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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 379 438
Rank change year-on-year -90 +59 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 171 120 94
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.44% 0.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.07% 1.16% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 85 66
10th Percentile £389 £389 £456
25th Percentile £450 £456 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £615 £650
90th Percentile £719 £715 £738
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 15,934 10,377 11,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.42% 37.85% 34.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,619 7,014 7,631
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 244 172
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.33 £15.55
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.73% -21.21% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £64.73
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.18 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.07% -13.85% -7.14%

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 22 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 22 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 -45 96 £515 -6.36% 90
South East -48 27 £615 +23.00% 38
North of England -60 23 £603 +13.41% 18
North West -39 20 £600 +45.45% 12
Midlands -47 11 £288 -43.90% 15
West Midlands -43 10 £288 -52.08% 12
South West -40 9 £556 +1.09% 1
East of England -39 4 £503 -22.69% 7
Yorkshire -47 3 £625 +16.28% 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 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) Mendix
3 1 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.58%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 171 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (41.52%) Entra ID
3 57 (33.33%) AWS
4 42 (24.56%) GCP
5 34 (19.88%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (19.88%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (16.37%) Azure Monitor
7 22 (12.87%) Azure Logic Apps
8 21 (12.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (9.94%) Azure AKS
10 13 (7.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (7.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (7.60%) GitHub
11 12 (7.02%) SaaS
12 11 (6.43%) Datadog
13 8 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (4.09%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (3.51%) Power Platform
16 5 (2.92%) OneDrive
17 4 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.54%) Firewall
2 20 (11.70%) DNS
2 20 (11.70%) Network Security
2 20 (11.70%) VPN
3 13 (7.60%) DHCP
4 11 (6.43%) WAN
5 9 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.92%) BGP
6 5 (2.92%) SSH
7 4 (2.34%) VSAN
8 3 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (1.75%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.75%) Internet
8 3 (1.75%) LAN
8 3 (1.75%) NAS
8 3 (1.75%) SAN
8 3 (1.75%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.75%) VLAN
9 2 (1.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.17%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.60%) GitLab
1 13 (7.60%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.92%) Snyk
3 2 (1.17%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.17%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.17%) Git
3 2 (1.17%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 34 (19.88%) Finance
1 34 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.51%) Banking
6 5 (2.92%) Retail
7 4 (2.34%) Legal
7 4 (2.34%) Local Government
7 4 (2.34%) Military
8 3 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Advertising
10 1 (0.58%) Billing
10 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Marketing
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (17.54%) Security Engineer
2 23 (13.45%) Architect
2 23 (13.45%) Senior
3 21 (12.28%) Analyst
4 19 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 14 (8.19%) SIEM Engineer
6 13 (7.60%) Security Analyst
7 12 (7.02%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 12 (7.02%) Lead
8 11 (6.43%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (6.43%) Security Architect
9 10 (5.85%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (4.68%) Consultant
10 8 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) SOC Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (4.09%) Test Leader
12 6 (3.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 6 (3.51%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (39.77%) Terraform
2 14 (8.19%) ARM Templates
3 5 (2.92%) ADO
3 5 (2.92%) Pulumi
4 4 (2.34%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (2.34%) JSON
4 4 (2.34%) OpenID
5 3 (1.75%) LDAP
5 3 (1.75%) OAuth
5 3 (1.75%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.75%) REST
5 3 (1.75%) SAML
6 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.17%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.17%) XML
7 1 (0.58%) EDI
7 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.58%) Kafka
7 1 (0.58%) LangChain
7 1 (0.58%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.30%) Security Posture
2 24 (14.04%) Onboarding
3 21 (12.28%) Cloud Native
4 16 (9.36%) Management Information System
5 15 (8.77%) Enterprise Cloud
5 15 (8.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (4.68%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (4.09%) CMDB
7 7 (4.09%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.92%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.92%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.92%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.34%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.22%) Windows
2 31 (18.13%) Linux
3 19 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.51%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.34%) Alpine Linux
5 4 (2.34%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.17%) CentOS
6 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.58%) Android
7 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (42.11%) SIEM
2 71 (41.52%) Cybersecurity
3 69 (40.35%) Incident Response
4 66 (38.60%) Cloud Security
5 63 (36.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (31.58%) CI/CD
6 54 (31.58%) DevOps
7 49 (28.65%) Security Operations
8 41 (23.98%) SOAR
9 40 (23.39%) Security Monitoring
10 38 (22.22%) Threat Detection
11 35 (20.47%) Analytics
12 30 (17.54%) Vulnerability Management
13 29 (16.96%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (15.79%) Zero Trust
15 24 (14.04%) RBAC
15 24 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (13.45%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 59 (34.50%) PowerShell
2 41 (23.98%) Bicep
3 36 (21.05%) Python
4 27 (15.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 21 (12.28%) Bash
6 12 (7.02%) SQL
7 7 (4.09%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (1.17%) C
9 1 (0.58%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 33 (19.30%) CISSP
3 31 (18.13%) SC Cleared
4 24 (14.04%) Degree
5 20 (11.70%) Azure Certification
6 15 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (7.02%) CISM
8 10 (5.85%) AWS Certification
8 10 (5.85%) GCIH
9 9 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.26%) GIAC
10 7 (4.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (3.51%) CCSP
11 6 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (2.92%) GCFA
13 4 (2.34%) CCNP
13 4 (2.34%) CRISC
13 4 (2.34%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (21.64%) NIST
2 35 (20.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (9.94%) GDPR
4 14 (8.19%) PCI DSS
5 12 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (6.43%) SOC 2
7 9 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.09%) QA
8 7 (4.09%) SLA
9 6 (3.51%) NCSC
9 6 (3.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (2.92%) GRC
11 3 (1.75%) NIST 800
12 2 (1.17%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.17%) HIPAA
12 2 (1.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (1.17%) SOC 1
13 1 (0.58%) GxP
13 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 46 (26.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.68%) Docker
3 6 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.17%) vSphere
6 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.58%) KVM
Systems Management
1 29 (16.96%) Kubernetes
2 26 (15.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (12.87%) Ansible
4 10 (5.85%) QRadar
5 9 (5.26%) Grafana
6 8 (4.68%) Progress Chef
6 8 (4.68%) SCCM
7 6 (3.51%) CASB
8 5 (2.92%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.92%) Prometheus
8 5 (2.92%) Puppet
8 5 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.17%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.17%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.58%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 133 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 42 (24.56%) Splunk
3 26 (15.20%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (5.85%) Google
4 10 (5.85%) Palo Alto
4 10 (5.85%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.85%) VMware
5 9 (5.26%) Okta
6 8 (4.68%) Cisco
7 7 (4.09%) Dynatrace
7 7 (4.09%) Tenable
7 7 (4.09%) Zscaler
8 6 (3.51%) Cribl.io
8 6 (3.51%) Qualys
9 5 (2.92%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.34%) ArcSight
10 4 (2.34%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.34%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.75%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.75%) TOWER Software