Azure Sentinel Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 159 168 165
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 +54
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 7 17 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.36% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.63% 1.21% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 42
10th Percentile £425 - £513
25th Percentile £466 £425 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £470 £588
Median % change year-on-year +12.66% -20.00% +11.90%
75th Percentile £537 £606 £650
90th Percentile £656 £644 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

All Cloud Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,111 1,408 2,141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.72% 29.53% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 999 1,595
10th Percentile £248 £263 £300
25th Percentile £385 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £643 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 79 37
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £16.22
25th Percentile £26.72 £15.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.91 £16.06 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +92.43% -59.44% +111.93%
75th Percentile £73.44 £20.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £97.98 £43.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West +4 3 £450 - 4
North East +1 2 £534 +6.80%
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 4
Azure Sentinel
England

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) IaaS
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) PaaS
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure AKS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Project Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (14.29%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
4 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Server Hardening
4 1 (14.29%) SOAR
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Two-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (28.57%) CRISC
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) OpenAI
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk