22.99% 14
North of England -64 22 £600 +12.36% 15
North West -26 20 £600 +45.45% 9
South West -41 9 £556 -28.26% 6
Midlands -44 8 £288 -56.60% 7
West Midlands -51 7 £288 -56.60% 4
East of England -27 4 £553 -15.00% 2
Yorkshire -40 2 £638 +18.60% 5
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 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.64%) Mendix
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 156 (100.00%) Azure
2 68 (43.59%) Entra ID
3 50 (32.05%) AWS
4 30 (19.23%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
5 28 (17.95%) GCP
5 28 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (13.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 20 (12.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (8.33%) Azure AKS
8 13 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (7.69%) SaaS
10 11 (7.05%) Azure Key Vault
10 11 (7.05%) GitHub
11 9 (5.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (4.49%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (3.21%) OneDrive
14 4 (2.56%) Azure Stack
14 4 (2.56%) IaaS
14 4 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (24.36%) Firewall
2 27 (17.31%) Network Security
3 19 (12.18%) DNS
3 19 (12.18%) VPN
4 11 (7.05%) DHCP
4 11 (7.05%) WAN
5 8 (5.13%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.21%) BGP
6 5 (3.21%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (3.21%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (3.21%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (3.21%) Internet
6 5 (3.21%) SSH
6 5 (3.21%) VSAN
7 3 (1.92%) LAN
7 3 (1.92%) NAS
7 3 (1.92%) SAN
7 3 (1.92%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.92%) VLAN
8 2 (1.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (5.77%) GitLab
1 9 (5.77%) Jenkins
2 6 (3.85%) Snyk
3 3 (1.92%) JIRA
4 2 (1.28%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.28%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.28%) Git
4 2 (1.28%) SonarQube
General
1 39 (25.00%) Finance
2 38 (24.36%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.49%) Banking
4 7 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.49%) Retail
5 5 (3.21%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.21%) Legal
5 5 (3.21%) Local Government
5 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.56%) Military
7 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.64%) Advertising
8 1 (0.64%) Billing
8 1 (0.64%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.64%) Law
8 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 23 (14.74%) Senior
3 21 (13.46%) Analyst
3 21 (13.46%) Architect
4 16 (10.26%) Security Analyst
4 16 (10.26%) SIEM Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Azure Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (9.62%) Security Architect
6 12 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 10 (6.41%) Lead
8 9 (5.77%) Consultant
8 9 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) Azure Architect
10 7 (4.49%) Test Leader
11 6 (3.85%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (3.85%) Network Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.97%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.21%) ADO
3 4 (2.56%) Azure Blueprints
3 4 (2.56%) JSON
4 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.92%) OpenID
4 3 (1.92%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.28%) LDAP
5 2 (1.28%) OAuth
5 2 (1.28%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.28%) REST
5 2 (1.28%) SAML
5 2 (1.28%) XML
5 2 (1.28%) YAML
6 1 (0.64%) .NET
6 1 (0.64%) EDI
6 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.64%) Kafka
6 1 (0.64%) LangChain
6 1 (0.64%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 27 (17.31%) Security Posture
2 21 (13.46%) Onboarding
3 18 (11.54%) Cloud Native
4 14 (8.97%) Management Information System
5 13 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (7.05%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (5.13%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (3.85%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.21%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (3.21%) CMDB
9 5 (3.21%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.92%) NHS
11 3 (1.92%) PKI
12 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (26.28%) Windows
2 32 (20.51%) Linux
3 18 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.85%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.56%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (2.56%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.28%) CentOS
6 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (43.59%) SIEM
2 67 (42.95%) Cloud Security
3 63 (40.38%) Cybersecurity
4 49 (31.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 48 (30.77%) DevOps
6 47 (30.13%) Incident Response
7 42 (26.92%) CI/CD
8 38 (24.36%) Security Operations
9 37 (23.72%) Analytics
10 34 (21.79%) Threat Detection
11 32 (20.51%) SOAR
12 28 (17.95%) Zero Trust
13 27 (17.31%) Identity Access Management
13 27 (17.31%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
15 25 (16.03%) Log Analytics
15 25 (16.03%) RBAC
15 25 (16.03%) Security Architecture
15 25 (16.03%) Security Monitoring
16 23 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (32.05%) PowerShell
2 39 (25.00%) Bicep
3 32 (20.51%) Python
4 25 (16.03%) Kusto Query Language
5 20 (12.82%) Bash
6 5 (3.21%) Search Processing Language
6 5 (3.21%) SQL
7 1 (0.64%) Go
7 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (24.36%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.44%) CISSP
3 25 (16.03%) SC Cleared
4 21 (13.46%) Azure Certification
4 21 (13.46%) Degree
5 19 (12.18%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (10.26%) CISM
7 11 (7.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (7.05%) CCSP
8 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (5.77%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.77%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.77%) GCIH
9 9 (5.77%) GIAC
10 8 (5.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (3.85%) CCNP
11 6 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (3.85%) GCFA
12 5 (3.21%) CCSE
12 5 (3.21%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (22.44%) NIST
2 31 (19.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (11.54%) GDPR
4 14 (8.97%) PCI DSS
5 10 (6.41%) SOC 2
6 9 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (5.77%) SLA
7 7 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (4.49%) QA
8 6 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (3.21%) GRC
9 5 (3.21%) NCSC
10 3 (1.92%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.28%) HIPAA
11 2 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.28%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.64%) GxP
12 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 37 (23.72%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.49%) Docker
4 5 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 54 (34.62%) Terraform
2 22 (14.10%) Kubernetes
3 19 (12.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (11.54%) Ansible
5 9 (5.77%) QRadar
6 8 (5.13%) SCCM
7 6 (3.85%) CASB
8 5 (3.21%) FortiGate
8 5 (3.21%) Progress Chef
9 4 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.92%) Grafana
11 2 (1.28%) HP Fortify
11 2 (1.28%) Nexpose
11 2 (1.28%) Prometheus
11 2 (1.28%) Puppet
12 1 (0.64%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 113 (72.44%) Microsoft
2 33 (21.15%) Splunk
3 21 (13.46%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (7.69%) Okta
5 11 (7.05%) Palo Alto
5 11 (7.05%) Tenable
6 10 (6.41%) Cisco
7 9 (5.77%) Qualys
8 8 (5.13%) Google
8 8 (5.13%) VMware
9 7 (4.49%) Zscaler
10 6 (3.85%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.85%) Cribl.io
10 6 (3.85%) Fortinet
10 6 (3.85%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.56%) ArcSight
11 4 (2.56%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.92%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.92%) LogRhythm
12 3 (1.92%) Salesforce