Azure Sentinel Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Azure Sentinel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 339 460
Rank change year-on-year -1 +121 -50
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 54 103 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.45% 0.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.01% 1.37% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 85 39
10th Percentile £425 £390 £420
25th Percentile £438 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +0.96%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £619
90th Percentile £650 £715 £780
UK median daily rate £581 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +5.68% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £97.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +85.71% -

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,334 7,500 10,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.70% 32.73% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,769 5,527 7,489
10th Percentile £215 £240 £208
25th Percentile £375 £401 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £689 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 218 281
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.41 £16.68 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.80 £27.50 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -35.27% +44.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £35.00 £65.00 £29.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.58 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +71.59% +0.32%

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 3 June 2024.

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 3 June 2024. 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 of England -4 19 £495 -10.00% 15
North West +9 16 £450 -14.29% 10
Scotland +55 11 £550 - 1
South East +15 11 £575 -2.13% 7
Midlands +4 9 £645 +3.20% 5
West Midlands -8 5 £645 +3.20% 4
South West +3 4 £500 -16.67% 8
East Midlands - 4 - - 1
Yorkshire -14 2 £600 - 5
North East +11 1 £500 -16.67%
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 2 (3.70%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (31.48%) AWS
3 14 (25.93%) Entra ID
3 14 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (16.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 6 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (11.11%) IaaS
6 4 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (5.56%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.70%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.70%) GCP
8 2 (3.70%) PaaS
8 2 (3.70%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.85%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) DNS
2 4 (7.41%) Firewall
2 4 (7.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.85%) FTP
3 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (3.70%) Tableau
4 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) GitLab
General
1 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Analyst
2 8 (14.81%) Senior
2 8 (14.81%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Security Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Architect
4 6 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Security Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) AWS Specialist
7 3 (5.56%) Azure Specialist
7 3 (5.56%) Consultant
7 3 (5.56%) Security Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) Kafka
2 2 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.85%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.85%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (7.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (5.56%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.70%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.70%) Insider Threat
6 2 (3.70%) PKI
6 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) CSOC
7 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Linux
2 9 (16.67%) Windows
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (3.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (37.04%) Incident Response
3 12 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 12 (22.22%) SIEM
4 11 (20.37%) Threat Intelligence
5 10 (18.52%) Analytics
5 10 (18.52%) Cloud Security
6 9 (16.67%) Information Security
7 8 (14.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (12.96%) Cloud Operations
8 7 (12.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (12.96%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.26%) Capacity Planning
10 5 (9.26%) Cost Control
10 5 (9.26%) Network Virtualisation
10 5 (9.26%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (9.26%) Security Architecture
10 5 (9.26%) Threat Detection
10 5 (9.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (9.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.85%) Bash
3 1 (1.85%) Bicep
3 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) CISSP
2 13 (24.07%) Azure Certification
3 12 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 11 (20.37%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
5 9 (16.67%) CISM
6 5 (9.26%) AWS Certification
6 5 (9.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (9.26%) Degree
6 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (3.70%) CEH
10 1 (1.85%) CCNA
10 1 (1.85%) CCSP
10 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.85%) GIAC
10 1 (1.85%) ISSEP
10 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.26%) NIST
3 2 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.70%) GDPR
3 2 (3.70%) GRC
3 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (3.70%) NCSC
3 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.85%) COBIT
4 1 (1.85%) COSO
4 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.85%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (3.70%) Kibana
2 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.70%) logstash
2 2 (3.70%) SCCM
2 2 (3.70%) SCDPM
2 2 (3.70%) SCVMM
2 2 (3.70%) Terraform
2 2 (3.70%) WSUS
3 1 (1.85%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.85%) HP SIM
3 1 (1.85%) QRadar
3 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.85%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 39 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle
3 5 (9.26%) Splunk
4 2 (3.70%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.70%) F5
4 2 (3.70%) Qualys
4 2 (3.70%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.85%) BMC
5 1 (1.85%) Carbon Black
5 1 (1.85%) Citrix
5 1 (1.85%) Commvault
5 1 (1.85%) Confluent
5 1 (1.85%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks
5 1 (1.85%) HP
5 1 (1.85%) Okta
5 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Skytap
5 1 (1.85%) Symantec
5 1 (1.85%) Veritas