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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 378 439
Rank change year-on-year -108 +61 +12
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 131 127 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.29% 0.47% 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.84% 1.24% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 93 80
10th Percentile £360 £380 £425
25th Percentile £448 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £639
90th Percentile £718 £835 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -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 15,685 10,209 12,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.41% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,533 6,894 8,591
10th Percentile £325 £311 £311
25th Percentile £418 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +2.99% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 269 324
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £27.76 £22.30
% change year-on-year +33.50% +24.48% -36.29%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -56 80 £525 +13.51% 20
South East -75 17 £463 -7.50% 14
North of England -78 13 £542 +3.19% 15
North West -50 9 £540 +30.91% 10
South West -30 8 £556 -38.22% 5
Midlands -48 7 £300 -60.00% 8
West Midlands -64 7 £300 -60.00% 6
East of England -29 4 £553 -15.00%
Yorkshire -54 4 £575 +9.52% 4
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 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 131 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (39.69%) Entra ID
3 42 (32.06%) AWS
4 29 (22.14%) GCP
4 29 (22.14%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (16.79%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (14.50%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (12.21%) Azure Logic Apps
7 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (9.92%) Azure AKS
9 12 (9.16%) GitHub
10 10 (7.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (6.11%) SaaS
12 6 (4.58%) IaaS
12 6 (4.58%) PaaS
13 5 (3.82%) AWS Control Tower
13 5 (3.82%) Azure Key Vault
13 5 (3.82%) OneDrive
14 4 (3.05%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.90%) Firewall
2 24 (18.32%) Network Security
3 15 (11.45%) VPN
4 12 (9.16%) WAN
5 11 (8.40%) DNS
6 8 (6.11%) BGP
7 6 (4.58%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (3.82%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.82%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.82%) DHCP
8 5 (3.82%) Internet
8 5 (3.82%) VSAN
9 4 (3.05%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.29%) IPsec
10 3 (2.29%) LAN
10 3 (2.29%) NAS
10 3 (2.29%) SAN
10 3 (2.29%) SSL
10 3 (2.29%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.29%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.58%) Snyk
3 4 (3.05%) GitLab
4 3 (2.29%) Burp Suite
4 3 (2.29%) JIRA
5 2 (1.53%) Claude Code
5 2 (1.53%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.76%) AppScan
6 1 (0.76%) Git
6 1 (0.76%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (25.19%) Finance
2 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.16%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.58%) Retail
6 5 (3.82%) Banking
6 5 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.82%) Legal
6 5 (3.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.29%) Local Government
7 3 (2.29%) Military
8 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Advertising
9 1 (0.76%) Law
9 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (19.08%) Architect
2 22 (16.79%) Analyst
3 21 (16.03%) Senior
4 17 (12.98%) Security Analyst
4 17 (12.98%) Security Engineer
5 15 (11.45%) Security Architect
6 11 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (7.63%) Lead
8 9 (6.87%) SIEM Engineer
9 8 (6.11%) Consultant
9 8 (6.11%) Senior Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Azure Architect
10 7 (5.34%) Test Leader
11 6 (4.58%) Cloud Architect
11 6 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Network Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Azure Consultant
12 5 (3.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (3.82%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.82%) ADO
1 5 (3.82%) JSON
2 4 (3.05%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (3.05%) OAuth
2 4 (3.05%) SailPoint
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (2.29%) OpenID
4 2 (1.53%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.53%) LDAP
4 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.53%) REST
4 2 (1.53%) SAML
4 2 (1.53%) XML
4 2 (1.53%) YAML
5 1 (0.76%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.76%) Kafka
5 1 (0.76%) LangChain
5 1 (0.76%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.56%) Security Posture
2 18 (13.74%) Onboarding
3 17 (12.98%) Cloud Native
4 9 (6.87%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.58%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.82%) CMDB
6 5 (3.82%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.53%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.53%) PKI
10 1 (0.76%) Clustering
10 1 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.95%) Windows
2 21 (16.03%) Linux
3 8 (6.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.82%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.05%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (3.05%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.76%) CentOS
7 1 (0.76%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.76%) Unix
7 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.80%) SIEM
2 55 (41.98%) Cloud Security
3 50 (38.17%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (29.01%) DevOps
5 35 (26.72%) Incident Response
6 32 (24.43%) Zero Trust
7 31 (23.66%) Security Operations
8 30 (22.90%) Identity Access Management
9 29 (22.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (19.85%) Security Architecture
11 25 (19.08%) SOAR
11 25 (19.08%) Threat Detection
11 25 (19.08%) Vulnerability Management
12 24 (18.32%) Analytics
12 24 (18.32%) CI/CD
13 22 (16.79%) Threat Modelling
14 21 (16.03%) Migration
14 21 (16.03%) Security Monitoring
15 19 (14.50%) DevSecOps
16 18 (13.74%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 27 (20.61%) Python
3 20 (15.27%) Kusto Query Language
4 17 (12.98%) Bicep
5 7 (5.34%) Bash
6 1 (0.76%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 30 (22.90%) CISSP
2 24 (18.32%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.03%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (14.50%) SC Cleared
5 13 (9.92%) Azure Certification
6 12 (9.16%) CCSP
6 12 (9.16%) CISM
7 11 (8.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (6.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (6.11%) AWS Certification
9 8 (6.11%) CCNP
9 8 (6.11%) Degree
9 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (5.34%) GIAC
11 6 (4.58%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (3.82%) CCSE
12 5 (3.82%) CCSM
13 4 (3.05%) SSCP
14 3 (2.29%) GCIA
14 3 (2.29%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (22.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (21.37%) NIST
3 10 (7.63%) GDPR
4 9 (6.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.87%) SOC 2
5 8 (6.11%) SLA
6 7 (5.34%) PCI DSS
6 7 (5.34%) QA
7 6 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (3.05%) GRC
9 3 (2.29%) NCSC
9 3 (2.29%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.53%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.53%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.76%) COBIT
11 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.76%) GxP
11 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (16.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.82%) Docker
3 5 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (26.72%) Terraform
2 18 (13.74%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (7.63%) Ansible
5 7 (5.34%) QRadar
6 6 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (3.82%) FortiGate
8 3 (2.29%) Grafana
8 3 (2.29%) Istio
9 2 (1.53%) CASB
9 2 (1.53%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.53%) Nexpose
9 2 (1.53%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.53%) Puppet
10 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.76%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.76%) Nessus
10 1 (0.76%) PingFederate
10 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.76%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 86 (65.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.32%) Splunk
3 12 (9.16%) Cisco
3 12 (9.16%) CrowdStrike
3 12 (9.16%) Okta
3 12 (9.16%) Tenable
4 11 (8.40%) Palo Alto
4 11 (8.40%) Qualys
5 10 (7.63%) Google
6 9 (6.87%) VMware
7 8 (6.11%) Fortinet
7 8 (6.11%) Zscaler
8 7 (5.34%) CheckPoint
9 6 (4.58%) LogRhythm
9 6 (4.58%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.82%) CyberArk
10 5 (3.82%) Rapid7
11 3 (2.29%) ArcSight
11 3 (2.29%) TOWER Software
11 3 (2.29%) Veracode