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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 343 325
Rank change year-on-year +43 -18 +135
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 43 54 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.26% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.03% 1.01% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 42 86
10th Percentile £413 £425 £394
25th Percentile £488 £438 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £581
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.38% +10.71%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £669
90th Percentile £763 £650 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 4,170 5,328 7,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.99% 25.71% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,912 3,769 5,494
10th Percentile £250 £213 £248
25th Percentile £380 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £573 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 262 224
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.06
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.22 £16.79
Median hourly rate £20.50 £17.80 £27.35
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -34.92% +36.75%
75th Percentile £34.46 £35.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £69.88 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.37 £37.00
% change year-on-year +31.02% -42.24% +65.18%

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 31 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 31 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 +47 13 £500 -13.04% 13
Scotland +4 10 £500 -9.09% 11
North of England +6 7 £530 +6.97% 15
South West +47 6 £725 +45.00% 5
West Midlands +14 6 £750 +16.28% 3
Midlands +10 6 £750 +16.28% 5
East of England - 5 £745 - 10
Yorkshire +15 3 £588 -2.08% 9
North East +2 2 £534 +6.80% 1
North West -4 2 £425 -5.56% 5
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 43 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (16.28%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.95%) GCP
5 4 (9.30%) IaaS
5 4 (9.30%) PaaS
5 4 (9.30%) SaaS
6 3 (6.98%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (6.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (6.98%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.33%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.93%) Firewall
2 2 (4.65%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (4.65%) Network Security
2 2 (4.65%) VPN
3 1 (2.33%) DKIM
3 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.33%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (2.33%) WAN
3 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Security Engineer
3 8 (18.60%) Security Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Consultant
4 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Architect
5 6 (13.95%) Senior
6 5 (11.63%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Security Architect
8 3 (6.98%) Azure Consultant
8 3 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (4.65%) Automation Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 2 (4.65%) Project Consultant
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Project Consultant
9 2 (4.65%) SOC Consultant
10 1 (2.33%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Web Services
2 1 (2.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.33%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.33%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Security Posture
2 8 (18.60%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (9.30%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (6.98%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.65%) PKI
5 2 (4.65%) Replication
5 2 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.33%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.33%) Reinsurance
6 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (37.21%) Windows
2 13 (30.23%) Linux
3 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (60.47%) SIEM
3 17 (39.53%) Cloud Security
3 17 (39.53%) Incident Response
4 13 (30.23%) Security Operations
5 11 (25.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 11 (25.58%) Threat Intelligence
6 10 (23.26%) Event Correlation
6 10 (23.26%) Threat Detection
7 9 (20.93%) OSINT
7 9 (20.93%) SOAR
8 8 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (16.28%) DevOps
9 7 (16.28%) Migration
9 7 (16.28%) Threat Analysis
9 7 (16.28%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (16.28%) Zero Trust
10 6 (13.95%) Information Security
10 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
10 6 (13.95%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
3 8 (18.60%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) Bicep
4 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) CISSP
2 15 (34.88%) Degree
2 15 (34.88%) Security Cleared
3 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared
4 10 (23.26%) DV Cleared
4 10 (23.26%) GCIH
5 7 (16.28%) CISM
5 7 (16.28%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (13.95%) GCIA
7 5 (11.63%) Azure Certification
7 5 (11.63%) CASP
8 4 (9.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (6.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (6.98%) CRISC
10 2 (4.65%) CEH
10 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (4.65%) GCFA
10 2 (4.65%) GIAC
10 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) GDPR
2 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.95%) NIST
3 3 (6.98%) HIPAA
3 3 (6.98%) PMO
4 2 (4.65%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.33%) GRC
5 1 (2.33%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (9.30%) Terraform
3 1 (2.33%) CASB
3 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.33%) Nessus
3 1 (2.33%) Podman
3 1 (2.33%) QRadar
3 1 (2.33%) RSA Archer
3 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.58%) ArcSight
3 5 (11.63%) Splunk
4 3 (6.98%) Google
4 3 (6.98%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.65%) Symantec
6 1 (2.33%) Aruba
6 1 (2.33%) Cisco
6 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.33%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.33%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.33%) F5
6 1 (2.33%) FireEye
6 1 (2.33%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.33%) Juniper
6 1 (2.33%) Meraki
6 1 (2.33%) Netskope
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle
6 1 (2.33%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.33%) Qualys