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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 422 467
Rank change year-on-year +42 +45 +56
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 161 72 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.51% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.33% 0.73% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 50 57
10th Percentile £425 £370 £375
25th Percentile £475 £423 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £588
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -11.49% +3.30%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £670 £728 £738
UK median daily rate £563 £506 £600
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.63% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +20.12%

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 12,105 9,927 12,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.02% 36.83% 33.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,391 6,617 8,951
10th Percentile £302 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £420 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £735
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 136 239
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.51 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.41 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -0.32%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.81 £52.63
90th Percentile £76.90 £68.75 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £28.22 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year +2.62% +18.46% +3.18%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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 +31 90 £575 +10.58% 17
South West +8 24 £563 +15.38% 5
Midlands - 15 £525 - 5
South East -17 12 £650 -7.14% 13
West Midlands - 12 £592 - 5
North of England -43 9 £519 -30.83% 14
East of England -14 5 £613 +16.67% 6
North West -17 4 £463 -39.34% 7
Yorkshire - 4 £538 - 3
East Midlands - 3 £463 -
North East -13 1 £400 +14.29% 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 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 161 (100.00%) Azure
2 51 (31.68%) AWS
3 46 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 32 (19.88%) GCP
5 31 (19.25%) Azure Monitor
6 28 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (11.18%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (9.94%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (9.32%) Azure AKS
10 13 (8.07%) IaaS
10 13 (8.07%) PaaS
11 12 (7.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (6.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (5.59%) SaaS
14 8 (4.97%) OpenShift
15 7 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
16 5 (3.11%) GitHub
17 4 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (2.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (25.47%) Firewall
2 17 (10.56%) VPN
3 16 (9.94%) Network Security
4 7 (4.35%) DNS
5 3 (1.86%) DHCP
5 3 (1.86%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.86%) WAN
6 2 (1.24%) BGP
6 2 (1.24%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.24%) LAN
6 2 (1.24%) OSPF
6 2 (1.24%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.24%) Wireless
6 2 (1.24%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.62%) Internet
7 1 (0.62%) SAN
7 1 (0.62%) tcpdump
7 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.62%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.48%) Power BI
2 3 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.48%) Git
2 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.24%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 30 (18.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.42%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.97%) Finance
5 7 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.73%) Local Government
7 3 (1.86%) Military
7 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.24%) Banking
8 2 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.24%) Retail
9 1 (0.62%) Electronics
9 1 (0.62%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.62%) Marketing
9 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (27.33%) Security Engineer
2 39 (24.22%) Analyst
3 34 (21.12%) SOC Analyst
4 30 (18.63%) Azure Engineer
5 25 (15.53%) Monitoring Analyst
6 14 (8.70%) Architect
6 14 (8.70%) Senior
7 13 (8.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 11 (6.83%) Azure Security Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) Consultant
10 10 (6.21%) Lead
11 9 (5.59%) SIEM Engineer
11 9 (5.59%) Threat Hunter
12 8 (4.97%) Security Analyst
13 7 (4.35%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 7 (4.35%) Security Architect
13 7 (4.35%) Security Specialist
14 6 (3.73%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.73%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (3.11%) OAuth
4 4 (2.48%) JSON
4 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
4 4 (2.48%) REST
5 3 (1.86%) Node.js
5 3 (1.86%) SAML
5 3 (1.86%) YAML
6 2 (1.24%) .NET
6 2 (1.24%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.24%) gRPC
6 2 (1.24%) Kafka
6 2 (1.24%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.24%) OpenID
6 2 (1.24%) Regular Expression
6 2 (1.24%) XML
7 1 (0.62%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.62%) eBPF
7 1 (0.62%) Lucene
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.42%) Security Posture
2 10 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (6.21%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.73%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.11%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (3.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (3.11%) YARA
6 4 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.86%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.86%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.86%) STIX
8 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.24%) CSOC
8 2 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (13.66%) Windows
2 15 (9.32%) Linux
3 6 (3.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (50.93%) SIEM
2 56 (34.78%) Incident Response
3 50 (31.06%) Cloud Security
4 44 (27.33%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (26.09%) SOAR
6 38 (23.60%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 37 (22.98%) Analytics
8 35 (21.74%) Security Operations
9 34 (21.12%) Zero Trust
10 31 (19.25%) Threat Detection
11 29 (18.01%) DevOps
12 26 (16.15%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (15.53%) Log Analytics
14 24 (14.91%) Identity Access Management
15 21 (13.04%) Data Loss Prevention
16 20 (12.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 19 (11.80%) Vulnerability Management
18 18 (11.18%) CI/CD
18 18 (11.18%) RBAC
19 17 (10.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.43%) Kusto Query Language
2 47 (29.19%) PowerShell
3 35 (21.74%) Python
4 19 (11.80%) Bicep
5 15 (9.32%) Bash
6 3 (1.86%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.62%) Java
7 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.60%) SC Cleared
3 30 (18.63%) CISSP
4 27 (16.77%) Azure Certification
5 20 (12.42%) CISM
6 18 (11.18%) Degree
7 16 (9.94%) DV Cleared
8 15 (9.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (6.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 8 (4.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (3.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.48%) CCSP
13 4 (2.48%) CISA
13 4 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (1.86%) GCFA
14 3 (1.86%) GCIA
14 3 (1.86%) GCIH
15 2 (1.24%) CEH
15 2 (1.24%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (29.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (27.95%) NIST
3 24 (14.91%) GDPR
4 13 (8.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (5.59%) NCSC
5 9 (5.59%) NIST 800
6 7 (4.35%) PCI DSS
7 5 (3.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (3.11%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.86%) GRC
8 3 (1.86%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.24%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.62%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.62%) QA
10 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.35%) Docker
3 5 (3.11%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.11%) Snort
4 4 (2.48%) Squid
4 4 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (19.25%) Terraform
2 23 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 15 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.97%) QRadar
5 6 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.11%) logstash
6 5 (3.11%) Nessus
6 5 (3.11%) SCCM
7 4 (2.48%) CSIRT
7 4 (2.48%) Nexpose
7 4 (2.48%) Suricata
8 3 (1.86%) Ansible
8 3 (1.86%) Fluentd
8 3 (1.86%) Icinga
8 3 (1.86%) Kibana
9 2 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.24%) Istio
9 2 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.24%) WSUS
10 1 (0.62%) Rsyslog
Vendors
1 125 (77.64%) Microsoft
2 50 (31.06%) Splunk
3 24 (14.91%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (14.29%) Qualys
5 21 (13.04%) Carbon Black
6 16 (9.94%) Google
7 12 (7.45%) Palo Alto
8 10 (6.21%) Cisco
9 9 (5.59%) Fortinet
9 9 (5.59%) IBM
9 9 (5.59%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.97%) Red Hat
10 8 (4.97%) Zscaler
11 5 (3.11%) VMware
12 4 (2.48%) Blue Coat
12 4 (2.48%) FireEye
12 4 (2.48%) LogRhythm
12 4 (2.48%) Tenable
13 3 (1.86%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.86%) Okta