Azure Sentinel Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 452 440
Rank change year-on-year +69 -12 +165
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 102 90 220
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.24% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.13% 0.76% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 73 177
10th Percentile £325 £425 £409
25th Percentile £413 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £650
90th Percentile £850 £733 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - - £97.50
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £97.50
% change year-on-year - - +69.57%

All Cloud 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 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in England

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Sentinel in England

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in England

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Sentinel in England

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 1 May 2025. 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 +67 63 £440 -16.19% 43
South East +50 13 £588 +4.44% 27
North of England +9 7 £530 +12.66% 8
South West +51 6 £725 +45.00% 8
Midlands +13 6 £750 +19.76% 7
West Midlands +10 6 £750 +19.76% 7
East of England - 4 £745 - 7
North West +4 3 £450 - 4
North East +1 2 £534 +6.80%
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 4
Azure Sentinel
UK

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (0.98%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 102 (100.00%) Azure
2 33 (32.35%) Azure AKS
3 31 (30.39%) Azure Monitor
4 22 (21.57%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (12.75%) Entra ID
7 12 (11.76%) AWS
7 12 (11.76%) GCP
7 12 (11.76%) Serverless
8 8 (7.84%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (7.84%) IaaS
8 8 (7.84%) PaaS
8 8 (7.84%) SaaS
9 6 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (5.88%) GitHub
10 5 (4.90%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (3.92%) Azure Event Grid
11 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (29.41%) Firewall
2 14 (13.73%) Network Security
3 8 (7.84%) DNS
3 8 (7.84%) HTTP
3 8 (7.84%) SMTP
3 8 (7.84%) TCP/IP
4 7 (6.86%) FTP
4 7 (6.86%) SSL
5 3 (2.94%) VPN
6 2 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.96%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.96%) WAN
7 1 (0.98%) DKIM
7 1 (0.98%) NAS
7 1 (0.98%) SAN
7 1 (0.98%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.84%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.98%) Snyk
General
1 30 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 27 (26.47%) Finance
3 13 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.76%) Banking
5 4 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.98%) Local Government
8 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 15 (14.71%) Architect
2 15 (14.71%) Security Engineer
3 10 (9.80%) Analyst
3 10 (9.80%) Consultant
4 9 (8.82%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 8 (7.84%) Senior
6 7 (6.86%) Azure Architect
6 7 (6.86%) Cloud Architect
6 7 (6.86%) Security Architect
7 6 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) Lead
8 5 (4.90%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) IT Security Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Security Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Site Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) SOC Analyst
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.73%) .NET
2 9 (8.82%) ARM Templates
3 8 (7.84%) JSON
3 8 (7.84%) OpenTelemetry
4 7 (6.86%) YAML
5 4 (3.92%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (1.96%) Web Services
7 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (26.47%) Security Posture
2 15 (14.71%) Cloud Native
3 11 (10.78%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.86%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (6.86%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (4.90%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (3.92%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.92%) Reinsurance
7 3 (2.94%) PKI
8 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.96%) Replication
9 1 (0.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.98%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (12.75%) Windows
2 11 (10.78%) Linux
3 6 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.25%) SIEM
2 35 (34.31%) Cloud Security
3 34 (33.33%) DevOps
4 31 (30.39%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (30.39%) Incident Response
5 28 (27.45%) Security Operations
6 22 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (20.59%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (20.59%) Microservices
7 21 (20.59%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (18.63%) Analytics
8 19 (18.63%) Threat Detection
9 18 (17.65%) DevSecOps
10 16 (15.69%) SOAR
10 16 (15.69%) Threat Intelligence
11 14 (13.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 13 (12.75%) API Management
12 13 (12.75%) Risk Management
12 13 (12.75%) Zero Trust
13 12 (11.76%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (35.29%) PowerShell
2 20 (19.61%) Bicep
3 17 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
3 17 (16.67%) Python
4 7 (6.86%) C#
5 5 (4.90%) Bash
5 5 (4.90%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.92%) SQL
7 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (18.63%) CISSP
2 15 (14.71%) Degree
3 11 (10.78%) Azure Certification
4 10 (9.80%) CISM
4 10 (9.80%) CompTIA Security+
4 10 (9.80%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.82%) GCIH
5 9 (8.82%) SC Cleared
6 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (4.90%) GIAC
9 4 (3.92%) CCSP
9 4 (3.92%) GCFA
9 4 (3.92%) GCIA
10 3 (2.94%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.94%) ISSEP
10 3 (2.94%) SSCP
11 2 (1.96%) CEH
11 2 (1.96%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (15.69%) GDPR
3 13 (12.75%) NIST
4 6 (5.88%) SOC 2
5 4 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.94%) PMO
6 3 (2.94%) SLA
7 2 (1.96%) GRC
7 2 (1.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.96%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (12.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.96%) Docker
4 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 15 (14.71%) Terraform
3 9 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (7.84%) Grafana
5 5 (4.90%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.92%) Ansible
6 4 (3.92%) Puppet
6 4 (3.92%) QRadar
6 4 (3.92%) Salt
7 3 (2.94%) Nessus
8 2 (1.96%) SCCM
9 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.98%) CASB
9 1 (0.98%) logstash
9 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (65.69%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.78%) Qualys
3 9 (8.82%) Splunk
4 6 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.90%) Google
6 4 (3.92%) Cisco
6 4 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.96%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.96%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.96%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.96%) McAfee
8 1 (0.98%) Adobe
8 1 (0.98%) Dell
8 1 (0.98%) EMC
8 1 (0.98%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.98%) IBM
8 1 (0.98%) Juniper
8 1 (0.98%) Symantec
8 1 (0.98%) Tripwire