Azure Sentinel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 301 346 343
Rank change year-on-year +45 -3 +114
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 35 53 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.26% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.86% 0.97% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 96
10th Percentile £443 £425 £441
25th Percentile £500 £475 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -4.26% +11.90%
75th Percentile £725 £635 £650
90th Percentile £800 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -16.52% +4.55% -4.35%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,086 5,443 8,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.01% 26.20% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 3,840 5,946
10th Percentile £236 £213 £240
25th Percentile £388 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 259 231
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.52 £75.00
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +50 13 £588 +4.44% 28
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
Scotland +5 3 £516 -6.27% 12
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 the UK excluding London 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 35 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
3 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (17.14%) Entra ID
4 6 (17.14%) GCP
5 4 (11.43%) IaaS
5 4 (11.43%) PaaS
5 4 (11.43%) SaaS
6 3 (8.57%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (5.71%) Azure AKS
7 2 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.86%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.86%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (5.71%) Network Security
2 2 (5.71%) VPN
3 1 (2.86%) DKIM
3 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.86%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (2.86%) WAN
3 1 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.86%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.86%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Architect
1 7 (20.00%) Consultant
1 7 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Senior
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Consultant
4 3 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Project Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Project Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Developer
6 1 (2.86%) IT Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) IT Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Security Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Web Services
2 1 (2.86%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.86%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.86%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.86%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Security Posture
2 8 (22.86%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (17.14%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) PKI
4 2 (5.71%) Replication
4 2 (5.71%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.86%) Reinsurance
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (48.57%) Cloud Security
3 16 (45.71%) SIEM
4 14 (40.00%) Incident Response
5 10 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 10 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
6 9 (25.71%) Security Operations
7 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.86%) SOAR
7 8 (22.86%) Threat Detection
8 7 (20.00%) DevOps
8 7 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (17.14%) Event Correlation
9 6 (17.14%) Information Security
9 6 (17.14%) Migration
9 6 (17.14%) Zero Trust
10 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 5 (14.29%) Process Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) PowerShell
2 7 (20.00%) Python
3 5 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.86%) Bicep
4 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) CISSP
2 10 (28.57%) Degree
3 9 (25.71%) CISM
4 8 (22.86%) Azure Certification
5 7 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (8.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (8.57%) CRISC
8 3 (8.57%) DV Cleared
8 3 (8.57%) GCIH
8 3 (8.57%) ISSEP
8 3 (8.57%) SSCP
9 2 (5.71%) CEH
9 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (5.71%) GCFA
9 2 (5.71%) GIAC
9 2 (5.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) GDPR
2 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (14.29%) NIST
3 3 (8.57%) PMO
4 2 (5.71%) HIPAA
4 2 (5.71%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.86%) GRC
5 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) Terraform
3 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.86%) CASB
4 1 (2.86%) Nessus
4 1 (2.86%) Podman
4 1 (2.86%) QRadar
4 1 (2.86%) RSA Archer
4 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Splunk
3 3 (8.57%) Google
3 3 (8.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (5.71%) ArcSight
4 2 (5.71%) Symantec
5 1 (2.86%) Aruba
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.86%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.86%) F5
5 1 (2.86%) FireEye
5 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.86%) Juniper
5 1 (2.86%) Meraki
5 1 (2.86%) Netskope
5 1 (2.86%) Oracle
5 1 (2.86%) Proofpoint
5 1 (2.86%) Qualys