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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 162 155
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +79
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 7 19 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.40% 0.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.63% 1.32% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 36
10th Percentile £425 - £409
25th Percentile £466 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £495 £557
Median % change year-on-year +6.97% -11.13% +6.10%
75th Percentile £537 £627 £641
90th Percentile £606 £650 £775
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -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 1,117 1,439 1,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 33.05% 30.00% 36.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 1,007 1,468
10th Percentile £265 £267 £288
25th Percentile £388 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -4.88% +2.50%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 75 43
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.00 £16.04
25th Percentile £12.82 £15.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -40.96% +30.21%
75th Percentile £43.39 £22.38 £54.49
90th Percentile £83.75 £45.21 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.50 £21.46 £35.00
% change year-on-year +18.83% -38.69% +62.79%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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
Yorkshire +10 3 £588 -2.08% 12
North East -1 2 £534 +6.80% 1
North West -2 2 £425 -5.56% 14
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 Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
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%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
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 Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
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%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
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
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
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
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%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk