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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 378 452
Rank change year-on-year -74 +74 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 138 101 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.97% 1.10% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 84 72
10th Percentile £400 £325 £408
25th Percentile £471 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £490 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £688 £850 £738
UK median daily rate £542 £479 £595
% change year-on-year +13.21% -19.58% +8.18%

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 14,161 9,178 11,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.99% 37.55% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,773 6,433 8,595
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £522 £525
% change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 188 321
10th Percentile £16.03 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.17 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.23 £26.81 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.69% +29.09% -24.47%
75th Percentile £68.75 £43.10 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.15 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.88 £21.00
% change year-on-year +53.10% +32.76% -30.29%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -62 71 £569 +29.26% 19
South East -50 18 £506 -13.83% 12
South West -20 15 £550 -38.89% 3
North of England -64 12 £528 -1.12% 3
North West -27 9 £540 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -55 9 £463 -38.33% 7
Midlands -69 9 £463 -38.33% 8
East of England -25 7 £575 -22.82% 5
Yorkshire -53 2 £500 -4.76% 1
North East -19 1 £400 -25.09%
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 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 138 (100.00%) Azure
2 46 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 42 (30.43%) AWS
4 34 (24.64%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (22.46%) GCP
6 26 (18.84%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (13.04%) Azure AKS
8 17 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (9.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (9.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (9.42%) IaaS
10 13 (9.42%) PaaS
11 7 (5.07%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (5.07%) SaaS
12 6 (4.35%) GitHub
12 6 (4.35%) OpenShift
13 5 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (2.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 3 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 41 (29.71%) Firewall
2 24 (17.39%) Network Security
3 20 (14.49%) VPN
4 12 (8.70%) DNS
5 6 (4.35%) DHCP
6 5 (3.62%) WAN
7 4 (2.90%) BGP
7 4 (2.90%) OSPF
7 4 (2.90%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.17%) IPsec
8 3 (2.17%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.45%) Internet
9 2 (1.45%) MPLS
9 2 (1.45%) SAN
9 2 (1.45%) VLAN
9 2 (1.45%) VSAN
9 2 (1.45%) VXLAN
9 2 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.72%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Snyk
2 3 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.17%) JIRA
3 2 (1.45%) Git
4 1 (0.72%) AppScan
4 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.72%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.72%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (22.46%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.04%) Finance
3 17 (12.32%) Public Sector
4 10 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.62%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.90%) Legal
8 3 (2.17%) Banking
8 3 (2.17%) Local Government
8 3 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.17%) Military
8 3 (2.17%) Retail
9 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.72%) Electronics
10 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.72%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.72%) Marketing
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (21.01%) Security Engineer
2 25 (18.12%) Azure Engineer
3 24 (17.39%) Analyst
4 22 (15.94%) Architect
5 17 (12.32%) Senior
6 15 (10.87%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (10.14%) Monitoring Analyst
8 11 (7.97%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) Security Architect
9 10 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Azure Security Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Security Analyst
12 7 (5.07%) SIEM Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) Threat Hunter
13 6 (4.35%) Consultant
14 5 (3.62%) Azure Architect
14 5 (3.62%) Network Engineer
14 5 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.25%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (2.90%) JSON
2 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (2.90%) OAuth
3 3 (2.17%) Node.js
3 3 (2.17%) REST
3 3 (2.17%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.45%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.45%) gRPC
4 2 (1.45%) Kafka
4 2 (1.45%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.45%) OpenID
4 2 (1.45%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.45%) SAML
4 2 (1.45%) XML
4 2 (1.45%) YAML
5 1 (0.72%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.72%) eBPF
5 1 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Security Posture
2 13 (9.42%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.25%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.07%) Data Centre
5 7 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.62%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.90%) YARA
8 3 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.17%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.45%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.45%) SCADA
9 2 (1.45%) STIX
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.84%) Windows
2 14 (10.14%) Linux
3 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.72%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.72%) VMS
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (53.62%) SIEM
2 46 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 36 (26.09%) SOAR
3 36 (26.09%) Zero Trust
4 33 (23.91%) Analytics
4 33 (23.91%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (23.91%) Incident Response
5 32 (23.19%) Threat Detection
6 31 (22.46%) DevOps
6 31 (22.46%) Identity Access Management
7 29 (21.01%) Security Operations
8 23 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 23 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (15.22%) RBAC
10 20 (14.49%) Log Analytics
10 20 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
11 19 (13.77%) DevSecOps
12 17 (12.32%) Data Loss Prevention
12 17 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (12.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 38 (27.54%) Kusto Query Language
3 28 (20.29%) Python
4 20 (14.49%) Bicep
5 6 (4.35%) Bash
6 3 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.72%) Java
7 1 (0.72%) Lisp
7 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.29%) CISSP
3 25 (18.12%) SC Cleared
4 23 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (15.94%) Azure Certification
6 15 (10.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 15 (10.87%) CCSP
6 15 (10.87%) CISM
7 12 (8.70%) Degree
8 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (6.52%) DV Cleared
10 6 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (3.62%) CCNP
12 3 (2.17%) CCSE
12 3 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.45%) GCFA
13 2 (1.45%) GCIA
13 2 (1.45%) GCIH
13 2 (1.45%) JNCIA
13 2 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (23.91%) NIST
2 30 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (13.77%) GDPR
4 9 (6.52%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.80%) NCSC
6 7 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (5.07%) NIST 800
7 5 (3.62%) SOC 2
8 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.45%) GRC
9 2 (1.45%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.45%) QA
9 2 (1.45%) SLA
10 1 (0.72%) COBIT
10 1 (0.72%) GxP
10 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.72%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (18.84%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.45%) Docker
4 2 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.72%) Snort
5 1 (0.72%) Squid
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (23.91%) Terraform
2 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.62%) Ansible
4 5 (3.62%) QRadar
5 3 (2.17%) Icinga
5 3 (2.17%) Istio
5 3 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.45%) Fluentd
6 2 (1.45%) logstash
6 2 (1.45%) Nessus
6 2 (1.45%) SCCM
7 1 (0.72%) CASB
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.72%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.72%) SCOM
7 1 (0.72%) Suricata
7 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 86 (62.32%) Microsoft
2 38 (27.54%) Splunk
3 17 (12.32%) Qualys
4 11 (7.97%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (6.52%) Carbon Black
5 9 (6.52%) Cisco
5 9 (6.52%) Tenable
5 9 (6.52%) VMware
6 8 (5.80%) Google
6 8 (5.80%) Palo Alto
6 8 (5.80%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.07%) IBM
7 7 (5.07%) LogRhythm
7 7 (5.07%) Okta
8 6 (4.35%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.35%) Red Hat
9 5 (3.62%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.62%) Zscaler
10 4 (2.90%) CyberArk
11 3 (2.17%) Rapid7