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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 378 452
Rank change year-on-year -101 +74 -18
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 130 119 96
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.47% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 1.24% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 88 77
10th Percentile £376 £364 £425
25th Percentile £435 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -8.70% +1.95%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £645
90th Percentile £721 £850 £698
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £588
% change year-on-year - -10.64% +4.17%
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 15,260 9,598 12,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,294 6,485 8,644
10th Percentile £325 £311 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.77% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 247 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.03
25th Percentile £23.08 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.73 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.45 £69.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -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 29 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 29 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 -49 79 £515 +13.31% 14
South East -62 15 £463 -7.50% 10
North of England -72 12 £540 +2.86% 3
South West -32 10 £556 -38.22% 5
North West -40 9 £540 +27.06% 2
Midlands -54 8 £300 -60.00% 5
West Midlands -56 8 £300 -60.00% 4
East of England -32 4 £553 -15.00% 3
Yorkshire -51 3 £600 +14.29% 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 2 (1.54%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 130 (100.00%) Azure
2 53 (40.77%) Entra ID
3 41 (31.54%) AWS
4 27 (20.77%) GCP
4 27 (20.77%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (17.69%) Azure Monitor
6 15 (11.54%) Azure AKS
6 15 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 14 (10.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (8.46%) GitHub
9 10 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (6.15%) IaaS
10 8 (6.15%) PaaS
10 8 (6.15%) SaaS
11 5 (3.85%) AWS Control Tower
11 5 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (3.08%) Azure Stack
12 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (23.85%) Firewall
2 25 (19.23%) Network Security
3 16 (12.31%) VPN
4 13 (10.00%) 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 33 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.08%) Finance
3 13 (10.00%) 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%) Banking
7 4 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Local Government
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 25 (19.23%) Architect
2 21 (16.15%) Senior
3 20 (15.38%) Analyst
4 17 (13.08%) Security Engineer
5 16 (12.31%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (12.31%) Security Analyst
6 15 (11.54%) Security Architect
7 10 (7.69%) Lead
8 8 (6.15%) Consultant
8 8 (6.15%) Senior Architect
9 7 (5.38%) Azure Architect
9 7 (5.38%) Network Engineer
9 7 (5.38%) Test Leader
10 6 (4.62%) Azure Security Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (4.62%) SIEM Engineer
11 5 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (3.85%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.62%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.85%) ADO
2 5 (3.85%) JSON
3 4 (3.08%) Azure Blueprints
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%) XML
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%) LangChain
6 1 (0.77%) REST
6 1 (0.77%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Security Posture
2 16 (12.31%) Cloud Native
3 15 (11.54%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.92%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.62%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.85%) CMDB
6 5 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (3.08%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.54%) PKI
9 2 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 34 (26.15%) Windows
2 21 (16.15%) 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%) SIEM
2 56 (43.08%) Cloud Security
3 47 (36.15%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (30.00%) DevOps
5 32 (24.62%) Incident Response
6 31 (23.85%) Identity Access Management
6 31 (23.85%) Zero Trust
7 30 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (23.08%) Security Operations
8 27 (20.77%) Analytics
9 26 (20.00%) Security Architecture
9 26 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 23 (17.69%) CI/CD
11 22 (16.92%) RBAC
11 22 (16.92%) Threat Modelling
12 21 (16.15%) DevSecOps
12 21 (16.15%) SOAR
13 20 (15.38%) Log Analytics
13 20 (15.38%) Migration
13 20 (15.38%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.85%) PowerShell
2 25 (19.23%) Python
3 20 (15.38%) Bicep
4 16 (12.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (5.38%) Bash
6 1 (0.77%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 32 (24.62%) CISSP
2 26 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.15%) Cisco Certification
4 20 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 16 (12.31%) Azure Certification
6 14 (10.77%) CISM
7 12 (9.23%) CCSP
8 11 (8.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (6.15%) CCNP
9 8 (6.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (5.38%) AWS Certification
10 7 (5.38%) Degree
10 7 (5.38%) GIAC
11 5 (3.85%) CCSE
11 5 (3.85%) CCSM
11 5 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (3.08%) DV Cleared
12 4 (3.08%) SSCP
13 3 (2.31%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (23.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (23.08%) NIST
3 10 (7.69%) GDPR
4 9 (6.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.92%) SOC 2
5 8 (6.15%) QA
5 8 (6.15%) SLA
6 7 (5.38%) PCI DSS
7 6 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (3.85%) NCSC
8 5 (3.85%) NIST 800
9 4 (3.08%) GRC
10 2 (1.54%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.54%) SOC 1
11 1 (0.77%) COBIT
11 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.77%) GxP
11 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 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 38 (29.23%) Terraform
2 20 (15.38%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.69%) Ansible
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (3.85%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.85%) QRadar
6 3 (2.31%) Grafana
6 3 (2.31%) Istio
7 2 (1.54%) CASB
7 2 (1.54%) HP Fortify
7 2 (1.54%) Nexpose
7 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.54%) Puppet
8 1 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.77%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.77%) Nessus
8 1 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.77%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 83 (63.85%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.92%) Splunk
3 13 (10.00%) Cisco
4 12 (9.23%) Tenable
5 11 (8.46%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (8.46%) Okta
5 11 (8.46%) Qualys
6 10 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 9 (6.92%) Google
7 9 (6.92%) VMware
7 9 (6.92%) Zscaler
8 8 (6.15%) Fortinet
9 7 (5.38%) CheckPoint
10 6 (4.62%) LogRhythm
10 6 (4.62%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.85%) CyberArk
11 5 (3.85%) Rapid7
12 3 (2.31%) ArcSight
12 3 (2.31%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.31%) Veracode